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Testimonies for the Church Volume Eight

by Ellen G. White

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Kansas City, Mo.; Oakland, Cal.; Portland, Oreg. · 1904

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329

Contents

  1. PREFACE.1
  2. PRESENT OPPORTUNITIES.9
  3. OUR WORK.9
  4. THE COMMISSION.14
  5. AN UNCHANGING PROMISE.16
  6. THE POWER PROMISED.19
  7. OUR RESPONSIBILITY.24
  8. THE WORK AT HOME AND ABROAD.30
  9. THE WORK IN EUROPE.38
  10. *To My Brethren in Europe—*38
  11. A VIEW OF THE CONFLICT.41
  12. COUNSELS OFTEN REPEATED.48
  13. WARNINGS AND COUNSELS GIVEN TO THE BATTLE CREEK CHURCH.[^*]48
  14. **THE TIME OF THE END.**49
  15. HELP IN TIME OF TROUBLE.50
  16. A FAILURE TO HONOR GOD.50
  17. **OUR DUTY TO THE WORLD.**53
  18. HOW TO GAIN SUCCESS.55
  19. **MISSIONARY WORK AT HOME AND ABROAD.**56
  20. AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE WORK WE ARE TO DO.57
  21. A NEGLECTED WORK.59
  22. THE HOLY SPIRIT IN OUR SCHOOLS.61
  23. THE WILL OF GOD CONCERNING US.63
  24. WORKING AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT.65
  25. **A DEPARTURE FROM RIGHT.**66
  26. **LOOK TO GOD FOR HELP.**69
  27. MEDICAL MISSIONARY WORK.70
  28. A WORD OF CAUTION.74
  29. AN APPEAL TO THE BRETHREN IN BATTLE CREEK.76
  30. A NEGLECTED WARNING.81
  31. THE RESULT OF REFORMATION.87
  32. A SOLEMN WARNING.90
  33. THE REVIEW AND HERALD FIRE.97
  34. *To the Brethren in Battle Creek—*97
  35. JAN. 7, 1903.101
  36. WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.104
  37. FORGETFULNESS.107
  38. PSALM 105. A HYMN OF THE PROMISED LAND.107
  39. PSALM 106. A HYMN OF THE CAPTIVITY.109
  40. I109
  41. II110
  42. III110
  43. IV111
  44. PSALM 107. SONG OF THE REDEEMED.112
  45. I112
  46. “CALL TO REMEMBRANCE THE FORMER DAYS.”113
  47. “WRITTEN FOR OUR ADMONITION.”115
  48. THE MESSAGE FOR THIS TIME.116
  49. THE OPPOSITION OF THE ENEMY.117
  50. **THE LOUD CRY.**118
  51. “AND HAST FORGOTTEN.”118
  52. “CHOOSE YOU THIS DAY WHOM YE WILL SERVE.”120
  53. **THE SHIELD OF OMNIPOTENCE.**120
  54. JEHOVAH REIGNETH.121
  55. LETTERS TO PHYSICIANS.123
  56. THE VALUE OF TRIAL.123
  57. EN ROUTE TO COPENHAGEN, July 16, 1886.123
  58. PAUL’S EXPERIENCE.125
  59. **RESTING IN GOD’S LOVE.**126
  60. **THE DANGER OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY.**126
  61. OUR BURDEN-BEARER.127
  62. LOOKING AWAY FROM MEN.129
  63. AN ETERNAL WEIGHT OF GLORY.130
  64. EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN FROM ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, DEC. 17, 1892.132
  65. CENTERING TOO MUCH IN BATTLE CREEK.133
  66. UNSELFISHNESS IN SERVICE.135
  67. **HELPING THOSE WHO NEED HELP.**136
  68. WHAT ONE INSTITUTION CAN DO FOR ANOTHER.137
  69. A REFORMATION NEEDED.138
  70. THE LIVING PRINCIPLE OF BROTHERHOOD.139
  71. THE ONLY SAFE COURSE.140
  72. THE DANGER FROM ENLARGEMENT.141
  73. THE QUESTION OF WAGES.142
  74. EXTRACT FROM LETTER WRITTEN FROM COORANBONG, N. S. W., AUG. 28, 1895.144
  75. GO FORTH INTO MANY PLACES.145
  76. **THE NEED OF BROADER PLANS.**147
  77. BUILD UP NEW CENTERS.150
  78. A FAILURE TO APPRECIATE GOD-GIVEN RESPONSIBILITIES.151
  79. GOD’S PURPOSE FOR HIS INSTITUTIONS.153
  80. GOD’S PURPOSE FOR THE SANITARIUM.155
  81. THE VALUE OF A STUDY OF GOD’S WORD.156
  82. GOD’S PURPOSE IN MEDICAL MISSIONARY WORK.158
  83. EDUCATE MEDICAL MISSIONARIES.158
  84. OUR WORK FOR TO-DAY.159
  85. NO CHANGE IN GOD’S CAUSE.160
  86. WORDS OF CAUTION.161
  87. A WORD OF CAUTION.163
  88. A DANGER TO BE GUARDED AGAINST.163
  89. A HIGH STANDARD.164
  90. TEACHING AND HEALING.165
  91. UPHOLD THE MEDICAL WORK.166
  92. THE NEED OF CAUTION.167
  93. THE IMPORTANCE OF MEDICAL MISSIONARY WORK.168
  94. THE CAUSE OF DEARTH IN THE CHURCH.169
  95. TO EVERY MAN HIS WORK.170
  96. UNITY OF EFFORT.172
  97. *To a Physician in Perplexity—*172
  98. GOD’S BUILDING.173
  99. A TEMPLE OF LIVING STONES.173
  100. **DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTALITIES.**174
  101. TRUTH A UNIT.174
  102. WORDS OF CHEER.175
  103. CHRIST THE MEDIUM OF PRAYER AND BLESSING.177
  104. WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.180
  105. GOD’S PURPOSE IN ESTABLISHING THE SANITARIUM.181
  106. A WORLD-WIDE WORK.182
  107. A WORD OF CAUTION.183
  108. HELPING OR HINDERING THE LORD.185
  109. GOD’S PURPOSE FOR HIS WORKERS.186
  110. THE NEED OF WISE COUNSELORS.187
  111. A DIVINE HELPER.187
  112. BURDENS THAT THE LORD HAS NOT GIVEN.189
  113. THE VALUE OF THE WORD OF GOD.192
  114. THE REWARD OF A FAITHFUL STUDY OF THE WORD.193
  115. THE WORK FOR THIS TIME.195
  116. OUR MESSAGE.197
  117. THE SIGN OF OUR RELATIONSHIP TO GOD.198
  118. A BROADER VIEW.201
  119. *To Medical Missionaries—*201
  120. CHRIST’S VICTORY OVER UNBELIEF.202
  121. A WARNING AGAINST CENTRALIZATION.204
  122. A NEGLECTED FIELD NEAR US.205
  123. CHRIST OUR EXAMPLE.206
  124. *To Medical Missionaries—*206
  125. SELF-SACRIFICE.208
  126. A FIRM STAND FOR THE RIGHT.210
  127. BE ON GUARD213
  128. LESSONS FROM THE PAST.213
  129. CENTRALIZATION.213
  130. AN EDUCATIONAL CENTER.217
  131. HOW SHALL OUR YOUTH BE TRAINED?221
  132. **WORDS OF WARNING.**223
  133. **NO TIME FOR DELAY.**229
  134. A DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITY.231
  135. LEADERSHIP.236
  136. EARLY EXPERIENCES.237
  137. **GOD OUR LEADER.**238
  138. ONE WITH CHRIST IN GOD.239
  139. LAY MEMBERS TO GO FORTH.244
  140. **SHALL WE BE FOUND WANTING?**247
  141. GOD’S PURPOSE FOR HIS PEOPLE.247
  142. “REPENT, AND DO THE FIRST WORKS.”248
  143. A FAILURE TO HONOR GOD.249
  144. A CALL FOR REFORMATION.250
  145. HOMEWARD BOUND.252
  146. THE ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE.255
  147. GOD IN NATURE.255
  148. **RESULTS OF SIN.**255
  149. A DIVINE TEACHER.256
  150. **NATURE TESTIFIES OF GOD.**256
  151. MAN’S FAILURE TO INTERPRET NATURE.257
  152. THE WORK OF CREATION.258
  153. LAWS OF NATURE.259
  154. **MYSTERIES OF DIVINE POWER.**261
  155. A PERSONAL GOD.263
  156. NATURE IS NOT GOD.263
  157. A PERSONAL GOD CREATED MAN.264
  158. GOD REVEALED IN CHRIST.265
  159. CHRIST’S REVELATION OF GOD TO THE DISCIPLES.266
  160. TESTIMONY OF SCRIPTURE.268
  161. “THE EVERLASTING GOD.”270
  162. HIS LOVING-KINDNESS.271
  163. HIS PROVIDENTIAL CARE.272
  164. HIS LONG SUFFERING MERCY.275
  165. A FALSE AND A TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.279
  166. **SPECULATIVE THEORIES.**279
  167. **THE GREATNESS OF OUR GOD.**281
  168. **WARNINGS AGAINST PRESUMPTION.**283
  169. **CHRIST’S REVELATION OF GOD.**286
  170. THE GLORY OF THE CROSS.287
  171. THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WORKS TRANSFORMATION.289
  172. DANGER IN SPECULATIVE KNOWLEDGE.290
  173. **LAST-DAY DECEPTIONS.**290
  174. PANTHEISTIC THEORIES.291
  175. FANATICISM AFTER 1844.292
  176. **PAST EXPERIENCE’S TO BE REPEATED.**293
  177. BEWARE OF A SENSATIONAL RELIGION.294
  178. A WARNING AGAINST FALSE TEACHING.295
  179. DIVERTING MINDS FROM PRESENT DUTY.296
  180. A RENEWAL OF THE STRAIGHT TESTIMONY.297
  181. **SEEK THE FIRST LOVE.**298
  182. THE WORD OF GOD OUR SAFEGUARD.299
  183. **STUDY THE REVELATION.**301
  184. TO THE CHURCH IN SARDIS.302
  185. MESSAGE TO THE PHILADELPHIA CHURCH.303
  186. **THE LAODICEAN MESSAGE.**304
  187. THE FALSE AND THE TRUE IN EDUCATION.305
  188. **PHILOSOPHICAL SPECULATION.**305
  189. **INFIDEL AUTHORS.**306
  190. HISTORICAL AND THEOLOGICAL LORE.307
  191. MYTHS AND FAIRY TALES.308
  192. A PURER FOUNTAIN.309
  193. HEART EDUCATION.311
  194. IMPORTANCE OF SEEKING TRUE KNOWLEDGE.312
  195. THE WORK THAT REQUIRES OUR THOUGHT.312
  196. THE SCIENCE TO BE MASTERED.314
  197. NO TIME TO LOSE.314
  198. THE NEED FOR SELF-RENUNCIATION.315
  199. THE HIGHEST INTERESTS DEMAND ATTENTION.316
  200. **A PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST.**317
  201. THE KNOWLEDGE RECEIVED THROUGH GOD’S WORD.319
  202. TO BE GIVEN TO OUR CHILDREN.320
  203. **AN EXPERIMENTAL KNOWLEDGE.**321
  204. **WONDERFUL POSSIBILITIES.**321
  205. RESULTS OF RECEIVING GOD’S WORD.323
  206. AN AID IN THE STUDY OF NATURE.324
  207. NATURE A KEY TO DIVINE MYSTERIES.326
  208. A LESSON OF OBEDIENCE.327
  209. EDUCATION IN THE LIFE TO COME.328
  210. OUR GREAT NEED.329
  211. THE EXPERIENCE OF ENOCH.329
  212. EXPERIENCE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST.331
  213. **GOD’S PROMISES.**335