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The test of endurance is
certainly one of the severest tests of faithfulness to which the
elect Church is subjected. It is the test which gauges and registers
the strength of every other virtue and grace, and no soldier of the
cross will be crowned with the laurels of victory who has not stood
this test.... In the battle of this day, as in all other battles,
the effort of the enemy is to surprise and suddenly attack and
overwhelm the Lord’s people; and the only preparation, therefore,
that can be made for such emergencies is constant vigilance and
prayer and the putting on of the whole armour of God the Truth and
the Spirit of the
Truth. |
