Inheritance of the Saints
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answer that the faith of the believing parents covers the children, as
when God sent His judgments upon the first-born of the Egyptians....
Whether all the children of unbelieving parents will be saved we
cannot tell, because God has not made known His purpose in regard
to this matter, and we had better leave it where God has left it and
dwell upon subjects made plain in His Word.—
Selected Messages
3:313-315
(1885).
In regard to the case of A, you see him as he now is and deplore his
simplicity. He is without the consciousness of sin. The grace of God
will remove all this hereditary, transmitted imbecility, and he will have
an inheritance among the saints in light. To you the Lord has given
reason. A is a child as far as the capacity of reason is concerned, but
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he has the submission and obedience of a child.—
Manuscript Releases
8:210
(1893).
Tribute to Faithful Mothers
When the judgment shall sit, and the books shall be opened; when
the “well done” of the great Judge is pronounced, and the crown of
immortal glory is placed upon the brow of the victor, many will raise
their crowns in sight of the assembled universe and, pointing to their
mother, say, “She made me all I am through the grace of God. Her
instruction, her prayers, have been blessed to my eternal salvation.”—
Messages to Young People, 330
(1881).
The angels of God immortalize the names of the mothers whose
efforts have won their children to Jesus Christ.—
Child Guidance,
568
(1895).
The Reward of the Winner of Souls
When the redeemed stand before God, precious souls will respond
to their names who are there because of the faithful, patient efforts put
forth in their behalf, the entreaties and earnest persuasions to flee to the
Stronghold. Thus those who in this world have been laborers together
with God will receive their reward.—
Testimonies for the Church 8:196,
197
(1904).
When the gates of that beautiful city on high are swung back on
their glittering hinges, and the nations that have kept the truth shall
enter in, crowns of glory will be placed on their heads, and they will