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their lifework seeming to have been wrought in vain; they know not
that their faithfulness has unsealed springs of blessing that can never
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cease to flow; only by faith they see the children they have trained
become a benediction and an inspiration to their fellow men, and the
influence repeat itself a thousandfold.
Many a worker sends out into the world messages of strength and
hope and courage, words that carry blessing to hearts in every land,
but of the results he, toiling in loneliness and obscurity, knows little.
So gifts are bestowed, burdens are borne, labor is done. Men sow
the seed from which, above their graves, others reap blessed harvests.
They plant trees, that others may eat the fruit. They are content here to
know that they have set in motion agencies for good. In the hereafter
the action and reaction of all these will be seen.—
Education, 305,
306
(1903).
Our Joy Will Constantly Increase
There are mysteries in the plan of redemption—the humiliation
of the Son of God, that He might be found in fashion as a man, the
wonderful love and condescension of the Father in yielding up His
Son—that are to the heavenly angels subjects of continual amaze-
ment.... And these will be the study of the redeemed through eternal
ages. As they contemplate the work of God in creation and redemption,
new truth will continually unfold to the wondering and delighted mind.
As they learn more and more of the wisdom, the love, and the power
of God, their minds will be constantly expanding, and their joy will
continually increase.—
Testimonies for the Church 5:702, 703
(1889).
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And the years of eternity, as they roll, will bring richer and still
more glorious revelations of God and of Christ. As knowledge is
progressive, so will love, reverence, and happiness increase. The more
men learn of God, the greater will be their admiration of His character.
As Jesus opens before them the riches of redemption and the amazing
achievements in the great controversy with Satan, the hearts of the
ransomed thrill with more fervent devotion, and with more rapturous
joy they sweep the harps of gold; and ten thousand times ten thousand
and thousands of thousands of voices unite to swell the mighty chorus
of praise.—
The Great Controversy, 678
(1911).