Desires for goodness and holiness are right as far as they go; but if you stop here, they will avail nothing. Many will be lost while hoping and desiring to be Christians. They do not come to the point of yielding the will to God. They do not now choose to be Christians.

Go on to Right exercise of the will leads to an entire change in life...

White, Ellen Gould: Steps to Christ. Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1892; SC 47.2

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