Interestingly enough, the counsel to live "as
though you had 1,000 years to live, and as you would if you knew you must die
tomorrow," originated in the writings of Mother Ann Lee of the Shakers,
not in Ellen G. White sources. See Time, July 28, 1961, page 53. See
Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, p. 200, for the Ellen G. White statement,
"We should watch and work and pray as though this were the last day that
would be granted us."
Thought for the Day
The Saviour is still carrying forward the same work as when He proffered the water of life to the woman of Samaria. Those who call themselves His followers may despise and shun the outcast ones; but no circumstance of birth or nationality, no condition of life, can turn away His love from the children of men. To every soul, however sinful, Jesus says, If thou hadst asked of Me, I would have given thee living water. Desire of Ages, p. 194