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Those who are preparing for the coming of Christ should be sober, and watch unto prayer, for our adversary, the Devil, goeth about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour; whom we are to resist steadfast in the faith.

Those who are preparing for the coming of Christ should be sober, and watch unto prayer, for our adversary, the Devil, goeth about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour; whom we are to resist steadfast in the faith.

Approximate author period: c. 1871 AD · industrial

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Ellen G. White
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Approximate author period: c. 1871 AD · industrial
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Ellen G. White, based on documented lifetime 1827 to 1915. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q292290 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q292290 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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