Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

them sons and daughters of the most high God and heirs to the immortal inheritancepurchased for them by His dear Son. Those who have been instrumental in presentingthe truth to them should not withdraw their labors at this important period, butshould still persevere in their efforts until these souls are gathered into the fold ofChrist. Sufficient instruction should be given for them to understandingly obtain forthemselves the evidence that the truth is to them salvation.I saw that God would do a still greater work in Maine if all who labor in the causethere are consecrated to Him and trust not to their own strength, but to the Strength ofIsrael. I was shown that Brother Andrews and yourself have labored hard and have nothad the rest which you should have given yourselves in order to preserve health. Youshould labor with care and observe periods of rest. By so doing you will retain yourphysical and mental vigor, and render your labor much more efficient. Brother F, youare a nervous man and move much from impulse. Mental depression influences yourlabor very much. At times you feel a want of freedom and think it is because othersare in darkness or wrong, or that something is the matter, you can hardly tell what, andyou make a drive somewhere and upon somebody, which is liable to do great harm. Ifyou would quiet yourself when in this restless, nervous condition, and rest and calmlywait on God and inquire if the trouble is not in yourself, you would save woundingyour own soul and wounding the precious cause of God.I saw that Brother F was in danger of becoming lifted up if he was enabled inhis discourses to strongly move the feelings of the congregation. He would oftenthink himself the most effectual preacher on that account. Here he sometimes deceiveshimself. Although he may be for the time the most acceptable preacher, yet he may failto accomplish the most good. The preacher who can affect the feelings to the greatest622