The Ellen G. White 1888 Materials: Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

Now, here is the word: "That the world may
believe that thou hast sent me, And the glory which
thou gavest me I have given them" [verse 21]. That
is what we are waiting for here; we want some of
that glory; and it is our privilege to have it. There is
darkness enough in the world, and we want the
light of the glory of God to lighten our pathway
and to lighten the pathway of others. We want
some of that glory, that you may go forth to your
labors with that glory shining upon our
countenances, expressed in your words and in your
testimonies, that it will make an impression on
minds wherever you go.
"And the glory which thou gavest me I have
given them; that they may be one, even as we are
one." Who is it that is burdened that they may get
into unity? Who are they? Where are they? God
help us that we may understand what spirit actuates
and moves us. "I in them, and thou in me, that they
may be made perfect in one" [verse 23]. Now their
profit is not in seeing just how far they can keep
off, and keep another mind, and their own ideas,
and cherish their own ideas, and water their own