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

very long with Timothy, and he kept giving him
lessons all the time; and he says, "My son, be
strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus" [2 Tim.
2:1]. That is what every one of us wants--not any
of your own opinions, or smartness, or intellect, or
any of these things; but be strong in the grace that
is in Christ Jesus.
"And the things that thou hast heard of me
among many witnesses, the same commit thou to
faithful men, who shall be able to teach also. Thou
therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of
Jesus Christ" [verses 2,3].
There is the very word before us. And the very
men that ought to be here to feel their interest of
having the truth for their positions of trust here in
Battle Creek, on this missionary soil--the very men
that ought to be fitting for these positions, they are
not here at all; they do not come near.
Now, brethren, that is not as it ought to be. I
want you to meditate over these matters. I want
you to seek God in regard to it. I want you to tell