Mind, Character and Personality, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

all who practice the truth. As a living spring it is
springing up unto everlasting life. The one who has
not Christ abiding in his heart will indulge in cheap
talk, exaggerated statements, that make mischief.
The tongue that utters perverse things, common
things, slang phrases, that tongue needs to be
treated with the hot coals of juniper.—MS 17,
1895.
Grumbling Stunts Growth.—There are men
who possess excellent faculties but who have come
to a standstill. They do not go forward to victory.
And the ability with which God has endowed them
is of no value to His cause because it is unused.
Many of these men are found among the
grumblers. They grumble because, they say, they
are not appreciated. But they do not appreciate
themselves sufficiently to cooperate with the
Greatest Teacher the world has ever known.—RH,
Maranatha, 10, 1903.
No Critical, Blunt, or Severe Words (counsel
to a minister and author).—The Lord will help
every one of us where we need help the most in the
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