Selected Messages, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

pronounce judgment upon the men whom God
raised up to do a special work, according to the
light given to them in their day. Though they may
have been overcome with temptation, they repented
of their sins; and no opportunity is left for us to
depreciate their characters or to excuse sin. Their
history is a beacon of warning to us, and points out
a safe path for our feet if we will but shun their
mistakes. These noble men sought the mercy seat
and humbled their souls before God.
Let not our voices or pens show that we are
disregarding the solemn injunctions of the Lord.
Let no one depreciate those who have been chosen
of God, who have fought manfully the battles of
the Lord, who have woven heart and soul and life
into the cause and work of God, who have died in
faith, and who are partakers of the great salvation
purchased for us through our precious sin-bearing,
sin-pardoning Saviour.
Speak Not of Mistakes of Living or Dead.—
God has inspired no man to reproduce their
mistakes, and to present their errors to a world that
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