Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

their side and have bowels of sympathy and
compassion. You do not closely investigate to see
whether those who help you can afford to do so.
Frequently it would be more in place for you to
help those from whom you receive help. You need
to be a transformed man before the work of God
can prosper in your hands. Your home and farm
cares have occupied your mind. You have not
given yourself to the work. As an excuse for being
so much at home, you have said that your children
needed your presence and care, and that you must
be with them in order to carry out the light given
you in vision. But, Brother B, have you done this?
You excuse yourself by saying that your children
are now beyond your control, too old for you to
command. In this you mistake. None of your
children are too old to respect your authority and
obey your commands while they have the shelter of
your roof. How old were Eli's sons? They were
married men; and Eli, as a father and a priest of
God, was required to restrain them.
But allowing that the two eldest are now
beyond your control, they were not when God sent
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