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

no right to be at ease and sit down submissively in
view of the fact that his presentation of the truth is
powerless and souls are not stirred by it. He should
resort to prayer, and should work and pray without
ceasing. Those who submit to remain destitute of
spiritual blessings, without earnest wrestling for
those blessings, consent to have Satan triumph.
Persistent, prevailing faith is necessary. God's
ministers must come into closer companionship
with Christ and follow His example in all things, in
purity of life, in self-denial, in benevolence, in
diligence, in perseverance. They should remember
that a record will one day appear in evidence
against them for the least omission of duty.
Brother D did not discern that in thus
encouraging brethren to move to his place he was
bringing burdens upon himself and into the church;
he did not see that it would require much time and
labor to keep them in a condition where they could
be a help instead of a hindrance. He thought that if
he could collect families at his place they would
help compose a church and relieve him of care and
burdens. But it has proved at Bordoville as at
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