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

profiting may appear to all. Take heed unto thyself,
and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in
doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them
that hear thee."
Brother D is active and willing to do, willing to
bear burdens that are not connected with his
calling; and he has had his mind and time too much
engrossed in temporal things. Some ministers
maintain a certain dignity not in accordance with
the life of Christ, and are unwilling to make
themselves useful by engaging in physical labor, as
occasion may require, to lighten the burdens of
those whose hospitalities they share, and to relieve
them of care. Physical exercise would prove a
blessing to them, rather than an injury. In helping
others they would advantage themselves. But some
go to the other extreme. When their time and
strength are all required in the work and cause of
God, they are willing to engage in labor and
become servants of all, even in temporal things;
and they really rob God of the service He requires
of them. Thus trivial matters take up precious time
which should be devoted to the interests of God's
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