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

Each should diligently and interestedly attend
to his own work, leaving others to their own
Master, to stand or fall. There are too many
busybodies in ——-, too many who are interested
in watching their brethren, and for this reason are
constantly weak. They will bear testimony in
meeting, and because they have not Jesus in their
hearts to confess, they will try to impress upon
their brethren their duty. These poor souls do not
know their own duty, and yet they take the
responsibility of enlightening others in regard to
their duty. If such would attend to their own work,
and obtain the grace of God in their hearts, there
would be a power in the church which is now
lacking.
Brother J, you can do good. You possess good
judgment, and God is leading you out of darkness
into the light. Use your talents to the glory of God.
Put them out to the exchangers, that when the
Master comes He may receive His own with usury.
Break your tendrils from the valueless things of
earth, and elevate them to entwine about God. The
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