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

unconsecrated are exerting an influence to scatter
from Christ, and are gathering in their garments the
blood of souls. If they continue the same course
they will lose their own souls, and will know one
day what it is to feel the terrible weight of other
souls who have been led astray by their
unconsecration, while professing to be governed by
religious principles.
You have just reason to be grieved with the
pride and lack of simplicity in those who profess
better things. But you have watched others, and
talked of their errors and wrongs, and neglected
your own soul. You are not accountable for any of
the sins of your brethren, unless your example has
caused them to stumble, caused their feet to be
diverted from the narrow path. You have a great
and solemn work before you to control and subdue
yourself, to become meek and lowly of heart, to
educate yourself to be tenderhearted, pitiful in your
family, and to possess that nobleness of spirit and
true generosity of soul which despises everything
niggardly.
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