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

eady to question or condemn the course they
pursue, without candidly viewing matters on all
sides. You have no knowledge of the duties of
others and should not feel responsible for their acts,
but do your duty, leaving others with the Lord.
Possess your spirit in patience, preserve peace and
calmness of mind, and be thankful.
I saw that the Lord had given you light and
experience, that you might see the sinfulness of a
hasty spirit and control your passions. So surely as
you fail to do this, just so surely you will fail of
everlasting life. You must overcome this disease of
the imagination. You are extremely sensitive, and
if a word is spoken favoring an opposite course
from that which you have been pursuing, you are
hurt. You feel that you are blamed, and that you
must defend yourself, save your life; and in your
earnest effort to save your life, you lose it. You
have a work to do to die to self and to cultivate a
spirit of forbearance and patience. Get over the
idea that you are not used right, that you are
wronged, that somebody wants to crowd or harm
you. You see through false eyes. Satan leads you to
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