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

take these distorted views of things.
Dear Brother P, at Adams Center your case was
again shown me. I saw that you had ever failed to
exercise true self-government. You have made
efforts; but these efforts have only reached the
external, they have not touched the spring of
action. Your hasty temper often causes you sincere
and painful regret and self-condemnation. This
passionate spirit, unless subdued, will increase to a
peevish, faultfinding spirit; indeed, this is already
upon you in a degree. You will be ready to resent
everything. If jostled upon the sidewalk, you will
be offended, and a word of complaint will spring to
your lips. When driving in the street, if full half the
road is not given you, you will feel stirred in a
moment. If asked to put yourself out of your course
to accommodate others, you will chafe and fret,
and feel that your dignity is imposed upon. You
will show to all your besetting sin. Your very
countenance will indicate an impatient spirit, and
your mouth will seem always ready to utter an
angry word. In this habit, as in tobacco using, total
abstinence is the only sure remedy. An entire
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