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

that you are both physically better able than they to
perform the labor which they do for you. Brother
A, you are too indolent to please God. When wood
or water is needed, you do not know it, and you let
these be brought by those who are already
overworked, and frequently by females, when these
little errands, these courtesies of life, are what you
need to perform for the benefit of your health. You
are full of flesh and blood, and do not exercise half
enough for your own good. The indolence you
manifest, and the disposition to grasp everything
whereby you may be advantaged, has been a
reproach to the truth and a stumbling block to
unbelievers.
Your wife, as well as you, loves her ease. Your
time has been spent in bed when you were able to
be up actively showing a special interest in the
family you were burdening. You have thought that,
because you were a minister, they should consider
your presence a favor, and should wait upon you,
and favor you, while you had nothing to do but to
care for your own selfish interests. The impressions
which you have given have been very bad. You
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