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

have so long thought, with the peculiar class I have
mentioned, that you knew it all, that you will not
see your deficiencies when they are presented
before you. You possess a large share of selfesteem,
and your experience has been characterized
by self-confidence and boastfulness.
You are not teachable, therefore the cause of
God would not prosper in your hands. You would
fail to recognize a defeat when you met with one.
The cause of God would be brought into disrepute
and dishonor by your labors, and you would fail to
discover the fact. A certain class may be convinced
by you of the truth; but more would be turned away
and placed where they could not be reached by
proper, judicious labor. Interwoven with your
experience are things that will prove detrimental to
the truth. God cannot accept you as a representative
of the truth.
Your manners have not been refined and
elevated. Your deportment has not been pleasing to
God. Your words have been careless. You lack
piety and devotion. You have not obtained an
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