A Solemn Appeal - Ellen G. White

their neighbor. Gossipers and news-carriers are a
terrible curse to neighborhoods and churches. Twothirds
of all the church trials arise from this source.
God requires all to do the duties of today with
faithfulness. This is much neglected by the larger
share of professed Christians. Especially is present
duty lost sight of by the class I have mentioned,
who imagine that they are of a higher order of
beings than their fellow-mortals around them. The
fact of their minds’ turning in this channel, is proof
that they are of an inferior order, narrow,
conceited, and selfish. They feel high above the
lowly and humble poor. Such, Jesus says he has
called. They are forever trying to secure position,
to gain applause, to obtain credit for doing a work
that others cannot do, some great work. But it
disturbs the fine grain of their refined organism to
associate with the humble and unfortunate. They
mistake the reason altogether. The reason they
shun any of these duties not so agreeable, is
because of their supreme selfishness. Dear self is
the center of all their actions and motives.
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