Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

way of the Lord. Let there be much earnest prayer
on the part of the workers, each depending on the
great Physician to carry the work according to His
purposes. "For we are laborers together with God:
ye are God's husbandry; ye are God's building." In
our efforts to build up the cause of God in the
earth, we are to make sure work for eternity.
Many workers who are bearing responsibilities
are embracing too much authority; and they will
certainly confuse the human judgement by their
dictatorial authority. I must warn my brethren to be
on their guard against this. The cause of God is
imperiled when the workers become self-confident,
and seek to embrace more than the Lord has laid
upon them. Hindrance instead of advancement is
the result of such a spirit.
Elder Burden, carry your work intelligently,
even consulting the word of God; for this word is
very precious to the worker in the cause. Study the
messages that God has sent to his people for the
last sixty years through the Spirit of Prophecy. Do
not seek the counsel of men, but by earnest prayer
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