Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

carefully the second chapter of Nehemiah which
records Nehemiah's request of the king, and the
king's liberal response to his plea. The experiences
of Nehemiah teach us that God does not prohibit
his people from asking men in power for favors to
advance the cause of God. Much more might be
received for the advancement of the cause of God
from men who have abundant resources, if the
Lord's servants would lay their necessities before
them. In the work of erecting sanitariums and
school buildings in foreign countries God designs
that the highest authorities shall be appealed to for
assistance. This work should be done with
prudence, taking care to present it as something
that is being done for the benefit of the people, and
as a work of God.
To those workers who are preparing to be
teachers, I would say, Begin to work in a humble
way as missionaries for God. Bear in mind the
example of those who for the sake of the truth are
subjecting themselves to all manner of
inconveniences in foreign fields,- - to the hardships
of an unsuitable climate and to the opposition of
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