Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

It would be well if Elder Cottrell and at least
one other worker of broad experience should be
called upon the consult together and consider your
plans that affect the medical work. God designs
that his servants shall carry the responsibilities of
the conference in a spirit of humility and
dependance upon Him.
It is a dangerous work to invest men with
authority to judge and rule their fellowmen. Not to
you nor to any other man has been given power to
control the actions of God's people, and the effort
to do this must be no longer continued. God has
been dishonored by the education that has been
given to the churches in Southern California in
looking to one man as conscience and judgment for
them. God has never authorized any man to
exercise a ruling power over his fellow workers;
and those who have allowed a dictatorial spirit to
come into their official work need to experience
the converting power of God upon their hearts.
They have placed man where God should be.
When men engage in labor for the souls of
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