Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

important matters, they find themselves hurried,
perplexed, and confused when they are called upon
to do those duties that are more essential. They are
always doing, and they think, working very hard;
and yet there is little to show for their efforts.
Under circumstances like these, where young men
and women are making such mistakes in their life
discipline, it would be sinful not to speak words of
advice and counsel.
It is an extremely delicate thing to tell people of
their faults. The reprover is likely to find in those
reproved, pride and stubbornness to assert
themselves, and the will is arrayed in defiance and
opposition. But for all this, advice should be given,
and faults should be laid bare. Let the young
cultivate a teachable spirit that they may be
benefitted by the efforts of those who seek to help
them. You may feel that you are doing your best,
and that you have been reproved for very trifling
matters, and you may be impatient that any one
should feel that it is his duty to reprove you for
such small matters; but this is the injunction given
by the Apostle: "Obey them that have rule over
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