Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

to be accomplished through the day. Make a
memorandum of the different duties that await your
attention, and set apart a certain time for the doing
of each duty. Let everything be done with
thoroughness, neatness, and dispatch. If it falls to
your lot to do chamber work, then see that the
rooms are well aired, and that the bed clothing is
exposed to the sunlight. Give yourself a number of
minutes to do the work, and do not stop to read
papers and books that take your eye, but say to
yourself, "No, I have just so many minutes in
which to do my work, and I must accomplish my
task in a given time." If the room is decorated with
little ornaments, and you would have an eye single
to the glory of God, let these little idols be stored
away; but if this can not be done and these
ornaments must be exposed to your admiration,
then handle them expeditiously. Do not take them
up, one after another, as you dust them, dream over
each one, and hesitate and admire, keeping it in
your hand as though you were loath to replace it.
Let those who are naturally slow of movement,
seek to become active, quick energetic,
remembering the words of the Apostle, "Not
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