Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the
Lord."
If it falls your lot to prepare the meals, make
careful calculations, and give yourself all the time
necessary to prepare the food, and set it on the
table in good order, and on exact time. To have the
meal ready five minutes earlier than the time you
have set is more commendable than to have it five
minutes later. But if you are under the control of
slow, dilatory movements, if your habits are of a
lazy order, you will make a long job out of a short
one; and it is the duty of those who are slow, to
reform, and become more expeditious. If they will,
they can overcome their fussy, lingering habits. In
washing dishes, they may be careful, and at the
same time do quick work. Exercise the will to this
end, and the hands will move with dispatch.
Another defect which has caused me much
uneasiness and trouble, is the habit some girls have
of letting their tongues run, wasting precious time
in talking of worthless things. While girls give their
attention to talk, their work drags behind. These
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