Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

the thought, I am in the presence of the One whom
I love and fear and reverence. I must think no
thought and do no action in my own spirit or after
my own inclination. Unless I have the mind and the
spirit of God, I can not be safely entrusted with
sacred responsibilities. My own mind, my own
judgment, must not rule. It is the mind and
judgment of the great I AM that must bear rule.
If we would obtain an all-round experience, we
must plow deep for truth and wisdom. We must
cultivate faith in the Word of God. The alpha and
omega of our experience must be "Thus saith the
Lord." As brethren, located where you must be
more or less connected in your work, you must
draw closer together, in your counsels, in your
associations, in spirit, and in all your work. Each
one among you is to stand nobly in his lot and
place, doing the work which God has committed to
him. Every individual among you must do for these
last days a work that is great and sacred and grand.
Every one must bear his weight of responsibility
before God. The Lord is preparing each one to do
his appointed work, and each one is to be honored
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