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Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

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servant of all, if duty dem<strong>and</strong>s it.<br />

But while you are to love as brethren, <strong>and</strong> think<br />

mind to mind, soul to soul, heart to heart, life to<br />

life, you are individually to lean your whole weight<br />

upon God. He will be your support. He is not<br />

pleased when you depend on one another for light<br />

<strong>and</strong> wisdom <strong>and</strong> direction. The Lord must be our<br />

wisdom. We must know individually that he is our<br />

sanctification <strong>and</strong> redemption. To him we may<br />

look, in him we may trust. He will be to us a<br />

present help in every time of need.<br />

Whatever your duties may be in the various<br />

lines of work, always remember that God is the<br />

General over us all. You must not withdraw from<br />

him to make flesh your arm. We are too much<br />

inclined to measure ourselves among ourselves,<br />

<strong>and</strong> compare ourselves one with another, placing<br />

our own estimate upon the importance of our work.<br />

But these comparisons may fall wide of the mark.<br />

The Lord does not estimate by position or rank. He<br />

looks to see how much of the Spirit of Christ you<br />

possess, <strong>and</strong> how much of his likeness your life<br />

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