Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

will require true diligence; it may often be hard
work; but it will pay. In everything you do, do your
best. ...
Negligent, slothful work is not so great an
offense against men as against God. By doing it,
you are forming your character for unfaithfulness.
The only right way to do is to do all to the glory of
God. Take no human being as your criterion. Let
no human voice lay down the limit of your duty.
One human being may have a lawful authority over
another, and may rightly inspect his work. But
every worker is to look beyond to the divine, to
Him who rules in the heavens, whose eyes behold
all the works of our hands. The Lord has called us
to be his servants in all things, and no unfaithful
work will bear the signature of "Well done."
While we are in this world, we must secure by
the sweat of our brow the bread that we eat. Many
are inclined to divorce temporal business from
spiritual service. Many think that the time devoted
to temporal things is lost. They think that if they
could devote their time wholly to religious duties,
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