Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

work in His own appointed way, according to their
several ability. Missionaries are needed who are
full of tender sympathy, who with hearts softened
and subdued by the love of God, can talk and pray
with the people, showing an interest in their
welfare, and obtaining a knowledge of their home
life and their religious life.
There is need of shepherds who, under the
direction of the Chief Shepherd, will visit and
present the truth in the simplicity of Christ. This
means physical discomfort, and the sacrifice of
ease. It means that the workers are to represent the
Great Shepherd, leaving ninety and nine, and
seeking for the stray sheep and lambs. It means a
tender solicitude for the erring, the forbearance of
Christ, a divine compassion, because the human
agent is a partaker of the divine nature. It means an
ear that can listen to heart-breaking recitals of
wrongs, of degradation, of falling under
temptation, of despair and misery. This kind of
work means self-sacrifice. Is this why so little has
been done for the negro race?
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