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Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

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work. And you have the advantage of possessing<br />

physical strength. Seek a hard place, <strong>and</strong> go to<br />

work. Labor with humility <strong>and</strong> earnestness, as<br />

Brother Shireman has done. Learn how he has<br />

accomplished his work, <strong>and</strong> then begin as he<br />

began, showing your zeal by making earnest efforts<br />

to establish something. Cultivate a part of the<br />

Lord's vineyard where nothing has been done. Thus<br />

you can consistently show what capabilities you<br />

possess. Thus you can show that your work is<br />

genuine.<br />

Brother Shireman has taxed his energies for<br />

many years in a way that many of our younger<br />

ministers would shrink from doing. He has opened<br />

the Scriptures to the people <strong>and</strong> erected buildings,<br />

<strong>and</strong> the Lord has blessed him <strong>and</strong> gone before him.<br />

To some his work may appear crude, not elegant<br />

enough to suit their taste, but he has worked<br />

according to the ability given him by the Lord. God<br />

will bless any man who does this. You should be<br />

careful not to dishonor God in the person of his<br />

saints. Let the aged minister of God work in the<br />

place where he has accomplished so much, till the<br />

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