Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

supersede him. His helpers should be men of fine
perceptions and delicacy of feeling, who will give
credit where credit is due, who will not ignore the
one used by God to do the hard, pioneer labor.
How dare any one minister or lay member, bar
the way of God's servants by unjust, unfeeling
speeches? But this has been done, and thereby
some laborers have been discouraged and many
souls lost who might have been saved. Those who
do this work are not prompted by the Spirit of God,
but by another Spirit. Scornful criticisms and
discourteous remarks are from Satan. Abraham was
a courteous man. If teachers, ministers, and people
would practice Bible courtesy, they would find
hearts open to receive the truth that are now closed,
and the Lord would be glorified.
He who comes into another man's field of labor
to scoff at his work, is not fitted for ministerial
labor. He might better, far better, use his power in
some other work. Those who search for something
with which to find fault have taken the enemy's
side of the question. Can Christ say of them, "Well
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