Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

toward him. He should not allow a combative spirit
to take possession of him. He should not feel called
upon to defend himself. He has no need for selfjustification.
His works speak for him. Those with
whom God works are not to be at all intimidated by
the criticisms of men who need to understand what
it means to build up an interest in a new and barren
field, who might far better use the talent of speech
in warning those who know not the truth than in
criticizing those who are doing their best.
Treat Brother Shireman with the tenderness
with which you would wish to be treated were you
in his place. Remember that workmen for God will
spring up in many places. He who forsakes all that
he has in order to advance the work of God, is
doing that which must be done. Every weight,
every besetting sin, must be laid aside. God's
watchmen are to lift up the voice, saying, The
morning cometh, and also the night. "Come out
from among them, and be ye separate ... and touch
not the unclean thing." "Be ye clean that bear the
vessels of the Lord."
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