Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

progress, to show your zeal by tearing it in pieces?
If this is working in the "Regular lines", it is high
time that we worked in irregular lines.
No minister should dishonor his position as a
Christian worker by being severe, critical, and
overbearing, riding roughshod over men who God
is using, men whom He loves because they
appreciate His grace and do not abuse His mercies.
Those who desire to be dealt with in mercy and
compassion, must show mercy and compassion
when dealing with their brethren.
It is acting the part of a thief and a robber to
step into another man's field of labor and destroy
his harvest. Paul the greatest preacher among
believers, did not desire to go upon another man's
ground. His desire was to preach the gospel to
those who had never heard it. He writes, "Yea, so
have I striven to preach the gospel, not where
Christ was named, lest I should build upon another
man's foundation; but as it is written, To whom He
was not spoken of, they shall see; and they that
have not heard shall understand." And of Christ, it
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