Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

in the work. Let their brethren say, "We will not
make matters worse by putting another in your
place without giving you opportunity to retrieve
your mistake and stand on vantage ground, free
from the burden of unjust criticism. Let them be
given time to adjust themselves, to overcome the
difficulties surrounding them, and to stand before
angels and men as worthy workers. Some have
made mistakes, but would those who have
questioned and criticized have done any better? To
the accusing Pharisees Christ said, "He that is
without sin among you, let him first cast a stone."
There are those who are premature in their
desire to reform things that to them appear to be
faulty. They think that they should be chosen to
take the place of those who have made mistakes.
They undervalue what these workers have done
while others were looking on and criticizing. By
their actions they say, "I can do great things. I can
carry the work forward successfully." To those
who think they know so well how to avoid
mistakes, I am instructed to say, "Judge not, that ye
be not judged. You might avoid mistakes on one
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