Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

more complete work. But would they? Is it not
those who have been connected with a work from
the beginning who know how to help beginners?
Does not their experience in carrying the work
forward from its first stages adapt them to meet the
needs of learners?
The Lord encouraged these brethren, giving
them victories that taught them valuable lessons
and strengthened their confidence. It is not
according to His plan for some other worker to
come in and take the burden of this work upon his
shoulders, supposing that he can do a much better
and larger work. This is not right. Let no one lay
his hand upon another, forbidding him to go
forward in his work, or asking him to step into a
position of less responsibility, while another more
learned and more experienced takes his place.
The high and holy work set before God's
workers is to love their fellow-workers, who are
just as honest and righteous as they themselves,
although they may be tried with fire. He requires
them to put self out of sight, and with pure hearts
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