Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

the Word: speak according to a "Thus said the
Lord." with all the earnestness of the Holy Spirit.
Never remove from your feet the gospel shoes. Be
sure to keep them on. Your feet are always to be
"shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace."
Observing carefully every direction that the
Lord has specified in regard to the Christian armor,
you will walk before him softly, and will work
discreetly. You will not carry with you any yokes
to bind men to your plans, nor will you attempt to
make the Lord's workers amenable to any finite
mind. The maxims and precepts of men are not to
control His laborers. Let no man be placed in a
position where he can lord it over God's heritage;
for this imperils alike the soul of him who rules
and the souls of those who are under his rule.
No man is so high in power and authority but
that Satan will assail him with temptation. And the
more responsible the position a man occupies the
fiercer and more determined are the assaults of the
enemy. Let God's servants in every place study his
Word, looking constantly to Jesus that they may be
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