Testimonies for the Church, Volume 8 - Ellen G. White

Chapter 55
A Reformation Needed
I have been instructed that a reformation is
needed along these lines, that more liberality
should prevail among us. There is constant danger
that even Seventh-day Adventists will be overcome
with selfish ambition and will desire to center all
the means and power in the interests over which
they especially preside. There is danger that men
will permit a jealous feeling to arise in their hearts
and that they will become envious of interests that
are as important as those which they are handling.
Those who cherish the grace of pure Christianity
cannot look with indifference upon any part of the
work in the Lord's great vineyard. Those who are
truly converted will have an equal interest in the
work in all parts of the vineyard and will be ready
to help wherever help is needed.
It is selfishness that hinders men from sending
help to those places where the work of God is not
as prosperous as it is in the institution over which
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