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

I am made unutterably sad as I consider what
has been opened before me regarding the condition
of things at Battle Creek and other centers of our
work, where great light has been shining. In the
past, when matters have been shown to be wrong,
there has been a realization of the wrong, and this
has been followed by confession, repentance, and
thorough reformation. But of late there have not
been faithful stewards to repress the evils that
needed to be repressed. Can we, then, be surprised
that there is great spiritual blindness?
Those engaged in the gospel ministry need to
learn of Christ His meekness and lowliness, and to
be thoroughly converted, that their lives may
testify to a world dead in trespasses and sins that
they have been born again. Medical missionary
workers, also, need to be converted. When they are
converted, their influence will be a power for good
in the world. They will be willing to receive
counsel and help from their brethren, because they
have been sanctified through the truth. Daily they
will receive rich supplies of grace from heaven to
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