Testimonies for the Church, Volume 9 - Ellen G. White

increasing in usefulness, because we see our work
in the light of eternity.
Our work has been marked out for us by our
heavenly Father. We are to take our Bibles and go
forth to warn the world. We are to be God's helping
hands in saving souls--channels through which His
love is day by day to flow to the perishing. The
realization of the great work in which he has the
privilege of taking part, ennobles and sanctifies the
true worker. He is filled with the faith that works
by love and purifies the soul. Nothing is drudgery
to the one who submits to the will of God. Doing it
unto the Lord" is a thought that throws a charm
over whatever work God gives him to do.
Carry on all your work on strictly religious
principles. Let your earnest inquiry be: What can I
do to please the Master?" Visit places where the
believers need encouragement and help. At every
step ask: Is this the way of the Lord? Am I, in
spirit, in word, in action, in harmony with His
will?" If you labor for God with an eye single to
His glory, your work will bear the divine mold, and
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