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

habiliments of humanity, that He might stand at the
head of the human race and develop a character
that was without spot or stain of sin.
Why are many of us so weak and inefficient? It
is because we look to self, studying our own
temperaments and wondering how we can make a
place for ourselves, our individuality, and our
peculiarities, in the place of studying Christ and
His character.
Brethren who could work together in harmony
if they would learn of Christ, forgetting that they
are Americans or Europeans, Germans or
Frenchmen, Swedes, Danes, or Norwegians, seem
to feel that if they should blend with those of other
nationalities, something of that which is peculiar to
their own country and nation would be lost and
something else would take its place.
My brethren, let us put all this aside.We have
no right to keep our minds stayed on ourselves, our
preferences, and our fancies. We are not to seek to
maintain a peculiar identity of our own, a
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