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

increases as, under the guidance of a supreme
Power, he performs these duties. The fulfillment of
one duty makes us better prepared to take up
another. Those who have a true sense of what is to
be done will place themselves in the direct light of
the word of God, in union with His other working
forces. Every day, clothed with the whole armor,
he will go forth into the battle. With prayer and
watchfulness and perseverance he will labor,
determined that the close of his lifework shall not
find him unprepared, not having done all that he
could for the salvation of perishing souls.
If Christians were to act in concert, moving
forward as one, under the direction of one Power,
for the accomplishment of one purpose, they would
move the world.
The principles that should actuate us as workers
in God's cause are laid down by the apostle Paul.
He says: "We are laborers together with God." (1
Corinthians 3:9) "Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily,
as to the Lord, and not unto men." (Colossians
3:23) And Peter exhorts the believers: "As every
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