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

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man hath received <strong>the</strong> gift, even so minister <strong>the</strong><br />

same one to ano<strong>the</strong>r, as good stewards of <strong>the</strong><br />

manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him<br />

speak as <strong>the</strong> oracles of God; if any man minister,<br />

let him do it as of <strong>the</strong> ability which God giveth:<br />

that God in all things may be glorified through<br />

Jesus Christ." (1 Peter 4:10, 11)<br />

There are great laws that govern <strong>the</strong> world of<br />

nature, and spiritual things are controlled by<br />

principles equally certain. The means <strong>for</strong> an end<br />

must be employed, if <strong>the</strong> desired results are to be<br />

attained. God has appointed to every man his work<br />

according to his ability. It is by education and<br />

practice that persons are to be qualified to meet any<br />

emergency which may arise; and wise planning is<br />

needed to place each one in his proper sphere, that<br />

he may obtain an experience that will fit him to<br />

bear responsibility.<br />

God wants us to help one ano<strong>the</strong>r by a<br />

manifestation of sympathy and unselfish love.<br />

There are those who have inherited peculiar<br />

tempers and dispositions. They may be hard to deal<br />

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