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

Chapter 130
To the Workers in Southern
California
Published first in special testimonies, series b,
no. 10, Jehovah is our king.
This morning I cannot rest. My mind is
troubled over the situation in Southern California.
God has given to every man his work, but there are
some who are not prayerfully considering their
individual responsibility.
When a worker is selected for an office, that
office of itself does not bring to him power of
capability that he did not have before. A high
position does not give to the character Christian
virtues. The man who supposes that his individual
mind is capable of planning and devising for all
branches of the work reveals a great lack of
wisdom. No one human mind is capable of
carrying the many and varied responsibilities of a
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