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

conference embracing thousands of people and
many branches of work.
But a greater danger than this has been revealed
to me in the feeling that has been growing among
our workers that ministers and other laborers in the
cause should depend upon the mind of certain
leading workers to define their duties. One man's
mind and judgment are not to be considered
capable of controlling and molding a conference.
The individual and the church have responsibilities
of their own. God has given to every man some
talent or talents to use and improve. In using these
talents he increases his capability to serve. God has
given to each individual judgment, and this gift He
wants His workers to use and improve. The
president of a conference must not consider that his
individual judgment is to control the judgment of
all.
In no conference should propositions be rushed
through without time being taken by the brethren to
weigh carefully all sides of the question. Because
the president of a conference suggested certain
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