Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers - Ellen G. White

expressions of contempt, on the part of any man
who is cultivating the graces of Christianity. He
feels that he must be a partaker of the divine
nature, and he must be replenished from the
exhaustless fountain of heavenly grace, else he will
lose the milk of human kindness out of his soul.
We must love men for Christ's sake. It is easy for
the natural heart to love a few favorites, and to be
partial to these special few; but Christ bids us love
one another as He has loved us. "The wisdom that
is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle,
and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good
fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of
them that make peace."
You have a serious, solemn work to do to
prepare the way of the Lord. You need the
heavenly unction, and you may have it.
"Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My name,
He will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing
in My name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your
joy may be full." Who can be trifling, who can
engage in frivolous, common talk, while by faith
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