Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers - Ellen G. White

and opportunity, but we know not how long these
may be ours. Then let us work while it is day; for
the night cometh, in which no man can work.
"Blessed is that servant, whom his Lord when He
cometh shall find so doing."
The reason so many fail to have success is that
they trust in themselves altogether too much, and
do not feel the positive necessity of abiding in
Christ as they go forth to seek and save that which
is lost. Until they have the mind of Christ and teach
the truth as it is in Jesus, they will not accomplish
much. I walk with trembling before God. I know
not how to speak or trace with pen the large subject
of the atoning sacrifice. I know not how to present
subjects in the living power in which they stand
before me. I tremble for fear lest I shall belittle the
great plan of salvation by cheap words. I bow my
soul in awe and reverence before God, and say,
Who is sufficient for these things? How can I talk,
how can I write to my brethren, so that they will
catch the beams of light flashing from heaven?
What shall I say?
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