Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers - Ellen G. White

trees, strawberries, etc.; how they must keep every
sprangle and fiber of the roots uncramped in order
to give them a chance to grow. Is not this a most
precious lesson as to how to treat the human mind,
and the body as well--not to cramp any of the
organs of the body, but give them ample room to
do their work? The mind must be called out, its
energies taxed. We want men and women who can
be energized by the Spirit of God to do a complete
work under the Spirit's guidance. But these minds
must be cultivated, employed, not lazy and dwarfed
by inaction. Just so men and women and children
are wanted who will work the land, and use their
tact and skill, not with a feeling that they are
menials, but that they are doing just such noble
work as God gave to Adam and Eve in Eden, who
loved to see the miracles wrought by the divine
Husbandman. The human agent plants the seed,
and God waters it and causes His sun to shine upon
it, and up springs the tiny blade. Here is the lesson
God gives to us concerning the resurrection of the
body, and the renewing of the heart. We are to
learn of spiritual things from the development of
the earthly.
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