Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers - Ellen G. White

hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his
taste remained in him, and his scent is not
changed." This is true of many Christians who are
coming into Battle Creek. Many have a spasmodic
zeal, but it is like a meteor that flashes across the
heavens and goes out.
Let God's own workmen who have His cause at
heart do something for the Southern field. Let not
God's stewards be content with just touching it
with their fingers' ends. Let those at the heart of the
work plan for the field in earnest. You have talked
about it; but what are you doing as the stewards of
God's means?
Has God given us a work to do? Has God
bidden us to go amid opposing influences and
convert men from error to truth? Why have not the
men and women who have so frequently gathered
to the large assemblies in Battle Creek put into
practice the truth which they have heard? If they
had imparted the light which they had received,
what a transformation of character we would have
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