Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers - Ellen G. White

whom they think they can mold to work with them
in the field. They take those who will not differ
with them, but will act like mere machines. No
president has any right to do this. Leave others to
plan; and if they fail in some things, do not take it
as an evidence that they are unfitted to be thinkers.
Our most responsible men had to learn by a long
discipline how to use their judgment. In many
things they have shown that their work ought to
have been better. The fact that men make mistakes
is no reason why we should think them unfit to be
caretakers. Those who think that their ways are
perfect, even now make many grave blunders, but
others are none the wiser for it. They present their
success, but their mistakes do not appear. Then be
kind and considerate to every man who
conscientiously enters the field as a worker for the
Master. Our most responsible men have made
some unwise plans, and have carried them out
because they thought their plans were perfect. They
have needed the mingling of other elements of
mind and character. They should have associated
with other men who could view matters from an
entirely different point of view. Thus they would
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