Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers - Ellen G. White

Ministerial Institutes
"Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel
to every creature" is Christ's command to His
workers.
But this plain declaration has been disregarded.
Even though the light has been given again and
again, men are called from the fields, where they
should have continued working in the love and fear
of God, seeking to save the lost, to spend weeks in
attending a ministerial institute. There was a time
when this work was made necessary, because our
own people opposed the work of God by refusing
the light of truth on the righteousness of Christ by
faith. This they should have received and reechoed
with heart and voice and pen, for it is their only
efficiency. They should have labored under the
Holy Spirit's dictation to give the light to others.
By devoting year after year to ministerial
institutes, [* SEE APPENDIX.] fields have been
neglected that are white already to harvest. Even
the workers have been weakened instead of being
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