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do not work in exactly the same line as they themselves do.—Special
Testimonies, Series A, No. 7, pp. 14, 15. (1874).
Where One Weak, Another Strong—The Lord moves upon min-
isters who have varied capabilities, that they may feed the flock of
His heritage with food convenient for them. They will reveal truth on
points that their brother laborer did not regard as essential. Were the
work of ministering to the flock left entirely to one man, there would
be deficiency in the results. In His providence the Lord sends various
workmen. One is strong on some essential point where another is
weak.—
Manuscript 21, 1894
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Do Not Block the Wheels—There are some minds which do not
grow with the work but allow the work to grow far beyond them....
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Those who do not discern and adapt themselves to the increasing
demands of the work, should not stand blocking the wheels, and thus
hindering the advancement of others.—
Letter 45, 1889
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Methods to Be Improved—There must be no fixed rules; our
work is a progressive work, and there must be room left for methods
to be improved upon. But under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, unity
must and will be preserved.—
The Review and Herald, July 23, 1895
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Different Methods From the Past—Means will be devised to
reach hearts. Some of the methods used in this work will be different
from the methods used in the work in the past; but let no one, be-
cause of this, block the way by criticism.—
The Review and Herald,
September 30, 1902
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New Life in Old Methods—Men are needed who pray to God for
wisdom, and who, under the guidance of God, can put new life into
the old methods of labor and can invent new plans and new methods
of awakening the interest of church members and reaching the men
and women of the world.—
Manuscript 117, 1907
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Limiting Power of God by One-Line Plans—The kind of plan-
ning that would make one man a center and pattern, neither he nor
any other man can carry out. This is not the way in which the Lord
works.... When one man thinks that his mind is to outline the large
moves in the work of God, that his abilities are to accomplish the
greatest work, he limits the power of God to fulfill His purposes in the
earth.
God needs men and women who will work in the simplicity of
Christ to bring the knowledge of truth before those who need its