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let His light shine upon His word, and has led him into a field of rich
thought that would be a blessing to the people of God at large. While
he has borne a triple burden, some of his ministering brethren have let
the responsibility drop heavily upon him, consoling themselves with
the thought that God had placed Brother White at the head of the work
and qualified him for it, and that the Lord had not fitted them for the
position; therefore they have not taken the responsibility and borne the
burdens which they might have borne.
There should be men who would feel the same interest that my
husband has felt. There never has been a more important period in
the history of Seventh-day Adventists than the present. Instead of
the publishing work diminishing, the demand for our publications
is greatly increasing. There will be more to do instead of less. My
husband has been murmured against so much, he has contended with
jealousy and falsehood so long, and has seen so little faithfulness in
men, that he has become suspicious of almost everyone, even of his
own brethren in the ministry. The ministering brethren have felt this,
and for fear that they should not move wisely, in many instances have
not moved at all. But the time has come when these men must labor
unitedly to lift the burdens. The ministering brethren lack faith and
confidence in God. They believe the truth, and in the fear of God they
should unite their efforts, and bear the burdens of this work which God
has laid upon them.
If, after one has done the best he can in his judgment, another
thinks he can see where he could have improved the matter, he should
kindly and patiently give the brother the benefit of his judgment, but
should not censure him nor question his integrity of purpose any sooner
than he himself would wish to be suspected or unjustly censured. If
the brother who feels the cause of God at heart sees that, in his earnest
efforts to do, he has made a failure, he will feel deeply over the matter;
for he will be inclined to distrust himself and to lose confidence in
his own judgment. Nothing will so weaken his courage and godlike
manhood as to realize his mistakes in the work that God has appointed
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him to do, a work which he loves better than his life. How unjust, then,
for his brethren who discover his errors to keep pressing the thorn
deeper and deeper into his heart, to make him feel more intensely,
when with every thrust they are weakening his faith and courage, and