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To the Workers in Southern California
[Published first in
Special Testimonies
, Series B, No. 10,
Jehovah is
Our King
.]
This morning I cannot rest. My mind is troubled over the sit-
uation in Southern California. God has given to every man his
work, but there are some who are not prayerfully considering their
individual responsibility.
When a worker is selected for an office, that office of itself does
not bring to him power of capability that he did not have before. A
high position does not give to the character Christian virtues. The
man who supposes that his individual mind is capable of planning
and devising for all branches of the work reveals a great lack of
wisdom. No one human mind is capable of carrying the many
and varied responsibilities of a conference embracing thousands of
people and many branches of work.
But a greater danger than this has been revealed to me in the
feeling that has been growing among our workers that ministers
and other laborers in the cause should depend upon the mind of
certain leading workers to define their duties. One man’s mind and
judgment are not to be considered capable of controlling and molding
a conference. The individual and the church have responsibilities
of their own. God has given to every man some talent or talents to
use and improve. In using these talents he increases his capability
to serve. God has given to each individual judgment, and this gift
He wants His workers to use and improve. The president of a
conference must not consider that his individual judgment is to
control the judgment of all.
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In no conference should propositions be rushed through without
time being taken by the brethren to weigh carefully all sides of the
question. Because the president of a conference suggested certain
plans, it has sometimes been considered unnecessary to consult the
Lord about them. Thus propositions have been accepted that were
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