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will exert a melting power on the heart of the one he is trying to help.
Gospel Workers, 119
(1915).
Kindness to Those Who Differ in Doctrine—Those who differ
with us in faith and doctrine should be treated kindly. They are the
property of Christ, and we must meet them in the great day of final
account. We shall have to face one another in the judgment, and behold
the record of our thoughts, words, and deeds, not as we have viewed
them, but as they were in truth. God has enjoined upon us the duty of
loving one another as Christ has loved us.—
The Youth’s Instructor,
December 9, 1897
.
Without Personal Feeling and Selfishness—Men must labor ac-
cording to His [God’s] rules and arrangement if they would meet
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with success. God will accept only those efforts that are made will-
ingly and with humble hearts, without the trait of personal feelings or
selfishness.—
Letter 66, 1887
.
Put On Gospel Shoes—My brother, I have an intense desire that
you shall be a man after God’s heart. You must make a change in
your life. You have most precious truth to present, but you must put
on the gospel shoes—your feet must be “shod with the preparation of
the gospel of peace.” Your manner of addressing people is not always
pleasing to God. You need to feel His converting power upon your
soul every day. You are full of physical strength and energy, and you
need much of the grace of Christ, that it may be said of you as it was
of Him, “Thy gentleness hath made me great.” When the Holy Spirit
takes possession of your mind and controls your strong feelings, you
will be more Christlike.—
Letter 164, 1902
.
Sacredness of God’s Work—To handle sacred things as we would
common matters is an offense to God; for that which God has set apart
to do His service in giving light to this world is holy. Those who have
any connection with the work of God are not to walk in the vanity of
their own wisdom, but in the wisdom of God, or they will be in danger
of placing sacred and common things on the same level, and thus
separate themselves from God.—
The Review and Herald, September
8, 1896
.
Sense of Sacred Responsibility—Young men are arising to en-
gage in the work of God, some of whom have scarcely any sense of the
sacredness and responsibility of the work.... They talk nonsense, and