Not Kingly, but Christlike Leadership
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houses was never again to have sway. To make such propositions was
more like going back toward Egypt than on to Canaan.
From the light given me, I knew that such a change as was proposed
by this speaker would bring into the publishing work a ruling power
claiming jurisdiction over the entire field. This is not God’s plan.—
Manuscript 140, 1902
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Exact and Impartial Justice—There should be no giving of spe-
cial favors, or attentions to a few, no preferring of one above another.
This is displeasing to God. Let all bear in mind the words of inspi-
ration: “The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable,
gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without
partiality, and without hypocrisy.” When you pass by one who is in
need of your sympathy and kindly acts, and bestow your favors upon
others simply because they are more pleasing to you, remember that
Jesus is insulted in the person of His afflicted ones....
The bruised and wounded, the lame of the flock, are among us, and
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these test the character of those who claim to be children of God. The
Lord will not excuse the wrongdoer. He will never sanction partiality to
the wealthy or oppression to the weak. He requires exact and impartial
justice; more than this, He requires that His followers shall always
have compassion for the suffering, pity and love for the erring.—
Letter
74, 1896
. (
Selections from Testimonies to the Managers and Workers
in our Institutions, 13
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God Guards the Interests of Every Soul—The Lord God of
heaven, who made our world, and who created man, guards the in-
terests of every soul. To every man He has given his work. We are
laborers together with God. There are diversities of gifts, and every
man should appreciate the moral and spiritual capital which God has
entrusted to him. No one should treat these entrusted talents with
indifference. No one is accountable for the talents he has never had;
none should complain of the smallness of their gifts. Everyone is to
trade on that which God has entrusted to him, working where he can,
doing the best possible service for the Master. One talent, well used,
will gain other talents, and these still others. The man with a few pence
can serve God faithfully with his pence. If he does this, he is judged
as faithful in the sight of God as the one who has improved pounds.
But all are to realize their individual responsibility to employ their
talents to the glory of God according to their ability. Let no man or