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Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers
soul, in living faith, fasten upon God. Let the tongue speak His
praise. When you associate together, let the mind be reverently
turned to the contemplation of eternal realities. Thus you will be
helping one another to be spiritually minded. When your will is
in harmony with the divine will, you will be in harmony with one
another; you will have Christ by your side as a counselor.”—
Gospel
Workers, old edition, 1:235-237
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Unsanctified Independence
The Lord has not qualified any one of us to bear the burden of
the work alone. He has associated together men of different minds,
that they may counsel with and assist one another. In this way the
deficiency in the experience and abilities of one is supplied by the
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experience and abilities of another. We should all study carefully
the instruction given in Corinthians and Ephesians regarding our
relation to one another as members of the body of Christ.
In our work we must consider the relation that each worker
sustains to the other workers connected with the cause of God. We
must remember that others as well as ourselves have a work to do
in connection with this cause. We must not bar the mind against
counsel. In our plans for the carrying forward of the work, our mind
must blend with other minds.
Let us cherish a spirit of confidence in the wisdom of our
brethren. We must be willing to take advice and caution from our
fellow laborers. Connected with the service of God, we must indi-
vidually realize that we are parts of a great whole. We must seek
wisdom from God, learning what it means to have a waiting, watch-
ing spirit, and to go to our Saviour when tired and depressed.
It is a mistake to withdraw from those who do not agree with
our ideas. This will not inspire our brethren with confidence in our
judgment. It is our duty to counsel with our brethren, and to heed
their advice. We are to seek their counsel, and when they give it,
we are not to cast it away, as if they were our enemies. Unless we
humble our hearts before God, we shall not know His will.
Let us be determined to be in unity with our brethren. This
duty God has placed upon us. We shall make their hearts glad
by following their counsel, and make ourselves strong through the