Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

in that which is least.
Now we wish all to look at this matter from a
Christian standpoint. These tests reveal the true
material that goes to make up the character. There
is in the Decalogue a commandment that says,
“Thou shalt not steal.” This commandment covers
just such acts as these. Some have stolen the help
that others have had the burden of bringing up and
training for their own work. Any underhanded
scheme, any influence brought to bear to try to
secure help that others have engaged and trained, is
nothing less than downright stealing.
There is another commandment that says,
“Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbor.” There has been tampering with the help
that has been secured and depended upon to do a
certain kind of labor; efforts have been made to
demerit the plans and find fault with the
management of those who are conducting the
institution. The course of the management has been
questioned as regards those whose services they
desired to secure. Their vanity has been flattered
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