Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

workers in our institutions. I have thought, Is it
possible that there is anyone who will find fault
with those connected with them in the work? Is
there anyone who will suggest to patients or to
visitors or fellow workers that there are many
things which ought to be done that are not done,
and many other things which are not done right? If
they do this, they are not doing the work of
Christians.
Men who have been appointed to different
positions of trust are to be respected. We do not
expect to find men who are perfect in every
respect. They may be seeking for perfection of
character, but they are finite and liable to err.
Those who are engaged in our institutions should
feel it their duty jealously to guard both the work
and the workers from unjust criticism. They should
not readily accept or speak words of censure
against any who are connected with the work of
God, for in thus doing God Himself may be
reproached and the work that He is doing through
instrumentalities may be greatly hindered. The
wheels of progress may be blocked when God says
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