Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

lines. Their labor is no more wearing than is that of
the faithful minister. On the contrary, ministers, as
a rule, make greater sacrifices than are made by the
laborers in our institutions. Ministers go where
they are sent; they are minutemen, ready to move
at any moment, to meet any emergency. They are
necessarily separated, to a great degree, from their
families. The workers in the publishing houses, as
a rule, have a permanent home and can live with
their families. This is a great saving of expense and
should be considered in its bearing on the relative
compensation of laborers in the ministry and in
publishing houses.
Those who labor wholeheartedly in the Lord’s
vineyard, working to the utmost of their ability, are
not the ones to set the highest estimate on their
own services. Instead of swelling with pride and
self-importance, and measuring with exactness
every hour’s work, they compare their efforts with
the Saviour’s work and account themselves
unprofitable servants.
Brethren, do not study how little you may do,
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