Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

The Example of Christ
[The Spirit of Sacrifice, 37-40 (1903).] Dear
Brother: At one time you made the suggestion that
if the managers of our institutions offered higher
wages, they would secure a higher class of
workmen and thus a higher grade of work. My
brother, such reasoning is not in harmony with the
Lord’s plans. We are all His servants. We are not
our own. We have been bought with a price and we
are to glorify God in our body and in our spirit,
which are His. This is a lesson that we need to
learn. We need the discipline so essential to the
development of completeness of Christian
character.
Our institutions are to be entirely under the
supervision of God. They were established in
sacrifice, and only in sacrifice can their work be
successfully carried forward.
A Broadening Work
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