"I looked to see the humility of soul that should ever sit as a fitting garment upon our ministers, but it was not upon them.
I looked for the deep love for souls that the Master said they should possess, but they had it not.
I listened for the earnest prayers offered with tears and anguish of soul because of the impenitent and unbelieving in their own homes and in the church, but heard them not.
I looked for the burden bearers, who in such a time as this should be weeping between the porch and the altar, crying, Spare Thy people, Lord, and give not Thine heritage to reproach; (Joel 2:17) ' but I heard no such supplications.
A few earnest, humble ones were seeking the Lord.
But a large majority of the ministers had no more sense of the sacredness of their work than children..,"
Testimonies,Vol. V, pp. 165, 166 E.G.W.
I looked for the deep love for souls that the Master said they should possess, but they had it not.
I listened for the earnest prayers offered with tears and anguish of soul because of the impenitent and unbelieving in their own homes and in the church, but heard them not.
I looked for the burden bearers, who in such a time as this should be weeping between the porch and the altar, crying, Spare Thy people, Lord, and give not Thine heritage to reproach; (Joel 2:17) ' but I heard no such supplications.
A few earnest, humble ones were seeking the Lord.
But a large majority of the ministers had no more sense of the sacredness of their work than children..,"
Testimonies,Vol. V, pp. 165, 166 E.G.W.