I have been shown that there is a great want of personal piety among the workers in the office [Review and Herald], nearly every one of them, and that their unsanctified wisdom is the result of a lack of connection with God. They take very little time to seek God’s counsel with humble contrition of soul, with earnest searching of heart; self-sufficient, they walk in the sparks of their own kindling. The spiritual atmosphere which surrounds their soul does not make manifest that they have constant reliance upon God. PCL 233.2
The most sacred truths are fast losing their preciousness and sanctity to them, because they do not have a full connection with God and receive the things that be of God. Unless the converting power of God shall be felt upon the hearts and characters of men in positions of trust, they will not, cannot be one with Christ, keeping the way of the Lord; but like the Pharisees in the days of Christ, they will teach the doctrines and commandments of men, and the Lord will have no more use for them. They cannot be laborers together with God while they keep the spirit that has actuated them in the past. They have felt but little respect for those who have stood under the direction of God in seeking counsel from Him who is mighty in wisdom in founding and building up His great work in the earth. PCL 233.3
The consecration, the vital piety, the humility which God requires, does not exist among them. Self is exalted, and Jesus is not glorified. Jesus, the blessed and only potentate between God and man, is not working with them. Satan’s insinuations are credited, and plain commands of God in regard to mercy and tender compassion are ignored. Those who are handling sacred truths in the publishing work, or in any branch of the cause of God, are invited of God to put forth their highest mental and moral energies, to study continually in their business line, not the will of men, but the will of God.—MS 6, 1890 (November 25) PCL 234.1
Workers with talent and influence—All the ability that can be connected with the institution, through disinterested effort, should be brought in to make it a success, a living, working agent for God. Consecrated workers who possess talents and influence are the ones whom the publishing houses need. PCL 234.2
Every worker will be tested as to whether he is laboring for the advancement of the Lord’s institution, or to serve his own interests. Those who have been converted will give daily evidence that they are not seeking to use for their personal benefit the advantages and knowledge they have gained. They realize that divine providence has given them these advantages, that, as the Lord’s instrumentalities, they may serve His cause by doing superior work. . . . PCL 234.3
Let the workers enlist all their energies in the effort to gain advantages for the Lord’s work. In doing this they themselves will gain strength and efficiency.—7T 198 (1902) PCL 235.1
Missionary houses—Our publishing houses were erected to do a work for the Lord, to send heavenly light to all parts of the world, to bring precious souls into the fold. Let the office be a missionary plant to do a work for the Master in the conversion of souls. Work and watch and pray for souls as they that must give an account. This year try the Lord’s prescribed remedy for evil. Let every man do that which the Lord requires him to do, looking unto Jesus, who is the owner of every soul. Let the workers who have to act a part in this firm remember that God calls them to be a convention of Christian workers, a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.—Letter 2, 1900 (January 3) PCL 235.2