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Ministers should impress upon the people the necessity of individual effort. No church can flourish unless its members are workers. The people must lift where the ministers lift.

Ellen G. White

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Ellen G. White
Age: 87 †
Born: 1827
Born: November 26
Died: 1915
Died: July 16
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Theologian
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Gorham
Maine
Ellen Gould Harmon
Ellen Gould White
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Lift
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Ministers
Individual
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