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I appreciate your question, but I need to respond in English as per my instructions. Based on the documents provided, I don't find any specific counsel from Ellen White about an evangelist placing women in his lap or any similar inappropriate behavior. The documents I have access to discuss the evangelist's role, responsibilities, and qualifications, but they don't contain information about the specific incident you're asking about. The provided documents focus on: - The evangelist's need for good health, sound judgment, and cheerful temperament: "Good sound sense, strong nerves, and a cheerful temper will recommend the gospel minister anywhere" (Ev 147.3) - The evangelist's work as both a teacher and medical missionary: "We are instructed in the Word of God that an evangelist is a teacher. He should also be a medical missionary" (Ev 520.2) - The importance of evangelistic work in warning people: "Evangelistic work, opening the Scriptures to others, warning men and women of what is coming upon the world, is to occupy more and still more of the time of God's servants" (Ev 17.2) If Ellen White wrote about a specific incident involving inappropriate conduct by an evangelist, that counsel is not included in the documents I have available to search. To find information on this topic, you might want to search for her writings on ministerial conduct, proper behavior, or specific testimonies addressing moral failures among ministers. --- 💡 **You might also want to explore:** • What did Ellen White say about proper conduct and boundaries for ministers? • What counsel did she give about maintaining moral integrity in ministry? • How did Ellen White address situations where church leaders failed morally? --- 📚 **hundreds of passages found** containing these search terms — [Explore in Full-Text Search](/advanced-search?q=evangelist%22+)

Ellen White’s writings provide a detailed look at an individual referred to as "Brother P," whose life served as both a testimony of God's power and a cautionary tale regarding personal discipline. He was a man who had significant potential to influence the early Adventist work, particularly in Maine. In her early accounts, Ellen White recalled a powerful spiritual experience involving his household, noting that the {{UNVERIFIED_START}}"large family of Brother P. were engaged in prayer at their own house" {{UNVERIFIED_END}} {{WARNING}}Reference could not be verified{{WARNING_END}}when the Spirit of God "prostrated the kneeling suppliants" (1T 47.2). However, despite these early experiences, Brother P struggled with spiritual stagnation. Ellen White observed that he "inclines to the idea that his backwardness is a special virtue, rather than a sin of which he must repent" (2T 697.1). This lack of growth prevented him from bearing the "weight of responsibility" he might have otherwise carried (2T 697.1). A significant portion of the counsel given to Brother P focused on the link between physical health and spiritual character. Ellen White pointed out that his "eating and drinking had very much to do" with him being "easily excited, passionate, irritable, depressed in spirit" (2T 697.1). She emphasized that "temperance would do much for Brother P" and that by subduing his appetite, he would find it easier to be patient (2T 697.1). Unfortunately, because he "too long drew back" from advancing in the truth, he ended up standing "directly in the way of the advancement of others" (2T 697.2). Furthermore, his lack of discipline at home affected his fitness for ministry. Ellen White explained that "a man who has but a feeble sense of his responsibility as a father to encourage and enforce order, discipline, and obedience will fail as a minister and as a shepherd of the flock" (2T 698.1). She warned that the same lack of management seen in his family would inevitably appear in his public work for the church, where "wrongs will exist uncorrected because of the unpleasant results which attend reproof" (2T 698.1). The life of Brother P serves as a practical reminder that personal habits and family government are inseparable from one's spiritual influence. His story highlights how failing to master one's own appetite and household can hinder the broader progress of God's work. --- 💡 **You might also want to explore:** • What did Ellen White say about the connection between diet and a person's temperament? • How did Ellen White view the responsibilities of a minister toward their own family? • What are the consequences of a leader "standing in the way" of the work's advancement?