Testimonies for the Church Vol 1 - Lansing SDA Church

Conflicts and Victory 555“One evening, after meditating upon the afflictions of brotherand sister white, their connection with the work of the third angel’smessage, and my own failure to stand by them in their affliction; andafter trying to confess my wrongs to the Lord, and imploring hisblessing upon brother and sister white, I retired to rest.“I thought in my dream that I was in my native town, at the footof a long sidehill. I spoke with considerable earnestness and said:‘Oh, that I might find that all-healing fountain!’ I thought a beautiful,well-dressed young man came along and said very pleasantly: ‘I willconduct you to the spring.’ He led the way, and I tried to follow. Wewent along the hillside, passing with much difficulty three wet boggy [603]places, through which small streams of muddy water were flowing.There was no way to cross these only by wading. Having accomplishedthis, we came to nice, hard ground and a place where there was a jog inthe bank, and a large spring of the purest sparkling water was boilingup. A large vat was placed there, very much like the plunge tub at thehealth institute at battle creek. A pipe was running from the springinto one end of the vat, and the water was overflowing at the other.The sun was shining brightly, and the water sparkled in its rays.“As we approached the spring, the young man said nothing, butlooked toward me and smiled with an expression of satisfaction, andwaved one hand toward the spring, as much as to say: ‘don’t you thinkthat is an all-healing spring?’ Quite a large company of persons, withbrother and sister white at their head, came up to the spring on theopposite side from us. They all looked pleasant and cheerful, yet aholy solemnity seemed to be on their countenances.“Brother white seemed greatly improved in health, and was cheerfuland happy, but looked tired as though he had been walking somedistance. Sister white had a large cup in her hand, which she dippedinto the spring, drinking of the water, and then passing it to the others.I thought that brother white was addressing the company and sayingto them: ‘now you will have a chance to see the effects of this water.’He then drank, and it instantly revived him, as it did all others whodrank of it, causing a look of vigor and strength in their countenances.I thought that while brother white was talking and taking now andthen a draft of water, he placed his hands on the side of the vat andplunged in three times. Every time he came up he was stronger thanbefore, but he kept talking all the while and exhorting others to come