Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

Chap. 63 - Jealousy and FaultfindingBrother G: At—–you asked me some questions of which I have been thinkingmuch. From my conversation with you, I am convinced that you do not realize the partyou have acted and the wound you have brought upon the cause of God. That whichhad been shown me in regard to you, came vividly before me, and I have compared thatwhich has been recently shown me with the testimony published in regard to you inTestimony No. 6, and I cannot see the least apology for your course. Before you werea partaker in, and lent your influence to, the late fanaticism in Wisconsin, you were notright in the sight of God.Brother G, if you had honestly followed the light, you would never have pursuedthe course you have taken. You have willfully, stubbornly followed your own course,and relied on your own judgment, refusing to be led. The Lord sent you help, but yourefused to accept it. What more could heaven have done for you than has been done?When you have thought that others were more highly esteemed than yourself, you havefelt dissatisfied and irritated, and have been pettish and distant like a spoiled child. Youhave wished to be highly esteemed, but have taken a course to greatly lower yourselfin the estimation of those whose approbation you desire.Before your fanatical course you were jealous of those at Battle Creek, andhave thrown out hints which would excite suspicion. You have been jealous of myhusband and myself, and have surmised evil. Envy and suspicion have been united.Under an appearance of conscientiousness you have suggested doubts in regard to themovements of those who are bearing the burden of the work at Battle Creek, and havethrown out hints in regard to matters of which you were wholly ignorant, and utterlyincapable of judging rightly. The burden of matters there was not laid upon you.311