Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

Wrongs were freely and fully confessed, union was restored, and the blessing ofGod rested down upon the work. My husband labored to bring up the systematicbenevolence of the church to the figures which should be adopted in all our churches,and his efforts resulted in raising the amount to be paid into the treasury annually bythat church about three hundred dollars. Those in the church who had been in trialabout some of my testimonies, especially respecting the dress question, became fullysettled on hearing the matter explained. The health and the dress reform were adopted,and a large amount was raised for the Health Institute.Here I think it my duty to state that as this work was in progress, unfortunatelya wealthy brother from the State of New York visited Wright after calling at BattleCreek and there learning that we had started out contrary to the opinion and advice ofthe church and those standing at the head of the work at Battle Creek. He chose torepresent my husband, even before those for whom we had the greatest labor, as beingpartially insane and his testimony consequently as of no weight. His influence in thismatter, as stated to me by Brother Root, the elder of the church, set the work back atleast two weeks. I state this that unconsecrated persons may beware how they in theirblind, unfeeling state cast an influence in an hour which may take the worn servantsof the Lord weeks to counteract. We were laboring for persons of wealth, and Satansaw that this wealthy brother was just the man for him to use. May the Lord bring himwhere he can see, and in humility of mind confess, his wrong. By two weeks more ofthe most wearing labor, with the blessing of God, we were able to remove this wronginfluence and give that dear people full proof that God had sent us to them. As a furtherresult of our labors, seven were soon after baptized by Brother Waggoner, and two inJuly by my husband at the time of our second visit to that church.572