Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

that which so much interested Willie, this brother, without saying one word tomy husband about the matter, immediately reported that Brother White had beendowntown selling old bottles and therefore must be crazy. The first we heard aboutthe bottles was in Iowa, five months after.These things have been kept from us so that we could not correct them, and havebeen carried, as on the wings of the wind, by our professed friends. And we havebeen astonished to find, by investigation and by recent confessions from nearly all themembers of this church, that some one or more of the false reports have been fullycredited by nearly all and that those professed Christians have cherished feelings ofcensure, bitterness, and cruelty against us, especially against my feeble husband whois struggling for life and liberty. Some have had a wicked, crushing spirit and haverepresented him as wealthy yet grasping for money.Upon returning to Battle Creek, my husband called for a council of brethren tomeet with the church that matters might be investigated before them and false reportsmet. Brethren came from different parts of the state, and my husband fearlessly calledon all to bring what they could against him that he might meet it openly and thus put anend to this private slander. The wrongs which he had before confessed in the Review henow fully confessed in a public meeting and to individuals, and also explained manymatters upon which false and foolish charges were based, and convinced all of thefalsity of those charges.And while looking up matters relative to the real value of our property, we found tohis astonishment, and that of all present, that it amounted to only $1,500, besides hishorses and carriage, and remnants of editions of books and charts, the sale of which forthe past year, as stated by the secretary, has not been equal to the interest on the moneyhe owes to the Publishing Association. These books and charts cannot606