The Ellen G. White 1888 Materials: Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

these things seemed to be satisfactory.
Then I commenced giving my experience in
California with certain ones, and the ever-ready
evading of the testimonies. "It is Sister White's
mind, her opinions; and her opinions are no better
than our opinions, unless it is something she has
seen in vision." I told the outcome of the matter. I
told of my labors to get the messengers and
message to have a fair chance in Minneapolis. I
told freely of the interviews I had with the Review
and Herald? Board, of the prejudice existing in
minds, of the talk in the houses, of the words
spoken that angels had registered in the books of
heaven, of the lightness and trifling of Brother
Rupert in the room which Brother Smith occupied.
I spoke of Brother Smith having no interview with
me, not coming to me to find out where I stood,
what I believed or did not believe, the
unwillingness to unite in seasons of prayer.
The power resting upon me when I spoke to the
people, was abundant evidence that God was with
me. But the old spirit, such as that of the Pharisees,