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

make it an occasion to use to do him harm.
The interview with Brethren Nicola and
Morrison was not pleasant. I see in them that they
are in blindness of mind, self-sufficient. They have
yet to be converted, to be learning of Christ in His
school. They have not opened the windows of the
soul heavenward, and have not closed the windows
of the soul earthward. Oh, I am convinced that
these men have drunk deeply of the murky streams
of the valley and have not an appetite for the high,
pure waters of Lebanon. When will they see and
when will they be instructed?
They do not see that their spirit at Minneapolis
was not the spirit of Jesus Christ. They justify their
own course in everything. I am sorry to say they
are not standing in a position to receive light and to
see themselves. They are in darkness still. Faith in
Christ alone can destroy selfishness and self
idolatry in the human soul. How long will the Lord
bear with the perversity of man? How long will He
be insulted by his self-sufficiency and rejection of
His invitation to receive His call to come to the