Mind, Character and Personality, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

indifference to evidence. The stubbornness of
Pharaoh was because light was shining that he
would not receive.—MS 15, 1894.
Stubbornness and Conscientiousness
(reflections concerning a self-willed, self-deceived
man).—As you read the letters I have sent to
Oakland, you will have some idea of the
stubbornness of the man and his determination to
do as he pleases and to have his own way. He has
not heeded the counsels of the Lord but has
considered it safe to walk in the sparks of his own
kindling. He will do anything and everything to be
a servant of the cause, but he will not do the very
thing that the Lord has signified is right to be done.
If he will turn traitor as did _____, he will
doubtless do it under a great plea of
conscientiousness.
This pretense of conscientiousness has been
pretty thoroughly tested and proved. I speak
understandingly when I tell you that I have very
little confidence in his conscientiousness. There is
a good conscience and a bad conscience, and the
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