Selected Messages, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

him that I had a message for him and his wife,
which I had several times prepared to send them,
but I had felt forbidden by the Spirit of the Lord to
do so. I asked him to appoint a time when I could
see them.
He answered. “I am glad that you did not send
me a written communication; I would rather have
the message from your lips; had it come in another
way I do not think it would have done me any
good.” he then asked, “Why not give me the
message now?” I said, “Can you remain to hear
it?” he replied that he would do so.
I was very weary, for I had attended the closing
exercises of the school that day; but I now arose
from the bed where I was lying and read to him for
three hours. His heart was softened, tears were in
his eyes, and when I ceased reading, he said, “I
accept every word; all of it belongs to me.”
Much of the matter I had read related to the
[Australian] Echo Office and its management from
the beginning. The Lord also revealed to me
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