Selected Messages, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

errand; and the Spirit of God told her (Mrs.
Mackin) to go on the campground, and there sing;
and there He would tell her what to sing.
And she wept just like a child, and just seemed
like she could not stand it because that the Lord
showed her the condition of our people—soon the
plagues would fall, and they were unready. There
was no meeting in progress, and the Spirit of the
Lord came upon her as she went onto the
campground, and (turning to Mrs. Mackin) you
may tell her what words you sang.
Mrs. Mackin: The Lord put this burden upon
me. I could not stand it. I wanted to tell it so bad,
and sing that song so bad. And I could not get rid
of it till I would do it. “Oh, pray,” says I to Sister
Edwards; and so I stood on the campground, and I
sang just what the Lord gave me. The Lord—this is
what I sang:—“He is coming; He is coming; Get
ready; Get ready.” And then that statement in Early
Writings—
“How many I saw coming up to the falling of
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