Selected Messages, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

R. Mackin: If we would now have the spirit of
prayer, and this power would come upon my wife,
would you be able to discern whether this was of
the Lord or not?
Ellen G. White: I could not tell you anything
about it. But I am telling you these experiences in
order that you may know what we have passed
through. We tried in every way possible to rid the
church of this evil. We declared in the name of the
Lord God of Israel that God does not work through
his children in a way that brings the truth into
disrepute, and that unnecessarily creates deepseated
prejudice and bitter opposition. In our work
we must take a straightforward course and seek to
reach the people where they are.
Rebuking Fanaticism.—R. Mackin: I remember
reading very much of this in volume 1 of
Testimonies for the Church—your experience in
rebuking fanaticism, and of the cause in the East
when they set the time, in 1855, I believe.
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