Selected Messages, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

gave me a testimony directly to them, all
unexpected to me. I poured it out upon them,
showing them that the Lord sent his ministers with
a message and the message they brought was the
very means God had ordained to reach them, but
they felt at liberty to pick it in pieces and make of
none effect the Word of God.... I can tell you there
was great astonishment and marveling that I dared
to speak to them thus.—Letter 19, 1884.
Bearing Reproofs an Unpleasant Task for
Ellen White.—Were I to go to the [General]
Conference [session], I should be compelled to
take positions that would cut some to the quick. It
greatly hurts me to do this, and it is a long time
before I recover from the strain that such an
experience brings on me.—Letter 17, 1903.
Work Made Sure by Both Oral and Written
Messages.—The messages that God has given me
have been communicated to his people both by
word of mouth and in printed form. Thus my work
has been made doubly sure.
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