Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

manifestations of the power of God He would have
them ascribe to Him alone, and magnify His name
upon the earth. The Lord brought them over the
same ground of trial repeatedly to prove whether
they had yet learned His dealings and repented of
their sinful disobedience and rebellious
murmurings. In Rephidim, when the people
thirsted for water, they were again proud, and
showed that they still possessed an evil heart of
unbelief, of murmuring, of rebellion, which
revealed the fact that it would not yet be safe to
establish them in the land of Canaan. If they would
not glorify God in their trials and adversity, in their
travels through the wilderness to the Canaan in
prospect, while God was continually giving them
unmistakable evidence of His power and glory, and
His care for them, they would not magnify His
name and glorify Him when established in the land
of Canaan, surrounded with blessings and
prosperity. Because the people thirsted for water,
they were provoked, so that Moses feared for his
life.
When Israel was assailed by the Amalekites,
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