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

Sister Hall that I had not a word of encouragement
to speak, and that if you were unsettled you would
better wait until you knew your duty for yourself. I
then spoke upon the qualifications of a minister of
Christ; and, if I had fully performed my duty, I
should have spoken definitely to you while in the
stand. The presence of unbelievers was the only
reason which deterred me.
In Minnesota I was again burdened in regard to
the course of our ministers, by seeing Brother B
and talking with him in regard to his defects which
stood right in the way of his work for the salvation
of souls. His course in caring for the things of this
life again brought your case so distinctly before me
that, had I been as well as usual, I should have
written to you before I left the campground. We
had no period of rest, but came directly to
Wisconsin. I was sick, yet God strengthened me to
do my duty before the people. As I stood before the
public I recognized countenances that I had no
knowledge of ever having seen before. Again your
case, in connection with others, came distinctly
before me. This was the vicinity where your
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