Sermons and Talks, Volume 1 - Ellen G. White

You do not want this matter to stand just where
it is. It will be the saddest experience in the life of
those who have traveled over many places in
Michigan; but do not let God's displeasure rest
upon you. I do not believe that you mean it shall be
so. I want to see this matter placed just where it
was before. There is enough in Michigan to sustain
every aggressive movement that shall be made in
Michigan; but there are some who feel that if the
cause can get along without it, they will invest it in
their own special interests. God forbid that they
should do this. Let us clear the King's highway. Let
us make intelligent efforts to do everything in the
sight of heaven we ought to do to bring His
approbation and love upon us. I have more to bring
before you, but I will say no more now.
[Later.] I could not understand that resolution
when Elder Corliss read it, but I returned home,
and the Spirit of the Lord impressing me, I know in
myself that that was a mistake. Then reading this
which I have presented to you, I copied it from that
which I had written. It is not because the means of
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