Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

The time to which you referred, a time dark,
perplexing, and discouraging,--let it stay in the
past. Do not talk of it unless forced to. To make
reference to the worst features in the experience of
those now in positions of trust in the work of God,
does not benefit anyone. Let us not call up the dark
shadows of the past. Let the past lie where it is,
with all its objectionable features. Into the present
we are to bring pleasantness, hope, and courage.
If there are those who are allowing the enemy
to obtain an advantage over them, tempting him to
tempt them, and carrying out his plans, let not this
appear. And do not bring up the dark, unchristlike
deeds of the past. The dear Saviour was all the time
inviting those who did these deeds to cease to
dishonor God, and to turn to him for help to do
right.
At the present time we have plain evidence of
the specious, artful working of Satan on human
minds. We have to meet the working with
determined effort. But let the dark pictures of the
past be buried, and let them stay buried. Let us not
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