Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

Berrien Springs Conference would have shown
very different results.
My brethren, God is dishonored when you seek
to throw a burden of censure upon your brethren,
as you did at that meeting. You were not working
in harmony with God; for this is not the way in
which He works. If you felt a duty to lay before
your brethren matters reflecting upon the leaders in
General Conference work, it was your duty first to
call the most reliable men together, and modestly
present to them your statements. You should not
have thrown in your ideas without counsel, as you
did. The impulsive disposition of Brother Jones has
led him many times to make wrong movements,
which have called for correction and reproof.
At the Fresno campmeeting, after I had borne a
very plain testimony, Brother Jones acted the part
of a man, doing thorough work in confession. He
was working out his own salvation with fear and
trembling. The blessing of the Lord came in, and
the glory of God was revealed. Angels of heaven
were in that meeting, and a great blessing was
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