Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

ethren;" and the Pacific Press is not to be envied
and looked upon with jealousy and suspicion by
the stronger publishing house at Battle Creek. It
must maintain its own individuality, and be strictly
guarded from any corruption. It must not be
merged into any other institution. The hand of
power and control at Battle Creek must not reach
across the continent to manage it.
At a later date, just prior to my husband's death,
the minds of some were agitated in regard to
placing these institutions under one presiding
power. Again the Holy Spirit brought to my mind
what has been stated to me by the Lord. I told my
husband to say in answer to this proposition, that
the Lord had not planned any such action. He who
knows the end from the beginning, understands the
matter better than erring man.
At a still later date the situation of the
publishing house at Oakland was again presented
to me. I was shown that a work was to be done by
this institution which would be to the glory of God
if the workers should keep His honor ever in view;
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