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Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

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I was instructed to tell Brother Caro <strong>and</strong> Sharp<br />

that propositions would come to them containing<br />

conditions that they were not to accept or endorse.<br />

I saw a paper unrolled before these brethren, <strong>and</strong><br />

one of dignity arose <strong>and</strong> said, "Put not your name<br />

to any writing that binds you to do or refrain from<br />

doing certain things in business lines. It is not<br />

God's plan that you should sign such agreements.<br />

This document is of man's production. That which<br />

will take place in the future you know not. God<br />

says, I will turn <strong>and</strong> overturn. For you to sign an<br />

agreement saying what you will do <strong>and</strong> what you<br />

will not do in the future is not in God's order. He<br />

who knows the end from the beginning underst<strong>and</strong>s<br />

what is in man's heart, <strong>and</strong> what are the dangers of<br />

the men to whom God has entrusted great<br />

responsibilities.<br />

Man is not to assume more than God has given<br />

him. If he walks humbly with God, the good h<strong>and</strong><br />

of the Lord will be with him. If he yields to his<br />

ambition to carry out a work of his own, according<br />

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