Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

Lord, acting their part in helping forward the
establishment of this school. We see what has been
done in Berrien Springs by the blessing of the
Lord. He gave courage and strength to those who
were struggling with inconvenience and difficulty,
and helped them to make the school a success.
And now, as Brethren Sutherland and Magan,
with other educators, have gone to a new hard
field, to do pioneer work, (let us hold up their
hands, and do all in our power to encourage them.
Let us help them to make the school they are
establishing a sample of the work that must be
done in the South). ...
Many easier fields might have been chosen by
those who have gone from Berrien Springs to
Nashville. But these workers did not seek easy
fields. They resolved to do what they could to help
where help was most needed. And we ask our
people not to leave them without assistance. (They
have been given plain evidence that the farm which
has been purchased is the place on which God
would have them establish a school, and we call
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