Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

in the light, we have fellowship one with another
and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us
from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we
deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we
confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us
our sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned,
we make him a liar, and his word is not in us."
These matters are fresh in my mind; for they
have been revised and repeated since last Sabbath
evening. In this letter I can only give a jot of the
history of the self-denial and sacrifice with which
the work was carried forward in the beginning and
of how earnestly the laborers worked to meet
emergencies. Brother Haskell has labored
unselfishly and untiringly to raise money for the
General Conference and for the Review and
Herald, and other institutions. His persevering,
self-sacrificing zeal carried him long distances
through the heat of summer and in the cold of
winter. On one occasion he drove a long distance
in the winter in Minnesota. I think it was then that
he froze his hands, causing himself great suffering;
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