Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

light of truth is to shine forth as brightly from
Nashville as from Washington. The necessity at
Nashville is at the present time far greater than it is
at Washington.
Right is right. Justice must be shown to the
Southern field. God sees a selfishness working for
the mastery that must be overcome. Five thousand
dollars should be appropriated to the work in
Nashville. This question was asked, "Is it not just
as essential that the work in Nashville shall make a
proper showing, as the work in Washington?" I
must be faithful to my work as God's messenger.
Therefore I bear the message, Make up a fund of
five thousand dollars, and send it to the brethren in
Nashville. God is a God of love and equity.
If we expect the Lord to work with us and for
us as his people, if we expect him to reveal his
light and power to us in these last days, we must
work in accordance with the mind and will, the
mercy and compassion, of the Lord God of Israel,
who so loved the world that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
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