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Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

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said, You have a work to do to encourage the<br />

school work in Madison, Tenn. There are but few<br />

teachers among us who have had experience in<br />

carrying forward the work in hard places. The<br />

workers who have been striving to carry out the<br />

mind <strong>and</strong> will of God in Madison have not received<br />

the encouragement they should have had. Unless<br />

Brother Sutherl<strong>and</strong> is relieved of some of the<br />

pressure that is upon him he will fall under the<br />

burden.<br />

You may ask what is needed? I answer it is<br />

encouragement. Brethren Sutherl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Magan<br />

have had a severe lesson in the past. The Lord sent<br />

them correction <strong>and</strong> instruction, <strong>and</strong> they received<br />

the message from the Lord <strong>and</strong> made confession. It<br />

was a grievous mistake to plan to center so many<br />

interests in Battle Creek. Shall we be influenced by<br />

those who say that the men who made that mistake<br />

can not be trusted?<br />

When I was in Washington I entreated Brethren<br />

Sutherl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Magan to believe that God had<br />

forgiven their mistakes, <strong>and</strong> I since tried by my<br />

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