Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

large golden fruit from the trees. Lemons in
California, I should enjoy them far more than I do
the oranges. I manage to keep a box of apples for
my own use, but they are inferior to the apples we
get in America. I pay $1.75 at this season of the
year for a box of apples, holding less than a bushel.
I have written this to give you some idea of
how we live. I never enjoyed better health than at
the present time, and never did more writing. I rise
at three in the morning, and do not sleep any during
the day. I am often up at one o'clock, and when my
mind is especially burdened, I rise at twelve
o'clock to write out matters that are urged upon my
mind. I praise the Lord with heart and soul and
voice for the great mercy toward me.
I have felt urged by the Spirit of God to set
before several the fact that their suffering and ill
health were caused by a disregard of the light given
them upon the health reform. I have shown them
that their meat diet, which was supposed to be
essential, was not necessary, and that as they were
composed of what they ate, brain, bone, and
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