Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

the Southern states, they should be freed from any
such restrictions. Such a promise should never
have been asked nor granted. I am instructed to say
that there should be no restrictions limiting their
freedom to draw students from the Southern field.
There is need of such an institution as has been
established near Nashville, and let no one endeavor
to hinder the attendance of those who can at that
school best receive the training that will fit them to
labor in the Southern states, and in other mission
fields.
At Berrien Springs Brethren Sutherland and
Magan carried on a work of self-sacrifice. They did
not leave the North because they had lost their
influence: They went to the South because they
saw the needs of that field. In their work in
Madison they should have encouragement from
these whom they have come to help. Those who
have in charge the disbursement of funds coming
to the Southern field, should not fail to render
proportionate help to the Madison School.
In the Madison school students are taught how
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