Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

In the past the work in the South has been
carried on by earnest effort and with limited means.
Now more money than is necessary is being
invested in building the sanitarium at Nashville.
This will not leave a correct influence on the
workers in other parts of the field. At this time,
when there is so great need of help in many lines of
the work, any extravagance in fitting up the
Nashville Sanitarium will leave an impression on
the workers and on others that will not be healthful.
There is great need of means to support the
workers in the field, and the strictest economy
should be practised with every advance step that is
taken. The tendency to invest large sums of money
in the Nashville Sanitarium must be guarded
against. There must not be a large showing in one
place while very little interest is manifested in
other places of great importance.
There is a great work to be accomplished at
Huntsville, and a large demand for means in order
to erect appropriate buildings and carry on a
successful work there for the colored people.
Again, at Madison help is needed in order to
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