Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

When they have come to me for counsel, light has
been given in the visions of the night. The
prescriptions given were carried out, and the
persons were raised up and lived for many years.
The lives of some of those who were thus saved
have been of a character to bring honor to the name
of the Lord.
God permitted the flesh of dead animals to be
eaten by the ancients, although he knew by so
doing the lives of men would be shortened. But
when he brought his chosen people from the land
of Egypt, he did not give them flesh to eat, but fed
them with the bread of heaven. When they
murmured against their heaven-appointed food and
asked for flesh, God sent them quails; but the
consequence of their rebellion were speedily felt.
They ate to excess of the meat thus provided, and
while the flesh was yet between their teeth many of
them died. Our people would do well to study this
experience of the children of Israel, and learn the
lesson that it teaches.
Light has been given me that some of our
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