Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

The Lord grant that our senses may be sanctified
and that we may learn to measure our ideas by the
work and the teachings of Christ.
To every church the instruction is given to
gather in the ignorant and those who need help.
The candlestick is to be brought from under the
bushel and light given to all that are in the house.
The Lord has men of opportunity in the world, and
these will embrace the truth if proper labor is
bestowed in their behalf. The Lord says, "I will
open ways in the highway and in the desert." Let
not large means be consumed in a few places while
we begrudge the needed means to other localities.
When opportunities arrive such as has recently
come to us, it is for us to see and understand that
the Lord is opening the way, that souls may be
converted and become sowers of the truth of the
gospel. I present this instruction to you as a servant
of the Lord, and repeat, Take advantage of the
providence of God. Then give the churches a
chance to economize on their tables, in their
homes, in their church expenditures, and to follow
Christ's example of faithful, untiring labor. Again I
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