Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

"If any man defile the temple of God, him shall
God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which
temple ye are. Let no man deceive himself. If any
man among you seemeth to be wise in this world,
let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For the
wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For
it is written, He taketh the wise in their own
craftiness."
I have been instructed that unless there is a
decided changed in the religious experience of
those who have refused to heed the warnings given
them, but who, instead, remain willingly under the
molding influence which now predominates at the
Battle Creek Sanitarium, it will not be of the least
use to explain everything that is presented as an
objection to the visions. Some have been under his
influence for years, and the many subterfuges and
explanations that are resorted to there, will be taken
up by those misled souls and used against the
testimonies. So long as they refuse to heed the
warnings given them, the spell that is upon them
can not be broken. God has a work that must be
carried forward purely and intelligently, in his own
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