Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

elevating unduly one branch of the gospel work
end binding everything possible to it. That
ambitious work we may well be afraid of; it is not
yet complete; it will continue in various forms; and
in whatever form it is brought before us, we may
be afraid of it.
The Scriptures say that a house divided against
itself can not stand. But there has been a movement
among this people for merry years for a divided
house. And I am thankful to see in this assembly a
body of people working together for a united
house. Let us continue to work on these lines. But
how shall complete union be accomplished?
Several years ago Elder Irwin presented to Mother
in Australia some of the perplexities we have had
to meet, and I remember well her answer. "This
controversy," she said, "will never be settled, until
it is settled by our brethren and sisters working
together in the field." And as time advances, I see
more and more clearly that the field is the place of
work for a settlement of the difficulties in the way
of perfect union.
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