Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

the warnings and reproof regarding errors in the
medical work had been made public when first
given? Many of our people were then so
halfhearted in this work of health reform, that they
would have dropped it, and turned their backs on
the physicians and nurses, and many would have
gong back with joy to their flesh pots, as some are
doing today. There would naturally have followed
a great denominational backsliding, on health
reform.
The people were not ready for the things that
were being sent to the leaders, therefore the
messages needed by the leaders were sent to the
leaders, and the people were sent those things
which they needed. What has been the result?
Through the mercy of God, a great victory has
been gained, and our people have been led to take a
decided stand as health reformers; hundreds have
given themselves to the Christian help work, and
plans have been devised by which many in the
church are striving to do the untied work of healing
and teaching. I thank God for his way of leading
us, which to some has seemed mysterious.
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