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Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

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Lord, are some things that I can not underst<strong>and</strong>. I<br />

leave them with Thee. Help me to go straight<br />

forward <strong>and</strong> do the work that has been given me to<br />

do; <strong>and</strong> when thy time comes, let me see clearly<br />

that thou shouldst have me to underst<strong>and</strong>. Lord,<br />

take me by the h<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> lead me in the strait <strong>and</strong><br />

narrow way."<br />

Many of the <strong>Testimonies</strong> I do not underst<strong>and</strong>.<br />

In many cases, if I were commissioned to use any<br />

discretion in the matter, I would not send them out.<br />

But that is not my business. Many a thing passes<br />

through my h<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> goes out to the people with a<br />

prayer that God may help those to underst<strong>and</strong> it to<br />

whom it is sent, but I do not underst<strong>and</strong> it. And is it<br />

not a fact that the message should mean more to<br />

the person to whom it is addressed, than to those<br />

who copy it, <strong>and</strong> more also then to the one who<br />

writes it?<br />

Let me illustrate this point. At the General<br />

Conference when we reorganized the General<br />

Conference Association, <strong>and</strong> we were in great<br />

perplexity over the best method of work, Mother<br />

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