Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

and then she would lay aside her writings and tell
me the character of the issues and conflicts of that
meeting. She would say, At that meeting there are
going to be such and such movements, and if I
attend, I shall have to bear strong testimony of
reproof. She presented the dangers that might arise
from the wrong views of the medical men, and the
dangers to arise from the wrong views of General
Conference men. And she would outline the
positions she would be obliged to take at the
meeting.
Often I was impatient to get away to the office
and resume my regular work, but I felt that it was
for a purpose that she related these matters to me,
end so I offered the silent prayer, "Lord, help me to
remember these things, so if at any time I ought to
know them, they will come clearly to mind," As a
result I had before the meeting a clear outline of
the course she intended to follow at the General
Conference.
When the General Conference was called,
Mother often said that the burden would be so great
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