Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

transforming power of the Word seen in the lives
of multitudes of men and women. It is difficult to
define one's inmost faith. But God in his infinite
mercy implants in the heart faith in him as the
Creator, the Supreme Ruler, and faith in his Word.
The operations of the Holy Spirit upon the human
heart can not be explained; but a man may know
that the Holy Spirit has worked on his heart, and
that with the passing of time his faith in God and in
the Bible is strengthening.
This fundamental faith comes not by any
process of reasoning. Spiritual things are spiritually
discerned. Faith in the Word comes through the
Word itself; the Bible says so, and human
experience proves it to be so. This fact admits of no
explanation; it is, nevertheless, a fact. One's faith in
the Bible, it is true, is strengthened by many
external evidences as well.
The testimony of scientists who by their
investigations are led to declare their belief in an
unseen Intelligence directing the affairs of the
universe; the mute testimony of ancient
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