Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

Origin of Evil". Anyone who in conversant with
the masterpieces of the world's literature, would be
slow to concede that a human being, unaided by
divine inspiration, could produce writings of such
wonderful scope and depth of thought, and, withal,
of such spiritual beauty and power.
Again: When we compare the Testimonies that
were written sixty years ago, with those that were
written under innumerable conditions and ever
varying circumstances fifty years ago, forty years
ago, thirty years ago, twenty years ago, and during
the past decade; when we remember that the writer
of these words has continually been burdened with
perplexity and care, and that usually, when writing,
she does not have access to many of the things she
has written in former years; when , in the face of
these circumstances, a critical comparison of all
her writings on a certain subject reveals a
marvelous harmony throughout, we are deeply
impressed with the conviction that these writings
have a higher source than that of a human mind.
New conditions are continually developing;
policies are changing; new men and mew measures
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