Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

Testimonies.
In the light of personal knowledge regarding
the transforming influence of the Testimonies on
the individual heart and life; in the light of the
transformations seen in the lives of others; in the
light of the wonderful consistency existing
throughout the tens of thousands of pages of
writings covering a period of upwards of sixty
years; in the light of denominational experiences
that we as a people have passed through safely,--in
the light of such knowledge, everyone who desires
to believe can find abundant opportunity to
establish his faith firmly on a sure foundation, as
regards the heavenly origin and the absolute
reliability of the Testimonies of the Spirit of
Prophecy.
Having once found a firm basis on which to
establish faith, we shall not be affected by any socalled
evidences of the seeming unreliability of
certain portions of the Testimonies. This position is
not one that "higher critics" would regard as
tenable. But it is as tenable as the position we hold
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