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Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

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sound then, (<strong>and</strong> I find no flow in them), they are<br />

just as true today, even though you may shrink now<br />

from accepting them. If you are questioning the<br />

spirtuality <strong>and</strong> inspiration of the <strong>Testimonies</strong>,<br />

under which of these classes of doubters do you<br />

belong that you pointed out in that article?<br />

Nearly twelve years ago, after years of most<br />

blessed experiences in studying the <strong>Testimonies</strong> in<br />

connection with the Bible, <strong>and</strong> teaching them to<br />

hundreds of our workers, <strong>and</strong> seeing definite<br />

results in their lives, I myself, from something I<br />

found in the <strong>Testimonies</strong>, began to get into a fog<br />

over this human side of Sister <strong>White</strong>'s work.<br />

Up till that time the prophets has "hewed me."--<br />

Hosea 6:5. After that I began to hew the prophets.<br />

Up till that time the <strong>Testimonies</strong> had judged me;<br />

then I began to judge the <strong>Testimonies</strong>. Mind you, I<br />

never for a moment doubted that Sister <strong>White</strong> was<br />

a genuine prophet. No doubt the devil would<br />

ultimately have brought me to that if it had not<br />

been for God's grace; but I simply began to do<br />

what you pointed out in your article,-- discard what<br />

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