Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

through now." Desire of Ages, p. 225. Under
subject of "Promises," "Not to be rashly claimed by
those who violate laws of nature and disregard
prudence; this is presumption," Vol. 4, p. 45.
Under each of these heads, and hundreds of
others similar, there naturally accumulates, in the
course of a few years, scores of grand and beautiful
thoughts; and while perhaps the idea of the entire
paragraph is condensed into the brief space of a
line on a book, yet the accompanying reference
enables one instantly to turn to the original source
and refresh his mind with the full thought as well
as the context. "Testimonies for the Church," Vol.
4, pg. 440, points out the case of one of whom it
was said that he possessed so little spirituality he
could not understand the value of the Testimonies
nor their real object. May heaven save us as
workers from falling into such a condition. The
men and women in our ranks today who are
keeping step with the message, and giving the
trumpet a certain sound, are those whose volumes
of the Testimonies are well worn, and the margins
of whose Bible are liberally sprinkled with
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