Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

man. "If any man sin, we have an advocate with the
Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." If you have
sinned by withholding from God His own in tithes
and offerings, confess your guilt to God and to the
church, and heed the injunction that has been given
you, "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse,
that there may be meat in my house, and prove me
now herewith, saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not
open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out
a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to
receive it."
Praying for the sick is a most solemn thing, and
we should not enter upon this work in any careless,
hasty way. Examination should be made as to
whether those who would be blessed with health
have indulged in evil speaking, alienation, and
dissension. Have they sowed discord among the
brethren and sisters in the church? If these things
have been committed, they should be confessed,
before God and the church. When wrongs have
been confessed, the subjects for prayer may be
presented before God in earnestness and faith, as
the Spirit of God may move upon you.
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