Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

you can not by consistent, harmonious, all-round
character, by the presentation of truth to
individuals who are out of Christ, save some souls
from ruin.
I beg of our people to walk carefully and
circumspectly before God. Follow the custom of
dress in health reform, but do not again introduce
the short dress and pants unless you have the Word
of the Lord for it. Each of my brethren and sisters
has a safer guide than any human agent. Let them
understand that there is an individual duty for them
to perform. This is but feebly understood by a large
number of the members of the churches. There is
far greater need in this day of deception and false
claims of heeding the proclamation of John
"Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin
of the world."
There are those who with all the light of the
Word of God will not obey his directions. They
follow their own tastes and do as they please.
These give the wrong example to the youth, and to
those who have newly come to the truth, who have
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