Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

will meet obdurate hearts, perverse dispositions,
and his work is to cooperate with God in restoring
the moral image of God in every child. Jesus,
precious Jesus, a whole fountain of love was in his
soul. Those who instruct the children should be
men and women of principle. The religious life of a
large number who profess to be Christians is such
as to show that they are not Christians. They are
constantly misrepresenting Christ, falsifying his
character. They do not feel the importance of this
transformation of character, and that they must be
conformed to his divine likeness, and at times they
will exhibit a false phase of Christianity to the
world which will work ruin to the souls of those
who are brought into association with them, for the
very reason that they are, while professing to be
Christians, not under the control of Jesus Christ.
Their own hereditary and cultivated traits of
character are indulged as precious qualifications,
when they are death-leading in their influence over
other minds. In plain, simple words, they walk in
the sparks of their own kindling. They have a
religion subject to, and controlled by,
circumstances. If everything happens to move in a
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