Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

light that God has given me, I knew that she
needed to drink the deep, cool waters of Lebanon,
instead of the turbid streams of the valley. When
women will feed upon the Water of Life, they will
have far less sentimentalism, and far greater
spirituality. They will purify their souls by obeying
the truth. If a woman's life is connected with one
whom God has chosen, to be a laborer together
with God, let her consider that she can make his
heart tired, and his soul sad, by her unconsecrated
course of action. If self clamors for attention, and
unless great devotion is shown her, she becomes
unhappy, and she may greatly hinder him in his
work. She needs to learn of Christ, who lived not to
please himself. He is our example in all things.
If the wife is a colaborer with Christ in the
work of saving souls, she will keep abreast with
her husband in cultivating mind and heart. She will
endeavor to stand equal with him in knowledge of
the Word of God, and in obedience to all of His
requirements. She will keep her own soul refreshed
by eating the Word and drinking the waters from
the wellspring of life. Then the words she speaks
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