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Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

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In the parable of the good Samaritan, the priest<br />

<strong>and</strong> the Levite looked on the wretched man who<br />

had been robbed <strong>and</strong> wounded but it did not seem<br />

to them desirable for them to help the one who<br />

most needed help because he was helpless <strong>and</strong><br />

forsaken. That priest <strong>and</strong> Levite represent many,<br />

many in Battle Creek. ... The Lord has presented to<br />

me the fact that thous<strong>and</strong>s of souls are longing for<br />

something better than they have. Many can be<br />

saved if the Southern field can have simply a small<br />

part of the means expended so lavishly in Battle<br />

Creek, to make things more convenient. ... The<br />

Lord's heritage has been strangely neglected, <strong>and</strong><br />

God will judge His people for this thing. Pride <strong>and</strong><br />

the love of display are gratified by the accumulated<br />

advantages while new fields are left untouched.<br />

The rebuke of God is upon the managers for their<br />

partiality <strong>and</strong> selfish appropriation of His goods.<br />

Something has been done in foreign missions,<br />

<strong>and</strong> something in home missions; but altogether too<br />

much territory has been left unworked. The work is<br />

too much centralized. The interests in Battle Creek<br />

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