Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

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At the last General Conference a work was
started which God desired to have carried to every
Seventh-day Adventist church in America. But
Satan came in with the sons of God, and the very
work that ought to have been carried forward by
those who ought to have been worked by the Spirit
of God, failed of completion. The high
expectations were without proper results. The
influence which began to work at the Conference
was genuine, but the enemy interposed himself and
spoiled the work by the deception he had prepared.
The faith of many was dead, being alone. There
was a large work to be done in cleansing the
temple and the court thereof, but this work was not
done. The life and power of God can not be
manifested until there is seen that faith which
works by love and sanctifies the soul. As far as the
work went, it was done with earnestness, fervor,
and true zeal. And so far God's blessing was given.
But in the case of a large number, especially those
in responsible positions in our institutions, the
work of the Spirit was quenched by a deception of
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