Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

same order,--God forbid! (Voices, "Amen") God
forbid, brethren. (Voices, "Amen".) He wants every
living soul that has a knowledge of the truth to
come to their senses. He wants every living power
to arouse; and we are just about the same thing as
dead men. And it is time that we should arise and
shine because our light has come, and the glory of
the Lord has arisen upon us, and until this shall
come we might just as well close up the conference
today as any other day.
But what we must have is the taking in of other
minds. Where there are minds that have been at
work, minds that have been at work in the same
tone and in the same channel, they have become
discouraged, and they have become confused.
Well, now, we can not trust to such as that in such
tremendous responsibilities as are going to be
handled here. Why, from the light that God has
given me, everything about this conference should
be the most sacred. Why? Why, because it is to put
ideas and plans and work upon its proper basis.
And this thing has been continued and renewed for
the last fifteen years of more, and God calls for a
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