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Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

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money to spare, <strong>and</strong> if I sacrifice my life, I will try<br />

it, anyway."<br />

Well, Dr. Kellogg never persuaded me at all to<br />

come here. When I spoke of the particulars, the<br />

cold weather, "Why," he said, "would it make any<br />

difference if," - the only words he spoke to me -<br />

would it make any difference if the conference<br />

could be changed to a few weeks later?" I said, "It<br />

would". Then I began to think on that plan, after he<br />

had gone. Well, we knelt down to pray, <strong>and</strong> I was<br />

asking the Lord where I should go <strong>and</strong> what I<br />

should do. I was backing out <strong>and</strong> not going. Sarah<br />

says, "You are not fit to go anywhere, you are not<br />

fit to go anywhere.<br />

Well, while I was praying <strong>and</strong> was sending up<br />

my petition there was, as at other times - I saw a<br />

light circling right around in the room, <strong>and</strong> a<br />

fragrance like the fragrance of flowers, <strong>and</strong> the<br />

beautiful scent of flowers, <strong>and</strong> then the voice<br />

seemed to speak gently, <strong>and</strong> said that I was to<br />

"accept the invitation of my servant, John Kellogg,<br />

<strong>and</strong> make his house my home." Then the word was,<br />

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