Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

Unjust, unholy actions have brought the frown of
God upon the Review and Herald Office. Evil work
has brought the cause of God into disrepute, and
has kept the backsliders from obeying his holy law.
I thought that I should never be called up on to
write on this subject again; but I dare not keep
silence when these things are presented before me.
Last night is the second time that this matter has
been brought before me.
When my brethren wrote to me about erecting
another building in Battle Creek, saying that
money could be obtained with which to do this, my
heart was pained, and I have not been free from the
pain since. The work in the South should be given
the attention which it should have had long ago. It
has been robbed of its just dues. And yet those who
have done so little for this new field now propose
to put up another building in Battle Creek, for the
purpose of gaining greater room and conveniences.
What would be the influence of such an action,
after the light that God has given on this subject?
Take the four thousand dollars that would be
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