Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

"From the light that I have received, I see that
if we would get the truth before the Southern
people, we must not encourage the colored people
to work on Sunday. There must be a clear
understanding regarding this, but it need not be
published in our papers. Not a word should be
spoken to create prejudice, for if by any careless or
impulsive speech to the colored people in regard to
the whites any prejudice is created in their minds
against the whites, or in the minds of the white
people against them the spirit of the enemy will
work in the children of disobedience. Thus an
opposition will be aroused which will hinder the
work of the message, and will endanger the lives of
the workers and of the believers.
"We are not to make efforts to teach the
Southern people to work on Sunday. That which
some of our brethren have written upon this point
is not based upon right principles. When the
practices of the people do not come into conflict
with the law of God, you may conform to them. If
the workers fail to do this, they will not only hinder
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