Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

women to labor for the colored people, keeping in
view their essential good. He does not favor the
most favored, to the neglect of the colored and
white people who are of a lower grade. He does not
leave those in need of assistance without help or
notice.
The cross of Calvary should make the
distinctions of society fade away and become
contemptible. If the Lord is so gracious as to accept
sinners from the white race, and forgive their sins,
holding out to them the assurance of the higher life,
the hope of a place in the redeemed family when he
comes in the clouds of heaven, and the righteous
dead rise from their grave to meet Him, will he not
accept sinners from the black race, and will He not
forgive their sins? Does He not hold out to them
the same hope that He holds out to the white race?
Will He not, if they believe on him, receive them
as his sons and daughters? Will He not raise them
from ignorance and degradation by the working out
of His plan? Does He not, through the
instrumentality of the more favored white race,
who claim to be children of the same Father, wish
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