Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

and becoming discouraged, had left the field for a
more promising one.
"From time to time the Lord sent Edson White
word, "You're not to fail nor to become
discouraged. You are preparing the way of the
Lord. You are learning how to meet difficulties and
how to carry the work forward."
"The work was not always pleasant, or the way
smooth. The efforts put forth have been made
under the most discouraging circumstances because
many who ought to have assisted, stood back, and
did next to nothing. The struggle was hard and
trying as the workers went from place to place
endeavoring to arouse and interest in the truth. But
God was guiding and directing, and much good has
been accomplished, though the work has been
carried forward amidst great discouragement.
"And now the work has begun at Nashville.
This is in order of the Lord. Nashville is the place
for a beginning to be made in the publishing work.
In this place there were buildings that could be
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