Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

as it should have been and might have been. It was
taken up with worthy aspirations and noble
ambitions. The laborers have put the whole
energies of body, mind, and soul into its
upbuilding. But a murmuring, questioning, selfish
spirit has been manifested by some in other places.
This has made the work very hard, and because of
it less progress has been made than otherwise
would have been made. ..." The words were
spoken: "God knows the objectionable features in
the character of every one here assembled, and the
Lord Jesus covers His servants with the mantle of
his righteousness. God judges righteously the
motives of the workers he chooses. Man can not
read the heart of man; therefore many are
misjudged. But in the end men will be valued as
they stand in the sight of God, not as they appear to
their fellowmen.
"This man has labored most earnestly to
advance the work among the colored people. In this
work he has pushed the triumphs of the cross more
decidedly than any other of the laborers in this
field. He is not a fraud. He has not selfishly,
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