Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

willfully, knowingly done wrong. The Lord is very
zealous for those who have united with this his
servant, and when occasion requires He will work
mightily for them. Mistakes have been made: but
the Lord, the Creator, has in charge those who are
striving to do the work that needs to be done. They
are not shielded for their wrongs, but in His pity
and kindness and love, and the Lord has mercy on
them. He knows all about everyone of them. They
have had to pass through the fire of affliction. They
have exhausted their life energy in doing the
breaking-up, pioneer work, that others would not
do. They are as gold tried in the fire. God will be
glorified in those who have been laborers together
with Him in breaking up the ground in fields that
have never before been worked.
"The Lord throws his royal banner of love
about this His servant. He has not divorced him
from His work. Even when he let go the only hand
that could sustain him, God would not allow him to
pass into the hands of Satan. He would not allow
the enemy to triumph. He snatched the brand from
the fire; for He would use it as a light to shine amid
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