Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

things that you wanted to see done, you taxed
yourself greatly, wearing out your strength. When
the general meeting for the Southern workers was
appointed to be held in Graysville, you thought it
would be best to have it held in Nashville. The
change was made, but the time was limited in
which to prepare for the accommodation of the
brethren. You worked far beyond your strength,
spending anxious days and sleepless nights in
planning and working to complete the building that
you were erecting.
You have not yet recovered from the effects of
the strain under which you were laboring at that
time; but do not think, my son, that if you have
erred in building this addition, you have reason for
being discouraged. Others know little of the
earnest, almost superhuman efforts you have made
to complete this building. Your zeal has led you
beyond your strength, causing you to injure
yourself. In my letters to you, I have written much
in regard to the work to be done in Nashville; and
as the work has in the past been largely under your
own jurisdiction, you were led to move
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