Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

point, but in other things you would make grave
blunders, which would be very difficult to remedy,
and which would bring confusion into the work.
These mistakes might do more harm than the
mistakes your brethren have made."
The instruction given me is that the men who
lay the foundation of a work, and who, in the face
of prejudice, fight their way forward, are not to be
placed in an unfavorable light in order that others
may take their place. There are earnest workers
who in spite of the criticisms of some of their
brethren, have moved forward in the work that God
said should be done. Should they now be removed
from their position of responsibility, an impression
would be made that would be most unjust to them,
and unfavorable to the work, because the changes
made would be looked upon as a justification of the
unjust criticisms made and the prejudice existing.
The Lord desires that no move shall be made which
would do injustice to those who have labored long
and earnestly to build up the work given them.
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