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Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

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wisdom <strong>and</strong> knowledge.<br />

It has been a tremendous struggle for them to<br />

advance in the face of great financial<br />

embarrassment. They planned <strong>and</strong> contrived <strong>and</strong><br />

devised in every way, with self-denial <strong>and</strong> selfsacrifice,<br />

to bring the school through, <strong>and</strong> to free it<br />

from its burden of debt. Now they begin to see that<br />

the way pointed out was the way of the Lord's<br />

leading. This is the lesson that the Lord desires<br />

many more to learn.<br />

It is not the Lord's will that at this time, other<br />

men, whatever their age or experience, shall take<br />

the place of these brethren. It would not be<br />

pleasing to Him for us to set them aside by calling<br />

others to fill their places. He will continue to work<br />

out His will through them if they will walk humbly<br />

before him. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of<br />

wisdom. As they labor in humility, they will have<br />

the assurance that growth in grace is sown by<br />

increased ability to grasp the great truths of the<br />

gospel, <strong>and</strong> to teach these truths. When men place<br />

themselves in a position where they can work out<br />

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