Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

Recently the question was asked me by the
Lord: "Will you do that which many of your
ministering brethren would be only too pleased to
see you doing? Will your voice no longer be heard
presenting clearly and distinctly the needs of this
long-neglected field? If so, you yourself will bear
the reproach that rests on the minister and people
who have not done for the Southern field the work
He has given them to do, who have passed by on
the other side those who are their neighbors,
treating them indifferently and with cruel neglect.
Oh, that the presidents of our Conferences
would encourage the church members to take an
active interest in the work in the South, and to do
all in their power to wipe out the reproach resting
upon Seventh-day Adventists because of the
condition of this field. Our people are believers in
the Bible, but they are pursuing a course that is
bringing reproach upon themselves and upon the
cause of God.
There are ministers who have stood on Satan's
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