Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

side of this question, as men who do not desire to
become interested in the work for the South. To
those who were inclined to send help to the work in
Nashville, they have talked their own unbelief so
discouragingly that this place, which God has said
plainly should have special advantages, has not
received the help that it should have received. Over
and over again, money that has been given to this
field has been diverted into other channels. Thus is
being repeated the mistake in the past in regard to
the misappropriation of means. There are those
who, instead of strengthening and sustaining the
work in Nashville, have tried to tear it down by
unjust criticism and evil surmisings. They have
placed a mole close to the eye, and it has become
to them a mountain. Nothing but it can they see. If
they would remove this mole, as they could if they
so desired, they would see the glory beyond. But
will they do this, which would be an act of such
mercy to themselves? They can not see the way in
which the Lord regards their present attitude. They
are picking at straws. They need not be as they are.
Their condition depends on themselves. But they
must submit to the will of God. Until they do this,
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