Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

the words spoken of Moab are applicable to them:
"Moab. . . hath not been emptied from vessel to
vessel; therefore his taste remained in him, and his
scent is not changed."
There are many who have engaged in the work
of gathering up titbits of evil, many who have
made mountains out of molehills. Christ has told
them plainly how He regards work of this kind. But
they do not heed his holy instruction. Why?
Because they do not will to do the will of God.
They want to carry forward just the lines of work
in which they themselves are interested, and they
think that the means in hand should be used in
these lines of work.
The question was asked: "What influence are
you bringing into the Lord's work by following
such a course? You use time and money to impede
the work already started. Might not this time and
money be better employed? If you had striven to
fulfill the commission given by Christ, if you had
acted like sensible men, as Christ would have acted
in their place, lines of work that would have
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