Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

who have been connected with this work from the
beginning? I have felt distressed beyond measure
over these matters.
November 5, 1902. I have been carrying upon
my soul a most grievous burden. I ought never to
have thought that it was my duty to keep my lips
close, withdraw my influence, and allow the
brethren who have been taking burdens upon
themselves carry out their preconceived ideas in
regard to the supposed necessity of showing James
Edson White his proper place and of reorganizing
the whole work in the Southern field.
When the brethren came to me for counsel, I
told them that I would not stand in the way of their
carrying out their plan of reorganization that they
had regarded as essential. But afterward, in the
night season, I was in a meeting where this was
being done; and the manner in which the work was
carried on was so objectionable that I could not
keep silent. Then I was moved by the Spirit of God
to say that three times had the messenger of the
Lord given me instruction that this pressure against
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