Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

order that they might be presentable in appearance
when gathered together to worship God. Whose
work was it to relieve the situation?
Had our brethren and sisters in America been
awakened by the appeals that long ago were made
to them to do something for the colored people in
the Southern states, years would not have passed
into eternity with so little done. What do you see
now? Among other things, we see a work begun in
Nashville. But in the visions of the night the
Southern field has passed in review before me, and
it is still destitute. Our brethren in positions of trust
are not to neglect this field, and send to foreign
fields nearly all the money raised for advance
work. The Southern field requires constant labor.
Although some mistakes have been made, the
light given me is that instead of criticising and
condemning, all should learn how to avoid such
mistakes in the future. Who makes as his own the
message of truth for this time. The Prince of Life
offered Himself, a willing sacrifice, to save sinners
living in the Southern states, as well as to save
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