Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

was not God's plan. There are to be memorials for
God erected in cities. His work is not to be done in
a corner, or simply at one or two points, like
Graysville and Huntsville, but in many places and
in a variety of ways.
Our brethren in the South now have
opportunity to reveal the strength of their faith,
whether or not they have faith sufficient to begin to
make centers of influence in various places. If they
continue to cherish a spirit of disunion, envy, and
accusation against every one who will do advanced
work, they will fail of meeting the test.
I had hoped that our brethren in the South
would recognize the Lord's hand in leading our
brethren to begin work in Nashville, making this a
center. In this city buildings offered at a low price
were purchased, and fitted up for use. Advantages
were taken of circumstances favorable for a
beginning. An excellent company of workers was
brought together to labor in the publishing house.
The Lord God looked upon the lovingly and
approvingly. Had the brethren in the South
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