Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

Among the things said was the statement that
great changes were to be made,--that the plans
which in past years our brethren formulated to
advance the publishing work, would have to be
remodeled.
Then One of authority stepped forward and
said: "The plans that have been made are not to be
torn to pieces. Instead of doing this, the men who
are handling sacred things are to cease looking to
men for wisdom, and begin looking to the One
from whom alone any man, great or small, learned
or unlearned, can receive wisdom. A change must
take place in the hearts of all who have any
connection with God's work. At this stage of the
publishing work no man is required to come in and
so arrange matters that any one human being shall
become a voice for the whole, a ruling power,
having kingly authority. In the past, the Lord's
work has been carried on altogether too much in
accordance with the dictation of human agencies.
The propositions made in this meeting were
originated in blindness, and throw no light on the
situation. A time of great perplexity and distress is
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