Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

several places. Every hand should be outstretched
to encourage the workers and to prepare the way
before them. Liberal gifts should be made in
response to the calls for means to advance the great
work that must be one in this field, a field where
the greatest difficulties must be met and overcome.
Nashville to be Made a Center
Years ago the Spirit of the Lord moved upon
the hearts of men to establish in Nashville
institutions of learning to educate the colored
people of the South. The Lord now desires his
people to establish institutions in this center, where
a good work has already been done. In this place
prejudice is not so easily aroused; buildings that
can be utilized to advantage may be secured in
which to make a beginning; workers for the
colored race are protected, so that they can labor in
safety; and the buildings in which they carry
forward their work are not so liable to be
destroyed.
Some of our brethren saw these advantages,
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