Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

injustice would have been done to the ones
misjudged.
Too many mismoves have already been made.
Men are not gods. Our brethren so desirous of
making changes should have remembered the
instruction given to the children of Israel through
the prophet of Zachariah: "The hands of
Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house;
his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know
that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you. For
who hath despised the day of small things? for they
shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand
of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes
of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole
earth."
In the visions of the night I was in a meeting of
the brethren in the Southern field. J. E. White was
sitting far back in the room. In that company there
was one of heaven's appointment, who placed his
hand on Edson's shoulder, and led him to the front
ranks, saying, "This is your place. In influence you
are to stand with your brethren. You are to have a
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