Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

There were no good or justifiable grounds on
which to work this confederacy against the
establishment of the work in Nashville. The Lord
bids me stand at my post against this movement.
Not one of those men in opposition know what
they are doing. They have had very little
experience in pioneer work in the South. They
might have entered new fields years ago. They
would thus have gained an experience that they do
not now have. The Lord bids them stand aside, if
with humbled hearts they will not come into line
and acknowledge the wickedness of the raid they
have tried so hard to make against the work
centering in Nashville. Who could have the
courage to stand as targets for the words of
criticism and condemnation hurled by those whose
minds are leavened with the misrepresentations of
the ones who choose to stand in opposition to
God's work in this city? If those who have
confederated against the work in Nashville refuse
to repent, the sooner they separate from the work in
the South the better it will be for this field. The
Lord has marked every impulse that has led from
cause to effect. None could have done a better
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