Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

service. My brethren, the schemes that seem so
plausible to you, are not of God's devising. Satan
will instigate all that he possibly can to discourage,
to draw men of talent from the work of preaching
the Word, publishing the truth, and circulating our
publications in the highways and byways. You
have not time to aid the enemy in his effort to drive
God's workers out of the Southern field. This is not
the work that God has given you.
In the name of the Lord I say to the men who
desire to do some great thing, Please, for the sake
of your spiritual life, keep your hands off the ark of
God. There is One who is ever working. He will
take care of his holy work.
Wherein lies the strength of the church? In
unity, in humility, in perfect adherence to the Word
of the Lord. In selfish superiority, men would take
the throne, as if there was no God to direct and to
give power to His workers. Let those connected
with our publishing houses, our schools, and our
medical institutions be men and women chosen of
God and regenerated through His Holy Spirit. Let
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