Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

the character in spiritual lines will correspond to
the truths of the gospel that have been eaten and
digested. Thus our spiritual strength will be
refreshed as we become partakers of the divine
nature, having overcome the corruption that is in
the world through lust. The nutritious properties of
the heavenly food may be compared with the
strength-restoring properties of the leaves of the
tree of life, which are for the healing of the nations.
Seek for unity, and seek it in faith. Faith we must
have, in order that we may walk by faith.
My mind is deeply impressed by the Spirit of
God. Instruction is given to me in clear lines. Our
work is not left in the hands of finite men. God
rules, and he will turn and overturn. He will not
allow his work to be carried forward as it had been.
His medical missionary work is not to be ruled,
controlled, and molded by one man, as for some
years it certainly has been. The exercise of such a
power, if continued, will mar the work, and will be
the certain ruin of the man exercising control. God
will work with the men entrusted with large
responsibility, if they will take the Lord's way as
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