Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

epresentatives shall be pure vessels, revealing the
beauty of sanctified character. The channel is
always to remain unobstructed, that the Holy Spirit
may have free course; otherwise, spiritual leaders
will gloss over the work that must be done in the
natural heart in order to perfect Christian character;
and they will present their own imperfections in
such a way that they make of none effect God's
truth, which is as steadfast as the eternal throne.
And while God calls upon all his watchmen to lift
the danger-signal, at the same time he presents
before them the life character of the Saviour as an
example of what they must be and do in order to be
saved. Concerning his disciples, Christ prayed,
"Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is
truth." A pleasant, self-satisfied feeling is not an
evidence of sanctification. A faithful record is kept
of all the acts of the children of men. Nothing can
be concealed from the eye of the high and holy
One, who inhabiteth eternity. Some make Christ
ashamed by their course of devising, planning,
scheming, God does not approve of their conduct;
for the Lord Jesus is not honored by their spirit of
their works. They forget the words of the apostle,
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