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Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

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Chapter 10<br />

Forwardness <strong>and</strong><br />

Consolidation<br />

Sunnyside, Cooranbong, N.S.W., May 31,<br />

1896.<br />

Elder O. A. Olsen,<br />

Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S.A.<br />

My dear Brother;--<br />

Scenes that were a shame to Christians, have<br />

been presented to me, as taking place in the council<br />

meetings held after the Minneapolis meeting. The<br />

loud voice of dispute, the hot spirit, the harsh<br />

words, resembled a political meeting more than a<br />

place where Christians were met for prayer <strong>and</strong><br />

counsel. These meetings should have been<br />

dismissed as an insult to heaven. The Lord was not<br />

revered as an honored guest by those assembled in<br />

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