Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

adoption of these agreements. When his
propositions were not accepted, he would work in
one way, and then in another way, and then in still
another way, to accomplish his purpose. Feelings
were aroused because his brethren in the ministry
could not sanction all his plans. He cherished and
expressed the thought that the ministers were
wronging him, when in fact he was wronging
himself and his brethren by failing to act as a
Christian and a gentleman should act.
At the time of the last General Conference, the
Lord instructed me to have no interviews with Dr.
Kellogg. I was warned that he would say things
that were not true, in order to uphold his positions;
and that he would misreport to his associates the
words I might speak. I felt it my duty to declare to
him, in the presence of the leading brethren,
including his medical associates, many things that
the Lord has presented to me. I felt a deep interest
in him, and I believed that he would take a right
position and save himself by breaking his heart
before God.
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