教会证言的撰写和发布
(1906年7月8日写于加利福尼亚疗养院)
亲爱的弟兄：
有人认为自己能够衡量上帝赐我所做之工的性质，评价其重要性。他们自己的思想和判断就是他们衡量证言的标准。{PH116 3.1}
我的导师对我说，告诉这些人，上帝并没有指派他们去衡量、鉴别和定义证言的性质。凡试图这样做的人一定会得出错误的结论。上帝要人做自己的分内工作。如果他们遵守主道，就会清楚地看出上帝指派我所做的工作不是出于人的计划。{PH116 3.2}
那些仔细阅读早年证言的人，不必为其来源困惑不已。许多在圣灵帮助下写的著作，为证言的性质作了活的见证。{PH116 3.3}
在我们传讲信息的早期经历中，上帝的灵常在我们聚集时降在少数人身上，我就被带入异象中了。主赐给我们这样的亮光和凭据，这样的安慰、盼望与喜乐，以致我们常常开口赞美祂。{PH116 4.1}
我丈夫在世时，担任我的帮手和顾问，发送主所赐给我的信息。我们广泛旅行。有时亮光会在夜间赐给我，有时会在白天，在大批会众面前。我一有时间和力气作工，便将在异象中所受的指示如实地写出来。然后我们一起检查所写的内容，我丈夫纠正一些语法上的错误，去掉不必要的重复。我们再仔细地誊写一遍，将之寄给个人或出版社。{PH116 4.2}
随着工作的发展，还有其他人来帮助我预备出版的材料。我丈夫去世后，有忠心的帮手来协助我，他们不知疲倦地工作，抄写证言，预备文章出版。但有谣言流传，说我允许助手加添或改变我所写出的信息，事实不是这样。{PH116 4.3}
我们在澳大利亚时，主指示我说，W. C.怀特应当从弟兄们放在他身上的许多重担下解脱出来，以便更加自由地帮助我做主所托付我的工作。所赐下的应许是：“我要把我的灵放在他身上，使他有智慧。” {PH116 4.4}
自从我返回美国后，主屡次指示我，祂已把W. C.怀特赐给我作助手，主会在这项工作上把祂的灵赐给他。{PH116 5.1}
需要许多的智慧和健全的判断力，受到上帝之灵的激励，才能知道提出主所赐指示的适当时间和方式。当受到责备的人处在强烈的欺骗之下时，他们自然会抵挡证言;而且既然采取了抵抗的态度，他们后来就难以承认自己错了。{PH116 5.2}
在这项工作的早期，如果主的信息临到我时有负责的弟兄们在场，我们便会与他们商量，如何以最好的方式将主的指示带到人前。有时会作出决定，某些内容最好不在会众面前宣读。有时那些行为受到责备的人，要求将指出他们错误和危险的内容也在别人面前宣读，好使别人也可受益。{PH116 5.3}
宣读完责备的证言之后，往往是由衷的忏悔。随后我们便同心合意地祷告，而主就会向那些认罪的人显出赦免的恩典。接受证言给我们的聚会带来了上帝丰富的福气。{PH116 6.1}
我如实地努力写出那位神圣的策士不时赐给我的信息。我所写的有些内容会立刻发出去满足当前的工作需要。有些部分会保留到形势发展到我觉得可以发表的时候。有时身负重责的传道人和医生表显出要抛弃证言的意向，我就蒙指示不要把证言放在他们手里;因为他们既已屈服于曾试探和胜过亚当夏娃的那个灵，就敞开心思意念接受仇敌的控制。他们既在错误的轨道上，耗精力于欺骗性的想象，就会在证言中读出原本没有的东西，迎合他们所听从的错误言论。他们既根据自己所点着的火光读证言，就受了欺骗，且会欺骗他人。{PH116 6.2}
有时，在非常清晰明确的责备写出来后，我会暂时保留它们，直到我藉着私人通信努力改变了那些要受责备之人的精神。如果这些努力没有成功，就把那信息连同其全部谴责或督责的力量发给他们，无论他们是愿意听从还是否认那信息的真实性。{PH116 6.3}
那些被指出错误的人若肯承认自己的错行，仇敌的迷咒就会打破。他们若肯悔改和离弃自己的罪，上帝是信实的，是公义的，必要赦免他们的罪，洗净他们一切的不义。赦罪的救赎主基督就会脱去他们污秽的衣服，给他们穿上华美的衣服，并把洁净的冠冕戴在他们头上(亚3:4,5)。但他们如果不肯转离罪孽，就无法养成在审判的大日能站立得住的品格。{PH116 7.1}
常有个人生活中隐藏的错误被显现在我面前，我则受命去传责备和警告的信息。{PH116 7.2}
主告诉我，许多听从仇敌假科学的人，会公开指责我的工作是假先知的工作，也会把证言解释得将上帝的真实变为虚谎。撒但在时刻警惕着;而一些过去曾蒙主使用做祂圣工，现在却让自己受欺骗的人，会受鼓动不适当地使用所赐的信息。他们不想听责备的话，不肯听劝，改进自己的行为，做指派给他们的工作，所以就曲解给教会的信息，混乱许多人的心思。{PH116 7.3}
然而，只要主愿意，我就要传所赐给我去传的信息。祂并没有把解决不信之人心中所怀一切误解的工作交给我。只要有人敞开心门接受那试探者的暗示，困难就会增多。那些不愿来就光的人，他们的心是向不信敞开的。我的光阴和精力若是耗费在这些事上，就合了撒但的心意了。主已对我说过：“要传讲证言。你的工作不是去解决困难，而是去责备，去提出基督的义。” {PH116 8.1}
一个插曲
在传播信息的初期，有一次，巴特勒前辈和哈特长老曾对证言感到困惑。他们极其忧伤，叹息哭泣，但一时又不说明自己困惑的原因。然而，在受到恳劝就他们不信的言论和态度给出理由时，哈特长老提到了一本记录怀姐妹的异象出版的小册子，并说就他所知，有些异象没有包含进去。在大批听众面前，这两位弟兄强烈表示他们对工作失去了信心。{PH116 8.2}
我丈夫将那本小册子递给哈特长老，请求他宣读扉页上写的话。他读道：《怀爱伦基督徒经历与目睹概略》。{PH116 9.1}
房间里一时静默无声，随后我丈夫解释说，我们资金非常缺乏，只能先印一本小册子。同时他应许弟兄们说，只要筹措到足够的资金，便会将我的异象更充分地以书面形式发表。{PH116 9.2}
哈特长老深受感动，我丈夫作完解释后，他说道：“让我们在上帝面前屈膝吧。”随之而来的是我们很少听到的祷告、哭泣和认罪。巴特勒前辈说道：“怀弟兄，请原谅我，我担心你隐藏了一些我们应该得到的亮光。怀姐妹，也请你原谅我。”当时上帝的能力以一种奇妙的方式进入会场当中。{PH116 9.3}
我的工作和助手
(1907年10月23日写于加利福尼亚疗养院)
亲爱的威尔科克斯弟兄：
我收到和阅读了你最近的来信。关于那位以为自己已蒙拣选要充任怀姐妹所居位置的姐妹，我要说：她或许很诚实，但一定是受了欺骗。{PH116 10.1}
我丈夫去世后一年左右，我非常虚弱，当时真担心自己活不了多久。希尔兹堡帐篷大会时，我被抬进了有我们的大批会众聚集的帐篷里。我请求将我从所卧的躺椅上扶起来，搀到讲台上，好向众人说几句告别的话。当我试图讲话时，上帝的能力临到我身上，从始至终一直激励着我。会众里许多人注意到我很虚弱，脸和手没有血色;但是当我开始讲话时，他们看到我的嘴唇和脸面有了气色，便知道上帝为我行了奇事。我站在人前得了痊愈，并且自由地发了言。{PH116 10.2}
这次经历之后，有亮光赐给我，主已兴起我为祂在许多国家作见证，而且祂会赐给我做这项工作的恩典和力量。我还蒙指示看到，我的儿子W. C.怀特应该作我的帮手和顾问，主会赐给他智慧和健全心智的精神。我蒙指示看到主会指导他，而且他不会被带偏，因为他会认出圣灵的带领和指导。{PH116 10.3}
我得到保证：“你在主已拣选你去做的工作上不是孤单的。上帝要教导你如何本着真理的简明将之摆在人前。真理的上帝必扶持你，必有令人信服的证据赐下，证明祂在带领你。上帝要把祂的圣灵赐给你，祂的恩典和智慧及保守的能力也必与你同在。……{PH116 11.1}
“主必作你的教师。你会遇到欺骗性影响;它们会以许多形式临到，会以泛神论和无神主义的其它形式临到;但你跟随我要带领你的地方，就必得安全。我要将我的灵放在你儿子身上，且要加给他力量去做他的工作。他有谦卑的风度。主已拣选他在祂的工作中起重要的作用。他正是为此而生。” {PH116 11.2}
这些话是主在1882年赐给我的，从那时起，我便确信上帝已将智慧的恩典赐给他。最近有段时间我处于困惑当中，主说：“我已将我的仆人W. C.怀特赐给你，我将赐给他判断力，好作你的助手。我将赐他聪明才智，好使他处事有智慧。”{PH116 11.3}
在我的工作中，主还赐给了我其他忠心的助手。我的许多讲道已经发表，且以书面形式出现在众人面前。我一生的经历几乎始终在日复一日写出主在夜间的异象中所启示我的事。许多劝勉督责和鼓励的信息都是发给个人的，而我为教会领受的许多指示已发表在期刊和书籍里，在许多国家流传。{PH116 12.1}
随着工作的发展，我助手的人数也增加了。{PH116 12.2}
玛丽安·戴维斯姊妹给予我很大的帮助，誊写我的证言以及整理我交付于她的手稿预备出版。我非常感激她的帮助。如今她安眠在耶稣里。{PH116 12.3}
马吉·黑尔小姐与我同工十一年。她是位忠实而真诚的助手。她现已返回新西兰。(她于1911年再次参与了这项工作。){PH116 12.4}
最近来自塔斯马尼亚岛霍巴特的明妮·霍金斯小姐是我在澳大利亚的誊写员之一，她成了我同工的一员。{PH116 12.5}
在1901年总会开会期间，C.C.克莱斯勒兄弟受上帝圣灵的感动，得知我的工作需要他的帮助，于是他欣然相助。我很高兴能得到他的帮助。他是一位忠实、干练而尽责的工人。{PH116 12.6}
多尔斯·鲁滨逊协助了誊写我的证言，他用心地预备《生平故事》的出版。{PH116 13.1}
海伦·格雷厄姆是一位优秀的速记员，她协助莎拉·麦克恩特弗姐妹和W.C.怀特在信件方面的工作。{PH116 13.2}
莎拉·佩克是我多年的助手兼记账员。她已离开我们前往柯立芝维尤工作。现在保罗.C.梅森弟兄担任我们的记账员。{PH116 13.3}
麦克恩特弗姐妹是我的旅伴兼护士，也是许多方面的帮手。{PH116 13.4}
玛丽·斯图尔德和她母亲现在同我们一道。玛丽曾在在巴特尔克里克和纳什维尔的出版社担任了多年的校对员，现在也加入了我的同工。{PH116 13.5}
工作在不断前进。我们在付出最真诚的努力，将我的著作置于人前。我们希望那几本新书会即刻付印。即便我不能工作了，我忠心的同工们也已准备好继续推进这工作。{PH116 13.6}
丰盛的亮光已赐给我们生活在这末世的人。不论我是否活在世上，我的著作都会不断发言，其功效要延续到世界的末了。我的著作已在出版社存档。即便我去世了，上帝所赐给我的这些话语，仍会具有生命力，继续向人传讲。但我的力量还在，我希望继续做许多有益的工作。我或许能活到主来的那天，即便不能，我也相信这是论到我说的：“‘在主里面而死的人有福了!’圣灵说：‘是的，他们息了自己的劳苦，作工的果效也随着他们’”(启14:13)。{PH116 13.7}
主耶和华制定了如何在各种环境下推进工作的计划。W.C.怀特有他的使命。我已指示他要不知疲倦地工作，先确保我的著作英文版的发行，然后确保将它们翻译成各种文字加以发行。他的履职应得到尊重。他被主拣选，在我卸下盔甲之后，负责我著作的发行。他长期从事圣工，上帝赐予了他经验和良好的判断力。我深知需将我的著作交托于他，因为主藉着赐予他明显的经验而使他能胜任这项工作。我因上帝赐予我的这么多忠实的帮手而喜悦，我能将这项指派给我的工作在各方面加以推进。{PH116 14.1}
我的两个儿子都致力于将现代真理向全世界传播。我很高兴他们都参与了出版工作。{PH116 15.1}
我感谢上帝眷爱的保证，和祂每天的带领与指导。我忙于写作，无论早晚，我都在把上帝展开在我眼前的事写出来。我工作的主旨，是预备一班人在主的日子站立得住。基督的应许是可靠的。时候不多了，我们必须做工，警醒，等候主耶稣。我们蒙召要坚定不移，始终多做主工。我们一切盼望的根基都在基督里。{PH116 15.2}
当过去现在和将来展开在世人面前时，我们的人有没有予以审查呢?他们有没有留意那赐给他们的警告信息呢?我们如今最关心的，是不是我们的人生必须加以熬炼并洁净，以反映上帝的神圣形像呢?凡想用羔羊的血把衣裳洗白净了的人，必须获得这样的经验。他们必须披上基督的义。祂的名字必须写在他们的额上。他们必须在上帝荣耀的盼望中欢喜快乐。基督已将祂百姓的名字铭刻在自己的手掌上。祂决不会对任何倚靠祂的人失去兴趣。{PH116 15.3}
要对教会的信徒说，需要彻底献身于上帝。要让人人都明白，他们必须藉着牺牲与上帝立约。我们每一天每一时都需要福音的福气。上帝能力的每一个凭据，祂的同在和祂的爱，都要满怀感激地认出来。人的心向上帝行事正直，才能获致幸福。我因这个宝贵的思想而感谢主。但愿祂因我们所表达的情怀和所行的事得荣耀。……{PH116 16.1}
证言从未像最近藉我的笔写出来的那样清晰地传与人前。上帝吩咐我敦促我们的人注意自己研究的重要性。要让这项工作现在就开始。这样，无论我是蒙允许继续作工，还是躺下休息直到耶稣降临，这些信息都是永垂不朽的。{PH116 16.2}
我现在要对弟兄们说：要说会吸引人归向基督的话。要在善行上结出果子来。“信子的人有永生”(约3:36)。{PH116 16.3}
各样能想到的事都将被用来进行欺骗，倘若可能，连选民也就迷惑了;但主必定看顾祂的工作。{PH116 16.4}
怀威廉长老的工作
(1899年8月18日写于澳大利亚，新南威尔士州，库兰邦，“森尼赛德”，1902年12月14日从日记上抄录)
我在钟表走到十一点钟的时候就醒了。我想要写出一些事，是主赐给我的指示。{PH116 17.1}
星期五我与我儿子怀威廉谈了话，论到他奉献全部时间预备我的著作以供发表的必要性。我的心非常烦恼，在去休息之后，我不能入睡。然而过了一段时间，我睡着了。在夜间的异象中，亮光临到了我，W.C.怀特从孩童时期就受训为主工作。他在出生前就被奉献给上帝了;他出生后又蒙上帝拣选以单一的心志事奉祂。他应当随时准备好服务有需要的地方。使他与他如此深感兴趣的一般工作分开是不可能的。我蒙指示，他如果愿意全然倚赖上帝，主就会与他同工并藉着他行事，赐给他判断力去正确地为主服务。{PH116 17.2}
同样必要的是，他应当参与他母亲的工作。预备我的著作以书籍的形式发表应当得到他的关注。在这个国家还有其它的责任要他承担。他比别的一些人有更好的预备，能看出上帝圣工的需要，并将这些需要以一种会引起人们适当关注这些事的方式将之摆在他们面前。主已指示他的母亲，藉着参与他母亲的工作，怀威廉可以将关于计划和方法的必不可少的亮光传给百姓。主的灵会使他牢记摆在他面前之事的深刻含义。关于上帝的子民应该践行的原则，我可以将主认为合适显在我面前多年的事传达给他。{PH116 17.3}
怀威廉有一项特别的工作要做。他不能与这项工作分开，因为这是他的命根子，是主给他的产业。他就是为这项工作出生的。当有那么多重要问题需要调整时，他心里不能安息;因为在这种时候圣工的发展使他身上的责任相应地增加，要忠心地尽他的本分——与其他任何一个蒙召处理同胞的心智和属灵利益之人一样重要而神圣的本分。{PH116 18.1}
因为这就是所赐给我的亮光，我现在便将我的儿子怀威廉重新奉献给主的工作——这项工作包括尽量不要迟延地预备主已赐给我要传给世人、我们的各教会和个人的材料。{PH116 18.2}
写给乔治·巴特勒长老信函的部分抄件
1906年10月30日
巴特勒长老：愿上帝赐福给你，保守你健康。愿祂的灵和祂的恩典在你身上。{PH116 19.1}
你问我关于书板的问题，我现在无法回答你。我丈夫去世以后，我有一年时间非常痛苦，觉得主也许要我在坟墓里休息。我夜复一夜深深悲哀。一天夜里，我的祷告得到了特殊的回答。那是上帝医治的能力在希尔兹堡临到我以后。当时主叫我起来，赐给我特别的亮光，此后我再也没有这种不和解的感觉。我蒙指示，主已经仁慈地让我起来，因为祂有一项特别的工作要我做。我得到保证：我一定会有上帝的特别保护和看顾。主留下了我的性命，救我脱离了无疑在削弱我生命力的势力。{PH116 19.2}
那大能的医师说：“我要将我的灵放在你的儿子怀威廉心中，使他能成为你的顾问。我已赐给他智慧的灵和善于识别感悟的心。他会有参谋的智慧。他如果遵行我的道，实行我的旨意，就会得到保守，能帮助你把我要为我的子民而赐给你亮光带到他们面前。要让你的光照在人前，使他们能以特殊的方式看见和理解主已经赐下信息应付将要发生的紧急情况。当你述说我赐给你的话语时，天使就会与你同在，使你给听众留下深刻的印象。{PH116 20.1}
“我要与你的儿子同在，做他的策士。他会尊重藉着你传达给百姓的真理。他会具有捍卫真理的智慧，因为我会掌控他的头脑，赐给他稳健的判断力参加与圣工有关的会议。世人凭着自己的智慧不认识上帝。他们看不到我所赐给你特殊工作的美丽与和谐。你的儿子会为将出现在上帝子民面前的许多事情困惑，但他要等待、警醒、祷告，让上帝的话临到祂的子民，尽管他不一定能马上看出上帝的旨意。{PH116 20.2}
“你若警醒、等候和祷告，天意和启示就会引导你经过将要遇到的一切困惑混乱，使你不至灰心丧胆。时间会呈现天国计划的美妙与庄严。人的头脑难以领会上帝在本着祂的天意藉着软弱的器具为世人行事。在上帝天意的实现中认识上帝乃是真正的科学。人间有许多知识，然而在必要的时候看出天上智慧的计划，看见上帝计划的简单显明祂的公正、良善和仁爱，并且查明人心——这却是许多人未能去做的。祂的计划对他们来说似乎太奇妙了，不能接受，因而他们就未能受益。然而天意仍在我们的世界上，在那些正在领会真理的人中间运行。这些人会认出上帝的手。{PH116 21.1}
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“自私的人意识不到全能上帝的旨意和目的，以及祂的大计划。傲慢自负的人难以接受上帝藉着祂儿子的调解而实施的计划。自欺自傲的人心里会抵触接受上帝警示和责难的话。他们抗拒亮光。但怜悯、恩典与爱的应许应藉着我信使的口传达给那些被带入歧途的人。如果那些受责难的人能听从、理解并改正，如果他们能改变自己任性的罪恶行径，上帝就会宽恕他们。但如果他们接受仇敌在心中挑起叛逆之意，他们的反叛行为会被其他人所效仿，进而顽固地对抗上帝。”{PH116 21.2}
“你们是世上的光。城造在山上，是不能隐藏的。人点灯，不放在斗底下，是放在灯台上，就照亮一家的人。你们的光也当这样照在人前，叫他们看见你们的好行为，便将荣耀归给你们在天上的父”(太5:14-16)。{PH116 22.1}
这段话将重大的职责交托给了基督的门徒。跟随耶稣的人有责任以纯洁、高贵的品格将祂显示给世人。但以理所发的是何等的亮光啊!他在巴比伦的王宫彰显上帝的旨意，将天上亮光反射到这个傲慢的国度。他的三个同伴站在傲慢的王前，藉着坚定的忠诚发出了何等的亮光啊。他们说：“即或不然，王啊，你当知道我们决不事奉你的神，也不敬拜你所立的金像”(但3:18)。亚伯拉罕在他的家中为教会树立了显示真理力量的何等榜样啊!末底改、以斯拉、尼希米和许多其他被拣选的信使，纯洁献身的明光藉着他们放射出来。{PH116 22.2}
“你们的光也当这样照在人前，叫他们看见你们的好行为，便将荣耀归给你们在天上的父”(太5:16)。凡要成为基督门徒的人都应藉着好行为彰显上帝和天国。所有谦卑地行在上帝面前的人无疑能认识到祂旨意的运行方式。{PH116 23.1}
上帝派遣的信使如同黑暗地方的光。上帝正藉着基督在这个世上建立国度。当上帝的子民以良好的行为来彰显祂时，他们就成为世上的光。当他们按照基督的指示工作，为真理带作活的见证时，他们就能同撒但的权势和狡计及爪牙作长久的斗争。撒但的权势和狡计会随着我们临近基督第二次显现的时期而日益加剧。上帝的见证者应紧守主的话，这话要在道德的黑暗中发光，直至地球历史的终结。{PH116 23.2}
在这磨难的时期，应紧靠上帝的话。我们应紧守过去和现代的真理。亮光应当以上天的清朗照射。上帝会给予那些行在所接受之亮光中的人以更多的亮光。撒但的巧计和他的诡秘欺诈的势力无法驱散上帝吩咐照耀的光。每一个愿意接受圣经指示的人都拥有品格力量的宝贵财富，能以言行来荣耀上帝。跟随基督的人会增加为善和行善的力量，因为公义的日头在照耀着他们。{PH116 23.3}
怀姐妹怎么知道要说什么呢?
1889年3月18日
有人问，怀姐妹怎么知道她那么明确地说出来的问题，好像她有权柄说这些事一样呢?我这样说是因为当我处在困惑中时，这些事便闪现在我脑海中，就像闪电划破风暴肆虐时的乌云一般。一些情景多年前就已呈现在我面前，却没有留在我的记忆中，但在需要发出指示时，有时甚至是当我站在众人面前时，这些回忆便像一道闪电，强烈而清晰地临到，使我清楚地想起那个特别的指示。在这种时候，我便忍不住说出闪现在我脑海中的事，不是因为我见了一个新的异象，而是因为过去多年前所见的异象如今历历在目。(《文稿》1911年33号){PH116 24.1}
要考虑时间和地点
“关于证言，没有可以被忽略或废弃的内容，但是必须考虑时间和地点。不可做什么不合时宜的事。有些内容必须保留，因为有些人不会正确地使用所赐的亮光。每一点信息都是必要的，必须在适当的时间出现。在过去，证言在送去发表前都经过精心准备。在初稿完成后，一切内容仍要经过仔细研究。{PH116 25a.1}
指控
“要告诉他们吃上帝儿子的肉，喝祂的血。要将祂的话摆在他们面前。必有会误解误传的人。他们已经盲目，提出撒但为他们预备的表号和解释，彻底歪曲怀姐妹所说的话。撒但正如犹大一样，确实自称是基督的儿女，却站在控告人的一边。他们已在撒但的门下习练虚称谎报。在《撒迦利亚书》第三章中描述了这等人。对上帝来说，这世界上再没有什么比祂的教会更宝贵的了。撒但在人心中做工，会不断以虚假的方式引诱人辜负神圣的委托。{PH116 25a .2}
汇编的发表
“我看明，如果每一个以为自己有资格写书的人都随从自己的想象，且把自己的作品发表，坚持将之推荐到我们的出版社，就会有大量稗子撒播在世上。我们中有许多人写信给我，恳切地要求能有权用我的著作来支持他们想要传给人的某些论题，以便给人以深刻的印象。{PH116 25a .3}
“他们的一些材料确实有理由发表，可是我不敢赞成这样使用证言，或按他们的意图来支持那本来不错的材料。{PH116 26a.1}
“提出这些建议的人也许能用一种智慧的方法办好这事，可是我一点儿也不敢许可按他们的意见使用我的著作。在做这件事的时候，有许多问题需要考虑。因为在使用证言加强作者所感受的论题时，所引用的话可能会给人留下了与原著中完全不同的印象。”(《文稿》1911年23号){PH116 26a.2}
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“许多漠视证言的人是这么辩解的：‘怀姊妹受她丈夫的影响，证言带有他的风格和判断。’还有人试图从我这里得到能为他们的做法辩解，或使他们有影响的东西。”{PH116 25.1}
她在1914年6月6日说：“随着工作的推进，我们的弟兄必须看见并认识到自己应心胸开阔地前进和扩展。每个人都要按照他的行为接受审判。要告诉弟兄们，即使他们错了，也要错在宽大的一边，而不是束缚的一边。因为他们一旦束手束脚，就会形成不利于信仰成长的品格特性。随着工作的进展，我们的工作应该更加大度、宽广、有利。”{PH116 30.1}
PH116 - The Writing and Sending Out of the Testimonies to the Church
【The Writing and Sending Out of the Testimonies to the Church】
(Sanitarium, California,July 8, 1906.)
Dear Brother____,There are some who think they are able to measure the character and to estimate the importance of the work the Lord has given me to do. Their own mind and judgment is the standard by which they would weigh the testimonies.?{PH116 3.1}[1]
My instructor said to me, Tell these men that God has not committed to them the work of measuring, classifying, and defining the character of the testimonies. Those who attempt this are sure to err in their conclusions. The Lord would have men adhere to their appointed work. If they will keep the way of the Lord, they will be able to discern clearly that the work which He has appointed me to do is not a work of human devising.?{PH116 3.2}[2]
Those who carefully read the testimonies as they have appeared from the early days, need not be perplexed as to their origin. The many books, written by the help of the Spirit of God, bear a living witness to the character of the testimonies.?{PH116 3.3}[3]
In the early days of our experience in the message, the Spirit of God often came upon a few of us as we were assembled, and I was taken away in vision. The Lord gave such light and evidence, such comfort and hope and joy, that His praises were upon our lips.?{PH116 4.1}[4]
While my husband lived, he acted as a helper and counselor in the sending out of the messages that were given to me. We traveled extensively. Sometimes light would be given to me in the night season, sometimes in the daytime before large congregations. The instruction I received in vision was faithfully written out by me, as I had time and strength for the work. Afterward we examined the matter together, my husband correcting grammatical errors and eliminating needless repetition. Then it was carefully copied for the persons addressed, or for the printer.?{PH116 4.2}[5]
As the work grew, others assisted me in the preparation of matter for publication. After my husband’s death, faithful helpers joined me, who labored untiringly in the work of copying the testimonies, and preparing articles for publication. But the reports that are circulated, that any of my helpers are permitted to add matter or change the meaning of the messages I write out, are not true.?{PH116 4.3}[6]
While we were in Australia, the Lord instructed me that W.C. White should be?relieved from the many burdens his brethren would lay upon him, that he might be more free to assist me in the work the Lord has laid upon me. The promise had been given, “I will put My Spirit upon him, and give him wisdom.”?{PH116 4.4}[7]
Since my return to America I have several times received instruction that the Lord has given me W.C. White to be my helper, and that in this work the Lord will give him of His Spirit.?{PH116 5.1}[8]
It requires much wisdom and sound judgment, quickened by the Spirit of God, to know the proper time and manner to present the instruction that has been given. When the minds of persons reproved are under a strong deception, they naturally resist the testimony; and having taken an attitude of resistance, it is difficult for them afterward to acknowledge that they have been wrong.?{PH116 5.2}[9]
In the early days of this cause, if some of the leading brethren were present when messages from the Lord were given, we would consult with them as to the best manner of bringing the instruction before the people. Sometimes it was decided that certain portions would better not be read before a congregation. Sometimes those whose course was reproved would request that the matters pointing out their wrongs and dangers should be read before others, that they, too, might be benefited.?{PH116 5.3}[10]
Often after testimonies of reproof were read, hearty confessions were made. Then we would unite in a season of prayer, and the Lord would manifest His pardoning grace to those who had confessed their sins. The acceptance of the testimonies brought the rich blessing of God into our assemblies.?{PH116 6.1}[11]
Faithfully I endeavor to write out that which is given me from time to time by the divine Counselor. Some portions of that which I write are sent out immediately to meet the present necessities of the work. Other portions are held until the development of circumstances makes it evident to me that the time has come for their use. Sometimes in ministers and physicians bearing responsibilities there has developed a disposition to discard the testimonies, and I have been instructed not to place testimonies in their hands; for having yielded to the spirit that tempted and overcame Adam and Eve, they have opened mind and heart to the control of the enemy. Being on a false track, and laboring under deceptive imaginings, they will read into the testimonies things that are not there, but which are in agreement with the false statements that they have listened to. By reading the testimonies in the light of their own kindling, they are deceived, and will deceive others.?{PH116 6.2}[12]
Sometimes, after very clear-cut, decided reproofs have been written out, they are held for a time until by personal correspondence?I have endeavored to change the spirit of those to whom they are addressed. If these efforts are unsuccessful, the messages, with all their strength of rebuke or reproof, are sent to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will deny the truthfulness of the message.?{PH116 6.3}[13]
If those whose errors are pointed out make confession of their wrong-doing, the spell of the enemy may be broken. If they will repent and forsake their sins, God is faithful and just to forgive their sins, and to cleanse them from all unrighteousness. Christ, the sin-pardoning Redeemer, will remove the filthy garments from them, give them change of raiment, and set a fair miter upon their head. But so long as they refuse to turn from iniquity, they can not develop a character that will stand in the great day of judgment.?{PH116 7.1}[14]
Often concealed wrongs in the life of individuals are opened before me, and I am bidden to bear a message of reproof and warning.?{PH116 7.2}[15]
I have been told that many who give heed to the false science of the enemy would denounce my work as that of a false prophet, and would place upon the testimony such interpretations as tend to change the truth of God into a lie. Satan is on the alert; and some who in the past have been used by the Lord in doing His work, but who have permitted themselves to be deceived, will be?stirred up to make an improper use of the messages given. Because they do not wish to listen to the words of reproof, because they will not hear counsel, and improve their course of action, and do their appointed work, they will misconstrue the messages to the church, and confuse many minds.?{PH116 7.3}[16]
Nevertheless, I am to bear the message that is given me to bear, so long as the Lord shall choose. He has not given me the work of settling all the misunderstandings that are cherished in hearts of unbelief. Just as long as a door is open to receive the tempter’s suggestions, difficulties will multiply. The hearts of those who will not come to the light are open to unbelief. If my time and strength are consumed upon such matters, this serves Satan’s purposes. The Lord has said to me: “Bear the testimonies. Your work is not to settle difficulties; your work is to reprove, and to present the righteousness of Christ.”?{PH116 8.1}[17]
【An Incident】
At one time in the early days of the message, Father Butler and Elder Hart became confused in regard to the testimonies. In great distress they groaned and wept, but for some time they would not give the reasons for their perplexity. However, being pressed to give a reason for their faithless speech and manner, Elder Hart referred to a small pamphlet that had been published as the visions?of Sister White, and said that to his certain knowledge, some visions were not included. Before a large audience, these brethren both talked strongly about their losing confidence in the work.{PH116 8.2}[18]
My husband handed the little pamphlet to Elder Hart, and requested him to read what was printed on the title page. “A Sketch of the Christian Experience and Views of Mrs. E. G. White,” he read.?{PH116 9.1}[19]
For a moment there was silence, and then my husband explained that we had been very short of means, and were able to print at first only a small pamphlet, and he promised the brethren that when sufficient means was raised, the visions should be published more fully in book form.?{PH116 9.2}[20]
Elder Butler was deeply moved, and after the explanation had been made, he said, “Let us bow before God.” Prayers, weeping, and confessions followed, such as we have seldom heard. Father Butler said: “Brother White, forgive me; I was afraid you were concealing from us some of the light we ought to have. Forgive me, Sister White.” Then the power of God came into the meeting in a wonderful manner.?{PH116 9.3}[21]
【My Work and My Helpers】
(Sanitarium, California,October 23. 1907.)
Dear Brother Wilcox,I received and read your recent letter. Regarding the sister who thinks that she has been chosen to fill the position that Sister White has occupied, I have this to say: She may be honest, but she is certainly deceived.?{PH116 10.1}[22]
About a year after the death of my husband, I was very feeble, and it was feared that I might live but a short time. At the Healdsburg camp-meeting, I was taken into the tent where there was a large gathering of our people. I asked to be raised up from the lounge on which I was lying, and assisted to the speaker’s platform, that I might say a few words of farewell to the people. As I tried to speak, the power of God came upon me, and thrilled me through and through. Many in the congregation observed that I was weak, and that my face and hands seemed bloodless; but as I began speaking they saw the color coming into my lips and face, and knew that a miracle was being wrought in my behalf. I stood before the people healed, and spoke with freedom.?{PH116 10.2}[23]
After this experience, light was given me that the Lord had raised me up to bear testimony for Him in many countries, and that He would give me grace and strength for?the work. It was also shown me that my son, W. C. White, should be my helper and counselor, and that the Lord would place on him the spirit of wisdom and of a sound mind. I was shown that the Lord would guide him, and that he would not be led away, because he would recognize the leadings and guidance of the Holy Spirit.?{PH116 10.3}[24]
The assurance was given me: “You are not alone in the work the Lord has chosen you to do. You will be taught of God how to bring the truth in its simplicity before the people. The God of truth will sustain you, and convincing proof will be given that He is leading you. God will give you of His Holy Spirit, and His grace and wisdom and keeping power will be with you....?{PH116 11.1}[25]
“The Lord will be your Instructor. You will meet with deceptive influences; they will come in many forms, in pantheism and other forms of infidelity; but follow where I shall guide you, and you will be safe. I will put My Spirit upon your son, and will strengthen him to do his work. He has the grace of humility. The Lord has selected him to act an important part in His work. For this purpose was he born.”?{PH116 11.2}[26]
This word was given me in 1882, and since that time I have been assured that the grace of wisdom was given to him. More recently, in a time of perplexity, the Lord said: “I have given you My servant, W. C. White, and I will give him judgment to be?your helper. I will give him skill and understanding to manage wisely.”?{PH116 11.3}[27]
The Lord has given me other faithful helpers in my work. Many of my discourses have been reported, and have been put before the people in printed form. Through nearly the whole of my long experience I have endeavored, day by day, to write out that which was revealed to me in visions of the night. Many messages of counsel and reproof and encouragement have been sent out to individuals, and much of the instruction that I have received for the church has been published in periodicals and books, and circulated in many lands.?{PH116 12.1}[28]
As the work has grown, the number of my helpers has increased.?{PH116 12.2}[29]
Sister Marian Davis was a great help in copying my testimonies, and in preparing for publication the manuscripts which I placed in her hand. I appreciated her help very much. She now sleeps in Jesus.?{PH116 12.3}[30]
For eleven years Miss Maggie Hare was among my workers. She was a faithful and true helper. She returned to New Zealand. [She again connected with the work in 1911.]?{PH116 12.4}[31]
Recently Miss Minnie Hawkins, of Hobart, Tasmania, who was one of my copyists in Australia, has joined my staff of workers.?{PH116 12.5}[32]
During the General Conference of 1901, Brother C. C. Crisler was impressed by the?Spirit of God that I needed him in my work, and he offered his services. I gladly accepted his help. He is a faithful, efficient, and conscientious worker.?{PH116 12.6}[33]
Dores Robinson has assisted in copying my testimonies, and he has been diligently preparing “Life Incidents” for publication.?{PH116 13.1}[34]
Helen Graham is a good stenographer, and helps Sister Sara McEnterfer and W.C. White in their work of correspondence.?{PH116 13.2}[35]
Sister Sarah Peck was my bookkeeper and helper for a number of years. She has left us to engage in school work at College View. We now have as bookkeeper, Brother Paul C. Mason.?{PH116 13.3}[36]
Sister McEnterfer is my traveling companion, nurse, and helper in many ways.?{PH116 13.4}[37]
Sister Mary Steward and her mother are with us now; and Mary, who for many years has served as proof-reader in the offices at Battle Creek and Nashville, has united with my workers.?{PH116 13.5}[38]
The work is constantly moving forward. We are making earnest efforts to place my writings before the people. We hope that several new books will go to press shortly. If I am incapacitated for labor, my faithful workers are prepared to carry forward the work.?{PH116 13.6}[39]
Abundant light has been given to our people in these last days. Whether or not my life is spared, my writings will constantly speak, and their work will go forward as?long as time shall last. My writings are kept on file in the office, and even though I should not live, these words that have been given to me by the Lord will still have life and will speak to the people. But my strength is yet spared, and I hope to continue to do much useful work. I may live until the coming of the Lord; but if I should not, I trust it may be said of me, “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.”?{PH116 13.7}[40]
The Lord Jehovah is the one to specify how the work shall be carried on under all circumstances. W. C. White has his commission. I have instructed him to labor untiringly to secure the publication of my writings in the English language first, and afterward to secure their translation and publication in many other languages. He should be respected in the performance of his duty. He has been chosen by the Lord to take charge of the publication of my writings, if I should lay off the armor. He has been long connected with the work, and God has given him experience and good judgment. I feel clear in entrusting my writings to his hand, because the Lord has fitted him for the work by giving him a decided experience. I rejoice that with the faithful helpers that God has given me, I am able to carry?forward, in its many varied lines, the work given me to do.?{PH116 14.1}[41]
Both of my sons are engaged in giving this present truth to the world. I am glad that they are both connected with the publishing work.?{PH116 15.1}[42]
I thank God for the assurance of His love, and that I have daily His leading and guidance. I am very busy with my writing. Early and late, I am writing out the matters that the Lord opens before me. The burden of my work is to prepare a people to stand in the day of the Lord. The promise of Christ is sure. The time is not long. We must work and watch and wait for the Lord Jesus. We are called upon to be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. All our hopes have their foundation in Christ.?{PH116 15.2}[43]
Are our people reviewing the past and the present and the future, as it is unfolding before the world? Are they heeding the messages of warning given them? Is it our greatest concern today that our lives shall be refined and purified, and that we shall reflect the similitude of the divine? This must be the experience of all who join that company who are washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb. They must be arrayed in the righteousness of Christ. His name must be written in their foreheads. They must rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Christ has engraved the names of?His people on the palms of His hands. He will never lose His interest in any dependent soul.?{PH116 15.3}[44]
Say to the church-members that there is need of thorough consecration to God. Let all understand that they must make a covenant with God by sacrifice. We need the blessings of the gospel every day and every hour. Every proof of the Lord’s power, His presence, and His love, is to be recognized with grateful thanks. Happiness is to be achieved by the right action of the soul toward God. I thank the Lord for this precious thought. Let Him be glorified by the sentiments expressed and by the actions performed.?{PH116 16.1}[45]
...Never have testimonies been more clearly brought before the people than those that have recently been traced by my pen. God bids me urge upon the attention of our people the importance of their study. Let this work begin now. Then, whether I am permitted to labor or am laid away to rest until Jesus comes, these messages are immortalized.?{PH116 16.2}[46]
To my brethren I now say: Speak words that will draw souls to Christ. Bring forth fruit in good works. “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life.”?{PH116 16.3}[47]
Every conceivable thing will be brought in to deceive, if possible, the very elect; but the Lord will certainly take care of His work.?{PH116 16.4}[48]
【The Work of Elder W. C. White】
(Copied from diary, December 14, 1902)
(“Sunnyside,” Cooranbong,N.S.W., Australia,August 18, 1899.)
I awoke as the clock struck eleven. I desire to write out some things that the Lord has given me for my instruction.?{PH116 17.1}[49]
On Friday I talked with my son, W. C. White, in regard to the necessity of giving his whole time to the work of preparing my writings for publication. My mind was much troubled, and after going to rest, I could not sleep. But I fell asleep after a time. In the night season, light came to me that W. C. White had from his childhood been trained in the Lord’s work. Before his birth he was dedicated to God; and after his birth he was chosen of God to serve Him with singleness of purpose. He is to stand ready to serve where necessity requires. It is not possible to separate him from the general work in which he is so intensely interested. I am instructed that if he will trust wholly in God, the Lord will work with him and through him, giving him judgment to do the Master’s service aright.?{PH116 17.2}[50]
It is essential also that he shall be connected with his mother’s work. The preparation of my writings for publication in book?form should receive his attention. And there are other responsibilities that he must bear in this country. He is better prepared than some others to see the needs of God’s cause, and to present these needs before the people in a way that will arouse them to give these matters proper attention. Through his connection with the work of his mother, whom the Lord has instructed, W. C. White can give to the people the light that is essential in regard to plans and methods. The Spirit of the Lord will impress upon his mind the deep import of the matters laid out before him. I can communicate to him matters that the Lord has seen fit to present to me for many years, in regard to the principles upon which God’s people should act.?{PH116 17.3}[51]
W. C. White has a special work to do. He can not disconnect himself from this work, for it is his life-blood. It is his inheritance from the Lord. For this work he was born. He can not be at rest in spirit when there are so many important matters needing adjustment; for at such times the developments in the Lord’s cause lay upon him a proportionately increased responsibility to discharge faithfully his duties—duties as important and sacred as those of any other man who is called upon to deal with the mental and spiritual interests of his fellow-men.?{PH116 18.1}[52]
As this is the light given me, I now?renewedly dedicate my son, W. C. White, to the Lord’s work,—a work that includes the preparation, with as little delay as possible, of the matter which the Lord has given me to present to the world, to our churches, and to individuals.?{PH116 18.2}[53]
【Copy of Portion of Letter Written to Elder George I. Butler】
(October 30, 1906.)
May the Lord bless you, Elder Butler, and preserve you in health. May His Spirit and His grace be upon you.?{PH116 19.1}[54]
The question that you ask in regard to the book plates, I can not answer now. After the death of my husband, I was for one year so afflicted that I felt that perhaps the Lord would let me rest in the grave. Night after night I was in deep sorrow. One night I had a special answer to my prayer. It was after the healing power of God came upon me at Healdsburg. At that time the Lord raised me up, and gave me special light, and I have never since felt so unreconciled. I was instructed that the Lord had mercifully raised me up because He had a special work for me to do, and I was assured that I should have the special protection and care of God. The Lord has spared my life, and had saved me from that which was surely sapping my life forces.?{PH116 19.2}[55]
The mighty Healer said: “Live. I have put My Spirit upon your son, W. C. White, that he may be your counselor. I have given him the spirit of wisdom, and a discerning, perceptive mind. He will have wisdom in counsel, and if he walks in My way and works out My will, he will be kept, and will be enabled to help you bring before My people the light I will give you for them. Let your light so shine before men that they may see and understand, in a special manner, that the Lord has given a message to meet the emergencies that will arise. As you speak the words I give you, angels of heaven will be with you, to make impressions on the minds of those who hear.?{PH116 20.1}[56]
“I will be with your son, and will be his counselor. He will respect the truth that comes through you to the people. He will have wisdom to defend the truth; for I will take charge of his mind, and will give him sound judgment in the councils that he attends in connection with the work. The world in its wisdom knows not God. It does not behold the beauty and harmony of the special work that I have given you. Your son will be perplexed over many things that are to come before My people, but he is to wait and watch and pray, and let the words?of God come to the people, even though he can not always immediately discern the purpose of God.?{PH116 20.2}[57]
“If you watch and wait and pray, Providence and revelation will guide you through all the perplexities that you will meet, so that you will not fail nor become discouraged. Time will outline the beauty and grandeur of Heaven’s plan. It is difficult for human minds to comprehend that God in His providence is working for the world through a feeble instrument. To know God in the working out of His providence is true science. There is much knowledge among men; but to see the designs of heavenly wisdom in times of necessity, to see the simplicity of God’s plan revealing His justice and goodness and love, and searching out the hearts of men,—this many fail to do. His plan seems too wonderful for them to accept, and thus they fail to be benefited. But Providence is still in our world, working among those who are grasping for the truth. These will recognize the hand of God.?{PH116 21.1}[58]
“The counsel and purpose of the Omnipotent One, and His great plan, are not recognized by selfish human beings. It is difficult for man, in his pride and self-sufficiency, to accept the plan that God is working out through the mediation of His Son. It is contrary to the mind of the self-deceived?and self-important to receive God’s words of warning and reproof. They resist the light. But the promises of mercy and grace and love must come through the lips of My messengers to those who are being led astray. If those reproved will heed and understand and be corrected, if they will change their wilful course of sin, God will grant pardon. But if they allow the enemy to stir up rebellion in their hearts, they in their turn will stir up rebellion in other hearts, and in their stubbornness will fight against God.”?{PH116 21.2}[59]
“Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill can not be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”?{PH116 22.1}[60]
These words place a weighty responsibility upon Christ’s disciples. The followers of Jesus are under obligation to the world to reveal Him in pure, noble characters. What a light shone forth from Daniel! He made known the purpose of God in the court of Babylon, reflecting the light of heaven into this proud kingdom. What light shone forth from his three companions, as, in steadfast integrity, they stood before the proud monarch, declaring, “Be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor?worship the golden image which thou hast set up.” What a demonstration of the power of truth was the example that Abraham set before the church in his home! Mordecai, Ezra, Nehemiah, and many others were chosen messengers,—men through whom the pure light of consecration shone brightly.?{PH116 22.2}[61]
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” All who would be disciples of Christ are bound to make God and heaven manifest by good works. All who will walk humbly before God will surely recognize the workings of His providence.?{PH116 23.1}[62]
The messengers that God sends are as light in a dark place. Through Christ, God is establishing a kingdom in this world. As God’s people reveal Him in good works, they become the light of the world. As they work under Christ’s counsel, and bear a living testimony to the truth, they will be sustained against the power and craft of Satan, which will increase as we near the time of Christ’s second appearing. God’s witnesses are to hold firmly to the word of the Lord, which is to shine amid the moral darkness till the very close of this earth’s history.?{PH116 23.2}[63]
There must be, in this time of trial, a dignified reliance upon the word of God. We are to hold fast to past and present truth. The light is to shine forth with heavenly clearness. God will give an increase of?light to those who walk in light received. Satan’s devising and his mysterious, deceiving power can not put out the light which God bids shine. Every soul who is willing to be instructed by the Word has the precious treasure of strength of character, and is enabled to glorify God in word and act. The followers of Christ increase in power to be good and do good; for the Sun of Righteousness is shining upon them.?{PH116 23.3}[64]
【How Does Sister White Know What to Speak?】
(March 18, 1889.)
The question is asked, How does Sister White know in regard to the matters of which she speaks so decidedly, as if she had authority to say these things? I speak thus because they flash upon my mind when in perplexity like lightning out of a dark cloud in the fury of a storm. Some scenes presented before me years ago have not been retained in my memory, but when the instruction then given is needed, sometimes even when I am standing before the people the remembrance comes sharp and clear, like a flash of lightning, bringing to mind distinctly that particular instruction. At such times I cannot refrain from saying the things that flash into my mind, not because I have had a new vision, but because that which was presented to me perhaps years in the past has been recalled to my mind forcibly. MS—33—1911?{PH116 24.1}[65]
(Time and Place to be Considered)
“Regarding the testimonies, nothing is ignored; nothing is cast aside; but time and place must be considered. Nothing must be done untimely. Some matters must be withheld because some persons would make an improper use of the light given. Every jot and tittle is essential and must appear at an opportune time. In the past, the testimonies were carefully prepared before they were sent out for publication. And all matter is still carefully studied after the first writing.?{PH116 25a .1}[66]
(Accusations)
“Tell them to eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of God. Place His work before them. There will be those who will misinterpret and misrepresent. Their eyes have been blinded, and they set forth the figures and interpretations that Satan has worked out for them, and an entirely wrong meaning will be placed upon the words that Sister White has spoken. Satan is just as verily claiming to be Christ’s child as did Judas, who was on the accusing side. They have educated themselves in Satan’s school of misstating. A description of them is given in the third chapter of Zechariah. Nothing in the world is so dear to God as His church. Satan has worked upon human minds, and will continue to betray sacred trust in a spurious way.?{PH116 25a .2}[67]
(The Publishing of Compilations)
“I can see plainly that should every one who thinks he is qualified to write books, follow his imagination and have his productions published,?insisting that they be recommended by our publishing houses, there would be plenty of tares sown broadcast in our world. Many from among our own people are writing to me, asking with earnest determination the privilege of using my writings to give force to certain subjects which they wish to present to the people in such a way as to leave a deep impression upon them.?{PH116 25a .3}[68]
“It is true that there is a reason why some of these matters should be presented: but I would not venture to give my approval in using the testimonies in this way, or to sanction the placing of matter which is good in itself in the way which they propose.?{PH116 26a.1}[69]
“The persons who make these propositions for aught I know, may be able to conduct the enterprise of which they write in a wise manner; but nevertheless I dare not give the least license for using my writings in the manner which they propose. In taking account of such an enterprise, there are many things that must come into consideration; for in using the testimonies to bolster up some subject which may impress the mind of the author, the extracts may give a different impression than that which they would were they read in their original connection.” MS—23—1911.?{PH116 26a.2}[70]
“Many excused their disregard of the testimonies by saying, ‘Sister White is influenced by her husband; the testimonies are moulded by his spirit and judgment.’ Others were seeking to gain something from me which they could construe to justify their course, or to give them influence.”?{PH116 25.1}[71]
“As the work advances, “she said June 6, 1914, “our brethren are to see and understand that they are to advance and increase in liberality. Every man is to be judged according to his works. Tell the brethren that if they err at all, let it be on the side of liberality, and not on the side of restraint. Because, as they restrict, they are developing traits of character not favorable to religious growth. Our work should be more generous, broad, and favorable as it advances.”?{PH116 30.1}[72]
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