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ATTACK ON ELLEN WHITE REFUTED

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Notice
this chopped and twisted message- taking a few words from here and there the
author gives a very bad picture-
"Now
Willie White when he "explained!" how they doctored the Writings in
1883- it was in "Mother's Office" (when she was no where around )
"O GOD- why didst thou choose My Mother?" "Many of the
Testimonies ...I would not send out." Spaulding and Magen Collection, page
470. 1905 "
Now
please read the article he got the scattered words from- it sure gives a
different picture- These accusations don't have a leg to stand on!! -temcat
The
Integrity Of The Testimonies To The Church
Spalding Magan Collection of unpublished Testimonies pgs 472-481
Remarks by W. C. White at College View, Neb., Sabbath morning, November 25,
1905.
For some time I have hoped for a favorable opportunity to state to our
physicians and ministers facts regarding the Testimonies to the Church, which
may answer questions that seem to be troubling many minds. Perhaps this morning
is the opportunity.
Time is precious, and this subject is important; and I ask you to pray for me
that I may speak to the point. My desire to speak about this matter is for the
sake of the work.
As a body of Seventh-day Adventist, we believe that this { 467} church will
stand until Christ comes. Those who have studied church history, know that each
denomination which has come out from established bodies has proclaimed glorious
truths. Men of God have started out with high motives and pure principles; and
then, step by step, the enemy has undermined their integrity, until each church
has fallen away from its first principles. The Seventh-day Adventist church, we
believe, will stand firm until the end, but it is by the power of God and
obedience to his messages of warning that we hope to be kept from backsliding
and the delusions that have crept into other churches.
The attack of the enemy upon this church has been along definite lines, the same
lines as his attack upon our first parents. First of all, he got them separated,
and then he deceived Eve with reference to obedience to God. So his strongest
effort against this church has been the work of separation, a strange work
against unity. Satan has sought to separate from the church the most precious
part of its work. He has always opposed the united work of teaching the gospel
and healing the sick. In many subtle ways has an effort been made to degrade the
Sabbath, and to lead us to feel the humanitarian work was so valuable that in
prosecuting it we could disregard the sacred claims of the Sabbath of Jehovah.
Most strenuous opposition has been brought against the means which God has
selected for the strengthening and guidance of his church, an opposition
manifest in efforts to unsettle confidence in the messages which God sends his
people through ministers of the gospel, through teachers in our schools, and
through the chosen agent whom he has appointed to give his special message of
warning and counsel to the church. And finally the attack has been upon the
Deity. An effort is being made to put man in the place of God; and if this be
done, the work of apostasy is well nigh completed. As you study the Testimonies
of warning and counsel to this church, you will find the burden of these
testimonies follows very closely the line of the enemy's attack. They have been
full of warning against separation, against building up and elevating unduly one
branch of the gospel work and binding everything possible to it. That ambitious
work we may well be afraid of; it is not yet complete; it will continue in
various forms; and in whatever form is it brought before us, we may be afraid of
it.
The Scriptures say that a house divided against itself cannot stand. But there
has been a movement among this people for many years for a divided house. .' And
I am thankful to see in this assembly a body of people working together for a
united house. Let us continue to work on these lines. But how shall complete
union be accomplished? Several years ago Elder Irwin presented to Mother in
Australia some of the perplexities we have had to meet, and I remember well her
answer. "This controversy,” she said, "will never be settled, until
it is settled by our brethren and sisters working together in the field."
And as time advances, I see more and more clearly that the field is the place of
work for a settlement of the difficulties in the way of perfect union. { 468}
If those attending this convention go to their homes and unite every feature and
branch of the work in our churches and conferences, light and power will come
in. In working for humanity, the Saviour preached the gospel and healed the
sick. If we would do more of this work, we would not need so much to be
discussing plans in our committees and councils.
Apparent Lack of Harmony
For years there has been perplexity in the minds of many of our people because
of what seemed to be a contradiction in the teachings of the Testimonies. I
might illustrate this by referring to what was written regarding the medical
work before and after the General Conference in 1897. Before the Conference,
Mother read to me from time to time, many, many things that she was writing,
which showed that the Lord had revealed to her as clear as day the movements
that were going on at the center of the medical missionary work, in the
criticism of the ministry and the church, and in exalting the medical work above
all other branches. And it was outlined clearly what that would lead to.
After the Conference, it seemed that the time had come for these things to be
printed, but, to my surprise, Mother would read these things and then lay them
aside, and later she would send them privately to the leading physicians and
their associates, warning them against their danger. She sent some privately to
ministers. Then she wrote articles for the papers to be sent out broadcast to
our people, reproving them for the backsliding and their failures to come up to
a correct standard of health reform living. She also reproved the ministers for
not making the medical missionary work the work of the churches. Our people were
sharply reproved for not standing by Dr. Kellogg and the Sanitarium.
Some of our people saw in this what seemed to be a contradiction and some of
them stumbled over it, and are stumbling today. Some said it must be a severe
trial for Sister White to write testimonies of reproof to old personal friends.
"It must be that when she comes to write out these things that the Lord has
revealed to her regarding the medical work, that her years of friendship, her
sympathy and her love for Doctor Kellogg are so strong that she has not the
courage to put them out, and instead of that she puts out these appeals for the
people to stand by him." I knew this was not the reason, but I could not
discern at that time the real reason for the course that was followed.
This was indeed a severe perplexity to me at the time, as it was to others, but
that very experience, as I look at it today, is one of the strongest evidences
of the wisdom and power of God in directing and guiding his servant in the way
that the testimonies are put forth. Some of the testimonies of warning, counsel,
and entreaty, were sent out privately, and were given time to do their work.
Others were put on file, and they show that the perils attending the medical
work were often revealed by God to his messenger, long before the message was to
be delivered. {469}
Let us ask, What would have been the result if the warnings and reproof
regarding errors in the medical work had been made public when first given? Many
of our people were then so halfhearted in this work of health reform, that they
would have dropped it, and turned their backs on the physicians and nurses, and
many would have gone back with joy to their fleshpots, as some are doing today.
There would naturally have followed a great denominational backsliding, on
health reform.
The people were not ready for the things that were being sent to the leaders,
therefore the messages needed by the leaders were sent to the leaders, and the
people were sent those things which they needed. What has been the result?
Through the mercy of God, a great victory has been gained, and our people have
been led to take a decided stand as health reformers; hundreds have given them-
selves to the Christian help work, and plans have been devised by which many in
the church are striving to do the united work of healing and teaching. I thank
God for his way of leading us, which to some has seemed mysterious.
There are many things in connection with the Testimonies, and the opposition to
them, that have been sore trials to me, and in times of great perplexity I have
thrown myself on my face before God in agony of soul and said, "0 God, why
didst thou choose my mother to be the instrument for this work? Why didst thou
let so much perplexity come to us, so much distress?" It was at a time like
this that I read the manuscript of those chapters in The Desire of Ages, in
which is related the experiences of the disciples when they were distressed and
perplexed, because their Master's teaching and manner of life seemed to leave
the way open for misunderstanding and criticism. (Chapters 40-44) I said then,
"Father, if its by thy will that thy people in all ages shall be perplexed
and distressed, help me to enter into the experience meekly and
intelligently."
Many times I have come to things in the Testimonies, as also in the Bible, that
I did not understand, that I could not explain and harmonize. These I have
carried to the Lord and said, "Here, Lord, are some things that I Can not
understand. I leave them with Thee.. Help me to go straight forward and do the
work that has been given me to do; and when thy time comes, let me see clearly
what thou wouldst have me to understand. Lord, take me by the hand and lead me
in the strait and narrow way."
Many of the Testimonies I do not understand. In many cases, if I were
commissioned to use any discretion in the matter, I would not send them out.
But
that is not my business. Many a thing passes through my hand and goes out to the
people with a prayer that God may help those to understand it to whom it is
sent, but I do not understand it. And is it not a fact that the message should
mean more to the person to whom it is addressed, than to those who copy it, and
more also than to the one who writes it?
Let me illustrate this point At the General Conference when we reorganized the
General Conference Association, and we were in great perplexity over the best
method of work, Mother called together, in the committee room at the Tabernacle,
conference presidents and managers of institutions, and read a testimony which
was based upon Isaiah 8: 12-14, which was a decided reproof to us regarding
confederacy.
There were at that time, two plans for confederacy before us. One was our union
with outsiders in the religious liberty work, and the other, the question of the
scope of the work of the General Conference Association. Some applied that
testimony altogether to the former. Some of us felt in our hearts that it should
be applied to our plans for the General Conference Association also. But instead
of getting together and studying and praying over the matter until we
comprehended what it meant to us, we called another meeting and asked Sister
White to come in and explain the matter that perplexed us. We questioned her as
to whether the message applied to what we were planning for in the
reorganization of the General Conference Association. She said she could not
answer that question. Then we said, "Of course it does not apply to
that."
We did not study and pray about it till we received light, but carried out our
own plans. About six or eight years afterwards it was opened up to Mother plain
and clear that the testimony was given to us at that time to save us from going
into those plans which resulted in binding together many lines of work in an
unsatisfactory and unprofitable connection.
Oftentimes when we go to Mother and ask her to explain the things that she has
said or written, she will say, "I cannot explain it; you should understand
it better than I. If you do not understand it, pray to the Lord, and He will
help you." Is not that the right way to get a correct understanding of the
Testimonies?
Personal Influence
The question of personal influence is a matter that has perplexed many. The
question is, "Can persons go to Sister White and present their needs and
their views, and, by presenting matters as they look at them, influence the
character of the Testimonies and secure the bringing out of something in harmony
with their minds?"-No, indeed. If any believes this, let them be assured it
is not so.
You know that in the '90's there was a work going on to build up the work at
Battle Creek disproportionately. This was led by strong financiers, men who had
a large influence with the president of the General Conference. In the face of
the counsels given immediately after the Minneapolis Conference, and during the
years that followed, there had been too much centralization of responsibility by
dividing the field, and appointing district superintendents, there were men who
labored untiringly to continue the work of centralization.
The work was one of binding things together, bringing the management of
everything possible under the control of a few {470} men at Battle Creek, and
unduly enlarging the institutions in that place. Mother's testimonies were
strongly against this. She sent many reproofs and carried a heavy burden on her
heart regarding the wrong character being given to the work. I could not
understand why Mother should continue to carry this burden after having written
to the responsible men many times, and I pleaded with her to give her time and
energies to the writing of her books.
For years I have felt that it was my privilege to do all I could to draw
Mother's attention to the most cheerful features of our work, to the many
hopeful experiences in our institutions and conferences. I reasoned that as the
Lord has chosen Mother to be his messenger for the correcting of wrongs in the
church, opening up to her the dangers, the mistakes, the errors, and the weaknesses and wickedness of men, and as these revelations burden her heart almost
to death, therefore it cannot be wrong for me to gather up all the words of
cheer, and all the good news that will comfort her heart, and every incident
that will show the power of Christ working in the church, and that will make
manifest the best side of the workings of men who are bearing heavy burdens in
the work of the Lord; therefore I will endeavor to bring to her attention the
bright side of things. When a brother speaks well of what another brother is
doing, I will try to bring it to her attention. The criticisms and the
accusations that are made by brother against brother, I must try to keep to
myself. I know that this is very different from the representations that have
often been made to some of you regarding the character and aim of my work, but I
assure you that this is what I have endeavored to do.
Well, one day while we were living at Cooranbong, New South Wales, we received
letters from the president of the General Conference, filled with cheering
reports, telling us about the good camp meetings, and how that some of these
business men who had been reproved by the Testimonies were going out to various
states and speaking in the camp meetings, and that they were getting anew
spiritual experience, and were a real help in the meetings.
We were made very happy by the reading of these letters. We were fairly
overjoyed about it, and we united in praising the Lord for the good report.
Imagine my surprise when in the afternoon of the next day Mother told me that
she had been writing to these men of whom we had received the good report, and
she then read to me the most far-reaching criticism, the most searching reproof
for our bringing in wrong plans and principles in their work, that were ever
written to that group of men. This was a great lesson to me in the matter of
personal influence.
In recent years I have seen such experiences often repeated. Many persons have
visited Mother at her home with the belief that personal representation of their
work and plans would influence Mother to command them. They have .' been
welcomed in our home; we enjoyed their society, and were glad of their
friendship; but when Mother came to write, it was what the Lord had taught her.
Sometimes it was very encouraging, and sometimes it was like hot iron piercing
the heart, because the spirit of wisdom discerned that there were results to
follow the plans proposed, that {471} would be detrimental to the cause of God,
and the messenger was obliged to speak that which God had given her to speak.
How is it, then, that there are some who have had opportunity to present to
Sister White their plans, who feel that she is influenced, and that sometimes
she favors one side and sometimes another side? Brethren, the field of the
controversy between right and wrong principles is broad, and extends far beyond
our ordinary conception. There is weakness on all sides, and often when matters
are opened to Mother's mind, it is presented to her that if a certain course is
taken, that certain results will follow, and if such and such things shall be
done, that other results will surely follow. With such a presentation of the
field, the time and manner of sending out messages to the church depends largely
upon the actual progress of the work.
When good strong men like the leading teachers in our schools are perplexed on
some point, and they come and present to Mother their views regarding the
dangers and duties of the hour, and ask her counsel, what does she do? Does she
begin at the first of her interview to point out where they are wrong? No,
indeed, she knows that these men are burdened with a great work that is not
generally appreciated, and she knows that if she would help them most
successfully she must show that she understands their motives and the weight of
their burdens. Naturally the first thing is to express every word of confidence
r that she can sincerely express in the work they are doing; and to acknowledge
the evils and dangers in the church which they see, showing to what extent these
evils and dangers have been revealed to her. Then she often points out the weak
points in their work and the dangers that attend their paths, and cautions them
about matters that they may have overlooked.
A man representing another side of the work may talk with her of the same
experience. She also expresses confidence in his efforts. She acknowledges the
dangers that attend the work, and then she points out the weaknesses of his
work, and the dangers that attend it. Now, if these men go forth and remember
clearly that which was said that is in harmony with their views, and forget that
which was said to correct their faulty plans and work, their views and reports
of Sister White's counsels will often differ.
In reference to my relation to Mother's work, a great many say W. C. White keeps
close to his mother, and he makes suggestions and calls her out upon this and
that, and thus largely influences her work. What are the facts? Often for weeks
before a general meeting, and sometimes for months before a General Conference,
the burden is laid upon Mother as to the character of the work she must do in
the coming meeting. And as I meet her day by day, she speaks to me of what has
been presented to her during the night, regarding the work before her in the
coming meeting.
Before the Oakland Conference, she presented to me morning by morning, sometimes
three or four mornings in succession, what {472} she was writing; and then she
would lay aside her writings and tell me the character of the issues and
conflicts of that meeting. She would say, at that meeting there are going to be
such and such movements, and if I attend, I shall have to bear strong testimony
of reproof. She presented the dangers that might arise from the wrong views of
the medical men, and the dangers to arise from the wrong views of General
Conference men. And she would outline the positions she would be obliged to take
at the meeting.
Often I was impatient to get away to the office and resume my regular work, but
I felt that it was for a purpose that she related these matters to me, and so I
offered the silent prayer, "Lord, help me to remember these things, so if
at any time I ought to know them, they will come clearly to mind." As a
result I had before the meeting a clear outline of the course she intended to
follow at the General Conference.
When the General Conference was called, Mother often said that the burden would
be so great that she dared not go, and sometimes we thought she did not have the
strength to go. But the Lord gave her strength and courage, and she attended the
meetings. Elders Daniells and Prescott, came, at her request, to talk with her
about the progress of the meeting, and they presented their view, plans, and
perplexities, and asked for counsel. Then Brethren Paulson and Sadler came, at
her request, and presented their view of things. You will remember that Brother
Sadler had been working with us in California. As Mother gave counsel and
encouragement, I wondered if it were possible that the course of her talks to
the Conference was going to be changed in any way from what she had planned, by
the facts brought out by these interviews with the brethren.
When the time came for Mother to bear her testimony before the Conference, I saw
that every utterance was in perfect harmony with the outline that she had given
me day by day, during the months before. I shall remember, as long as I live,
that I could not discern that she varied a hair's breadth from the line laid
down before the meeting. This is the result of my observation in the matter of
personal influence.
The Integrity of Sister White's Writings
With reference to the integrity of the writings sent out from Mother's office, '
I can assure you that Mother is responsible, intelligently responsible, for the
letters, manuscripts, and other documents that go out from her office over her
signature.
The Lord has blessed Mother with good, conscientious helpers, tender- hearted
people, God-fearing people, who would not for their lives venture in any way to
tamper with her Testimonies. " Mother writes very rapidly. She does much of
her writing early in the morning. She often writes upon many subjects in one
letter of manuscript, just as subject after subject is flashed upon her mind.
These manuscripts she passes to one who is expert in reading her writing, to
copy off on the typewriter, and then it {473} is given back to Mother, and she
examines it, making such corrections, changes, and additions as she sees fit.
Then it is copied again, and sent out according to Mother's direction. Sometimes
a long and personal letter will contain matter which she wishes to use in a more
general letter to be sent to a group of workers. Sometimes it contains material
for an article for one of our periodicals, or a chapter in a book.
Some of the most precious chapters of The Desire of Ages are made of matter
first written in letters to men laboring under trying circumstances, for the
purpose of cheering and instructing them regarding their work. Some of these
beautiful lessons about Christian experience illustrated in the life of our
Saviour, were first written in letters to my Brother Edson, when he was
struggling with many difficulties in his work in Mississippi. Some were written
first to Elder Corliss, when he was holding a discussion with a wily Campbellite
in Sydney.
Letter Received
Mother receives many letters. Some of these are reports of progress; some tell
the story of the Lord's merciful dealings with his people. Some letters cheer
her heart and do her lots of good. Others are sad and discouraging. Some are
from strangers, asking many questions that she cannot answer, because the
subjects upon which the Lord gives her light are seldom the subjects of her own
choosing.
There are letters which come from men bearing heavy burdens, asking
counsel regarding perplexing matters. Some have adopted the practice of sending
their perplexing letter to me, asking that if it is reasonable and right, that I
; bring the matter to Mother's attention, but if she is feeble, or pressed with
other burdens, to let the letter wait. Often these communications come to me
when her mind is absorbed with some difficult subject. and I put them into a
pigeon hole, to await a favorable time. It often happens that in the course of a
week or two, I find her mind traveling over the subjects presented in some of
these letters. She says, What is going on with reference to this matter? Then I
tell her that I have several letters in the office on that subject, and, at her
request, I bring them to her. At such times these letters do not burden her
mind. When the Lord has directed her mind to any subject, it is not a burden for
her to study into it deeply.
Information from Men
There is a part that men have to act, in bringing facts regarding the progress
of events, by writing and by word of mouth, to the Lord's messengers. This is
seen in the experience of Paul as recorded in First Corinthians 1:11
While we were in Australia, the plans on which our school work ought to be
developed were clearly outlined to Mother, and she presented these thoughts to
those connected with the school. We were surrounded with difficulties, and the
work laid out before us seemed to be impossible. Some wanted to push forward
{474} the work very rapidly; others were cautious, and wanted to wait for
assurances that we could complete what we began. We had our struggles.
At one important meeting I determined not to tell Mother of the perplexities
connected with our work, but that I would tell the Lord all about them, and ask
him to send us instruction according to our necessities. When I came home from
Board meetings, late at night, I laid the matter before the Lord, and asked him
to help us, and send us messages as he would. Each morning I would go to Mother
and say, Have you anything new for us this morning? Sometimes she would say, I
do not know that I have; but I was in Council last night, and we were talking
over such and such a matter. Sometimes what she told me did not seem to have any
bearing upon the subject that was on my mind, and sometimes it would answer the
very questions that I had laid before the Lord the night before. Many times what
she said gave light that was [a] direct answer to my prayer.
One morning after I had asked Mother if she had anything new for us, she said,
"What are you doing in your Board meeting? What kind of a time are you
having?" I answered, "I do not need to tell you; the Lord can tell you
what you need to know, better than I can, and I might not tell it
impartially." She said, "Willie White, you tell me what you are
doing." I asked why. Then she said, "It is presented to me that you
are having a hard time, and when you reach a certain point, I am to have
something to say. I want to know if you have reached that point."
"Mother," I said, "we are having a hard time, but for several
reasons I did not want to tell you about it." Then she insisted, and I told
her the best I could from my standpoint about the status of our work. When I had
finished she said, "That is all right. I do not believe I will go today,
but I think you are getting pretty near the point when I must come over and bear
my testimony." In a day or two she came over and told us what had been
presented to her.
Some have wondered why it is that sometimes when Sister White is speaking,
toward the close of her remarks she will turn to me and say, "Have I
covered the points, Willie?" And from this they have drawn the conclusion
that I have been prompting Mother regarding what she shall say in meeting.
It often happens that Mother tells us a few days, or a few hours, before the
meeting, the line of thought which she wishes to present, and she sometimes asks
me to remind her if any essential point is left out Then in closing her remarks
she feels anxious to know if any essential features of what she intended to
present have been overlooked.
A
Misunderstanding
Some
have wondered if W. C. White did not sometimes prompt his mother as to what she
ought to say to ministers or business men regarding their duty and connection
with the general work. I will relate an instance showing what I sometimes do,
and how one good woman thought she had the clearest evidence that I had
undertaken to tell Mother what she ought to say to a minister who was under deep
trial, and who felt that he needed counsel and advice.
At
the close of the General Conference held in Battle Creek in 1901, the brethren
urged that Mother should go to Indianapolis and attend the general meeting
appointed there, to consider the fanatical work carried on by a group of
laborers who had been teaching the doctrine of the "holy flesh".
Mother
was weary, and felt that she had not strength for this additional burden. She
repeatedly told me and other members of the family that she did not feel able to
attend that meeting. She did not feel that she had strength to bear the
testimony which she must bear if she attended the meeting. Then she told us many
things which she would have to say to the brethren who had been teaching the
strange doctrines in Indiana. She repeated this several times, so that I
remembered very distinctly what it was she said she must testify if she went to
Indiana. Finally she decided to go. The Lord strengthened her for the journey,
and she bore her testimony to a large congregation of our people in a clear,
decisive way. After this she was requested to speak to a large public audience
Sunday afternoon. This was a heavy draft on her strength, and at the close she
was very weary.
Sunday
afternoon I had a long talk with one of the ministers holding the strange
doctrine against which Mother had borne her testimony, and he asked for an
interview with Mother. I told him that Mother was weary. But when I saw that he
would feel grieved and injured if the interview was denied, I told him I would
do all I could to arrange for an interview early Monday morning.
I
expected to see Mother Sunday evening and tell her of this brother's desire to
see her in the morning, but committee work prevented me seeing her that evening.
Monday
morning early I went to her room and found her very busy writing. Then she told
me that an important subject had been opened up to her mind in the night and she
greatly desired to write it out before anything came in to divert her mind from
the subject. I told her then that I had promised one of the ministers that I
would do my best to arrange for an interview with her early Monday morning.
Mother said, "But my mind is now on this other subject. I have borne my
testimony to our people, and my discourse to the large audience exhausted my
strength, and now I have this new subject to write out. Why must I have a
private interview with this brother?" Again I told her of his desire to
have an interview with her, and she said, "But what can I say to him?"
Then I saw that the Sunday afternoon discourse and the new subject opened to her
mind had taken her thoughts completely away from the matter of the holy flesh
fanaticism, and so I repeated to her some of the things which she told us in
Battle Creek that she would have to say to these brethren if she came to
Indiana. After calling her attention to a few of the things that she had
repeatedly told us she must say to these brethren if she came to Indiana, her
mind took up that line of thought, and then I went to look for the brother.
During
this conversation, a good sister in the next room had heard some of our words. I
had spoken quite loudly to Mother, and the sister had heard my words without
hearing, perhaps, what Mother said, and she was greatly surprised and shocked to
hear W. C. White telling his mother what she should say to a brother in
perplexity. Of course the matter was told to others, and the report was
circulated far and wide for many months before it came to my attention. When
Elder Hankins wrote to me about it, I explained to him the facts in the case,
and I have heard nothing from it since; but this is an illustration of how what
is fair and right may be misunderstood and regarded as serious error by those
who but partially understood the facts in the case.
It
has often happened that because of the instruction I have received from Mother,
I have in committee meetings taken a position disagreeing with some of my
brethren, and afterward, when Mother had occasion to write upon the subject, our
brethren were shocked and surprised to find that she was upholding these things
which I had stood for, and they drew the conclusion that I had been influencing
Mother; whereas, I had been trying to represent in the committee that which she
had been teaching and advocating. Her testimony agreed with those plans and
policies which I had been taught by her.
(Signed)
W. C. White
WILLY
WHITE: A TESTIMONY OF ELLEN W. WHITE
FROM JEANNIE MC REYNOLDS'
"SPIRIT OF PROPHECY BOOKS" pp. 24 +
Jeannie wrote: "I have been hearing people saying that Willie White
tampered with his mothers' writings. I decided to check out what
she herself said to and about him in all her writings. I made search
on 'Willy,' which is what she called him. There were 835 references.
I could not find a single reproof directed at him, nor complaint about
him. The same was not true of her old son, Edson. I have copied
here a few of her references to Willie that seemed significant as
to the character of his work with her."
ELLEN WHITE WRITES:
Sands, Va., Sabbath, Nov.8, 1890
"We have beautiful weather. Willie White spoke in the morning with
great freedom and his discourse made a favorable impression on all
who heard him. This is the very work the Lord would have him to do.
His work will be more in this line as he will necessarily have to
accompany me from place to place as I journey among the people of
God. I have neither of my sons to accompany me. I have been alone
with Sara McEnterfer as my companion. It is time this order of things
changed. Willie is correspondent of foreign missions and I need him,
and he must be prepared to preach the gospel to the people wherever
he goes." 2 MR 326.
October 23, 1907 - Letter to F.M. Wilcox - after a divine healing
she continued to write:-
"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 lead away, because he could recognize the
leadings and guidance of the Holy Spirit.
"The assurance was given me . . . 'The Lord will be your instructor. . .You will meet with deceptive influences that will come in many
forms, in pantheism and other forms of infidelity but follow
where I 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 he was born.'
"This word was given me in 1882, and since that time I have
been assured that the grace of wisdom was given 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'" The Writing and Sending out of the Testimonies
to the Church."
WOE BE UNTO THOSE WHO HAVE CLAIMED THAT
WILLIE WHITE HAS CHANGED HIS MOTHER'S
TESTIMONIES SO THAT THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED!
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