Spiritual Gifts. Volume 2
by Ellen G. White.
EXPERIENCE AND VIEWS.
The Affidavits
IN VIEW OF THE SLANDEROUS REPORTS CIRCULATED BY A FEW INDIVIDUALS AGAINST BRO. AND SISTER WHITE, WE FEEL CALLED UPON TO TESTIFY THAT WE HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY ACQUAINTED WITH THEM AND THEIR COURSE SINCE 1844, AND THEREFORE KNOW THAT ANY STATEMENTS THAT WOULD REPRESENT THEM AS BEING IN ANY WISE CONNECTED WITH, OR COUNTENANCING IN ANY DEGREE, THOSE FANATICAL ABOMINATIONS INTO WHICH SOME IN MAINE AND ELSEWHERE WERE DRAWN DURING THE YEARS 1844-1846, ARE WICKED AND MALICIOUS FALSEHOODS. WE HAVE NEVER KNOWN THEM TO BE IN THE LEAST INFECTED WITH THE SPIRIT OR WORKS OF FANATICISM, BUT ON THE CONTRARY, AS THE UNTIRING AND UNFLINCHING OPPOSERS OF THE SAME.
H. N. SMITH, GEORGE COBB,
S. B. BELDEN, LEWIS O. STOWELL,
EDWARD ANDREWS, LAURA T. STOWELL,
S. L. ANDREWS, LEWIS B. STOWELL,
A. S. ANDREWS, MARION C. STOWELL,
CYPRIAN STEVENS, SARAH H. STOWELL,
ALMIRA T. STEVENS, N. N. LUNT,
PAULINA R. STEVENS, S. H. LUNT,
F. J. STEVENS, R. D. WATERMAN,
STOCKBRIDGE HOWLAND D. W. WRIGHT,
L. M. HOWLAND, THOMAS WORCESTER,
F. H. HOWLAND, LYDIA BOLTON,
R. D. HOWLAND, P. A. GAMMON,
M. R. ADERTON, ABRAM BARNES,
S. W. FLANDERS.
PORTLAND, ME., AUG. 10, 1858.
AS UNFAVORABLE REPORTS ARE IN CIRCULATION AGAINST ELD. JAMES WHITE AND WIFE, IT IS A PLEASURE TO US TO TESTIFY THAT WE HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY ACQUAINTED WITH THEM SINCE 1844. THEY HAVE HAD NO SYMPATHY WITH THE NO-WORK THEORY, VOLUNTARY HUMILITY, SPIRITUAL SECOND ADVENT, AND SPIRITUAL UNION NOT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF MARRIAGE, BUT EVER RAISED THEIR VOICES AGAINST THESE DIFFERENT FORMS OF FANATICISM WHICH PREVAILED WITH SOME IN NEW ENGLAND.
N. N. LUNT, S. H. LUNT,
JACOB MILLS, THOMAS WORCESTER,
DORCAS WRIGHT, PHEBE A. GAMMON,
ELIZABETH HAINES, [THIS IS ISAIAH LIBBY.
SR. H. OF PAGES 30 AND 69.]
WE BEAR CHEERFUL TESTIMONY TO THE TRUTHFULNESS OF THE STATEMENTS RELATIVE TO ELDER DAMMON, ON PAGES 40, 41. AS NEAR AS WE CAN RECOLLET WE BELIEVE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS ARREST AND TRIAL TO BE FAIRLY STATED. H. A. HANNAFORD,
WM. T. HANNAFORD, D. S. HANNAFORD,
JAMES AYER, SEN., MRS. R. W. WOOD.
TOPSHAM, ME., AUG. 6, 1860.
THE WONDERFUL MANIFESTATION OF THE POWER OF GOD IN HEALING SR. FRANCES HOWLAND IS CORRECTLY STATED ON PAGES 42-44, EXCEPT THE ONE WHO BAPTIZED HER.
STOCKBRIDGE HOWLAND F. H. HOWLAND,
L. M. HOWLAND, R. D. HOWLAND.
IN OUR OPINION SR. WHITE HAS GIVEN A FAIR STATEMENT OF THE FANATICISM IN MAINE, AND HER LABORS WITH THE UNFORTUNATE VICTIMS OF IT, IN PAGES 49-65.
EDWARD ANDREWS, GEO. COBB,
S. L. ANDREWS, STOCKBRIDGE HOWLAND
A. S. ANDREWS, L. M. HOWLAND,
ALMIRA T. STEVENS, F. H. HOWLAND,
P. R. STEVENS, R. D. HOWLAND,
F. J. STEVENS, ABRAM BARNES,
J. G. FOY, S. W. FLANDERS.
H. N. SMITH.
WE THE UNDERSIGNED KNOW THAT SISTER WHITE'S STATEMENT IN REGARD TO THE SICKNESS AND RECOVERY OF GILBERT N. COLLINS ON PP. 108 AND 109 IS CORRECT.
NANCY COLLINS, G. N. COLLINS,
MELORA A. ASHLEY.
FROM PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE WE CAN TESTIFY THAT THE STATEMENTS ON PAGES 124-127, RELATIVE TO A CERTAIN WOMAN WHO CAME AMONG US IN CAMDEN, ARE CORRECT.
C. B. PRESTON, E. A. PRESTON.
AS TO WHAT IS STATED ON PAGES 133, 134, WE KNOW THESE THINGS TO BE FACTS WHICH CANNOT BE GAINSAYED.
ALONZO ABBEY, DIANA ABBEY,
IRA ABBEY, RHODA ABBEY.
WE HAVE READ PAGES 136-140 OF SR. WHITE'S BOOK, AND IN OUR OPINION HER STATEMENTS ARE CORRECT.
WM. HARRIS, HIRAM EDSON,
L. M. HARRIS, ESTHER M. EDSON,
FROM A KNOWLEDGE OF THE MAIN POINTS STATED ON PAGES 152-156, WE CAN SAY, THEY ARE CORRECT.
JOHN S. WAGER. MARY WAGER.
BRISTOL, VT., AUG. 17, 1860.
WE WERE PERSONALLY ACQUAINTED WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF SR. WHITE'S VISIT TO VERGENNES, MENTIONED ON PAGES 157-159, AND REGARD THEM CORRECT. IT SHOULD BE H. ALLEN, INSTEAD OF S. ALLEN.
HENRY GARDNER, D. S. GARDNER.
C. W. SPERRY, R. A. SPERRY.
WE WERE PRESENT AT THE MEETING AT JACKSON, DESCRIBED BY SR. WHITE ON PAGES 181, 182, AND REGARD HER STATEMENT CORRECT.
A. A. DODGE, C. DODGE,
D. R. PALMER, A. PALMER,
CYRENIUS SMITH, LOUISA SMITH,
J. P. KELLOGG, ANN J. KELLOGG.
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.
FROM PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE LEADING FACTS STATED ON PAGES 184-188, RELATIVE TO SR. WHITE'S SUFFERING WITH HER HEART DISEASE, SWELLING ON HER EYELID, APOPLEXY, AND MIRACULOUS RESTORATION IN ANSWER TO PRAYER, WE CAN TESTIFY TO THEIR TRUTHFULNESS.
URIAH SMITH, S. T. BELDEN,
G. W. AMADON, S. B. BELDEN,
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH, M. J. LOUGHBOROUGH,
CYNTHIA BACHELLER, ROXANNA CORNELL,
CAROLINE ORTON, DRUSILLA LAMSON,
J. W. BACHELLER.
WE HAVE READ THE STATEMENTS OF SISTER WHITE ON PP. 219-222 IN REGARD TO THE VISIT TO WAWKON [WAUKON], &C. THE STATEMENTS ARE CORRECT.
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH, M. J. LOUGHBOROUGH,
H. N. SMITH.
JACKSON, MICH., AUG. 16, 1860.
WE WITNESSED, IN OUR OWN HOUSE, THE SUDDEN PROSTRATION AND RECOVERY OF SR. WHITE, STATED ON PAGE 271.
D. R. PALMER, A. PALMER. {2SG 304.4}