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The Truth About Angels
Just then an angel descended and waved his hand backward. In-
stantly there was confusion in the ranks. It appeared to the Northern
men that their troops were retreating, when it was not so in reality, and
a precipitate retreat commenced.—
Testimonies for the Church 1:266,
267
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The Sanitarium Manager
In my dreams I was at the Health Retreat, and I was told by my
guide to mark everything I heard and to observe everything I saw. I
was in a retired place, where I could not be seen, but could see all that
went on in the room. Persons were settling accounts with you, and I
heard them remonstrating with you in regard to the large sum charged
for board and room and treatment. I heard you with firm, decided voice
refuse to lower the charge. I was astonished to see that the charge was
so high. You seemed to be the controlling power.
I saw that the impression made by your course on the minds of
those who were settling their bills was unfavorable to the institution. I
heard some of your brethren pleading with you, telling you that your
course was unwise and unjust, but you were as firm as a rock in your
adherence to your course. You claimed that in what you were doing,
you were working for the good of the institution. But I saw persons go
from the Retreat anything but satisfied....
In the night season I saw you in the company of the matron of the
institution. As far as your attentions to each other were concerned, you
might have been man and wife. Your conduct toward each other was
wrong in the sight of God, and my heart was grieved by the condition
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of things. I asked, “Who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey
the truth?” God is displeased. You have grieved His Holy Spirit. Sister
H_____ will never again be what she once was. Both of you are guilty
before God....
The things that transpired in ... [the sanitarium] were opened
before me. A voice said, “Follow me, and I will show you the sins
that are practiced by those who stand in responsible positions.” I went
through the rooms, and I saw you, a watchman upon the walls of
Zion, were very intimate with another man’s wife, betraying sacred
trusts, crucifying your Lord afresh. Did you consider that there was a
Watcher, the Holy One, who was witnessing your evil work, seeing