The Ellen G. White 1888 Materials

Chapter 41—To U. Smith (unfinished)

S-55-1889

Rome, N.Y. June 14, 1889

Dear Brother Smith:

Last night I was awake at midnight with a heavy burden on my soul from you. I saw you walked upon a path that almost imperceptibly diverged from the right way. A noble personage stood beside me and said, “Uriah Smith is not on the brink of a precipice but he is in the path that will shortly bring him to the brink and if he is not warned now it will soon be too late. He can now retrace his steps. He is walking like a blind man into the prepared net of the enemy but he feels no danger because light is becoming darkness to him and darkness light. His only hope is in being undeceived.” 1888 336.1

I awoke and thought it must be daylight but on lighting the match looking at my watch, I saw it was only twelve o'clock. This morning I have read your article in Review. Now there was no call whatever for you to write as you did. You place Elder Jones in a false position just as Elder Morrison and Nicola and yourself and others place him in at Minneapolis. Did he [incomplete] 1888 336.2