Spiritual Gift and Church Membership

[Under this subheading wilcox draws in the E. G. White statements on the point written in 1862 and quoted in chapter 2 of this volume, pages 25-27, closing with the following E. G. White counsel.]2BIO 493.1

Some of our brethren have had long experience in the truth, and have for years been acquainted with me and with the influence of the visions. They have tested the truthfulness of these testimonies, and asserted their belief in them. They have felt the powerful influence of the spirit of God resting upon them to witness to the truthfulness of the visions. If such, when reproved through vision, rise up against them, and work secretly to injure our influence, they should be faithfully dealt with, for their influence is endangering those who lack experience.—Testimonies for the Church, 1:382, 383.2BIO 493.2