My Dear Brother M

A personal letter was eagerly opened. But the opening words cause a trembling of the fingers: "My Dear Brother M: I was shown some things in reference to you."

A letter from a prophet of God.

We've had the Testimonies bound and resting on our shelves for so long we can almost forget that many of the words inside are personal ones. We can almost forget the crises—both denominational and individual—that led to the letters and messages recorded there. Behind every testimony is a story. And every...