Two years later she wrote:
“The world must not be introduced into the church and married to the church. Through union with the world the church will become corrupt,--"a cage of every unclean and hateful bird." The customs of the world must not have a place; for they will be open doors through which the prince of darkness will find access, and the line of demarcation will become indistinguishable between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not… Satanic forces are continually at work through the world, and it is Satan’s object to bring the church and the world into such close fellowship that their aims, their spirit, their principles, shall harmonize..."
Review and Herald, February 26, 1895. (3RH 233).

In the same year Sis. White wrote that the General Conference—the center of the work was becoming corrupt:
“I do not find rest in spirit. Scene after scene is presented in symbols before me, and I find no rest until I begin to write out the matter. At the center of the work matters are being shaped so that every other institution is following in the same course. And the General Conference is itself becoming corrupted with wrong sentiments and principles.* In the working of plans, the same principles are manifest that have controlled matters at Battle Creek for quite a length of time… The spirit of domination is extending to the presidents of our conferences… They are following the track of Romanism.”
Testimonies to Ministers, p 359-362.

*What was these “wrong sentiments and principles” that made them corrupt? The principle of Consolidation. Please refer to Historical Foreward of Testimony to Ministers, p XXVII-XXVIII, as follows:
“In her communications Ellen G. White protested the moves toward consolidation, and other moves which did not bear God’s endorsement. (See Life Sketches, pages 319-330, chapter, “Danger of Adopting Worldly Policy in the Work of God.”)
“The situation at Battle Creek, involving both institutions and the General Conference, seems to be well summed up in the article, “Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me,” written in September, 1895, and appearing on pages 359-354. The reader would do well to peruse this carefully.”

“If the heart of the work becomes corrupt, the whole church, in its various branches and interests, scattered abroad over the face of the earth, suffers in consequence. Satan's chief work is at the headquarters of our faith.”
Testimonies for the Church, vol 4, p 210.

“At Battle Creek is the great heart of the work. Every pulsation is felt by the members of the body all over the field. If this great heart is in health, a vital circulation will be felt all through the body of Sabbathkeepers. If the heart is diseased, the languishing condition of every branch of the work will attest the fact.”
Testimonies for the Church, vol 1, p 596.

“It is impossible for you to unite with those who are corrupt, and still remain pure. "What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? and what concord hath Christ with Belial?" God and Christ and the heavenly host would have man know that if he unites with the corrupt, he will become corrupt.”
SDA Bible Commentary, vol 6, p 1102.

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