"A grove of evergreens was presented before me. Several, including myself, were laboring among them. I was bidden to closely inspect the trees and see if they were in a flourishing condition. I observed that some were being bent and deformed by the wind, and needed to be supported by stakes. I was carefully removing the dirt from the feeble and dying trees to ascertain the cause of their condition. I discovered worms at the roots of some. Others had not been watered properly and were dying from drought. The roots of others had been crowded together to their injury. My work was to explain to the workmen the different reasons why these trees did not prosper. This was necessary from the fact that trees in other grounds were liable to be affected as these had been, and the cause of their not flourishing and how they should be cultivated and treated must be made known. 1T 632.1"
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman."
Both passages use the imagery of trees/vines to represent spiritual growth and the need for care. However, the connection is not strong enough to be considered an explicit allusion.
"Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit."
Both passages use the tree and fruit analogy to describe spiritual condition. The EGW passage describes tending to trees that are not flourishing, while the verse speaks of good and corrupt trees bearing corresponding fruit.
"For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building."
Both passages refer to laboring in God's 'husbandry' or field. The EGW passage describes the work of tending to trees, while the verse speaks of being laborers together with God. The connection is present, but not overly strong.
"In this testimony I speak freely of the case of Sister Hannah More, not from a willingness to grieve the Battle Creek church, but from a sense of duty. I love that church notwithstanding their faults. I know of no church that in acts of benevolence and general duty do so well. I present the frightful facts in this case to arouse our people everywhere to a sense of their duty. Not one in twenty of those who have a good standing with Seventh-day Adventists is living out the self-sacrificing principles of the word of God. But let not their enemies, who are destitute of the first principles of the doctrine of Christ, take advantage of the fact that they are reproved. This is evidence that they are the children of the Lord. Those who are without chastisement, says the apostle, are bastards and not sons. Then let not these illegitimate children boast over the lawful sons and daughters of the Almighty. 1T 632.2"
"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets."
The EGW passage discusses the importance of self-sacrificing principles and chastisement, which aligns with the general principle of treating others as you would want to be treated, as outlined in Matthew 7:12. The connection is thematic rather than a direct principle.