"There is sadness in heaven over the spiritual blindness of many of our brethren. Our younger ministers, who fill less important positions, must make decided efforts to come to the light, to sink the shaft deeper and still deeper in the mine of truth. GW 304.1"
"But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!"
Both passages address spiritual blindness and the importance of seeking light. EGW's reference to 'spiritual blindness' and the need to 'come to the light' resonates with Matthew 6:23's warning about the darkness that results from an 'evil eye'.
"The rebuke of the Lord will rest upon those who would bar the way, that clearer light shall not come to the people. A great work is to be done, and God sees that our leading men have need of more light, that they may unite with the messengers whom He sends to accomplish the work that He designs shall be done. The Lord has raised up messengers, and endued them with His Spirit, and has said, “Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and show My people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.” [ Isaiah 58:1 .] Let no one run the risk of interposing between the people and the message of Heaven. This message will go to the people; and if there were no voice among men to give it, the very stones would cry out. GW 304.2"
"Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins."
Ellen White directly references Isaiah 58:1 in this passage.
"I call upon every minister to seek the Lord, to put away pride and strife for supremacy, and to humble the heart before God. It is the coldness of heart, the unbelief of those who ought to have faith, that keeps the churches in feebleness. GW 304.3"
"But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble."
The EGW passage directly echoes the sentiment of James 4:6 regarding humility and pride before God.
"For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?"
Both passages address the issues of strife and division within a religious community, suggesting a connection, although not a direct quote.