Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 5 (1887-1888)

Lt 75, 1888

Scott, Sister

St. Helena, California

May 4, 1888

Portions of this letter are published in 3Bio 383.

Dear Sister Scott:

We are here now in St. Helena. We find Mary [White] looking badly, and my heart is pained as I consider how the dear child labored in Switzerland, not saving herself. She contracted this difficulty there. She is patient and makes no complaints; not a murmur escapes her lips. She is cheerful and is daily gaining a precious experience in faith. She has a firm hold from above. It would be to me a sad chapter in my experience if we would have to part with Mary. It is a great comfort for her to have Willie [White] with her, although it is seldom she has the pleasure of his society. Stern duty calls him here and there, and although he bears a very sad heart as he sees Mary—who has been so unselfish, so forgetful of self—weak and an invalid, yet he tries to be cheerful and never speaks one word of repining. He talks with me, and weeps over these things sometimes. Mother Kelsey is quite ill just now. 5LtMs, Lt 75, 1888, par. 1

Monday, May 7

Sabbath I spoke in town in the church. My burden was for the church. The house was full. Dr. Burke was there. I tried to reach the hearts, to impress them with the importance of all being doers of the words of Christ and not hearers only. I spoke upon the subject of Joshua and the angel. Satan was doing his work as an accuser; Christ rebuking him. 5LtMs, Lt 75, 1888, par. 2