Ellen G. White in Europe 1885-1887

Soul-Burden for London

Early Monday morning they were back in London. Here she spent two days and two nights in writing. Her most important project was to write out her sermon of Sunday night, which she had promised to the Southampton newspaper, the Hampshire Independent. Her last night in London was a restless one. EGWE 45.1

“I could not lay off the burden I felt for the souls in England. I was pleading with the Lord to arouse His people that the missionary spirit might burn in the hearts of those who were now at ease in Zion; and that the warning message might be given to these great cities. There are five million people in London and one hundred workers would not be too many to try to reflect light on this great city. Who will come up to the help of the Lord against the mighty? Who will go without the camp bearing the reproach?”—Letter 22, 1885. EGWE 45.2

In a dream given to her years before, she was shown the dying cities of the world desperately in need of light “One of dignity and authority” spoke to her saying: EGWE 45.3

“‘Never lose sight of the fact that the message you are bearing is a world-wide message. It is to be given to all cities, to all villages; it is to be proclaimed in the highways and the byways. You are not to localize the proclamation of the message.’”—Testimonies for the Church 7:34-36. EGWE 45.4