Ellen G. White in Europe 1885-1887

A Significant Dream

Wednesday night a dream was given to her. In this dream she was talking with Elder Matteson. “How far would a light send its rays if it were placed under a bushel?” she asked him. EGWE 112.3

“No farther than the compass of the bushel,” was the answer. EGWE 112.4

“How far would it shine if put under a bed?” she asked. EGWE 112.5

“It would not illuminate the room,” Matteson answered; “it would be too low and too obscure.” EGWE 112.6

“Then, ... place your light on a candlestick, and it will give light to all that are in the house. Your ideas need to be enlarged and elevated. The people have lost an opportunity to obtain light that God desired them to have.”—Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, 200. EGWE 113.1

But in spite of cramped quarters, the people appreciated Ellen White's visit: “The Lord helped me to speak,” she recounted, “and hearts were reached, I know, by the starting tears, and the look of interest on many faces.”—Ibid. EGWE 113.2

Before leaving Orebro, the party visited an old castle, and on their way to the station on Friday, they stopped at the jail where Rosquist had been imprisoned for preaching the Advent message in Grythyttehed. EGWE 113.3