Ellen G. White: The Progressive Years: 1862-1876 (vol. 2)

The Sale of Writing Paper and Envelopes

Another source of supplementary income was also explained: 2BIO 282.4

At the commencement of the war he purchased, upon his own responsibility, $1,200 worth of writing paper and envelopes, which in a short time doubled in value on his hands.—Ibid.

The matter was summed up: 2BIO 283.1

These are the means by which Brother White has obtained property. As we have shown, his profits in honorably conducting a laudable business were $2,000; rise on stationery, $1,200; and rise of three different places in Battle Creek, $4,000; in all amounting to $7,200. But his property had never been regarded at any time worth more than $6,000, which during his severe and protracted sickness was much diminished.—Ibid.

In a general statement the committee declared: 2BIO 283.2

The life of Brother White has been filled with acts of disinterested benevolence. Were it not that those who hate his close preaching and his faithful reproofs have so often represented him as a grasping, selfish man, it would be well to let these remain to the revelation of the great day, known only to Him who beholds every act, and to those who have been the sharers of these acts of mercy. But the circumstances of the case demand that we speak freely, though it is quite impossible to give more than a very small part of the many deeds of noble and unselfish devotion to the good of others.—Ibid., 53.