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3141 Stories of My Grandmother, p. 10 (Ella May White Robinson)

… 8. “James, Have We Come to This?” 59 9. The Publishing Work in a Carpetbag 66 10. Battling the Enemy 73 11. A Home for the Publishing Work 80 12. John Changes His Mind 87 …

3142 Stories of My Grandmother, p. 13.4 (Ella May White Robinson)

… Grandpa James White in Oak Hill Cemetery, in Battle Creek, Michigan.

3143 Stories of My Grandmother, p. 35.1 (Ella May White Robinson)

Would you like to know how Ellen Harmon, my grandmother, met James White, her husband? Here is the story:

3144 Stories of My Grandmother, p. 35.2 (Ella May White Robinson)

… named James White. He’s having trouble with some fanatics. If you come with us, you might be able to help straighten them out.”

3145 Stories of My Grandmother, p. 35.5 (Ella May White Robinson)

… with James White, the young minister, to call on a family living near town. James would take them with the horse and sleigh they had returned to him. When they …

3146 Stories of My Grandmother, p. 36.4 (Ella May White Robinson)

James White then opened his Bible and read to them that God is a God of order, not of confusion; that the Holy Spirit speaks to hearts by a “still small voice.” He …

3147 Stories of My Grandmother, p. 37.2 (Ella May White Robinson)

… when James White and Ellen and her friends arrived. Someone inside saw them coming and quickly locked the door. “In the name of the Lord” Ellen opened that locked …

3148 Stories of My Grandmother, p. 38.3 (Ella May White Robinson)

… morning James White, Ellen, and the Jordans got into a rowboat with a friend of James’s and paddled down the river to Belfast. There Ellen and the Jordans boarded …

3149 Stories of My Grandmother, p. 39.6 (Ella May White Robinson)

… the White family is a small but precious document, the marriage certificate of James and Ellen White. No mention has ever been found of printed invitations …

3150 Stories of My Grandmother, p. 40.1 (Ella May White Robinson)

“I have been thinking that it’s time we visited our friends at Topsham,” James White said to his young bride one day.

3151 Stories of My Grandmother, p. 41.7 (Ella May White Robinson)

“Who is Lord William Rosse?” James White asked.

3152 Stories of My Grandmother, p. 42.3 (Ella May White Robinson)

… to James White. (The retired sea captain was often called “Elder Bates” because he spent so much time preaching and giving Bible studies.)

3153 Stories of My Grandmother, p. 43.1 (Ella May White Robinson)

… Mrs. White could not read it. It hurt her eyes and made her head ache. James would read a paragraph aloud, and then they would look up the texts; for although the …

3154 Stories of My Grandmother, p. 44.2 (Ella May White Robinson)

… . Mrs. White wrote out the vision and the angel’s instruction.

3155 Stories of My Grandmother, p. 49.1 (Ella May White Robinson)

One day while scanning some old letters written by James White, I found the answer to my question:

3156 Stories of My Grandmother, p. 49.4 (Ella May White Robinson)

… . Once James and Ellen White and Captain Bates were on their way through New York State to attend a Bible conference. They started in a small boat, but after a …

3157 Stories of My Grandmother, p. 50.2 (Ella May White Robinson)

As they boarded the next canalboat, James White said, “We can’t make our Sabbath appointment; but I know of an Adventist family nearby. Let’s stay over the Sabbath with them.”

3158 Stories of My Grandmother, p. 50.4 (Ella May White Robinson)

… otherwise. James and Ellen White had many such experiences. Years later while traveling in Michigan by carriage with other workers, they lost their way. The …

3159 Stories of My Grandmother, p. 53.2 (Ella May White Robinson)

… with James and Ellen White and another Adventist minister in a two-seated market wagon behind a partly broken colt. Grandpa White was expert at the art of …

3160 Stories of My Grandmother, p. 53.5 (Ella May White Robinson)

… interfere,” James White replied. Under ordinary conditions the colt would have kicked furiously the instant anything touched his flanks. But now he stood …