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4081 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 156.5 (Ellen Gould White)

If we could only see the many dangers from which we are daily preserved by the holy angels, instead of complaining of our trials and misfortunes, we would talk …

4082 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 157.5 (Ellen Gould White)

All heaven is interested in the salvation of the human race; what are you doing for yourselves, brethren? While from the light of the cross of Calvary you obtain …

4083 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 160.5 (Ellen Gould White)

When we reached Kansas City, we found that a place had been reserved for our company in a chair car. The change from one train to another was easily made, and the …

4084 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 161.5 (Ellen Gould White)

I cannot speak too highly of the steamer Cephalonia, which was our floating home for nearly eleven days. It is not one of the fastest, but it is said to be one of …

4085 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 163.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Southampton was one of the earliest Roman settlements. Its history reaches back to the ninth century. At the present time it has, with its suburban villages …

4086 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 166.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Wednesday morning, September 2, we were to leave London for Basle. Bro. H. W. Kellogg, who had been in London with W. C. White about a week, attending to business connected …

4087 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 171.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Basle has for years been a prominent missionary station among other denominations. Here is located a missionary college in which young men are being educated …

4088 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 175.5 (Ellen Gould White)

From Frankfort we pursued our journey toward Hamburg, passing through a country diversified with hamlets and cities, mountains, rivers, forests, and cultivated …

4089 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 178.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Denmark is a small country, consisting of a peninsula and larger and smaller islands. Its area is about the same as that of Maryland, but it contains more than …

4090 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 180.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Dear brethren, He who has given you talents, has by these sacred trusts made you capable of bearing precious fruit to his glory. Through Christ, God has opened …

4091 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 182.5 (Ellen Gould White)

The discourse was followed by a social meeting, Bro. Matteson acting as interpreter. Many good testimonies were borne. Some expressed their thankfulness …

4092 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 185.5 (Ellen Gould White)

There is probably no city of its size which has so many beautiful parks, artificial lakes, and pleasant avenues. At a little distance from our stopping-place …

4093 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 187.5 (Ellen Gould White)

The channel which separates the coast of Denmark from that of Sweden, is in some places but a few miles wide. On both sides of this channel there are fortifications …

4094 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 188.5 (Ellen Gould White)

We are told that the people of these countries will be pleased with our discourses if we dwell on the love of Jesus. Of this they never tire, but we are in danger …

4095 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 190.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Mr. Johanneson was training his children in singing, and we enjoyed the music of their little voices blending together in sacred songs. If parents generally …

4096 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 191.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Sweden is a weak and apparently unimportant country, in comparison with some of its powerful neighbors; but its history is not without events of thrilling …

4097 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 193.5 (Ellen Gould White)

In the country and small towns the houses are nearly all built of logs, or of timbers about six inches square. They are ceiled on the inside, covered with cloth …

4098 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 194.5 (Ellen Gould White)

At this place is one of the oldest companies of Sabbath-keepers in Sweden. They number about fifty. Here there was the greatest interest in the meetings. Our …

4099 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 195.5 (Ellen Gould White)

If we love God and keep his commandments, we need not expect the world to be in sympathy with us, any more than it was with Christ. Says John, “The world knoweth us …

4100 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, p. 197.5 (Ellen Gould White)

As the wickedness of the wicked increases, opposition will be brought to bear upon you closer and closer. Satan has many batteries prepared to open upon the …