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1461 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 255.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… share of my time. It was a severe trial, yet I dared not let my child stand in the way of our duty. I believed that the Lord had spared him to us when he was very sick …

1462 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 257.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… . met us with tears exclaiming, ‘The Lord has sent you to us in time of great need.’ She had an infant about eight weeks old which cried continually when awake. This …

1463 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 257.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… that time while in Oswego, N. Y., a sad letter reached us, giving information of Sister H.’s sudden death. This news fell upon me with crushing weight. It was difficult …

1464 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 262.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… have us visit New York State again; but feeble health sunk my spirits, and it was a time of despondency with me. I told them that I dared not venture unless the …

1465 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 263.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… this time were difficult. Some of the poor seemed to be envious of the rich, and it needed much wisdom to reprove the errors of the poor without strengthening …

1466 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 264.1 (Ellen Gould White)

“Some of the poor were zealous to attend every conference, taking their whole families with them, consuming a number of days to get to the place of meeting, and …

1467 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 272.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… three times a day we had special seasons of prayer for him. Sometimes he would be blessed, and the progress of disease would be stayed, then our faith would be …

1468 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 275.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… purpose of reading proof for the last time and in the afternoon as I looked out of the window I saw my husband carrying a heavy case of type from one office to …

1469 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 276.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… all times in the day, and often in the night. Most of their time is spent in prayer.’ Many curious eyes were turned towards us, to examine us, especially the one who …

1470 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 278.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… part of three days more in reaching Waterbury. There were three of us in an open sleigh, without a buffalo robe or even a horse-blanket to protect us from the …

1471 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 282.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… with us and assist in the work. Her help was needed. My husband expresses his feelings at this time in a letter to Brother Howland, dated February 20, 1852, as follows …

1472 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 292.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… before us of about one hundred miles to perform in two days, yet we believed that the Lord would work for us in this time of extremity. I was much exhausted and …

1473 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 297.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… with us, and every word that he thought he had spoken hastily or wrong he confessed heartily. He confessed wherein he had distrusted God in times past, and asked …

1474 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 299.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… the time when he was converted, and told how much he enjoyed, and how afraid he was of sinning, and then when he began to forget God, and lose the blessing, how high …

1475 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 310.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… , used their influence against us. This we could have borne, but some of those who should have stood by us were influenced by these wicked persons, some of whom …

1476 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 311.2 (Ellen Gould White)

of light occasionally parted these heavy clouds, giving us a little hope, or we should have sunk in despair. It seemed at times that God had forsaken us.

1477 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 313.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… that time my husband was owing between two and three thousand dollars, and all he had besides the books on hand was accounts for books, and some of them doubtful …

1478 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 314.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… recovery of his health. This was the whole burden of our petitions, and frequently one of us would be prostrated by the power of God. The Lord graciously heard …

1479 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 316.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… had time to repent of their wrongs; but self was too dear to die. They nourished it, and it grew strong, and they separated from the trusting people of God, that …

1480 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 317.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… arms of our faith, and like blind Bartimaeus have cried, ‘Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on us;’ and we have been comforted. The healing power of God has been …