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1501 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 …

1502 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 …

1503 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 …

1504 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 …

1505 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 …

1506 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 …

1507 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.

1508 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 …

1509 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 …

1510 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 …

1511 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 …

1512 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 317.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… assisted us in time of distress. At the Conference at Battle Creek in November, 1856, God wrought for us. The minds of the servants of God were exercised as to …

1513 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 319.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… good of the cause. Its prosperity and the confidence of its true friends are worth a thousand times more to us than the good things of this life. We are raised …

1514 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 323.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… little of our care. For years at Rochester, our family was very large, and our home like a hotel, and we from that home much of the time. I often felt grieved as I thought …

1515 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 324.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… displeasure of God if we excused them in sin. And our efforts have been blessed to the good of our children. Their greatest pleasure is to please us. They are …

1516 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 330.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… gave us encouragement that we could cross it. The ice was mostly composed of snow, and there lay upon the top of it about a foot of water. When we came to the river …

1517 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 332.2 (Ellen Gould White)

of feeling with us, and their backslidden state. Others were prostrated by the power of God that day, among them Bro. A., who lay helpless for some time. He said …

1518 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 338.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… a time I was insensible, but was aroused by the voice of earnest prayer. I tried to use my left limbs, but they were perfectly useless. For a short time I did not …

1519 Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1888 ed.), p. 339.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… the time of the Conference at Battle Creek, in June, 1858, Sister Hutchins, who now sleeps in Jesus, was sorely afflicted with sickness, and we all felt that she …

1520 Life Sketches of Ellen G. White, p. 25.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… the time was appointed for us to receive this solemn ordinance. It was a windy day when we, twelve in number, went down into the sea to be baptized. The waves ran …