Testimonies to the Church Regarding our Youth Going to Battle Creek to Obtain An Education

The Work Before Us

[Address by Sister White to the General Conference in Oakland, Cal., published in the General Conference Bulletin, April 7, 1903.]

I have been carrying a very heavy burden. For the last three nights I have slept very little. Many scenes are presented before me. I feel an intense interest in the advancement of the work of God, and I say to our leading brethren, As you consider the questions that shall come before you, you are to look beneath the surface. You are to give careful consideration to every question discussed. SpTB06 11.1

There is need of means in foreign missionary work, and in missionary work in America. It is a painful fact that although we have had a special message for the world for so many years, there are many, many cities in which we have done nothing to proclaim this message. In the calamities that have befallen our institutions in Battle Creek, we have had— SpTB06 11.2