Life sketches of ellen g. white

care. The Office hands boarded with us, and our family
numbered from fifteen to twenty. The large conferences and
the Sabbath meetings were held at our house. We had no
quiet Sabbaths; for some of the sisters usually tarried all
day with their children. Our brethren and sisters generally
did not consider the inconvenience and additional care and
expense brought upon us. As one after another of the Office
hands would come home sick, needing extra attention, I was
fearful that we should sink beneath the anxiety and care. I
often thought that we could endure no more; yet trials
increased, and with surprise I found that we were not
overwhelmed. We learned the lesson that much more suffering
and trial could be borne than we had once thought possible.
The watchful eye of the Lord was upon us, to see that we
were not destroyed. p. 154, Para. 2, [LS15].
August 29, 1854, another responsibility was added to our
family in the birth of Willie. He took my mind somewhat
from the troubles around me. About this time the first
number of the paper falsely called the Messenger of Truth
was received. Those who slandered us through that paper had
been reproved for their faults and errors. They would not
bear reproof, and in a secret manner at first, afterward
more openly, used their influence against us. p. 155,
Para. 1, [LS15].
The Lord had shown me the character and final come out of
the party; that His frown was upon those connected with
that paper, and His hand was against them, and although
they might appear to prosper for a time, and some honest
ones be deceived, yet truth would eventually triumph, and
every honest soul would break away from the deception which
had held them, and come out clear from the influence of
these wicked men; as God's hand was against them, they must
go down. p. 155, Para. 2, [LS15].
Death of Anna White -- Sister Anna continued to fail. Her
father and mother and her older sister came from Maine to
visit her in her affliction. Anna was calm and cheerful.
She had much desired this interview with her parents and
sister. She bade them farewell, as they left to return to
Maine, to meet them no more until God shall call forth His
faithful ones to health and immortality. p. 155, Para. 3,
[LS15].
In the last days of her sickness, with her own trembling
hands she arranged her things, leaving them in perfect