Life sketches of ellen g. white

order, and disposing of them according to her mind. She
expressed a great desire that her parents should embrace
the Sabbath, and live near us. "If I thought this would
ever be," she said, "I could die perfectly satisfied." p.
156, Para. 1, [LS15].
The last office performed by her emaciated, trembling
hand, was to trace a few lines to her parents. And did not
God regard her last wishes and prayers for her parents? In
less that two years, Father and Mother White were keeping
the Bible Sabbath, happily situated within less than one
hundred feet from our door. p. 156, Para. 2, [LS15].
We would have kept Anna with us; but we were obliged to
close her eyes in death, and lay her away to rest. Long had
she cherished a hope in Jesus, and she looked forward with
pleasing anticipation to the morning of the resurrection.
We laid her beside dear Nathaniel in Mount Hope Cemetery.
p. 156, Para. 3, [LS15].
Chapter XXIII
Removal to Michigan
In 1855 the brethren in Michigan opened the way for the
publishing work to be removed to Battle Creek. At that time
my husband was owing between two and three thousand
dollars; and all he had, besides a small lot of books, was
accounts for books, and some of these were doubtful. The
cause had apparently come to a standstill. Orders for
publications were very few and small. My husband's health
was very poor. He was troubled with cough and soreness of
lungs, and his nervous system was prostrated. We feared
that he would die while still in debt. p. 157, Para. 1,
[LS15].
Comforting Assurances -- Those were days of sadness. I
looked upon my three little boys, soon, as I feared, to be
left fatherless, and thoughts like these forced themselves
upon me: My husband will die of overwork in the cause of
present truth; and who realizes what he has suffered? Who
knows the burdens he has for years borne, the extreme care
which has crushed his spirits and ruined his health,
bringing him to an untimely grave, leaving his family
destitute and dependent? I often asked myself the question:
Does God have no care for these things? Does He pass them
by unnoticed? I was comforted to know that there is One who