Life sketches of ellen g. white

1891, Elder S. N. Haskell made very earnest appeals for
laborers to be sent to distant lands that he had recently
visited; and he was especially urgent that provision be
made for the establishment in Australia of a training
school for Christian workers. He was profoundly impressed
with the importance of having the young people in each
great division of the world, trained in their own land for
service as colporteurs, teachers, and preachers. He pleaded
that teachers be chosen to open a school in Australia; and
also that Mrs. Ellen G. White and her son, W. C. White,
spend some time in that field. p. 331, Para. 1, [LS15].
Action was taken by the Mission Board, immediately after
the Conference, inviting them to go in the autumn. This
would bring them to the new field of labor in Australia's
summer. The steamer sailing in October was found to be
overcrowded, and the departure from San Francisco was
delayed till the sailing of the Alameda, November 12. p.
331, Para. 2, [LS15].
Elder and Mrs. Geo. B. Starr, who had been selected to act
a part in the proposed Australian school, had gone in
advance to the Hawaiian Islands, where they spent seven
busy weeks before the arrival of the Alameda . The other
members of the party were W. C. White, Mary A. Davis, May
Walling, Fannie Bolton, and Emily Campbell. p. 331, Para.
3, [LS15].
The Voyage -- The weather during most of the twenty-five
days of the voyage was good. p. 331, Para. 4, [LS15].
At Honolulu the ship remained nineteen hours-- and what
enjoyable hours they were! Here the party were met by
several of the brethren and sisters, were shown the
beauties of the place, and were given a feast at the home
of Sister Kerr. Meanwhile, notices were circulated, and in
the evening Mrs. White spoke to a large audience in the
hall of the Young Men's Christian Association. p. 332,
Para. 1, [LS15].
On her sixty-fourth birthday, one day before the ship
reached Samoa, Mrs. White wrote: p. 332, Para. 2, [LS15].
"As I contemplate the past year, I am filled with
gratitude to God for His preserving care and loving
kindness. We are living in a perilous time, when all our
powers must be consecrated to God. We are to follow Christ