Life sketches of ellen g. white

day, the Lord gave grace to bear them. Sometimes when I
felt unable to fill my appointments, I would say, 'In faith
I will place myself before the people;' and when I did
this, strength was given me to rise above my infirmities,
and to bear the message the Lord had given me." p. 343,
Para. 1, [LS15].
At Wellington, Mrs. White was welcomed to the home of Mrs.
M. H. Tuxford, where she spent several months, and from
which headquarters she went out from time to time to speak
to little companies of believers in Petone, Ormondville,
Dannevirke, Palmerston North, and Gisborne. p. 343, Para.
2, [LS15].
Before returning to Australia, Mrs. White attended the
second New Zealand campmeeting, held Nov. 30 to Dec. 12,
1893, in a sheltered suburb of Wellington. There were in
attendance double the number that had been present at the
Napier meeting. Elder O. A. Olsen, president of the General
Conference, arrived during the early days of the meeting,
and his labors and timely instruction were of untold value.
He brought cheering reports from the great mission fields
that he had recently visited; and he appealed to the young
people to fit themselves for service in the closing work of
the gospel. p. 343, Para. 3, [LS15].
From Wellington, Mrs. White, in company with Elder Olsen
and other laborers, hastened to Melbourne to attend the
first campmeeting in Australia. p. 343, Para. 4, [LS15].
Chapter L
The First Australian Camp Meeting
"We are glad to announce to our people," wrote Elder A. G.
Daniells late in September, 1893, to the brethren and
sisters throughout Australia, "that the time has come when
the executive committee of the Conference see their way
clear to carry out the wishes of so many to hold a
campmeeting." Some had been waiting eagerly for such an
announcement, and it came as welcome news to the rank and
file of the believers scattered far and wide through the
Australian colonies. p. 344, Para. 1, [LS15].
Among the general laborers advertised to attend were Elder
O. A. Olsen, president of the General Conference; Mrs.
Ellen G. White; and some brethren whom the Mission Board