Life sketches of ellen g. white

the efforts of an army of workers whose preparation for
service had been gained in strong training centers in North
America, Europe, and Australasia. p. 387, Para. 1, [LS15].
And great was Mrs. White's rejoicing when the reports from
our missionaries in China indicated that the Lord was going
before our workers in that land in a special manner, and
preparing the hearts of the heathen for the reception of
present truth. As God opened the way in fields that in
former years had been difficult to enter, she urged the
brethren in responsibility to do all in their power to cooperate
with the heavenly agencies manifestly at work in
the dark places of earth. At the same time she continued to
encourage those having to do with institutional work, to
hold before the youth in training the high ideals for which
our denominational institutions have ever stood, and to
redouble their efforts to train many workers to enter the
fields whitening unto the harvest. Thus the home land,
whether in America, in Europe, in Australasia, or in other
favored lands, was to be linked closely with the regions
beyond; and all the agencies established for the
advancement of the cause of God were to co-operate for the
accomplishment of one purpose,-- the preparing of a people
for the coming of their Lord. p. 387, Para. 2, [LS15].
Chapter LIII
At the Nation's Capital
The destruction in one year, by fire, of the main
buildings of two of the leading Seventh-day Adventist
institutions at Battle Creek, Mich., led to a study of the
advantages that might accrue to the cause of God through a
removal of the denominational headquarters and of the
Review and Herald printing office to some other place. p.
388, Para. 1, [LS15].
This problem was spread before the delegates assembled at
the 1903 General Conference. The brethren were urged to
express freely their convictions as to the proper course to
pursue. While they had the matter under advisement, Mrs.
White, who was in attendance as one of the delegates, bore
a decided testimony in favor of adopting a policy that
would result in a widespread dissemination of the truths of
the third angel's message. She called attention to oft
repeated counsels to establish centers of influence at
strategic points, and to arrange for a wise distribution of