Testimonies for the Church Vol 1 - Lansing SDA Church

532 Testimonies for the Church Volume 1[576]the Lord would bless them in basket and in store, in health as well asin grace and spiritual strength. And I felt that a special blessing wouldfollow them. Though sickness has since come into their dwelling, yetI learn by Brother Root that they now enjoy better health than before.And among the items of temporal prosperity he reports that his wheatfields have produced twenty-seven bushels to the acre, and some forty,while the average yield of his neighbors’ fields has been only sevenbushels per acre.January 29, 1867, we left Wright, and rode to Greenville, MontcalmCounty, a distance of forty miles. It was the most severely coldday of the winter, and we were glad to find a shelter from the coldand storm at Brother Maynard’s. This dear family welcomed us totheir hearts and to their home. We remained in this vicinity six weeks,laboring with the churches at Greenville and Orleans, and makingBrother Maynard’s hospitable home our headquarters.The Lord gave me freedom in speaking to the people; in everyeffort made I realized His sustaining power. And as I became fullyconvinced that I had a testimony for the people, which I could bearto them in connection with the labors of my husband, my faith wasstrengthened that he would yet be raised to health to labor with acceptancein the cause and work of God. His labors were receivedby the people, and he was a great help to me in the work. Withouthim I could accomplish but little, but with his help, in the strengthof God, I could do the work assigned me. The Lord sustained himin every effort which he put forth. As he ventured, trusting in God,regardless of his feebleness, he gained in strength and improved withevery effort. As I realized that my husband was regaining physicaland mental vigor, my gratitude was unbounded in view of the prospectthat I should again be unfettered to engage anew and more earnestlyin the work of God, standing by the side of my husband, we laboringunitedly in the closing work for God’s people. Previous to his beingstricken down, the position he occupied in the office confined himthere the greater part of the time. And as I could not travel without himI was necessarily kept at home much of the time. I felt that God wouldnow prosper him while he labored in word and doctrine, and devotedhimself more especially to the work of preaching. Others could dothe labor in the office, and we were settled in our convictions that hewould never again be confined, but be free to travel with me that we