Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

The darkest clouds seemed to shut down over us. Wicked men professing godliness,under the command of Satan were hurried on to forge falsehoods, and to bring thestrength of their forces against us. If the cause of God had been ours alone, we mighthave trembled; but it was in the hands of Him who could say: “No one is able to pluckit out of My hands.” We knew that Jesus lived and reigned. We could say before theLord: The cause is Thine, and Thou knowest that it has not been our own choice, butby Thy command, that we have acted the part we have in it.*****Chapter XIII - Removal to MichiganIn 1855 the brethren in Michigan opened the way for the office of publication to beremoved to Battle Creek. At that time my husband was owing between two and threethousand dollars, and all he had besides the books on hand was accounts for books,and some of these were doubtful. The cause had apparently come to a halt, orders forpublications were very few and small, and he feared that he would die in debt. Brethrenin Michigan assisted us in obtaining a lot and building a house. The deed was made inmy name, so that I could dispose of it at pleasure after the death of my husband.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 husbanddies of overwork in the cause of present truth; and who realizes what he has suffered,the burdens he has for years borne, the extreme care which has crushed his spirits andruined his health, bringing him to an untimely grave, leaving his family destitute anddependent? I have often asked the question, Does God have no care for these things?Does He pass them by unnoticed? I was comforted to know that97