Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

assistance, and in favorable weather, has taken
pleasure in riding out once a day, and sometimes
twice.
Her cheerfulness has never diminished. When
referring to her age and physical condition, she has
often expressed gratitude to God for his care. Her
abiding trust in him has never wavered. Always
thoughtful of others, she has manifested recently
still greater solicitude regarding the welfare of her
friends and associates. She has found great joy in
reading the reports of progress in the review and in
letters from her old friends. She has taken a deep
interest in the work of preparing her manuscripts
for publication.
Wednesday morning, January 27, I returned
home after an absence of sixteen weeks in the east
and south. I found mother cheerful and interested
to hear about the work in the places that I had
visited. She seemed to be about as well as when I
left home early in October.
Friday afternoon, February 12, as I was leaving
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