The Later Elmshaven Years: 1905-1915 (vol. 6) - Ellen G. White

speaking appointments that were pressed upon her. She was mindful of her
advancing age and waning strength and wanted to be certain she would be in
the line of duty were she to venture forth. Opportunity came for such a test
Sabbath morning, October 9, when she spoke with freedom at the St. Helena
Sanitarium chapel. Now she was ready to respond to Elder Haskell's
invitation to address those who could attend the week-long Bible institute in
San Jose, which she did.
The next Sabbath she spoke at the Sanitarium chapel again, and the last
Sabbath in October she ministered to the St. Helena church.
Elder Haskell, in an attempt to revive the churches, had organized a
ten-day Biblical institute for the San Joaquin Valley at Lodi, November 5 to
15. She accepted his invitation to help out, and attended the full session,
speaking Sabbath, Sunday, Monday, and two or three of the remaining days.
She went over to the Normal School twice to speak to the students (Pacific
Union Recorder, October 14, 1909 and Ibid., November 25, 1909).
Ellen White was approaching another birthday, her eighty-second. She
wrote of it:
On Friday, November 26, I shall be 82 years old. It is a surprise to
many that at my age I am able to speak before large congregations of people.
But it is the Lord who sustains me in this work. "This is the Lord's doing; it
is marvelous in our eyes." He is indeed able to speak through the human
agency.--Letter 144, 1909.
On her birthday, W. C. White wrote to old friends, George and Martha
Amadon in Battle Creek, and told of what was going on at Elmshaven:
Yesterday was Thanksgiving Day. Today Mother is 82 years old. When
I met her this morning and congratulated her on another birthday, she looked
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