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

for separate local conference organizations. It was with considerable
misgiving that the leading brethren prepared for the meetings to convene in
College View in early September.
Meeting the Appeal for Guiding Counsel
Elder G. A. Irwin, vice-president of the General Conference, was to be
present, and the president of the Central Union Conference, Elder E. T.
Russell, was also to be there. These two church leaders requested Ellen
White to send them any instruction she had relating to the questions that
would come to the front at those meetings. She began to respond to this
request before leaving for southern California on August 10. Search was
made in the various sources of her existing writings in the Elmshaven office
that would provide materials. A key item found was an address she had given
at a council at Basel, Switzerland, on September 24, 1885.
From a long chapter in Testimonies, volume 7, published in 1902,
"God's Purpose in Our Publishing Houses," selection of material was made
that would be of particular value in helping the workers in the College View
plant see the very exalted nature of the work in which they were engaged.
They were also reminded that the church's publishing houses were to be
training schools for workers. The materials selected came from pages 140,
142-144, and 146-149. Another article appearing in volume 7 on pages 191-
193 was selected for use. A third article was made up of materials selected
from the Testimonies relating to the publishing work at home and abroad and
containing excerpts from volumes 7 and 8. From her manuscripts a little item
was chosen presenting her observation in Switzerland of men working
together in a well-organized way. Thus Ellen White's staff worked getting
ready for the September 5 deadline for the College View meetings.
Soon after leaving Los Angeles and its camp meeting on August 20,
Ellen White went to Loma Linda and wrote three testimonies to aid in
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