Chapter 25—Personal Trials
When my husband became so feeble, before our removal from
Rochester, he desired to free himself from the responsibility of the
publishing work. He proposed that the church take charge of the work,
and that it be managed by a publishing committee whom they should
appoint, and that no one connected with the office derive any financial
benefit therefrom beyond the wages received for his labor.
Efforts to Establish the Publishing Work
Though the matter was repeatedly urged upon their attention, our
brethren took no action in regard to it until 1861. Up to this time
my husband had been the legal proprietor of the publishing house,
and sole manager of the work. He enjoyed the confidence of the
active friends of the cause, who trusted to his care the means which
they donated from time to time, as the growing cause demanded, to
build up the publishing enterprise. But although the statement was
frequently repeated, through the Review, that the publishing house
was virtually the property of the church, yet as he was the only legal
manager, our enemies took advantage of the situation, and under the
cry of speculation did all in their power to injure him, and to retard
the progress of the cause. Under these circumstances he introduced
the matter of organization, which resulted in the incorporation of the
Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association, according to the laws
of Michigan, in the spring of 1861.
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Parental Cares
Although the cares that came upon us in connection with the pub-
lishing work and other branches of the cause involved much perplexity,
the greatest sacrifice which I was called to make in connection with
the work was to leave my children frequently to the care of others.
Henry had been from us five years, and Edson had received but
little of our care. For years at Rochester our family had been very
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