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that shall go in this mail, I have since leaving America written twenty
hundred pages of letter paper. I could not have done all this writing if
the Lord had not strengthened and blessed me in large measure. Never
once has that right hand failed me. My arm and shoulder have been
full of suffering, hard to bear, but the hand has been able to hold the
pen and trace words that have come to me from the Spirit of the Lord.
“I have had a most precious experience, and I testify to my fellow
laborers in the cause of God, ‘The Lord is good, and greatly to be
praised.’”
General Conference Daily Bulletin, February 27, 1893
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The Australian Conference of January, 1893
The fifth session of the Australian Conference was held in North
Fitzroy, Melbourne, January 6-15, 1893. During this meeting Mrs.
White spoke seven times, on themes relating to practical godliness.
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One day she reviewed the rise and progress of the denominational
publishing work. She urged that the brethren in Australia put forth
their best efforts to develop into strong laborers in this and every other
line of Christian endeavor.
Labors in New Zealand
At the close of the Australian Conference, Mrs. White decided to
undertake the long deferred visit to New Zealand. She was accompa-
nied by Emily Campbell, who assisted her both as secretary and as
nurse. Her son, W. C. White, and Elder and Mrs. Starr were also with
her during much of the time.
Arriving in Auckland February 8, they were met by Elder M. C.
Israel, and conducted to a furnished cottage which the Auckland church
had placed at their disposal.
During the twelve days spent in earnest labor for the Auckland
church, Mrs. White spoke eight times. After this she spent three weeks
with the brethren and sisters in Kaeo, the oldest Seventh-day Adventist
church in New Zealand. Here she found a number of promising young
people, for whom she labored earnestly.
Both in Auckland and in Kaeo Mrs. White urged the brethren and
sisters to go with their families to the annual conference which was
to be held the last of March, in Napier. This conference was to be a