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work of the Lord, that light might be given to those who desired to
know the truth.’
“My husband continued: ‘Ellen, you are on missionary ground.
You are to sow in hope and faith, and you will not be disappointed.
One soul is worth more than all that was paid for this land, and already
you have sheaves to bring to the Master. The work commenced in
other new fields,—in Rochester, N. Y., in Michigan, in Oakland, in
San Francisco, and in the European fields,—was quite as unpromising
as the work in this field. But the work you do in faith and hope will
bring you into fellowship with Christ and His faithful servants. It must
be carried on in simplicity and faith and hope, and eternal results will
be the reward of your labors.’”
Help from Friends in Africa
In April, 1896, Mrs. White had written to the Wessels brothers, of
Cape Town, asking them to lend her $5,000 at a low rate of interest,
that she might lend it to the school board to help and encourage in
the beginning of the necessary buildings. In one of her letters to these
friends in South Africa, she wrote:
“We must build a school here, where students may be educated
to form characters for eternal life, and where they may receive such
an education in the Scriptures that they will go out from the school
to educate others. This is the Lord’s work; and when we know that
we are doing the very work He has specified, we must have faith to
believe that He will open the way.... The King’s business requires
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haste. The youth in this country are expecting a school, and we do not
want them to wait longer.
“Would you know how you can best please your Saviour? It is by
putting your money to the exchangers, to be used in the Lord’s service
and to advance His work. By doing this, you make the very best outlay
of the means God has entrusted to you. I have consecrated all I possess
to the Lord, and have expended means in various lines, helping to
sustain camp meetings, and building meetinghouses in those places
where people have accepted the truth. I find many openings where I
can help to save perishing souls....
“It pays us to labor for those for whom Christ has died. Our
strength and resources can be expended in no better way. If, by the