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Christian Experience and Teachings of Ellen G. White
for the Lord to heal him, the little fellow of three years looked up in
astonishment, and said, “They need not pray any more, for the Lord
has healed me.” He was very weak, but the disease made no further
progress. Yet he gained no strength. Our faith was still to be tried. For
three days he ate nothing.
Writing And Traveling
We had appointments out for two months, reaching from Rochester,
New York, to Bangor, Maine; and this journey we were to perform
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with our covered carriage and our good horse Charlie, given to us by
brethren in Vermont. We hardly dared to leave the child in so critical
a state, but decided to go unless there was a change for the worse. In
two days we must commence our journey in order to reach our first
appointment. We presented the case before the Lord, taking it as an
evidence that if the child had appetite to eat we would venture. The
first day there was no change for the better. He could not take the least
food. The next day about noon he called for broth, and it nourished
him.
We began our journey that afternoon. About four o’clock I took
my sick child upon a pillow, and we rode twenty miles. He seemed
very nervous that night. He could not sleep, and I held him in my arms
nearly the whole night.
The next morning we consulted together as to whether to return to
Rochester or go on. The family who had entertained us said that if we
went on, we would bury the child on the road; and to all appearance
it would be so. But I dared not go back to Rochester. We believed
the affliction of the child was the work of Satan, to hinder us from
traveling; and we dared not yield to him. I said to my husband: “If
we go back, I shall expect the child to die. He can but die if we go
forward. Let us proceed on our journey, trusting in the Lord.”
We had before us a journey of about one hundred miles, to perform
in two days, yet we believed that the Lord would work for us in this
time of extremity. I was much exhausted, and feared I should fall
asleep and let the child fall from my arms; so I laid him upon my lap,
and tied him to my waist, and we both slept that day over much of the
distance. The child revived and continued to gain strength the whole
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journey, and we brought him home quite rugged.