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dreaded some terrible, contagious disease? We went over the same
ground in California, selling all our goods to start a printing press on
the Pacific Coast. We knew that every foot of ground over which we
traveled to establish the work would be at great sacrifice to our own
financial interests.—
Letter 63, 1899
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“His Work Dearer Than My Life”—I do not claim as my own
one bit of the property that I own. I owe twenty thousand dollars,
which I have borrowed to invest in the Lord’s work. Of late years,
comparatively few of my books have been sold in the United States. I
must have money for running expenses, and I must pay my workers.
The money that otherwise I should have to pay for rent, I now pay as
interest on the money which I borrowed to secure this home. I am
ready to let my place go as soon as the Lord signifies that this is His
will, and that my work here is done.
The lack of means does not worry me; for the Lord is my witness
that His work has ever been dearer to me than my life.—
Letter 43,
1903
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The Example and Leadership of James White—I was shown
that God had qualified my husband for a specific work, and in His
providence had united us to carry forward this work....
God should have the glory for the unbending integrity and noble
courage to vindicate the right and condemn the wrong which my
husband has had. Just such firmness and decision were necessary at
the commencement of the work, and they have been needed all along,
as it progressed step by step. He has stood in defense of the truth
without yielding a single principle to please the best friend....Self has
at times been mingled with the work; but when the Holy Spirit has
controlled his mind, he has been a most successful instrument in the
hands of God for the upbuilding of His cause. He has had elevated
views of the Lord’s claims upon all who profess His name—of their
duty to stand in defense of the widow and the fatherless, to be kind to
the poor, to help the needy. He would jealously guard the interests of
his brethren, that no unjust advantage should be taken of them.
The earnest efforts of my husband to build up the institutions in
our midst I also saw registered in the Ledger of Heaven. The truth sent
out from the press was like rays of light emanating from the sun in all
directions. This work was commenced and carried forward at a great