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Appendix A Ellen G. White a Temperance Worker
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Presenting Temperance at Salem, Oregon
—On Sunday, June
23 [1873], I spoke in the Methodist Church of Salem [Oregon], on
the subject of temperance. The attendance was unusually good, and
I had freedom in treating this, my favorite subject. I was requested
to speak again in the same place on the Sunday following the camp
meeting, but was prevented by hoarseness. On the next Tuesday
evening, however, I again spoke in this church. Many invitations
were tendered me to speak on temperance in various cities and towns
of Oregon, but the state of my health forbade my complying with
these requests.
[Early in August, 1878,] we stopped in Boulder City [Colorado],
and beheld with joy our canvas meetinghouse, where Elder Cornell
was holding a series of meetings.... The tent had been lent to hold
temperance meetings in, and, by special invitation, I spoke to a tent
full of attentive hearers. Though wearied by my journey, the Lord
helped me to successfully present before the people the necessity
of practicing strict temperance in all things.—
Testimonies for the
Church 4:290-297
.
Only eternity will reveal what has been accomplished by this
kind of ministry—how many souls, sick with doubt, and tired of
worldliness and unrest, have been brought to the great physician,
who longs to save to the uttermost all who come unto Him. Christ is
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a risen Saviour, and there is healing in His wings.—
Testimonies for
the Church 6:111
.
Uniting With Others to Aid Fellow Men
—The evening after
the Sabbath I spoke in Washingtonian Hall. [
Note: A hall controlled
by the ladies of the Martha Washington Home in Chicago, a society
devoted to the reformation of intemperate women.
] ... Sunday
afternoon I spoke in the same hall on the subject of temperance
to a good congregation, who listened with deepest interest. I had
freedom and power in presenting Jesus, who took upon Himself
the infirmities and bore the griefs and sorrows of humanity, and
conquered in our behalf....
At the close of the meeting, I was favored with an introduction to
the president of the Washingtonian Home. He thanked me in behalf
of the family and friends for the pleasure of listening to the remarks
made. I was cordially invited to visit them when I should again pass
through Chicago, and I assured them I should consider it a privilege