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Appendix A Ellen G. White a Temperance Worker
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ers.” They seemed highly gratified in seeing and hearing and being
convinced that the fruits of the Spirit are possessed and revealed
by this people. I gave each of them a copy of
Christian Temper-
ance
, to one
The Great Controversy
, to the other
Patriarchs and
Prophets
.—
Manuscript 2, 1894
.
Following Up With Health Education
—Captain Press and his
wife, the president of the W.C.T.U. of Victoria, were present. Mrs.
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Press had visited me at my tent on the campground, and she was
urgent that I should speak to their society. After the discourse on
Sunday she came to me and, grasping my hand, said, “I thank you
for that discourse. I see many new points which have made a lasting
impression upon my mind. I shall never lose their force.”
I was introduced to her husband, a most noble-looking man. He
is a pilot, and fills a very important position. Brother and Sister Starr
took dinner with them, and formed a very pleasant acquaintance.
Mrs. Press, in behalf of the W.C.T.U., has made a very earnest
request for instruction in hygienic cooking. We have arranged to
have a cooking school, to be held in Melbourne in the room adjoining
the hall of the W.C.T.U. Four lessons are to be given, one each week,
beginning next Thursday. The cooking of eight different dishes is to
be taught at each lesson. Great enthusiasm has been created on the
subject. Mrs. Press is a vegetarian, not having tasted meat for four
years.
Well, the very first class of people attend our meetings in
Williamstown. Mr. Press and his wife attended some of the meetings
on the campground, and they say that the Bible is now a new book
to them. They see that it is full of precious truth, which is a feast to
the soul.—
Manuscript 6, 1894
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Maintaining the Acquaintance
—Mrs. Press, president of the
Victorian W.C.T.U., and Mrs. Kirk the secretary, her sister and
two elder ladies, with the niece of Mrs. Press, have taken dinner
with us. We became acquainted with Mrs. Press and Mrs. Kirk
in Melbourne; they have just now been attending a temperance
convention in Sydney. We have had a pleasant interview, and now
they have gone out in our carriage to see the country, while I resume
my writing. I hope that these sisters will be brought to a knowledge
of the truth. We long to see those who are intelligent converted, and
standing in vindication of the truth.—
Manuscript 30, 1893
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