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be worn out with anxiety and care and fall in the struggle, leaving her
children helpless, motherless, to be cared for by others.
One hundred dollars from you will not be a large sum, but it will
be a great blessing to her. Will you do this? Let us do it as a free gift
and not let the horror of debt be upon her who is struggling under such
discouragements. If you will do this, please collect in my name from
Signs Office one hundred dollars for Nellie L. Let us both take stock
in this matter and the Lord will bless us. I know she will struggle with
all her powers to be self-supporting. Battle Creek, Mich., March 28,
1889 Brother C. H. Jones:
Please pay to the order of--------—$100.00 (One Hundred Dollars)
as a gift from the Lord who has made me His steward of means. “Ellen
G. White” (
Letter 28, 1889
.)
Pioneering in Australia
Prejudice Removed by Welfare Ministry—We passed through
many interesting experiences while in Australia. We helped establish
a school from the foundation, going into the eucalyptus woods and
camping while the trees were being felled, the grounds cleared, and
the school buildings erected.
Prejudice in the community in which the school was established,
was broken down by the medical missionary work that we did. The
nearest physician lived twenty miles away. I told the brethren that I
would allow my secretary, a trained nurse who has been with me for
twenty years, to go to visit the sick whenever they called for her. We
made a hospital of our home. My nurse treated successfully some most
difficult cases that the physicians had pronounced incurable. This labor
was not without its reward. Suspicion and prejudice were removed.
The hearts of the people were won, and many accepted the truth. At
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the time we went there it was regarded necessary to keep everything
under lock and key, for fear of theft. Only once was anything stolen
from us, and that was shortly after our arrival. Now the community
is law abiding, and no one thinks of being robbed.—
Manuscript 126,
1902
.
Personal Interest in the People—We tried to take a personal
interest in the people. If we met someone walking as we were driving
to the station four and a half miles away, we were glad to let them ride