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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 9, 1882

Oakland.

LAST Sabbath was another good day for this church. Sister White arrived in Oakland on Friday on her way to assist in the meetings in Woodland. But Sabbath morning found her prostrated with sickness, and suffering much pain. She had passed a restless night. We were surprised as well as pleased with her expressed determination to speak that day, for, to human sight, it appeared to be an impossibility. But the Lord blessed in prayer, and she came at the hour of meeting, though very weak and showing plainly the evidences of her affliction. But soon all this passed away; her strength returned, and she was enabled to give a timely and powerful discourse. Her subject was the fifth chapter of James. Not only the clear and strong presentation of the truth, but the manifest blessing of God in raising her above her infirmities, made this meeting a great blessing to the church. The weak were strengthened, and all were revived.

Such opportunities increase the responsibilities of this people. The Lord does not bless us in vain, or for our own gratification, but for his own glory and the advancement of his cause. Let us gird on the armor anew, and work while the day lasts, for “Soon will the Master come.”