Departure of Sister White.
On Sunday afternoon, 12th inst., Sister White took the Overland Express on the Pacific Central Railroad for the East. It is her intention to stop over next Sabbath in Battle Creek, and then proceed to the camp-meeting in Massachusetts. On Sabbath, Aug., 11, she gave a forcible discourse in the church in Oakland, on the first chapter, and the first verses of the second chapter of Zephaniah. This discourse was timely in every thought, and was well appreciated. On Sunday morning she met with us in our Office worship and gave us counsel and instruction which will not be forgotten. We confidently trust it will have its effect on the lives of all who heard. Although Sister White has been some time in California, she has kept so steadily at writing at her home in Healdsburg that we have seen her very seldom, and the church has not been often favored with her personal labors. Indeed, her writing has so engrossed her time and attention that she has done comparatively little traveling and speaking in this State since the camp-meeting. But we never saw a time when her labor was better appreciated here than the present, and she never started on her eastern journey when more earnest and heart-felt prayers followed her, for both her safety on her journey and the blessing of Heaven to attend her labors.