A Day of Fasting and Prayer.
No doubt the hearts of our brethren and sisters everywhere were saddened by the note which appeared in the REVIEW of Aug. 9, by which they learned that Bro. White was in so poor a state of health as to be unable to attend the camp-meetings. Since that time there has been no improvement in his condition, and a few days since his family were greatly startled at the appearance of many of the old symptoms from which he suffered when stricken down with paralysis several years ago. The press of cares upon Bro. White has been so great in consequence of the increasing magnitude of the work that he has continued to labor arduously, notwithstanding the numerous admonitions of failing health which he has received by frequent temporary indispositions. Two weeks ago this morning his conditions became so serious that the most energetic measures were necessary to prevent an apoplectic attack. He rallied sufficiently to be able to travel by Thursday of the same week, and in response to a very urgent call to attend the New England camp-meeting, he took the cars, in company with his wife, for Massachusetts, trusting in the Lord to give him strength for the journey. He arrived safely at his journey’s end, and has since improved a little, but is still in a very feeble condition. In a letter received this morning, he expresses himself as enjoying great freedom of spirit, notwithstanding his physical weakness and suffering. He sees the numerous wants of the cause, and feels anxious to be engaged in the work to which his life has been devoted, and which the Lord has prospered in his hands. The cause demands his labors now more than at any previous period. Feeling deeply the urgent calls of duty which press upon him from all directions, Bro. White expresses in the letter referred to a request that his case may be made the subject of special prayer by the people for whom he has so long labored, that God will give him health and strength. In view of the foregoing it has been decided to appoint next Sabbath, Sept. 8, as a day of fasting and prayer in behalf of Bro. White, that he may be fully and speedily restored to health, and to the position in this cause to which the Lord has called him, and which he has so nobly filled for many years. All our brethren and sisters will undoubtedly feel it a great privilege to join unitedly in this effort by humbling themselves before the Lord and pleading earnestly for his blessing upon this dear servant of God, who has spent his energies in the cause which he still desires to serve, and which is in suffering need of his aid. TRUSTEES S. D. A. PUB. ASSOCIATION.