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DEPARTURE FOR EUROPE

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 5, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 53, No. 23.

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DEPARTURE FOR EUROPE.

By John Nevins Andrews

SINCE the close of the special session of the General Conference, I have been engaged as actively as my strength would admit, in making preparation for my departure for Europe, and in perfecting such arrangements as I could make for the advancement of our work there. These matters are now accomplished, so that I expect to embark at eleven o’clock to-day in the steamer Virginia, of the State Line Steamship Co. I have selected this line because it is cheaper than most other lines. I have secured first cabin passage to London for $55.
My stay in this country has been protracted much beyond the time I anticipated when I left Europe; but the condition of my health, and other circumstances, have made it impossible for me to go at any earlier date. I have regretted this very much, as I have felt a deep anxiety to return and engage in the work there.
The brethren are aware that after the death of my daughter I found myself suffering from extreme prostration, and that since then for much of the time I have been quite unfit for mental labor. And even now, when so nearly ready to leave, I am still in feeble health, and my strength is far from adequate to the great task I have before me. I greatly feel the need of the special blessing of God to fit me for this work. I believe that he is willing to help as he has done in times past. And I desire to request of our brethren and sisters everywhere that they will make my case a special subject of prayer; that the Lord will restore me to health and strength again, if it is according to his will. I also ask the prayers of the brethren for the success of the work in Europe.
I am of good courage in the Lord, and feel to renew my consecration to him, and will try to devote my life unreservedly to him for the time to come. I shall also continue to pray for the prosperity of the work in America. J. N. ANDREWS.
New York, May 29, 1879.