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NOTE FROM BRO. WHITE

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 27, 1860

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 17, No. 2.

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NOTE FROM BRO. WHITE.

By James White

BRO. SMITH: Last night (Nov. 15th) we reached this place (Monroe, Wis.) about ten o'clock. This morning Bro. Lindsey brings us a letter from Mrs. W., reporting all well at home. We copy a few lines from the letter as follows:
“We try to put our trust in the Lord, and it is not in vain. I felt sad to hear that your lungs were affected. I hope you are better. I thought of the place to which you were going, the excitement in Mauston, which we feared was not genuine, and a weight of sadness rested upon me for you. But we have prayed earnestly for you, and have sent in your case to the church for the brethren and sisters to pray for you. We believe that God will hear prayer and strengthen you, and give you freedom, and access to the hearts of his people.”
At a later date the letter says: “While visiting at Bro. Lyon's, Bro. L. brought me two letters from you, which I read, and all seemed to rejoice, for all the church had made your case a special subject of prayer. Matters at Mauston, Wis., had troubled us all, and I feared you would be discouraged to find things in such a state. But the Lord has been to you a 'strong hold in time of trouble.' While searching for a verse for Willie, I opened to these words, which Willie committed to memory to repeat in Sabbath-school: 'The Lord is good. A strong hold in the time of trouble, and he knoweth them that trust in him.' At these words I wept, they seemed so appropriate. The whole burden on my mind was for you, and the church in Wisconsin.”
Never were we so unexpectedly raised up and sustained as at the conference at Mauston. And such uninterrupted peace of mind we never enjoyed under such circumstances. It was because God's people were praying. Blessed be his holy name forever. JAMES WHITE.