Sickness of Bro. White.
By Editor
We have to announce this week, what the brethren and sisters, everywhere, will learn with exceeding regret, a sudden and dangerous attack of sickness upon Bro. White. Monday night, the 14th inst., he returned from Memphis, where he had been to hold meetings according to appointment in Review. While there, with his accustomed zeal in the work, he performed about two men's labor, and with a lack of rest, returned much worn and prostrated thereby. Last Wednesday morning he arose and proceeded, with sister White, to take his accustomed morning walk. They were passing through the garden of a brother, and he was in the act of opening an ear of corn, when a sudden dizziness seized him, his right arm fell powerless at his side, and it was evident that a partial shock of paralysis had come upon him. Immediate steps were taken to put him in the most favorable conditions for recovery, and appeal made to the great Source of help for all human afflictions. The shock was especially felt in the right arm, rendering it, below the elbow, utterly helpless, and also affecting the brain and the power of speech; yet enough strength of articulation was left him, to enable him to show the source to which his mind ever turns in times of need, by uttering the word, Pray! This the brethren and sisters here have tried to do, and have been blest in doing, receiving the assurance that God heard and answered. Friday, he was taken on a lounge to his house. He can now move the fingers of the paralyzed hand, and use the hand to some extent; also his mind is free, and the power of speech restored; and though greatly prostrated by the attack, we think that through the blessing of God, he is now in a fair way of recovery. We ask those who know the value of his labors, and who can offer up the prayer of faith, and the fervent petitions of the righteous, which avail much, to pray for him, that his recovery may be speedy, complete, and permanent.