11—Do All I Can

Date: July 21, 1904
Location: Washington, D.C.
Source: Letter 265, 1904
Status: Previously unpublished

Context: Mrs. White frequently corresponds with her son and daughter-inlaw on how the work in the South should be carried out.

Dear children Edson and Emma,

I am not very strong, but will write you a few lines. I hope that I shall soon feel better and will be able to add to what I can now write.PCO 102.1

I am anxious to hear how you have come out in your transactions regarding exchange of property. Do not worry about these matters. The Lord will certainly manifest Himself to those who commit their souls to His keeping. The meek will He guide in judgment. He is our hope and our crown of rejoicing. I believe that it is right for you to move into the country, and that the future will prove this to be true. But you must follow the way of the Lord.PCO 102.2

I have written to several people, asking for a loan of a thousand dollars. In one case I was one day too late with my request. The day before my letter reached the sister, the money had been lent to Dr. Paulson. But I know that he needs the money, and I will not even wish that I had written sooner and obtained the loan.PCO 102.3

In regard to the colored sanitarium, I wish to say, Do not enter into any arrangement just now for purchasing the building. I cannot endure the thought of investing three thousand dollars in this building. I am sure that better prospects can be found for a colored sanitarium. Some place can be secured where the surroundings are more healthful and pleasant.PCO 102.4

I wish that the Boscobel school buildings might be secured for the work of the white sanitarium. Do you know of anything that stands in the way of their purchase? If you do, I wish you would mention it in your next letter.PCO 102.5

I am deeply interested in the work in Huntsville and shall do all I can to strengthen those who carry the burden of the work there.PCO 102.6

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