When he brought the first number from the printing office, we all bowed around it, asking the Lord, with humble hearts and many tears, to let His blessing rest upon the feeble effort of His servant.—Life Sketches of James White and Ellen G. White (1880), 260. 1BIO 165.3
Then there was the task of folding the papers and preparing them for mailing. White “directed the paper to all he thought would read it” and then, in a carpetbag, carried the copies to the post office. 1BIO 165.4