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As soon as she had finished, Mr. Hansen stood up. “I do not consider these as idle tales,” he responded. “I receive them, and believe the truth has been spoken to us this morning and I thank Sister White for saying them.”

I knew that my request was granted. I felt shielded by the strong Spirit of the Lord, and was borne above every earthly influence, and with freedom finished my testimony. The friends were comforted, and rejoiced in the Lord.

… newly finished house of worship—a building twenty-eight by forty-two feet and capable of seating three hundred.

In the next letter on file, begun five days later and finished on the sixth, Ellen White spoke of the blessings of God in her work at the camp meetings. She wrote under the dateline of Battle Creek, July 8, 1874:

… was finished in the publishing house, Jones went to San Francisco to erect the meetinghouse on Laguna Street. It was planned that when he returned to Oakland …

The letters bubble over with her delight in having the opportunity to write on the life of Christ, the subjects she was covering, the fine working relationship with Mary Clough, and with her satisfaction in the finished product.

Having just purchased the new brick house and settled in for a winter of writing, she hastened off letters to Oakland. One gave some insights into how she intended to work on a volume that was never finished, as well as other book manuscripts:

… recently finished writing The Great Controversy —“whether the Reformers had not visited these places.”

… been finished only in recent years [1880].— Manuscript 27, 1885 .

… Haskell, finished the babies’ dresses.— Manuscript 177, 1897 .