My labors in Wright were very wearing. I had much care of my husband by day, and sometimes in the night. I gave him baths, and took him out to ride, and twice a day, cold, stormy, or pleasant, walked out with him. I used the pen while he dictated his reports for the Review, and also wrote many letters, in addition to the many pages of personal testimonies, and most of No. 11, besides visiting and speaking as often and as long and earnestly as I did. Brother and Sister Root fully sympathized with me in my trials and labors, and watched with the tenderest care to supply all our wants. Our prayers were frequent that the Lord would bless them in basket and in store, in health as well as in grace and spiritual strength. And I felt that a special blessing would follow them. Though sickness has since come into their dwelling, yet I learn by Brother Root that they now enjoy better health than before. And among the items of temporal prosperity he reports that his wheat fields have produced twenty-seven bushels to the acre, and some forty, while the average yield of his neighbors’ fields has been only seven bushels per acre. {1T 574.4}

Mit arbejde i Wright var meget trættende. Jeg bekymrede mig meget for min mand om dagen og nogle gange om natten. Jeg badede ham og tog ham ud for at ride og to gange om dagen gik jeg ud sammen med ham i kulde, storm eller behageligt vejr. Jeg førte pennen medens han dikterede sine stykker til Review og jeg skrev også mange breve, udover de mange sider fra mine personlige vidnesbyrd og det meste af nummer 11, udover besøg og taler så ofte og så længe og alvorlig som jeg nu gjorde. Bror og søster Root følte helt med mig i mit arbejde og møje og (575) vovede med den største omhu for at dække alle mine behov. Vore bønner var ofte om Herren ville velsigne dem højt og til deres bedste såvel som i nåde og åndelig styrke. Jeg følte at en særlig velsignelse ville følge dem. Selv om sygdomme siden er kommet i deres hjem, erfarede jeg dog at bror Root mere holder af sundheden end før. Blandt det som viste timelig fremgang, fortalte han at hans hvedemarker gav syvogtyve skæpper for hver acre (0,4 hektar) og nogle gav fyrre, medens hans nabos marker kun havde et gennemsnit på syv skæpper for hver acre.