Only sixty-five hours before my husband was stricken down, he stood until midnight in a house of worship calling for three hundred dollars to finish paying for that house; and to give his call force he headed the subscription with ten dollars for himself and the same for me. Before midnight the sum was nearly raised. The elder of that church was an old friend, and in our extreme want and friendless condition my husband wrote to him, stating that we were in want, and if that church now wished to return the twenty dollars we would receive it. At the time of the Conference this brother called on us and made the matter a serious wrong. But before he came to our house he had taken some stock at least in the general infection. We felt these things most keenly, and if we had not been especially sustained by the Lord we could not have borne our testimony at the Conference with any degree of freedom. {1T 595.2}

Kun fem og tres timer før min mand faldt om, stod hen indtil midnat i et menighedshus og spurgte efter trehundrede dollars til betaling for dette hus; og for at give hans opfordring styrke, gik han forrest i indsamlingen ved at give ti dollars og det samme gjorde jeg. Før midnat var næsten alle pengene rejst. Præsten i den menighed var en gammel ven og i vor stærke mangel og venneløse situation skrev min mand til ham og fortalte at vi var i nød og om menigheden nu ønskede at give de tyve dollars tilbage, så ville vi tage imod dem. På tidspunktet omkring konferensen kaldte denne bror på os og gjorde en alvorlig fejl i sagen. Før han kom til vort hjem, havde han også del i den almindelige utilfredshed. Vi tog dette meget hårdt og hvis vi ikke på en særlig måde blev understøttet af Herren, kunne vi ikke have frembåret vort vidnesbyrd ved konferensen i en sådan nogen grad af frihed.