Friday, April 7, 1876, Oakland, California, Ellen White to James White

Dear Husband,

I am writing some every day but cannot confine myself to writing more than one-half a day.MR728 12.1

Yesterday Mary Clough, the little girls [The “little girls” were Addie and May Walling, Mary Clough's nieces, who were raised by Ellen White.] and I visited Sister Babcock. We had quite a walk....MR728 12.2

The precious subjects open to my mind well. I trust in God and He helps me to write. I am some twenty-four pages ahead of Mary. She does well with my copy. It will take a clear sense of duty to call me from this work to camp meetings. I mean to finish my writings, on one book at any rate, before I go anywhere.—Letter 4, 1876, pp. 1, 4.MR728 12.3