Besides All That, I Suppose You Had To Be The Nurse When Your Family Got Sick?

Many years ago [1865] my husband broke down in mind and body, and was unable to do anything. My friends said to me, “Mrs. White, your husband cannot live.” I determined to remove him to a place more favorable for his recovery. His mother said, “Ellen, you must remain and take care of your family.”LASW 47.1

“Mother,” I replied, “I will work with God, and God will work with me.”LASW 47.2

I pulled up my rag carpets and sold them. With the money I bought a covered wagon, and prepared for the journey, placing in the wagon a mattress for father to lie on. Accompanied by Willie, a lad eleven years of age, we started. While on the journey Willie tried to put the bits into the mouth of one of the horses, but found that he could not. I said to my husband, “Put your hand on my shoulder, and come and put the bits in.”LASW 47.3

He said that he did not see how he could. “Yes, you can,” I replied. “Get right up and come.” He did so, and succeeded in putting the bits in. Then he knew that he would have to do it the next time, too. ^{14Selected Messages 2:306.}LASW 47.4