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#1115--11
(Diary
Entry
for
Dec.
27,
1904,
St.
Helena,
Calif.)
I
cannot
sleep
after
half
past
one
o'clock.
My
mind
is
intensely
active.
1
would
use
all
the
powers
of
my
mind
as
the
Lord's
witness
and
messenger.
He
has
appointed
me
to
keep
vividly
before
the
people
the
great
testing
truths
for
this
time,
because
many
are
blind
and
deceived
and
are
making
room
for
Satan
to
come
in
and
deceive,
1f
possible,
by
the
noncommittal
position
of
God's
people,
the
very
elect.--Manuscript
147,
1904.
Letter
311,
1904.
(To
J.
H.
Kellogg,
Nov.
25,
1904,
from
San
Diego,
Calif.)
You
say
that
you
have
written
me
several
Jetters,
but.
have
not
heard
from
me.
[
have
not
been
well
for
some
time.
1
was
unfortunate
in
taking
cold
when
speaking
in
the
large
tent
at
the
Omaha
[Nebraska]
camp
meeting.
The
ground
was
high
and
dry,
but
still
[
caught
cold.
1
spoke
twice
at
that
camp
meeting,
and
succeeded
1in
making
the
people
hear,
though
at
one
meeting
there
were
1500
present.
From
Omaha
we
went
to
College
View.
[
was
unaccustomed
to
the
high
winds
there,
and
my
cold
got
no
better.
[
continued
to
sneeze
and
cough
a
great
deal.
But
when
I
stood
before
the
people,
all
this
ceased.
We
were
well
cared
for
at
College
View,
and
all
that
could
be
done
for
our
comfort
was
done.
We
met
many
old
friends.
1[I
was
enabled
to
speak
in
the
church
Sabbath,
Sunday,
and
Monday.
1
also
spoke
to
the
patients
and
nurses.
I
did
not
get
free
from
cold
while
I
was
there,
and
it
continued
its
hold
on
me
all
the
way
home.
[
went
to
Battle
Creek,
as
you
know,
and
spoke
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twice
to
the
patients
dand
once
in
the
gynnasium
to
the
nurses
and
helpers.
1
would
have
been
very
glad,
could
I
have
felt
free
to
remain
another
week
in
Battle
Creek.
1
would
have
done
this,
but
Marian's
[Davis]
sickness
called
me
home.
Her
case
was
a
neavy
weight
on
my
mind.
We
received
Jetters
every
day
telling
us
of
her
increasing
weakness.
The
thought
that
I
must
part
with
her
was
a
great
trial
to
me.
She
had
been
with
me
for
25
years,
and
we
biended
nicely
in
our
work.
I
knew
that
if
she
should
die
1
could
not
find
another
to
supply
her
place.
Our
ideas
in
regard
to
the
work
were
one,
and
we
often
talked
together.
Every
word
that
[
spoke
to
make
a
point
ciearer,
she
would
write
out
at
once.
I
was
so
thoroughly
worn
out
when
[
reached
home
that
I
feared
a
severe
sickness
was
coming
upon
me.
We
found
Marian
very
weak
indeed.
She
was
at
the
sanitarium,
and
Mrs.
Kellogg,
her
sister,
was
with
her.
Mrs.
Kellogg
and
Sara
[McEnterfer]
were
witn
Marian
at
the
time
of
her
death.
She
passed
away
very
peacefully,
and
we
feel
that
we
can
indeed
say,
"Blessed
are
the
dead
which
die
in
the
Lord
from
henceforth:
Yea,
saith
the
Spirit,
that
they
may
rest
from
their
labors,
and
their
works
do
follow
them"
[Rev.
14:13].
A
few
days
before
her
death,
we
decided
to
go
to
Los
Angeles,
for
our
tickets
were
good
only
till
the
third
of
November.
We
spoke
to
Dr.
Evans
about
this,
and
he
advised
us
to
go,
saying
that
we
could
be
sent
for
when-
ever
necessary.
We
decided
to
go
on
Monday,
the
day
before
her
death,
but
felt
neld
to
remain
at
home
one
more
day.
On
Tuesday
morning,
we
received
word
that
she
had
lost
consciousness
at
about
seven
o'clock.
We
at
once
decided
not
to
go
to
Los
Angeles
that
day.
She
died
at
half-past
four
Tuesday
afternoon.
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