Life sketches of Ellen GWhite, being a narrative of her experience to 1881 as written by herself; with a sketch of her subsequent labors and of her last sickness . in the Avondale estate, by purchasing a pieceof the land, and making Cooranbong her home. Sheselected sixty-six acres, and in a few weeks had aportion of her family living in tents on the tract,which she named Sunnyside. The erection of aneight-roomed cottage was begun; and as soon as aclearing could be made, land was plowed, and fruittrees were planted. Of this experience she wrote: When the foundation of the house was laid, prep-a
Life sketches of Ellen GWhite, being a narrative of her experience to 1881 as written by herself; with a sketch of her subsequent labors and of her last sickness . in the Avondale estate, by purchasing a pieceof the land, and making Cooranbong her home. Sheselected sixty-six acres, and in a few weeks had aportion of her family living in tents on the tract,which she named Sunnyside. The erection of aneight-roomed cottage was begun; and as soon as aclearing could be made, land was plowed, and fruittrees were planted. Of this experience she wrote: When the foundation of the house was laid, prep-arations were made for the raising of fruit andvegetables. The Lord had shown me that the povertywhich existed about Cooranbong need not be; forwith industry the soil could be cultivated, and madeto yield its treasure for the service of man. The Avondale School 359 Mrs. Whites unbounded enthusiasm regarding theimprovement of the Avondale estate, did much tocheer and encourage others. She was particularly-insistent that no time be lost by the school men inthe planting of an orchard; and she greatly rejoicedwhen in October one thousand choice fruit trees were. A view of Sunnyside, the Australian home of Mrs. White atCooranbong, New South Wales, 1895-1900. planted on a favorable piece of land occupied a yearbefore by a thick forest of eucalyptus trees. After the close of the industrial school in Novem-ber, several months passed without material progressbeing made. The people felt very keenly the financialdepression under which the colonies were still stag-gering. Criticism regarding the effort to build upa school in such a wild, out-of-the-way place, grewmore and more general. Then came the unfavorabletermination of a lawsuit into wliich the school hadbeen dragged by the hasty action of its solicitor, 360 Life Sketches which cost two thousand dollars, besides causing seri-ous delay in the work. What could be done? The work seemed to be ata standstill, with little prospect of more f
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