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Show 250 The next letter, nine months later, is from Churchill, Idaho where she has gone to the aid of a small daughter of Olea's who was seriously burned and will have a long, slow recovery as her 73-year-old grandmother sits with her through many nights so that others in the family can get some rest. In Ellis's focus on Nellie's family she hopes Murphy will do well in his business and in his church callings. "He does so much good for the people that he ought to be happy. But charity begins at home. Love for the dependent ones is nearest to the love of Christ. This statement is pointed up by us as the tenet by which Ellis lived, her whole long life through. Nellie has lost (over time) several babies, and her mother offers comfort to the bereaved mother for one just recently departed. In another letter soon after, she says: Nellie, my beloved, this is a private word for you-let me whisper it in your ear. Be wise and prudent. Do not let your maternal instincts to fill the vacant place get the better of your judgment-get strong and well first... Oh I wish Murphy had a father or brother or some wise friend to tell hime how vital this is for you, for him, your children both born and unborn. Truly the beautiful gospel will tell him this. I pray you may both know it. With regard to advice she has given which has not been followed: "What is the matter with me that my advice hasn't, with all the love behind it--sufficient force to make it impressive to the desired degree. Oh yes I do believe you love me, but you don't love yourself enough." A month after her arrival in Churchill, little Mary's burns are |