I came home to Battle Creek like a weary child who needed comforting words and encouragement. It is painful for me here to state that we were received with great coldness by our brethren, from whom, three months before, I had parted in perfect union, excepting on the point of our leaving home. The first night spent in Battle Creek, I dreamed that I had been laboring very hard and had been traveling for the purpose of attending a large meeting, and that I was very weary. Sisters were arranging my hair and adjusting my dress, and I fell asleep. When I awoke I was astonished and indignant to find that my garments had been removed, and there had been placed upon me old rags, pieces of bedquilts knotted and sewed together. Said I: “What have you done to me? Who has done this shameful work of removing my garments and replacing them with beggars’ rags?” I tore off the rags and threw them from me. I was grieved, and with anguish cried out: “Bring me back my garments which I have worn for twent…
"For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company."
The EGW passage describes being received with coldness by brethren, which caused grief. Psalms 55:12-14 speaks of betrayal by a close acquaintance, causing pain. The thematic parallel lies in the pain caused by those who should have been supportive.
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
EGW describes feeling weary and needing comfort, which thematically aligns with Matthew 11:28. While not a direct quote or explicit allusion, the underlying sentiment of needing rest and comfort is present in both passages.