"“While I was sleeping, someone shook my shoulder quite vigorously. I looked up, and saw a pleasant- looking lady bending over me. Said she: ‘Don't you know me? I am Sister Chase. The cars are at White River. Stop only a few moments. I live just by here, and have come down every day this week and been through the cars to meet you.’ I then remembered that I took dinner at her house at Newport. She was so glad to see us. Her mother and she keep the Sabbath alone. Her husband is conductor on the cars. She talked fast. Said she prized the Review much, as she had no meeting to attend. She wanted books to distribute to her neighbors, but had to earn all the money herself which she expended for books or for the paper. We had a profitable interview, although short, for the cars started, and we had to separate. 1T 661.2"
"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares."
Sister Chase's hospitality towards Ellen White, a stranger, echoes the sentiment of Hebrews 13:2. The passage highlights the unexpected kindness shown to EGW, aligning with the verse's encouragement to entertain strangers, possibly unaware of their significance.
"And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
Sister Chase's kindness and hospitality towards Ellen White, a fellow believer, can be seen as an act of service to one of Christ's brethren, aligning with the principle in Matthew 25:40. The connection lies in the act of showing kindness to someone who is working for the Lord.