"Again I visited the physician, and as soon as he felt my pulse, he said: “Madam, an entire change has taken place in your system; but the two women who visited me for counsel when you were last here are dead.” I stated to him that his medicine had not cured me, as I could take none of it. After I left, the doctor said to a friend of mine: “Her case is a mystery. I do not understand it.” 1T 94.2"
"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."
The doctor's inability to understand Ellen White's healing can be seen as analogous to the 'natural man' not understanding the things of the Spirit. However, the connection is not strong, hence the reduced confidence.
"We soon visited Michigan again, and I endured long and wearisome journeys over the rough logways, and through mud sloughs, and my strength failed not. We felt that the Lord would have us visit Wisconsin, and arranged to take the cars at Jackson at ten in the evening. 1T 94.3"
"And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them."
Both passages describe a sense of divine calling and subsequent travel. Paul's vision prompts immediate action, while EGW describes feeling led to visit Wisconsin. The connection is thematic, focusing on responding to a perceived divine direction.
"Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong."
EGW's endurance despite hardship and her reliance on God's strength echoes the sentiment in 2 Corinthians 12:10. The connection is present, but not a direct quote or explicit allusion.
"For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;"
The EGW passage describes hardship and endurance, while the 2 Corinthians passage speaks of being 'pressed out of measure, above strength.' Both highlight reliance on God in difficult circumstances. The connection is present, but not strong.
"As we were preparing to take the train, we felt very solemn, and proposed a season of prayer. And as we there committed ourselves to God, we could not refrain from weeping. We went to the depot with feelings of deep solemnity. On boarding the train, we went into a forward car, which had seats with high backs, hoping that we might sleep some that night. The car was full, and we passed back into the next, and there found seats. I did not, as usual when traveling in the night, lay off my bonnet, but held my carpetbag in my hand, as if waiting for something. We both spoke of our singular feelings. 1T 94.4"
"And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all."
Both passages describe a group praying together before a journey. While the details differ, the core element of communal prayer before travel is present in both.
"And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed."
Both passages describe a group praying before a journey. The Acts passage includes kneeling on the shore, while the EGW passage mentions a solemn prayer before boarding a train. The shared theme is prayer before travel.