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Life Sketches of Ellen G. White
May 6, 1853, we prepared Nathaniel’s supper, but he soon said
that he was faint, and did not know but that he was going to die. He
sent for me, and as soon as I entered the room, I knew that he was
dying, and said to him: “Nathaniel dear, trust in God. He loves you,
and you love Him. Trust in Him as a child trusts in its parents. Don’t
be troubled. The Lord will not leave you.” Said he, “Yes, yes.” We
prayed, and he responded, “Amen, praise the Lord!” He did not seem
to suffer pain. He did not groan once, or struggle, or move a muscle
of his face, but breathed shorter and shorter until he fell asleep, in the
twenty- second year of his age.
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