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Life Sketches of Ellen G. White
generation may hear it and heed it, and the way he prepared for the
coming of our blessed Saviour.”
The Scripture reading, by Elder George B. Starr, comprised the fol-
lowing passages, some of which were read only in part:
Psalm 116:15
,
Ecclesiastes 7:2, 4
;
Romans 8:35, 37-39
;
John 6:39, 40
;
Daniel 12:2, 3
;
Revelation 14:12, 13
;
Ezekiel 37:12-14
;
Isaiah 26:19
;
Revelation 7:9-
17
;
21:4
. The reading closed with a few verses especially illustrative
of Mrs. White’s life experience:
Psalm 40:9, 10
and
Mark 14:8
.
Elder J. N. Loughborough, venerable with many years of Chris-
tian service, yet wonderfully sustained by God as a living witness of
manifold providences in the rise and progress of the advent movement,
was the first speaker. He bore a loving tribute to the life work of the
one with whom he had so often labored in close association since the
year 1852. His discourse, largely reminiscent, served the purpose of
a biographical sketch, though it was far more than a mere sketch, re-
vealing, as it did, the special workings of the Holy Spirit in connection
with her labors. He emphasized anew the fact that her published works
tend to the purest morality, lead to Christ and to the Bible, and bring
rest and comfort to weary and sorrowing hearts.
Elder Starr, the next speaker, referred to some personal phases of
Mrs. White’s life. “I have never heard any other person,” he said,
“speak of love for Jesus, as I have heard her speak. Many times have I
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heard her exclaim, ‘I love Him, I love Him, I love Him!’ Her entire
life was devoted to winning others to love Him and serve Him with all
the heart....
“I regarded her as one of the strongest characters I ever met. I can
compare her life only to the sturdy oak that meets the wind and bears
its severest pressure, or to the mountain that laughs at the storm.... Her
faith in God was invincible. Under trials that might have swept away
the faith of many, she maintained firm confidence, and triumphed.”
“In bidding her good-by two weeks ago today,” Elder Starr contin-
ued, “I said, ‘We are glad to find you so bright this morning.’ Sister
White replied, ‘I am glad you find me thus, and I wish to tell you it
is bright inside.’ And then she added, ‘I have not had many mournful
days, have I?’ ‘No, Sister White,’ I said, ‘not in all your life, because
you have risen above them.’ ‘Yes,’ she responded, ‘my heavenly Father
has planned it all for me, and He knows when it will end, and I am
determined not to murmur.’