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Appendix C
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that, you see, is similar to her statement that Christ reveals his tender
compassion through suffering.
Speaking of her death, she said: “I may fall at my post before the
Lord shall come; but when all that are in their graves shall come forth,
I shall, if faithful to”—and she was faithful—“see Jesus, and be made
like Him. Oh, what joy, unspeakable, to see Him whom we love—to
see Him in His glory who so loved us that he gave Himself for us—to
behold those hands once pierced for our redemption, stretched out
to us in blessing and welcome!” Those are triumphant words, aren’t
they?
Now, while here, she sang considerably. I want to read you one
verse of one song that she very much delighted in. We heard her
singing it the other morning, as we were at the bottom of the stairs.
We said, “Who is that singing?” And they said, “That is Sister White.”
Here is what she sang: “We have heard from the bright, the holy land,
we have heard, and our hearts are glad; for we were a lonely pilgrim
band, and weary, and worn, and sad. They tell us the pilgrims have a
dwelling there—no longer are homeless ones; and we know that the
goodly land is fair, where life’s pure river runs.”
Then she would omit two verses and she would use the last part
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of the last verse as sort of a chorus, and would repeat it over and over
again. This was her chorus: “We’ll be there, we’ll be there, in a little
while, we’ll join the pure and the blest; we’ll have the palm, the robe,
the crown, and forever be at rest.” She would repeat that again and
again.
Some have asked a question about her position among us. She
was never elected to any office. She never desired any office. When a
person would speak of any particular work, she would say, “My work
to which God has called me is to be his messenger,” and that was her
highest desire, to be the messenger of Jesus Christ.
In bidding her good-bye two weeks ago today, she said to us—
as Brother White spoke to her, (she seemed to be very bright that
morning), he said, “Mother, Brother and Sister starr have come to bid
you good-bye.” She said she was very glad to see us again. I said, “We
are glad to find you so bright this morning.” This was her reply: “I am
glad you find me thus, and I wish to tell you that 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