Condition of Mrs. E. G. White
IN a recent issue, we made mention of an accident that had happened to Mrs. E. G. White, one of our oldest and most esteemed contributors. Through her secretary she sends the following: “I need the prayers of all God’s people. My courage is grounded in my Saviour. I want that peace that abounds in Christ Jesus. My work is nearly ended. Looking over the past, I do not feel the least mite of despondency. I feel so grateful that the Lord has withheld me from despair and discouragement, and that I can still hold the banner. I am very grateful that this is so. I know Him whom I love and in whom my soul trusteth.” Mrs. White is in her eighty-eighth year, and has been very active as both a speaker and a writer. She has traveled over quite a portion of the earth, and her writings have been read by a multitude who rejoice in the soul-uplifting products of her pen. We are fortunate in being able to say to the thousands of our readers who look forward to her articles from week to week, that we have a sufficient number on hand to supply us for something like a year or more. In the communication from Mrs. White from which the foregoing quotation was taken, she says, speaking of death: “I feel the sooner the better; all the time that is how I feel—the sooner the better. I have not a discouraging thought nor sadness. I have hoped I should be able once more to speak to the people, but that is the Lord’s business, not mine. I have light and faith and hope and courage and joy in the Lord, and that is enough.”