Elmshaven

PR.1915-07-08.001

THERE HAS BEEN NO DECIDED CHANGE IN MOTHER’S CONDITION DURING THE PAST TWO WEEKS. SHE GRADUALLY GROWS WEAKER, AND FOR FIVE OR SIX DAYS HAS SELDOM SPOKEN ABOVE A WHISPER. TO-DAY SHE SAID TO ME THAT SHE WAS THANKFUL THAT THE LORD CONTINUES HIS MERCIES; AND A LITTLE LATER, IN BROKEN SENTENCES, SHE EXPRESSED HER CONFIDENCE AND TRUST.

PR.1915-07-08.002

AFTER I HAD PRAYED WITH HER, AND SPOKEN OF THE GLAD DAY WHEN CHRIST WILL MAKE ALL THINGS NEW AND WE SHALL MEET OUR DEAR ONES AROUND HIS THRONE, SHE EXPRESSED HER HOPE THAT THE TIME WOULD NOT BE LONG.

PR.1915-07-08.003

LAST SUNDAY MORNING SHE WAS FEELING A LITTLE BETTER THAN FOR SEVERAL DAYS, AND ELDER AND MRS. G. B. STARR CAME IN TO BID HER GOOD-BY. WHEN THEY EXPRESSED PLEASURE AT FINDING HER SO BRIGHT, SHE SAID, «I AM GLAD YOU FIND ME THUS. I HAVE NOT HAD MANY MOURNFUL DAYS. THE LORD HAS ARRANGED AND LED IN ALL THESE THINGS FOR ME, AND I AM TRUSTING HIM. HE KNOWS WHEN IT WILL END.»

PR.1915-07-08.004

AT TIMES SHE EXPRESSES A DESIRE TO REST, AND SEEMS TO FEEL THAT THAT DAY IS NEAR AT HAND. JULY 2. W. C. WHITE.