The Ellen G. White Letters and Manuscripts: Volume 1

HASTINGS, Emma A. (1841-1865)

Daughter of Leonard and Elvira Hastings, of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, close friends of Ellen and James White. She was probably baptized by James White in 1850. She wrote several short articles and letters for the Youth's Instructor. She died at age 23, of “erysipelas and typhoid fever.” 1EGWLM 842.2

See: Obituary: “Emma A. Hastings,” Review, Mar. 21, 1865, p. 127; Ellen G. White, Spiritual Gifts [vol. 2], p. 112; Emma A. Hastings, “From Emma A. Hastings,” Youth's Instructor, March 1854, p. 24; Emma A. Hastings, “We Are Going Home,” Youth's Instructor, March 1859, p. 24; Emma A. Hastings, “Religion,” Youth's Instructor, August 1859, p. 1; Emma A. Hastings, “Rest in Heaven,” Youth's Instructor, May 1860, p. 37; Emma A. Hastings, “Let him That Thinketh He Standeth, Take Heed Lest He Fall,” Youth's Instructor, May 1862, p. 39; Charles H. Chandler, The History of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, 1735-1914, p. 457. 1EGWLM 842.3