Ellen G. White: The Later Elmshaven Years: 1905-1915 (vol. 6)

Ellen White's Last Visit to Loma Linda

Before the work on the manuscript for Prophets and Kings was finished, the time had come again for important meetings at Loma Linda. So Ellen White, W. C. White, Sara McEnterfer, and Clarence Crisler made the trip south on Wednesday night, November 6. Friday morning Ellen White addressed the board and the faculty, urging “good cheer” and reminding them that: 6BIO 376.2

God's promises to us are so rich, so full, that we need never hesitate or doubt; we need never waver or backslide. In view of the encouragements that are found all through the Word of God, we have no right to be gloomy or despondent.... 6BIO 376.3

Many, many times I have been instructed by the Lord to speak words of courage to His people. We are to put our trust in God, and believe in Him, and act in accordance with His will. We must ever remain in a position where we can praise the Lord and magnify His name.—Manuscript 71, 1912. 6BIO 376.4

Sabbath she spoke in the church, and at one noon hour she spoke to the students. She challenged the some sixty medical students, and another sixty in nurse's training, to high attainments: 6BIO 376.5

Opportunities are before you; if studious and upright, you may obtain an education of the highest value. Make the most of your privileges. Be not satisfied with ordinary attainments; seek to qualify yourselves to fill positions of trust in connection with the Lord's work in the earth. 6BIO 376.6

United with the God of wisdom and power, you may become intellectually strong, and increasingly capable as soul winners. You may become men and women of responsibility and influence, if, by the power of your will, coupled with divine strength, you earnestly engage in the work of securing a proper training.—Pacific Union Recorder, December 26, 1912. 6BIO 376.7

Ellen White and Sara McEnterfer spent almost a full month at Loma Linda while W. C. White and Clarence Crisler attended to a number of matters in southern California, including a visit to Paradise Valley Sanitarium. She passed her eighty-fifth birthday quietly at Loma Linda. 6BIO 376.8

On the journey north she spoke in Los Angeles; she reported that at the close of the meeting, friends and some of her old acquaintances expressed pleasure “that I could still speak with such clearness.” “I was thankful that I had moved out in faith,” she remarked, “for the Spirit of the Lord came upon me, and the grace of Christ sustained me.”—Letter 2, 1912. This was the last time her voice was to be heard in southern California—a triumphant climax. 6BIO 377.1