An Appeal to the Youth - Ellen G. White

Chapter 13
Plum River, Ills.
March 25, 1861
My Dear Sons, Henry, Edson, and Willie: I
have been troubled in mind in regard, to you. The
evening after the Sabbath I dreamed I was
watching over Edson. He had been very sick, and
was dying. Oh the anguish of my heart in that hour.
I could not have the evidence that he loved God,
and was prepared to die. I called Henry to me and
told him that he and Willie were all that were left
me. The three-fold cord was broken, and how
lonely we all felt. I thought in my dream of the
death-struggle of my dear babe, and next of Edson,
and then of the unprepared state in which he died,
and it seemed that my heart would break. I awoke
myself weeping aloud.
Dear children, this dream has caused me to
reflect, and has cast a sadness upon my spirits that I
cannot immediately throw off. You are none of you
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