Four boys were born into the White family. Henry Nichols (1847-1863) was
their firstborn. He died of pneumonia at the age of 16. James Edson (1849-1928)
became a Seventh-day Adventist minister and is most remembered for his
pioneering evangelistic and educational work among African Americans in the
Southern United States. William Clarence (1854-1937) also became a Seventh-day
Adventist minister. After James's death in 1881, William became his mother's
chief editorial assistant and publishing manager. John Herbert (1860) died at
the age of three months from erysipelas.
Thought for the Day
Jesus continues: As you confess Me before men, so I will confess you before God and the holy angels. You are to be My witnesses upon earth, channels through which My grace can flow for the healing of the world. So I will be your representative in heaven. The Father beholds not your faulty character, but He sees you as clothed in My perfection. I am the medium through which Heaven's blessings shall come to you. And everyone who confesses Me by sharing My sacrifice for the lost shall be confessed as a sharer in the glory and joy of the redeemed. Desire of Ages, p. 357