LITTLE ELLEN: The Girl Who Saw Heaven
One
day Elder and Mrs. White were riding in a wagon. A minister named Elder Bates
was with them. Elder White was driving. He had to hold the lines tightly, for
the young horse he was driving was hard to manage. If
the lines touched the horse, he would kick wildly. Unless the lines were held
tight, he would run away. Before this, two men had been killed while trying to
drive him. Elder White tried to drive carefully. Suddenly
Mrs. White shouted: "Glory." The colt stopped and bowed his head. Mrs.
White was having a vision. She started to get out of the wagon. " As she
stepped down from the wagon Elder Bates cried out: “If
she puts her hand on the colt, that colt will kick her to death." But the
colt did not kick. He stood quietly with bowed head. Mrs. White walked back and
forth by the side of the road while Jesus talked to her. All
this time the colt stood as gentle as an old horse. Elder
White said: "I will test him to see if he is really tame." He touched
the colt lightly with a whip. But the colt did not kick. Then he hit him hard
with the whip. But the colt did not run. As
Mrs. White stepped back into the wagon, she put her hand on the colt again. He
did not move. His head was still bowed. When
Mrs. White sat down, the vision was over. Then the colt started without even a
word from Elder White. Now he was as hard to manage as ever. Elder White had to
hold the lines tight. The
angels who had closed the lions' mouths for Daniel had made the colt tame while
Jesus gave a vision to His prophet.
One
day Elder and Mrs. White were getting ready for a long trip. They were going to
another city to preach. This time they were going on the train. They
packed their suitcases. They packed a large trunk. In this trunk they put many
books. Soon they were ready to go. It was nearly time for the train. Before
going to the station they had worship. They prayed that God would send the
angels with them on their trip. That night they got on the train. They went into
one car that had seats with high backs.
They
sat down, but they did not feel safe. Mrs. White said: "We must not stay in
this car." They went into the last car on the train. The train started.
Elder and Mrs. White felt much happier after they had moved into the lost car of
the train. They
had gone only three miles, when the car jerked back and forth and there was a
terrible wreck. The engine was thrown from the track. Two cars were broken in
pieces. The
seat in which Elder and Mrs. White first sat was crushed. The only car unharmed
was the last one. It was not broken. The only car unharmed was the one in which
Elder and Mrs. White had been riding. It was still on the track. Everyone
in the last car hurried outside. They saw the terrible wreck. They heard the
groans of the people who were dying. They heard the screams of those who were
hurt. They saw the engine lying on
its side. The
baggage car was off the track, too; but it was not broken. The box of books was
safe. Many people came to see the wreck. They
looked at the engine and the broken cars. They saw the last car still on the
track. "How can this be?" the people asked. "This car was
fastened to the others with bolt and chain." They
looked on the platform of the car. There lay the bolt and chain as though placed
there by a careful hand. "How
can this be?" said the brakeman. "I did not unfasten the car. No one
was on the platform at the time of the wreck." Elder
and Mrs. White said : "It must have been an angel who unfastened the
car." They thanked the Lord for keeping them safe.
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