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1855 continued

Feby 21st
Reuben suffers intense pain he cannot remain in one position but a few minutes at a time so that it requires four or five persons to be constantly near him, to turn him from one side to the other being wholly incapable of moving himself. His hopes are bright his confidence unwavering. His prayer "Blessed Jesus in thine own good time." His continual exhortation to his afflicted parents is "Do not mourn I am happy beyond expression, I long to depart; I fear I am too impatient, but o[h] the intense desire within me for a sight of Him who is sustaining me in the deep waters, who amidst these bodily pains fills me with joy unspeakable, and gives me a foretaste of that felicity which when a child I used to imagine would be the lot of those little ones of whom I used to read in the testament who were brought by their parents to Christ.["] After a pause he exclaimed Bless you my honored & beloved parents for bringing me to Christ, I feel now at this very moment that he has put his hands over me & blessed me.

March 2nd
This day Reuben Elias Nobbs departed this life. Reuben has been the child of many prayers, & the good seed sown in his tender heart by his parents have been carefully cultivated by him, as he grew up to manhood, & although exposed to many temptations while residing in Valparaiso still the grace of God preserved him unscathed & enabled him amid all the sin & folly by which he was surrounded to preserve a good conscience