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Verse:That through these [exceedingly great and precious promises] you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. —2 Peter 1:4
The 1909 General Conference Session took place on the campus of Washington Missionary College (now Washington Adventist University) in Washington, DC.
Ellen White came all the way from Saint Helena, California, to the session, where she spoke eleven times. At eighty-one years old, she felt that this would be her last opportunity to speak to an assembly of the worldwide church.
On Sunday afternoon, June 6, 1909, at three o’clock, Ellen White gave a farewell sermon entitled, “Partakers of the Divine Nature.” She stated, We have had many precious meetings here, and we need to make the very best account of our privileges.
We shall very probably never all meet again on this earth; but I want to meet this people in the kingdom of God... May the Lord help us to live in accordance with His Word. We all need the truth as it is in Jesus. Let us represent Christ and the truth wherever we go, that we may stand in that position where we can glorify God... O what a scene of rejoicing it will be when the Lamb of God shall place upon the heads of the redeemed the victor’s crown! Never, nevermore will you be led into temptation and sin.
You will see the King in His beauty. And those whom you have helped heavenward will meet you there. They will throw their arms about you and acknowledge what you have done for them... Brethren, we shall separate for a little while, but let us not forget what we have heard at this meeting... Let us remember that we are to be partakers of the divine nature, and that angels of God are right around us, that we need not be overcome by sin... I pray God that this may be the experience of each one of us and that in the great day of God we all may be glorified together.
Having finished her sermon, Ellen White was on her way to her seat. Suddenly, she returned to the pulpit and picked up the Bible from which she had read.
She opened it, held it out in her hands trembling with age, and said, “Brethren and Sisters, I commend unto you this Book.” Without another word, she closed the Bible and walked from the platform. Those were her last words spoken to a world assembly of the church.