On my way to school [1836] I had picked up a scrap of paper containing an account of a man in England who was preaching that the earth would be consumed in about thirty years from that time. I took this paper home and read it to the family. I was seized with terror; the time seemed so short. I could scarcely sleep for several nights, and prayed continually to be ready when Jesus came. 7Life Sketches of Ellen G. White, 20, 21. LASW 10.4