这位心爱的老师激励了400名高中生在窗外唱歌福音赞美诗，以表达他们对他的欣赏之后，他在与食道癌的斗争中丧生.
根据他的妻子雪莱的说法，田纳西州纳什维尔的Christ Presbyterian学院的五岁之父，拉丁和圣经老师Ben Ellis去世了。.
400名学生小夜曲老师患有癌症
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“我亲爱的班尼今天早上回家与耶稣在一起，”她在家里的CaringBridge杂志上写道。“他的最后时间很轻松而美丽。我对悲伤和悲伤感到不知所措，不确定明天会带来什么，但我很高兴地确信我的班尼与耶稣在一起并充分意识到主对我的善良和爱。
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自从乡村明星蒂姆·麦格劳（Tim McGraw）在Facebook上发布以来，埃利斯一直在观看窗外并与学生一起在家门前唱歌的视频已被观看超过3000万次。.
“通过他的教学在他的心中表现出的爱和善良的例子影响了他的许多学生，并通过他们已经并将继续影响世界，”麦格劳在向Ellis致敬的Instagram中致敬.
埃利斯在接受化疗和放射治疗食管癌时仍在教学 – 直到两周前。根据他的CaringBridge杂志，他的家人决定在9月7日停止治疗，因为癌症迅速扩散到他的肺部.
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埃利斯，他的五个孩子都参加了基督长老会学院，是学生们心爱的人，他们在听到他决定停止治疗之后决定给他唱歌。.
“校长Nate Morrow在一份声明中告诉今天，”Ben是以最谦逊和生命的方式向我们所有人送礼的。“即使在他去世的过程中，他也无私地鼓励和授权个人在耶稣里找到生命。现在本和他的主完全在一起，但他的家人和他的学生仍然存在，我们深感悲痛。“
一旦学生和管理员收到了埃利斯的严重情况，他们决定在那天早上的那一刻刺激他去纳什维尔的家。.
“这是一个天地之间的面纱感觉非常薄的地方，”基督长老会校长Nate Morrow告诉TODAY这个场景。“Ben回答学生说他爱他们，他们需要继续彼此相爱还有。“
“这是美丽而难忘的，”埃利斯在他的CaringBridge页面上写道.
在Twitter上关注TODAY.com作家Scott Stump.
It is with great sadness that we learn of the passing of Ben Ellis, a beloved Latin and Bible teacher at Christ Presbyterian School in Nashville, Tennessee. Despite battling esophageal cancer, he continued to teach until just two weeks ago. His inspiring story of 400 high school students singing gospel hymns outside his window in appreciation has touched millions of people around the world. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife Shelley and their five children. May he rest in peace and his legacy continue to inspire future generations.
It is with great sadness that we learn of the passing of Ben Ellis, a beloved Latin and Bible teacher at Christ Presbyterian School in Nashville, Tennessee. Despite battling esophageal cancer, he continued to teach until just two weeks ago. His inspiring story of 400 high school students singing gospel hymns outside his window in appreciation has touched millions of people around the world. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife Shelley and their five children. May he rest in peace and his legacy continue to inspire future generations.