Sop series life sketches - april 24, 2013 final

Spirit of Prophecy Series
Sabbath, April 20, 2013
Sabbath Afternoon, April 20, 2013
Sunday, April 24, 2013
New Haven SDA Church

Life
Sketches
Ellen Gould
White
April 24, 2013
Prepared by: Nathalee McKnight

The Harmon Family
Father: Robert F. Harmon, Sr.
[1786-1866]
Mother: Eunice
Gould Harmon
[1787-1863]

•Ellen and her
fraternal twin sister
Elizabeth were born on
November 26, 1827 in
Gorham, Maine to
Robert and Eunice
Harmon. They were
the youngest of the
eight Harmon
children.
The Harmon Family

Ellen White
and her
twin sister
Elizabeth in
1878.
The Harmon Family

Elizabeth ("Lizzie")
N. Harmon Bangs
(1827-1891)
Ellen's fraternal twin
Married Reuben Bangs
Lizzie never accepted
Ellen's gift
The Harmon Family

Robert F. Harmon, Jr.
(1825-1853)
Only brother to
become Sabbatharian
Adventist
The Harmon Family

•A few years after the birth of Ellen and Elizabeth,
Robert Harmon gave up farming and moved to
the city of Portland, about twelve miles east,
where he began work as a hat-maker. Ellen
assisted about the home and helped her father in
the manufacture of hats.
•The Harbour- Portland, Maine, 1853.
The Harmon Family

“My Misfortune”
At age nine, while returning
from school one afternoon,
Ellen Harmon suffered a tragic
accident. She was struck and
severely injured on the nose by a
stone hurled by a classmate
angry at some childish trifle.

For three weeks she was in a
coma, and in the years that
followed she suffered
greatly as a result of the
serious injury to her nose.
She later wrote this , "was to
affect my whole life" (LS 17).
"I was reduced almost to a
skeleton." (Life Sketches 18)
“My Misfortune”

Ellen was also physically
disfigured for the rest of her life.
 "Every feature of my face seemed
changed. The sight was more than I
could bear. The bone of my nose
proved to be broken. The idea of
carrying my misfortune through life
was insupportable. I could see no
pleasure in my life. I did not wish to
live, and I dared not die, for I was not
prepared." (2SG 9)
“My Misfortune”

Ellen's formal education ended
abruptly, and it seemed to all that
the formerly promising little girl
could not live long. In the year 1840,
Ellen, with her parents, attended a
Methodist camp meeting at
Buxton, Maine, and there,
at the age of 12, she gave
her heart to God.
“My Misfortune”

On June 26, 1842,
(14+ years old) at her request
she was baptized by immersion
in Casco Bay, Portland. That same
day she was received as a member
of the Methodist Church.
Baptism

The Aftermath of the Accident
 Ellen Harmon never resumed formal
schooling.
 Some 50 years after the accident, she wrote
 that that "which for a time seemed so bitter
and was so hard to bear, have proved to be a
blessing in disguise. The cruel blow which
blighted the joys of earth, was the means of
turning my eyes to heaven. I might never have
known Jesus, had not the sorrow that clouded
my early years led me to seek comfort in Him"
(RH, Nov. 25, 1884; cited in 1Bio 30-31).

A Problem with Timidity
 May be as a residual effect from her accident
(which physically scarred her for life).
 At age 17, she was commissioned
to public ministry.
 Her reaction: "I was exceedingly
troubled. . . . My heart shrank in
terror from the thought“ (LS 69-70).

Reasons why:
(1) Poor health
(2) "I was only seventeen
years of age, small and frail”
(3) "I was young and timid”
A Problem with Timidity

Her calling was most remarkable only 17 years
of age sick with a dropsical consumption and
confined to the house for most of the time for 5
years and been given over by physicians to die. In
this state God called her and told her to go out
and tell the flock what he had revealed to her--
that an angel should accompany her all the time
and sometimes two in time of need--that no
wicked power on earth should have dominion
over her if she would obey the Lord.
Biographical Portion without Editing Page 54
Called by God

The Harmon family were
Methodists but became interested
in the teachings of William Miller,
whose reading of the Bible had
convinced him that Jesus was
returning soon. Eventually the
date of October 22, 1844 was
calculated. (17 years)
The Great Disappointment

Jesus did not of course return and
many of the Millerites gave up their
beliefs in the second coming.
Some 2 months after this Great
Disappointment, Ellen White
received her first vision from God—a
message of hope and encouragement
to the Millerites. Ellen White received
about 2,000 visions and dreams.

For a time after the disappointment
in 1844, I did hold, in common with
the advent body, that the door of
mercy was then forever closed to the
world. This position was taken
before my first vision was given me.
It was the light given me of God that
corrected our error, and enabled us
to see the true position.

"In the ark was the golden pot of manna, Aaron's
rod that budded, and the tables of stone, which
folded together like a book. Jesus opened them,
and I saw the Ten Commandments written on
them with the finger of God. On one table were
Four and on the other six. The four on the first
table shone brighter than the other six. But the
fourth, the Sabbath commandment, shone above
them all; for the Sabbath was set apart to be kept
in honor of God's holy name.
" [Early Writings of Ellen G. White, page 33].
Adventism

The holy Sabbath looked glorious, a halo of
glory was all around it. I saw that the Sabbath
commandment was not nailed to the cross. If it
was, the other nine commandments were; and
we are at liberty to break them all as well as to
break the fourth. I saw that God had not
changed the Sabbath, for he never changes. But
the pope had changed it from the seventh day to
the first day of the week; for he was to change
times and laws.
“ [Early Writings of Ellen G. White, page 33].
Adventism

During 1845, (18 years) Ellen
Harmon was invited to share her
early visions with Adventist
groups. A young preacher, six
years older than Ellen, became
convinced that her visions were
genuine and that her message of
encouragement was needed.
Adventism

And so James
White entered
young Ellen’s life,
but not with
romantic
thoughts—at first.
James White

James White
 Born Aug. 4, 1821, at
Palmyra, NY
 5th of nine children
 Suffered from poor eyesight
which kept him out of
school until the age of 19
 Formal education consisted
of a total of 29 weeks

James White’s
Religious Experience
 Baptized into the "Christian
Connection" denomination
 Profoundly moved by the
preaching of William Miller
and in September 1842
 He was successful in preaching
the Millerite message: in the
winter of 1842-43
 Ordained to the gospel
ministry in April 1843

James White’s Contribution
After his massive stroke in 1865, the Western
Health Reform Institute in Battle Creek
began in 1866. This was the beginning of
what would become the Battle Creek
Sanitarium. Thus, a college, a medical
institution, publishing work, and the church
organization—all began by James White, in
response to visions given to his wife.

Courtship
Both met prior to 1844,
at Portland, Maine
Became acquainted on a trip to
Orrington, Maine, where they both
went to combat fanaticism.
A courtship developed, but was allowed
to mature only after both had assured
themselves that the relationship had
God's approval.

After realizing that his
joint ministry with
young Ellen, though
always chaperoned by
her sister Sarah or
other faithful friends,
was activating gossip,
he proposed marriage.
Courtship

•Ellen accepted his
proposal and they were
married by a justice of the
peace in Portland, Maine,
on August 30, 1846.
•James was 25 years,
1 month old
•Ellen was 18 years,
9 months old.
Marriage

“ We were married August 30,
1846, and from that hour to the
present she has been my crown of
rejoicing....It has been in the good
providence of God that both of us
had enjoyed a deep experience in
the Advent movement....This
experience was now needed as we
should join our forces and, united,
labor extensively from the Atlantic
Ocean to the Pacific....”
James White
Marriage

Acute Privation in Their Home
In the earliest days of their married life,
they lived in the homes of others (6 years)
Harmon home
Stockbridge Howland home
They started their home with borrowed
furniture, but determined to be
financially independent.

In vision Ellen was "shown that the Lord
had been trying us for our good, and to
prepare us to labor for others; that He had
been stirring up our nest, lest we should
settle down at ease. Our work was to
labor for souls; if we had been prospered,
home would be so pleasant that we would
be unwilling to leave it; trials had been
permitted to come upon us to prepare us
for the still greater conflicts that we would
meet in our travels" (LS 105-106).
Acute Privation in Their Home

James and Ellen had four children, all boys: Henry
Nichols, born August 26, 1847; James Edson (known
as Edson), born July 28, 1849; William Clarence
(known as W.C. or Willie), born August 29, 1854; and
John Herbert, September 20, 1860.
Four Children

“Henry N. White’s picture taken when he was
three or four years old. Preserve carefully.”
Signed Ellen G. White.
Four Children

 Henry Nichols White
(1847-1863) eldest son
 Spent many of his early
years with the Stockbridge
Howland family.
 “Sweet singer”
 In late November 1863,
Henry caught a cold which
turned into pneumonia. He
died prematurely at age 16.
Four Children

 James Edson White
(1849-1928)
 Known by his middle name
(to differentiate him from
his father)
 Missionary to former
African American slaves in
the southern United States
(often at great personal
endangerment, from
violence at the hands of
angry plantation-owners).
Four Children

 William Clarence White
(1854-1937)
 Known affectionately as
"Willie"
 After his father deceased
he served as counselor,
business manger, and
traveling companion to
his mother, a task to
which God had
especially called him.
Four Children

John Herbert White (1860)
John Herbert died after
living only three months, a
victim of erysipelas (also known
medically as "St. Anthony's Fire") –
a skin infection. The 33-year-old
mother recalled this heartbreaking
experience:
Four Children

“My dear babe was a great sufferer.
Twenty-four days and nights we anxiously
watched over him, using all the remedies
we could for his recovery, and earnestly
presenting his case to the Lord. At times I
could not control my feelings as I
witnessed his sufferings. Much of my
time was spent in tears, and humble
supplication to God.”
Spiritual Gifts , vol. 2, p. 296
Four Children

Ellen White described the infant’s final
hours: “My babe was worse. I listened to
his labored breathing, and felt his
pulseless wrist. I knew that he must die.
That was an hour of anguish for me. The
icy hand of death was already upon him.
We watched his feeble, gasping breath,
until it ceased, and we felt thankful that
his sufferings were ended.
Four Children

When my child was dying, I could
not weep. I fainted at the funeral. My
heart ached as though it would
break, yet I could not shed a
tear....After we returned from the
funeral, my home seemed lonely. I
felt reconciled to the will of God, yet
despondency and gloom settled upon
me.” Spiritual Gifts , vol. 2, p. 296
Four Children

For Ellen White, her children were high
priority. Her diary entries, letters to others
and to her sons, all indicate her unending
concern for them, especially their spiritual
growth. She took their shortcomings as
well as her own very seriously. After a
difficult encounter with young Edson, she
wrote in her diary: “Had an interview with
Edson. Felt distressed beyond measure,
feeling that it was not conducted wisely.”
Manuscript 12 , 1868.
Four Children

Interpersonal Problems
 Interpersonal problems between James and
Ellen surrounded differences of opinion
concerning the handling of children.
 James took a very stern, "tough love,"
attitude, refusing to bail Edson out from the
consequences of his spendthrift ways.
 Ellen, however, took a more tender, lenient,
conciliatory attitude, which caused James to
disagree and, at times, explode.

“‘Oh,’ say some mothers, ‘my
children bother me when they try to
help me.’ So did mine, but do you
think I let them know it? Praise your
children. Teach them, line upon line,
precept upon precept. This is better
than reading novels, better than
making calls, better than following the
fashions of the world.”
The Adventist Home , p. 289

 Problems caused by the deterioration of James’
condition.
 James eventually experienced a complete change
of character and personality.
 "I shall use the old head God gave me until He
reveals that I am wrong. Your head won't fit on
my shoulders. Keep it where it belongs, and I will
try to honor God in using my own. I shall be glad
to hear from you, but don't waste your precious
time and strength in lecturing me on matters of
mere opinion" (Letter 66, May 16, 1876).

Nursing an Invalid Husband
James White was never in robust health.
Stricken with paralysis on Aug. 16, 1865.
Hospitalized at "Our Home on the
Hillside," a health reform institution
operated by Dr. Jackson, at Dansville,
New York.
God instructed Ellen White to remove
her husband from this hospital.

On Christmas Day, 1865, Mrs. White
received a vision during a prayer
session in which she was shown that
Adventists had not done enough to
promote health reform, and should
establish a health institution:
 (a) To promote proper cures for healing
those already ill.
 (b) To teach prevention of illness through
proper diet and other reforms.

 To hasten his convalescence they sold their
home in Battle Creek, and relocated on a
small farm purchased at Greenville,
Michigan.
 James White was most reluctant to engage in
any exercise, because he had been converted
to Dr. Jackson's erroneous theory of total
mental and physical inaction in the recovery
of health.
 In the spring and summer of 1867, slowly
James began to show an interest, and join in
the garden work in a limited way.

Although James White
recovered from this first stroke,
he experienced altogether about
five strokes before his death
16 years later, in 1881,
at the age of 60.
(LS 248-249)

Rejection by the Battle Creek Church
By March, 1867, (40 years) after
an extended absence from Battle
Creek, Ellen White began to
receive letters in Greenville "of a
discouraging character" from
some of the members of the
Battle Creek church.

 "Grieved in spirit beyond measure, I remained
at home, dreading to go anywhere among the
church for fear of being wounded. Finally, as no
one made an effort to relieve my feelings, I felt
it to be my duty to call together a number of
experienced brethren and sisters, and meet the
[false] reports which were circulating in regard
to us. Weighed down and depressed, even to
anguish, I met the charges against me. . ."
(1T 580-581).
Rejection by the Battle Creek Church

Together, they gave strong
leadership to the church for 35
years. James died at age 60 in
1881, leaving Ellen White (54
years) to continue her work
alone for another 34 years.
James and Ellen White

Widowhood and Loneliness
 "His sympathy and prayers and tears I have
missed so much, so very much. No one can
understand this as myself. But my work has to
be done" (Ms 227, 1902, cited in 3SM 67).
 "I miss Father more and more. Especially do I
feel his loss while here in the mountains. I find
it a very different thing being in the mountains
with my husband and in the mountains without
him. I am fully of the opinion that my life was so
entwined or interwoven with my husband's that
it is about impossible for me to be of any great
account without him" (Letter 17, Sept. 12, 1881).

Ellen recalled after James’s death:
“It was not over a year before James
White talked it over with me. He said
something had come up, and he
should have to go away and leave me
to go with whomsoever I would, or we
must be married. He said something
had got to be done. So we were
married, and have been married ever
since. Although he is dead, I feel that
he is the best man that ever trod shoe
leather.” Ellen White

“ Although I miss you very, very
much, and love you, yet I feel at
present I belong to God to wait
for and do his will. I tell you
freely it is a great sacrifice to my
feelings to have you separated
from me as you are, and yet it
seems to be that it is as God
would have it, and I must be
reconciled. It has been hard,
so hard.”
Ellen White about James White

Remarriage?
"Since twenty-one years ago, when I was deprived of
my husband by death, I have not had the slightest
idea of ever marrying again. Why? Not because
God forbade it. No. But to stand alone was best
for me, that no one should suffer with me in
carrying forward my work entrusted to me of God.
And no one should have a right to influence me in
any way in reference to my responsibility and my
work in bearing my testimony of encouragement
and reproof." (Ms. 227, 1902; cited in 3SM 66, 67)

What was Ellen White Like?
Ellen White enjoyed many
forms of travel. In 1876, (49 years)
while in San Francisco, she enjoyed
a cruise on a sailboat owed by
church members: “ The waves ran
high and we were tossed up and
down so very grandly.

I was highly elevated in my
feelings, but had no words to say to
any one. It was grand. The spray
dashing over us. The watchful
captain giving his orders, the ready
hands to obey. The wind was
blowing strong and I never enjoyed
anything so much in my life.”
Letter 5, 1896

•In her later years riding in her carriage
became an important part of
•Ellen White’s life.

In 1913 she was
taken for her first
ride in an
automobile by her
twin grandsons
Henry & Herbert.
She commented: “
It is the easiest
machine that I have
ever ridden in.”
Letter 11, 1913

•Ellen White enjoyed the outdoors. While
visiting Colorado she wrote: Mr. Walling took
us up, up, up in the mountains. We feared
sometimes that we should never reach the top.
We had a commanding view of the country….It
looked fearful so high, and below was a fearful
precipice of rocks. If the horses had stepped
over to one side we should have fallen
hundreds of feet… The mountain scenery of
Colorado can never be described so that the
imagination can gather distinct and correct
ideas of this country.

It is wonderful! It is marvellous! The
scenery of the grand old mountains,
some bald and others covered with trees!
Instinctively the mind is awed and deep
feelings of reverence bow the soul in
humiliation as the imagination gathers a
sense of the power of the Infinite. I
would not be deprived of the privilege of
seeing what I have of the mountain
scenery of Colorado. Letter 12, 1872.

• Ellen White enjoyed helping others. In
the 1890s Australia—and most of the
world was undergoing an economic
depression. Ellen White helped many
people personally: “
While in Cooranbong I tried to set an
example of how the needy should be
helped. I tried to work in the way set
before me by the Lord.”
Letter 105, 1902; Letter 33, 1897

“ There were many here who were poor
and in need. Men who were trying to serve
the Lord and keep His commandments could
not provide food for their families, and they
begged us to give them something to do. We
employed them, and they ate at our table. We
gave them suitable wages until their families
were fed and comfortably clothed. Then we
let them go to find work somewhere else.”
Letter 105, 1902; Letter 33, 1897

“Last evening we had a Dorcas Society
in our home, and my workers who help
in the preparation of my articles for the
papers and do the cooking and sewing,
five of them, sat up until midnight,
cutting out clothing. They made three
pairs of pants for the children of one
family. Two sewing machines were
running until midnight.

I think there was never a happier set of
workers than were these girls last evening.
We made up a bundle of clothing for this
family, and thought it was about all we could
do….There are also other families to be
supplied….Thus it has been ever since we
came to this country. We shall certainly heed
the call to send a box of clothing to these
needy ones. I merely tell you these things
that you may know that we are surrounded
by poverty.” Letter 113, 1897

Ellen White was not a stern or unhappy
person. When you “gather around the
table to partake of God’s precious
bounties, make this a season of
cheerfulness. Do not make it season of
grave decorum as though [you] were
standing around a coffin, but have it a
social season where every countenance is
full of joy and happiness, where naught
but cheerful words are spoken.”
Letter 19, 1886.

•In 1900, while travelling from
Australia to the USA, the ship Ellen
White was travelling on stopped in
the islands of Samoa. The ship’s boat
was unable to travel right to the shore
and as the women wore long dresses,
the local men waded out to help
them. Her daughter-in-law Ethel May
recorded the following:

“ The natives of Samoa were hefty
fellows who didn’t wear too many
clothes. Two of the men clasped
their hands together, making a
chair with their arms, and carried
Mother White to the beach where
she sat on a large rock.

•Another man took my 4-month-old
daughter…in his arms and held an
umbrella over her to shelter her from the
sun. Then he motioned for me to get on
his back. So I scrambled onto his back and
wrapped my arms and legs around him,
and off we went. Mother White laughed so
hard at that sight that she couldn’t stop.
She laughed until she fell of the rock.
(Adventist Review , July 7, 1983).

•Ellen White enjoyed her grandchildren.
Once, while in Switzerland there was a heavy
snow the day before Christmas. White
described the view of the large park in front of
the publishing house as “the most beautiful
picture I have ever seen in winter.” Then she
wrote of playing with her 4-year-old
granddaughter Ella: “Ella,” she said, “has a fine
time trying to snowball her mother and
grandmother,” but paid a price by way of a
cold, thought to be from eating some of the
snow. Manuscript 30, 1885

Ellen White enjoyed gardening.
On February 10, 1896 (almost 70
years of age), she wrote in her
diary: “I arose at half past 4 am.
At five I was at work spading up
ground and preparing to
set out my flowers.

I worked one hour alone, then Edith
Ward and Ella May White united
with me, and we planted our flowers.
Then we set out twenty-eight tomato
plants, when the bell rang for
morning prayers and breakfast.”
Ellen White also enjoyed knitting.
MS 62, 1896

In brief, she was a
woman of remarkable
spiritual gifts who lived
most of her life during the
nineteenth century (1827-1915),
yet through her writings she is still
making a revolutionary impact on
millions of people around the world.
Spiritual Gift

During her lifetime she wrote
more than 5,000 periodical
articles and 40 books; but
today, including compilations
from her 50,000 pages of manuscript,
more than 100 titles are available in
English. She is the most translated
woman writer in the entire history of
literature, and the most translated
American author of either gender.
Spiritual Gift

Her writings cover a broad
range of subjects, including
religion, education, social
relationships, evangelism, prophecy,
publishing, nutrition, and management.
Her life-changing masterpiece on
successful Christian living, Steps to
Christ, has been published in more
than 140 languages.
Spiritual Gift

Seventh-day Adventists believe
that Mrs. White was more
than a gifted writer; she was
appointed by God as a special messenger
to draw the world's attention to the Holy
Scriptures and help prepare people for
Christ's second advent. From the time she
was 17 years old until she died 70 years
later, God gave her approximately 2,000
visions and dreams.
Spiritual Gift

The visions varied in length
from less than a minute to
nearly four hours. The knowledge
and counsel received through these
revelations she wrote out to be shared
with others. Thus her special writings
are accepted by Seventh-day Adventists
as inspired, and their exceptional quality
is recognized even by casual readers.
Spiritual Gift

As stated in Seventh-day Adventists
Believe . . . , “The writings of Ellen White
are not a substitute for Scripture. They
cannot be placed on the same level. The
Holy Scriptures stand alone, the unique
standard by which her and all other
writings must be judged and to which
they must be subject”
(Seventh-day Adventists Believe . . . , Ministerial
Association, General Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists, Washington D.C., 1988, p. 227).
Spiritual Gift

As Ellen White herself noted, “The fact
that God has revealed His will to men
through His Word, has not rendered
needless the continued presence and
guiding of the Holy Spirit. On the
contrary, the Spirit was promised by our
Saviour to open the Word to His
servants, to illuminate and apply its
teachings”
(The Great Controversy, p. vii).
Spiritual Gift

Ellen White is a
remarkable woman who,
meeting all the tests of a
true prophet as set forth
in the Holy Scriptures,
helped found the
Seventh-day Adventist
church.
Spiritual Gift

Two volumes of the Testimonies
for the Church, volumes 7 and 8,
were issued in 1902 (75) and 1904, (77)
respectively. The book Education was
published in 1903, (76) and Late in 1905,
(78) The Ministry of Healing, a book
dealing with the healing of body, mind,
and soul, came from the press.
Busy Closing Years

During her stay in
Washington, Mrs. White
encouraged church workers
in southern California to secure
property for a sanitarium in Loma
Linda, and she called for the
opening of medical missionary
educational work on the Pacific
Coast.
Busy Closing Years

During the next few years
Ellen White frequently
interrupted her book work
For trips to Loma Linda to encourage
the workers there, and to the Paradise
Valley Sanitarium near San Diego,
which she had helped to establish
in 1903. (76 years)
Busy Closing Years

At the age of 81 Mrs. White traveled
again to Washington, attending the
General Conference session in 1909. At
the conference she spoke a number of
times in a clear, firm voice. After this
meeting, in fulfilment of a
long-felt desire in her heart,
she visited her old home city
of Portland, Maine.
Busy Closing Years

There she again bore her testimony in
that historic place where her work had
had its beginning 65 years earlier. This
was her last trip to the eastern states, and
it made a lasting and vivid impression on
the many Seventh-day Adventists
who heard her speak or who
met her at the General
Conference session.
Busy Closing Years

Realizing that her remaining days
were few, when Ellen White
returned to Elmshaven she
intensified her efforts to bring out
a number of books presenting
essential instruction to the
church. Testimonies for the
Church, volume 9, was
published in 1909. (82 years)
Busy Closing Years

In 1911 The Acts of the
Apostles appeared. In 1913
(85 years) Counsels to Parents
And Teachers was issued, and in
1914 (86+) the manuscript for Gospel
Workers was finished and sent to the
press. The closing active months of
Mrs. White’s life in 1915 were devoted
to the book Prophets and Kings. (87+)
Busy Closing Years

On the morning of February 13, 1915, as
Ellen White was entering her comfortable
study room at Elmshaven, she tripped and
fell, and was unable to rise. Help was
summoned, and it soon became clear that
the accident was serious. An X-ray
examination disclosed a break in
the left hip, and for five months
Mrs. White was confined to her
bed or wheelchair.
Accident

Her words to friends and relatives
during the closing weeks of her life
indicated a feeling of cheerfulness,
a sense of having faithfully
performed the work God
had entrusted to her, and
confidence that the cause
of truth would finally triumph.
Confident to the End

The life of Ellen White ended July 16,
1915, at the age of 87 + years. She was
laid to rest at the side of her husband in
Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek,
Michigan. Ellen White lived to see the
Advent movement grow from a handful
of believers to a world-wide
membership of 136,879 that,
by 2000, had exceeded
11 million.
Confident to the End

Human but Special Messenger
Battled disease and
illnesses
Suffered the loss of
a husband and two
sons
Lived in poverty
Had her shortcomings
like any human

Worked hard at
raising a family and
serving the church
She had her own
struggles, weaknesses,
strengths, and
difficulties, like any
other human person

God called this human
being with all her
challenges and short-
comings to proclaim last
day messages of health,
education, evangelism,
christian living… and to
help prepare people for
Christ's second advent.

God is Calling You
 You are battling disease
and illnesses...
 You are suffering from
anxiety, depression, the
loss of loved one…
 You live in poverty, you
are struggling to make
ends meet…
 You have many
shortcomings, you are
timid, afraid …
God is calling you
now in whatever
state you are in.
God does not call
the perfect. He
calls the willing.
Are you willing to
accept Jesus now?

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