Good afternoon and welcome
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to the Sabbath afternoon program
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at the 70th ASI.
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We're delighted that
you're here this afternoon.
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This afternoon's
program will be one in which
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we're going to focus
on the history of ASI
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and lay movements
throughout history
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that have impacted
the world and impacted
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the Seventh-day
Adventist Church.
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We'll talk about
where ASI has come from,
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where we have been
going in the future,
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and where we are today.
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So, Teeney, pray for us.
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Shall we bow
our heads in prayer?
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Our wonderful, most
loving, kind, heavenly Father,
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we thank you first
of all for who you are,
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such a great, and awesome,
loving, and unselfish God.
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You've done so
much for each of us
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and we thank You for that.
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We thank You for the
way that You have loved us
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and cared for us and
guided us, and so we thank You
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for everything
that You have done.
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And now, Father, I pray that
You would bless this meeting
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this afternoon and
each participant, each one,
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I pray You will give
Your power and Holy Spirit to.
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And, Father, we ask
for Your presence here.
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We know that the
Holy Spirit has been here
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and is here this
afternoon but we pray again
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for the
outpouring of Your Spirit.
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And so, Father, we will give You
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the glory and the
praise for everything
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also that ASI has done.
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We thank You for
the ministries of ASI.
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We know that it takes
more than one ministry,
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more than one
person, it takes all of us
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working together to really
be unified to finish Your work.
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And so we pray that
You'd give us wisdom and power
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in Your presence
as we worship again
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this afternoon with You.
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So thank You, we praise
You, we honor You, we love You,
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and we look
forward to that great day,
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when You will come
again in the clouds of heaven.
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Keep us faithful to that end,
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we pray in Jesus' precious name.
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Amen.
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This year is the
70th anniversary of ASI
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and the 500th year
celebrating the Reformation.
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It was in 1517
that Martin Luther
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nailed the Ninety-five Theses
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on the castle
church wall in Wittenberg.
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What do those two
events have in common?
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What is ASI have in
common with the Reformation?
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There are many things
that ASI has in common
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but there is one
that I'd like to focus on.
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The truth that
dawned on the minds of many
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during the Reformation
is found in 1 Peter 2.
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Certainly, the
Reformation focused on salvation
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by grace justification.
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Certainly it focused on
the authority of the scripture
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as above the
authority of priests,
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and prelates, and popes.
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Certainly, it focused on faith.
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But there was another
aspect of the Reformation
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that dawned upon the
minds of men and women.
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Another aspect that
burst upon their consciousness
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and we find that in 1 Peter 2:9.
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The Bible says, "But
you are a chosen generation,
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a royal
priesthood, a holy nation,
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His own special
people, that you may proclaim
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the praises of Him who
called you out of darkness
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into this marvelous light."
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The great truth
of the Reformation
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was that priests,
and prelates, and popes
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were not the
custodians of the gospel.
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But that God had
blessed average men and women
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with a knowledge of His grace,
and the marvels of His love,
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and that every
Christian was to be a witness,
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every Christian was
to be a priest of God,
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every Christian was to
be ambassador for Christ.
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Witnessing is
not a spiritual gift,
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witnessing is the
calling of every Christian
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whom God equips with
spiritual gifts to witness.
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God has blessed down
through the generations
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and centuries laypeople.
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Matthew was a tax
collector called by God
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who chronicled the gospel.
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Peter and John were
fishermen called by God.
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And think of
Peter's great sermon
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in Acts 2 where
3,000 were baptized
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after that
prophetic sermon showing that
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Christ was the Messiah.
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Peter was a
layperson, Luke was a physician,
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a layperson called
by God who joined Paul.
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Paul was the first ASI member.
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Because when you look
back, you remember in Acts 18:3
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that the Apostle Paul
was a tent maker in Corinth.
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Why was Paul a tent
maker in Corinth incidentally?
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Why did he join
Aquila and Priscilla there?
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They were expelled from Rome
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when the Jewish
persecution came,
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they were tent makers.
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Why did they go to Corinth?
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It was 51 AD, the Isthmian games
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were coming in 52 AD.
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They had no hotels to stay in.
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So Paul, an
entrepreneurial tent maker
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began making
tents for the thousands
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that would come in the games
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so he could make some
money to support his ministry.
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Paul was an ASI
member, an entrepreneur,
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and he lit the
world with the gospel.
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Thank God for ASI
members who like William Carey,
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you remember
William Carey said, he said,
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"I cobble shoes to pay expenses
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but soul
winning is my business."
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The true spirit of ASI is one
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who indeed is self-supporting
to do mission for Christ.
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Time went on,
church and state united.
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The Dark Ages came
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and the church had a
different philosophy,
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its philosophy was this,
laypeople are to simply pray.
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They are to pray,
and they are to obey.
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But then, the light of
the gospel broke through
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in the middle ages.
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And as it did, Martin
Luther and other reformers
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began to share
the glorious truth
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of the
priesthood of the believers.
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Laypeople again
rose to preach the gospel
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and out of that Reformation
as heirs of the Reformation,
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the Adventist church group.
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And those early
Adventists often were laypeople.
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William Miller not
an ordained preacher
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but called by God
as a godly lay person,
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rose to preach the gospel.
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And think of, for example,
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the Joseph Bates, a
sea captain called of God.
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God has been
calling men and women
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down through the
ages who are laypeople,
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touching them with
the spirit of the gospel,
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changing their lives.
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Mission is part of
the DNA of laypeople
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in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Mission identifies who we are.
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And mission was
part of a lay movement
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in our early history
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and young people
propelled by mission
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went forward to
preach the gospel, Charles.
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That's right, Elder Finley.
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Mission has been
the very driving force
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behind our church
and we have found that
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in the early
portion of our church
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it was very
intentional, wasn't accidental,
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is very intentional
what our leaders did.
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What do you mean by
it was not accidental
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but intentional?
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They're very much
infused their young people
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with the sense of mission.
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The fact that they
were on earth for a purpose
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and that purpose
was to share Christ
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and His soon
coming with the world.
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And that's the spirit of ASI.
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That's exactly
the spirit of ASI.
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ASI has patterned
after that very attitude,
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and that attitude is
probably best embodied
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and exemplified in the
person of E.A. Sutherland.
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Who was E.A. Sutherland?
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Why don't you tell us a
little bit about that man
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that was so fundamental,
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so basic in the
foundation of ASI.
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It'll be my
pleasure to do that, Mark,
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thanks for letting me share.
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E.A. Sutherland
grew up in rural island
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not far from
the Minnesota border
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and he learned hard
work very early age.
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You see, even when he
was a very, very young man,
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he and his sister herded
cows for an entire summer,
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for a total of 35 cents.
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He managed to hang on to
that 35 cents over the winter
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and with his
father's encouragement,
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he invested that 35
cents and some onion sets.
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And he tended those
onions through the year,
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sold them for a tidy
profit at the end of the year,
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and that was his first
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if you would ASI
business venture.
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You see,
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the year after he
graduated from high school,
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he took a job teaching
in a nearby schoolhouse,
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he rode his pony
Mouse back and forth
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throughout the winter.
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And in addition to
teaching many lessons,
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he learned one lesson
that was critically important
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and that critically
important lesson was that
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God called him to
reach young people
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for Jesus through education.
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He felt that he was
poorly equipped however,
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and he determined to go and
get additional college training
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to remedy that shortcoming.
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Now his family, his
father in particular,
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did not agree with
his college aspirations
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and they offered him no support.
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So Ed Sutherland
sold his pony Mouse,
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so that he would be
able to make the trip
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to Battle Creek.
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He went there to live
with a couple of aunts
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and he wasn't immediately
ready to enter college
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and so he spent a year
studying rhetoric and English
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with Professor Goodloe Bell.
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Professor Bell had
some rather different ideas
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about education.
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For example,
Professor Bell thought that
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the Bible should
be the foundation
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of all the
principles that we communicate.
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He also felt that in
addition to head learning
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that we should be
learning practical things,
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and so he and Ed
spent half of each day
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out in physical labor.
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Now in spite of his
family's disapproval
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of his pursuit of
college, Ed determined that
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he should go home and
help his father on the farm
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the first summer
after he was in college.
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His muscles were
soft, the work was hard,
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and his father was harder.
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Against the
protests of his mother
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and the rest of the
crew, his father put him
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on the toughest
job in the harvest.
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It was called the straw monkey.
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But Ed sang and prayed his
way through that harvest season
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without any complaint.
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The next summer,
Edward spent colporteuring.
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He went to Minnesota
and he stayed in the home
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of Josephine Gotzian.
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Josephine Gotzian put
colporteurs up in her home
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and some of the young
men that had been there
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didn't have a
really good experience.
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Ed determined that
he was going to have
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a better experience
with his benefactors.
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And so he went out of his
way to take care of her home
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and her carriage
horse and he wouldn't know
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what benefits this friendship
would have in the future.
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Now when Ed
returned to Battle Creek,
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it was for his
junior year in 1888
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and he met a new friend there.
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The new arrival was Percy Magan.
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Percy Magan arrived from Ireland
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and he had been
invited to live in the home
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of the now widowed Ellen White.
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Ed began spending more
time with the boys, excuse me,
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with Percy in the
Ellen White's home.
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Ellen White referred to
Ed and Percy as "The Boys".
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Ed and Percy
referred to Ellen White
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as "Mother White"
it's in term of endearment
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that they used
throughout their lives.
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And it was no accident
that placed Ed Sutherland,
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Percy Magan, and Ellen
White together in 1888.
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This as you recall is,
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when there was a
renewed emphasis in our church
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on righteousness by faith.
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What Mother White referred
to as the third angel's message
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in verity.
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Though younger than Edward,
Percy had a number of things
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that he was going to teach him.
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One of those things was
the religious experience
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that he enjoyed.
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Little by
little, Percy led Edward
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into the same
close walk with Jesus
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that Percy had already enjoyed.
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And the visits with Mother White
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and the long talks
with Percy brought Ed
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into that same relationship
and Ed and Percy were rooted
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and grounded in Jesus Christ.
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Through that winter,
the boys also observed
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Mother White closely.
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They learned to
value the marvelous gift
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to the remnant that
the gift of prophecy
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bestowed by God on
this gentlewoman was
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and they came to the conviction
that those revelations
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were direct from
God and they needed
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to follow that guidance.
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They did through
the rest of their lives.
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In addition to his studies,
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Percy took a job
in the college bakery.
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He was soon the head
baker and in his spare time
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he went over to the machine shop
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to learn how to use the
tools that were found there.
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Ed on the other
hand in his spare time
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played football and baseball.
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And when Ed
attempted to recruit Percy
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for the baseball
team Percy responded,
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"I can't regard any activity
as recreation suitable for me
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unless it confers
benefits on someone else."
00:15:21.85\00:15:25.82
Ed pondered his
friend's position
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and eventually came to
believe the same as his friend.
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Around this time Ed noticed
also a certain young lady.
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Her name was Sally Bralliar.
She was from Ohio also.
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She was talented, she
was educated in languages,
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she was artistic.
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She had a sterling character,
and they both wanted to teach,
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and the faculty
gave their permission
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so that they could date
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and at the end of
the following summer
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they were married.
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Ed and Sally took
a call to Minnesota.
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Percy was asked to
interrupt his studies
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because the college
had a desperate need
00:16:04.26\00:16:06.73
for a history teacher.
00:16:06.76\00:16:09.00
And then they
connected at the end
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of that next school
year at a conference,
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an educational
conference is being held
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in Harbor Springs, Michigan.
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The Seventh-day
Adventist Church educators
00:16:16.94\00:16:19.31
were getting
together to finally consider
00:16:19.34\00:16:21.91
the counsels that Mother White
had been sending on education.
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While they were there, Ed
suggested they go fishing.
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Percy responded, "Vegetarian".
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And before the day was over,
00:16:34.66\00:16:36.96
Ed and Sally were
vegetarian as well.
00:16:37.03\00:16:39.86
Also while at Harbor Springs,
Ed was asked to teach history
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but this time at
Battle Creek College.
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Before he could
even start teaching
00:16:48.64\00:16:50.37
they changed his subject on him.
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They gave him
Old Testament Bible
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and he figured the best place
to start Old Testament Bible
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is in Genesis.
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You know, you don't have
to go too far in that book
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and you start finding out
what the original diet was.
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And soon the
students were asking
00:17:03.65\00:17:05.55
for a vegetarian
option in the cafeteria.
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It wasn't two years later
00:17:09.29\00:17:11.39
and Battle Creek
was a vegetarian campus.
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After only one
year at Battle Creek,
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Ed was asked to go and be
the principal of a new college.
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It's a place out
in Washington state
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called Walla Walla.
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The president for the
college lived in Michigan.
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So for practical
purposes, it was up to Ed
00:17:29.01\00:17:31.28
to get the school year started.
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In his first five months,
00:17:33.08\00:17:35.28
he needed to attend
camp meeting in Seattle,
00:17:35.32\00:17:37.72
create a
curriculum for the college,
00:17:37.75\00:17:39.62
produce a catalogue,
00:17:39.65\00:17:41.56
find and hire
qualified teachers,
00:17:41.59\00:17:43.53
recruit some students,
00:17:43.56\00:17:45.69
oversee the construction workers
00:17:45.73\00:17:47.40
so that the building got built.
00:17:47.40\00:17:50.67
And on December 7, 1892,
00:17:50.73\00:17:53.54
they opened school with
91 students, 10 teachers.
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By the end of the school
year enrollment was over 160.
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Now by contrast I
want you to understand,
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the University of Washington
had already been in operation
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for 30 years
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but only had 42 students.
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Things were bit rough however.
00:18:15.09\00:18:17.49
The building wasn't
finished when school opened.
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Construction only progressed
as funds were available.
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Ed was insistent that
they not be going into debt.
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The only heat in the
building was two stoves.
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One was a potbelly
stove in the chapel
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and the other was a
borrowed range in the kitchen
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which it turned out did not work
00:18:34.81\00:18:37.18
when they first
tried to fire it.
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There was only one bathroom
and one tub in each dormitory.
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And the staff wrote
to the General Conference
00:18:45.05\00:18:47.49
describing the
situation and asking for help.
00:18:47.56\00:18:50.83
The reply that came back was
a set of detailed instructions
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on how you could take a
bath in a basin of water.
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The school promptly purchased
basins for the dormitory.
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Ed was very intentional
about educating his staff.
00:19:05.14\00:19:08.14
He held staff retreats
00:19:08.18\00:19:09.88
where they would
study the testimonies
00:19:09.91\00:19:11.88
that were coming from
Mother White in Australia
00:19:11.91\00:19:14.38
where she was starting Avondale.
00:19:14.42\00:19:16.82
The testimonies
were constant topic
00:19:16.85\00:19:18.85
of conversation on campus.
00:19:18.89\00:19:21.82
The fundamental question with
every new letter of counsel was
00:19:21.86\00:19:25.56
what is this going to
look like on our campus?
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How will we
implement this principle?
00:19:29.56\00:19:33.27
The second year, Ed was
given the title of president
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and there was also a
new staff member that came.
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Bessie DeGraw interrupted
her studies at Battle Creek
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very much like Percy had done
00:19:42.11\00:19:44.48
and traveled to
Walla Walla to help out.
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She proved to be a dynamo
00:19:47.35\00:19:50.79
and she wound up
working with Ed Sutherland
00:19:50.82\00:19:54.62
for the rest of her life.
00:19:54.66\00:19:57.03
That winter Ed
presented a report
00:19:57.06\00:19:59.19
of what was
happening at Walla Walla
00:19:59.23\00:20:00.80
to the General Conference.
00:20:00.83\00:20:03.03
The conference also heard
reports from Battle Creek,
00:20:03.06\00:20:05.50
which was struggling at the time
00:20:05.53\00:20:06.94
with a debt of about $90,000.
00:20:07.00\00:20:09.80
In today's currency
00:20:09.84\00:20:11.27
that would be about 2.6 million.
00:20:11.31\00:20:14.78
Clearly, God had been
able to bless Ed's leadership
00:20:14.81\00:20:18.21
at Walla Walla,
00:20:18.25\00:20:19.58
and so the
General Conference voted
00:20:19.61\00:20:21.15
to move that
leadership to Battle Creek,
00:20:21.18\00:20:24.79
to the flagship
educational institution.
00:20:24.82\00:20:27.22
At the age of 32, Ed
with Sally and Bessie
00:20:27.26\00:20:30.13
joined Percy
back at Battle Creek.
00:20:30.19\00:20:33.16
Now Battle Creek was
located on only seven acres
00:20:33.19\00:20:36.90
of property in the
middle of the city,
00:20:36.93\00:20:39.23
and Ed and Percy desperately
wanted to move the college
00:20:39.27\00:20:42.77
out into the
country to be in compliance
00:20:42.80\00:20:45.71
with Mother White's counsels.
00:20:45.74\00:20:47.11
But her personal
counsel to the boys
00:20:47.14\00:20:51.58
was, "Wait, the
time is not yet right."
00:20:51.61\00:20:55.25
So they did.
00:20:55.28\00:20:56.62
They waited, but
they weren't idle.
00:20:56.65\00:20:58.35
While they were waiting,
00:20:58.39\00:20:59.72
Percy started a
debt relief organization.
00:20:59.75\00:21:02.06
Ed wrote a sizable
book on educational history.
00:21:02.09\00:21:05.19
Ed and Percy went out and
plowed up the tennis courts
00:21:05.23\00:21:08.96
and the baseball field
to provide garden space.
00:21:09.00\00:21:13.94
There was a great
deal of opposition
00:21:14.00\00:21:15.87
to the reforms
among the students
00:21:15.90\00:21:17.37
but there was also a
great deal of support
00:21:17.41\00:21:20.64
and a revival swept
through the college.
00:21:20.68\00:21:24.95
Ed was getting
letters from several churches
00:21:24.98\00:21:27.38
requesting
teachers for children.
00:21:27.42\00:21:30.95
He went to the chapel
meeting with the students.
00:21:30.99\00:21:34.22
With three letters
of request and he asked
00:21:34.26\00:21:36.06
if there might be any
students willing to interrupt
00:21:36.09\00:21:38.36
their studies to go
and help these churches.
00:21:38.39\00:21:41.86
No one replied.
00:21:41.90\00:21:44.43
So the next day, he
made the same inquiry
00:21:44.47\00:21:49.10
and first one and then two
more young ladies stood up.
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By Christmas, there were
seven schools in operation
00:21:55.04\00:21:58.45
with students that
volunteered to lead out.
00:21:58.48\00:22:02.12
By March, there were 13.
00:22:02.15\00:22:04.22
During the next year,
57 schools were organized.
00:22:04.29\00:22:07.89
By the fall of 1900
just two years later,
00:22:07.92\00:22:11.39
almost 150 church
schools were in operation.
00:22:11.43\00:22:16.73
And in 1900, Mother
White also unexpectedly
00:22:16.77\00:22:20.70
announced her
return from Australia.
00:22:20.74\00:22:23.24
She determined
that she wouldn't attend
00:22:23.27\00:22:25.21
the February 1901
General Conference Meeting.
00:22:25.24\00:22:27.68
In part because of things
revealed to her about problems
00:22:27.71\00:22:30.41
that needed to be met
very firmly here in America.
00:22:30.45\00:22:34.18
She addressed that
conference on several subjects
00:22:34.22\00:22:36.79
and among them was the
relocation of Battle Creek.
00:22:36.85\00:22:40.56
After her
comments on that subject,
00:22:40.62\00:22:42.72
the General
Conference Committee voted
00:22:42.76\00:22:44.89
to purchase rural property
00:22:44.93\00:22:47.13
so that they
could move the college.
00:22:47.20\00:22:48.96
Now Ed, and Sally, and Percy,
00:22:49.00\00:22:50.63
they'd already been
scouting up properties
00:22:50.70\00:22:52.80
and they knew just
where they wanted to go.
00:22:52.83\00:22:55.10
The next year school
started in a new location,
00:22:55.14\00:22:59.14
a place called
Berrien Springs, Michigan,
00:22:59.17\00:23:01.78
and the new location
called for a new name,
00:23:01.81\00:23:04.55
Emmanuel Missionary College.
00:23:04.58\00:23:08.25
Since there were
only a few small buildings
00:23:08.28\00:23:10.09
on the new campus,
classes that first year
00:23:10.12\00:23:12.99
were held in the recently
vacated courthouse and jail.
00:23:13.02\00:23:19.26
Percy's wife gave
her entire inheritance
00:23:19.29\00:23:22.30
to help start the
construction on campus.
00:23:22.33\00:23:25.27
Progress on the
campus was obvious and rapid
00:23:25.30\00:23:28.64
but opposition to educational
reform was also strong.
00:23:28.67\00:23:34.04
Percy's wife Ida had
always been rather frail.
00:23:34.08\00:23:37.71
And she took ill
impart from the stress
00:23:37.75\00:23:39.71
over the criticism that
her husband was receiving.
00:23:39.75\00:23:42.82
She died during the
Union Conference Meetings
00:23:42.85\00:23:45.59
that May of 1904,
00:23:45.62\00:23:48.26
leaving Percy with
two small children.
00:23:48.29\00:23:51.76
Percy and Ed had had enough.
00:23:51.79\00:23:56.00
They tendered their resignations
00:23:56.03\00:23:59.13
and they headed south.
00:23:59.17\00:24:01.87
Ed met Mother White
00:24:01.90\00:24:04.01
on Ed's and
White's paddlewheel boat
00:24:04.04\00:24:05.74
called The Morning Star.
00:24:05.77\00:24:07.88
They started up
river to pick up Percy
00:24:07.91\00:24:09.71
but they had mechanical problems
00:24:09.74\00:24:11.08
along the way.
00:24:11.11\00:24:12.45
Ed recognized the place,
00:24:12.48\00:24:14.02
it was Neely's Bend
near Larkin Springs,
00:24:14.05\00:24:16.42
not far from Nashville.
00:24:16.45\00:24:18.49
Mother White wished to
see a farm that was nearby.
00:24:18.52\00:24:21.26
Ed had already seen
it, he was not interested
00:24:21.29\00:24:24.63
but he agreed to
accompany Mother White.
00:24:24.66\00:24:27.73
The place looked worse
than Ed had remembered.
00:24:27.76\00:24:30.07
Mother White seemed
to enamored with it.
00:24:30.13\00:24:32.40
It looks like a
place I've seen in vision
00:24:32.43\00:24:34.40
and Ed's heart sank.
00:24:34.44\00:24:38.04
No sooner had
they picked up Percy
00:24:38.07\00:24:39.71
then Mother White called
Ed and Percy to her cabin.
00:24:39.74\00:24:43.51
"Well, Brother
Magan, I saw your farm today
00:24:43.55\00:24:45.88
and I walked all around it.
00:24:45.91\00:24:48.22
I am convinced God wants you
00:24:48.25\00:24:50.25
and Ed Sutherland
to have that place.
00:24:50.29\00:24:52.25
It's the kind of place
00:24:52.29\00:24:53.62
that's been
shown to me in vision.
00:24:53.66\00:24:55.92
What do you think of it?"
00:24:55.96\00:24:59.13
"I think of it
as little as I can.
00:24:59.16\00:25:02.16
It's too big, it's all run down
and we don't have the money."
00:25:02.20\00:25:08.04
"Well, I'm sorry.
00:25:08.07\00:25:10.11
Because it seems to
me, the Lord intends you
00:25:10.14\00:25:12.14
to have that place."
00:25:12.17\00:25:14.91
And a few days
later Ed and Percy
00:25:14.94\00:25:16.75
did return to the farm.
00:25:16.78\00:25:18.85
Ed shared with Percy, oh,
I wish we had some honorable
00:25:18.88\00:25:23.08
and Christian way to
get out of the whole thing
00:25:23.12\00:25:25.15
without showing a lack
of faith in the testimonies.
00:25:25.19\00:25:28.76
They wrestled
with their decision
00:25:28.79\00:25:30.33
for the rest of the day.
00:25:30.36\00:25:32.83
But before the day was out,
Percy summed it up like this,
00:25:32.86\00:25:36.73
"Ed, we were in it and
were in it voluntarily.
00:25:36.77\00:25:42.74
Mrs. White is with
us, God is leading us,
00:25:42.77\00:25:46.64
and he will show us the way."
00:25:46.68\00:25:50.01
They shared their
decision with Mother White
00:25:50.05\00:25:52.55
and she showed great pleasure.
00:25:52.58\00:25:55.12
She said, "I'll do
anything I can to help you.
00:25:55.15\00:25:58.42
You tell your
story to the people,
00:25:58.45\00:25:59.89
and they will help, and
I will recommend your work.
00:25:59.92\00:26:03.96
And if you wish
I'll come on your board."
00:26:03.99\00:26:08.56
Now that last statement
bore great significance.
00:26:08.60\00:26:13.00
It was the only board that
Ellen White ever served on.
00:26:13.03\00:26:16.81
And she served on it
until the year before she died.
00:26:16.84\00:26:22.51
Right away, Ed went north
to consult with his aunts Nell.
00:26:22.54\00:26:26.58
Nellie Druillard was
known by most as Mother D.
00:26:26.61\00:26:28.98
She was a fiery
redhead but more importantly,
00:26:29.02\00:26:31.02
she was a keen businesswoman.
00:26:31.05\00:26:34.49
They took the next train that
they could back to Nashville.
00:26:34.52\00:26:37.96
A welcoming party met
them at the train station
00:26:37.99\00:26:40.30
and then included Mother White.
00:26:40.33\00:26:42.66
When Ed and Mother D heard
that the price had been raised
00:26:42.70\00:26:45.20
on the farm by
another $1,000, Mother D said,
00:26:45.23\00:26:49.34
"Well, I'm glad we're
not going to take it."
00:26:49.37\00:26:52.91
"Glad, glad" said Mother White,
00:26:52.94\00:26:55.81
"Do you think I'd let the
devil beat me out of a place
00:26:55.84\00:26:58.48
for a $1,000?
00:26:58.51\00:27:00.68
It's cheap enough."
00:27:00.75\00:27:03.35
And she then turned to Mother D,
00:27:03.42\00:27:06.22
"Nell, you think that
you're old enough to retire
00:27:06.25\00:27:11.09
but if you'll cast
your lot in with these boys,
00:27:11.13\00:27:14.56
if you look after
them, and guide them,
00:27:14.56\00:27:16.46
and support them in what
the Lord wants them to do,
00:27:16.50\00:27:19.10
the Lord will
renew your strength.
00:27:19.13\00:27:22.07
And you'll
accomplish more in the future
00:27:22.10\00:27:24.81
than you have done in the past."
00:27:24.84\00:27:28.64
Mother D immediately
provided the down payment.
00:27:28.68\00:27:32.98
The signatures for the property
00:27:33.01\00:27:34.52
were attained that day.
00:27:34.55\00:27:36.89
A feat about which Mother
White later would tell the boys,
00:27:36.92\00:27:40.59
you will never know
how many angels it took.
00:27:40.66\00:27:47.50
The owners didn't vacate
the property immediately.
00:27:47.50\00:27:50.43
People had to stay
wherever they could find.
00:27:50.47\00:27:52.80
The servants' quarters
above the carriage house
00:27:52.83\00:27:54.97
were dubbed probation hall.
00:27:55.00\00:27:58.27
If you could endure its rigors,
00:27:58.31\00:28:00.51
you could handle anything
Madison was going to give you.
00:28:00.54\00:28:04.01
Until the Fergusons left,
00:28:04.08\00:28:05.91
the downstairs
household servants' quarters
00:28:05.95\00:28:08.98
held mules, and
horses, and smoked hams,
00:28:09.02\00:28:12.75
and mice, and rats, and
flies, and other vermin.
00:28:12.79\00:28:17.09
The place was
cleaned up and overtime
00:28:17.16\00:28:20.03
all of the
pioneers took their turns
00:28:20.06\00:28:21.90
living in the upstairs bedroom.
00:28:21.93\00:28:26.33
Incoming students frequently
also spent time there.
00:28:26.37\00:28:30.71
The faculty voted themselves
a stipend of $13 per month.
00:28:30.74\00:28:37.65
Ten years later, they
would go on record to say
00:28:37.68\00:28:40.42
that they have
been richly blessed
00:28:40.45\00:28:43.49
to still be getting $13 a month.
00:28:43.52\00:28:46.35
Even though that $13
had depreciated in value
00:28:46.39\00:28:50.03
by about 20%.
00:28:50.06\00:28:52.76
Following the pattern of
what had been done in Michigan,
00:28:52.79\00:28:55.73
by 1909, Madison set
out scores of students
00:28:55.76\00:28:59.30
into the south to
propagate the education
00:28:59.33\00:29:01.97
and health outreach that
had been begun on that campus.
00:29:02.00\00:29:04.77
It was decided to
invite representatives
00:29:04.81\00:29:06.57
from each of what they
called units to come to Madison
00:29:06.61\00:29:09.54
and share in the work
that was going on there.
00:29:09.58\00:29:11.88
It was such a
success that they resolved
00:29:11.91\00:29:13.98
to continue to do that practice.
00:29:14.05\00:29:16.18
By 1910, they'd
survive the worst of it.
00:29:16.22\00:29:19.12
Ed and Percy went back to school
00:29:19.15\00:29:20.82
to get their medical degrees
and then Percy was called
00:29:20.89\00:29:24.96
to the college of
medical evangelists.
00:29:24.99\00:29:26.83
Ed said, "This is
like tearing asunder
00:29:26.86\00:29:29.06
bone and morrow."
00:29:29.10\00:29:31.13
But as Percy was
leaving, Lida Funk Scott
00:29:31.17\00:29:33.57
joined the Madison family.
00:29:33.64\00:29:36.81
For more of the
stories of God's providence,
00:29:36.84\00:29:39.24
I would love to be
able to share them now
00:29:39.27\00:29:40.88
but our time is
running out and what you can do
00:29:40.91\00:29:44.35
is you can get the book
Madison: God's Beautiful Farm.
00:29:44.38\00:29:48.15
For those of you who
are here at the conference,
00:29:48.18\00:29:49.82
it's available
in the exhibit hall,
00:29:49.85\00:29:52.62
at the ASI booth,
or at the Madison,
00:29:52.65\00:29:54.86
or the EC booths.
00:29:54.89\00:29:56.29
And no one wants to
be the bearer of bad news
00:29:56.32\00:29:58.09
but I'm afraid I have to
just as an amateur historian
00:29:58.13\00:30:00.90
set the record straight.
00:30:00.93\00:30:03.10
While technically correct,
00:30:03.13\00:30:04.47
this is the 70th
anniversary of ASI.
00:30:04.50\00:30:08.54
But since 1909, the units
have been meeting every year
00:30:08.57\00:30:12.41
to encourage
each other in service
00:30:12.44\00:30:14.74
and this marks the
119 gathering of ASI.
00:30:14.78\00:30:21.72
ASI was formally
organized in '47,
00:30:21.75\00:30:26.09
and was expanded, and renamed
to include the individual,
00:30:26.12\00:30:30.59
the operated
ministries and businesses
00:30:30.63\00:30:33.76
and, Elder Finley, the
units are still getting together
00:30:33.80\00:30:38.17
as is evidence
right here by ASI.
00:30:38.20\00:30:41.34
Amen. Thank you so much.
00:30:41.37\00:30:44.61
You know, Elder
Wilson, one of the things
00:30:44.64\00:30:46.21
that has deeply
impressed me about ASI
00:30:46.24\00:30:51.38
is the sacrifice
and the commitment
00:30:51.41\00:30:53.85
that ASI members have made,
00:30:53.88\00:30:56.05
as they've traveled the
world to witness for Christ.
00:30:56.08\00:30:59.89
You know, a number of years ago,
00:30:59.92\00:31:01.32
I started one of our
self-supporting campuses
00:31:01.36\00:31:04.26
and there were a number
of broken down cars there.
00:31:04.33\00:31:07.13
So I was complaining a
little bit to the administer,
00:31:07.20\00:31:09.30
I said, "What are all
these broken down cars
00:31:09.33\00:31:10.83
in your campus?"
00:31:10.87\00:31:12.23
And he got this
big smile and he said,
00:31:12.27\00:31:13.80
"We like it that way."
00:31:13.84\00:31:15.37
And I said, "What do you mean?"
00:31:15.40\00:31:16.77
He said, "When our students
go out to the mission field,
00:31:16.81\00:31:19.41
they're going to need to learn
how to repair broken down car."
00:31:19.44\00:31:22.51
That's right. Yeah.
00:31:22.54\00:31:23.91
And you know, it's that spirit
of sacrifice and commitment
00:31:23.95\00:31:28.05
that has always impressed me.
00:31:28.08\00:31:29.42
When you think of the thousands
and thousands of workers
00:31:29.45\00:31:32.02
that have gone out to
the ends of the earth,
00:31:32.05\00:31:34.82
heaven's going to be
a wonderful testimony
00:31:34.86\00:31:37.29
of that sacrifice.
00:31:37.33\00:31:38.66
That's absolutely right.
00:31:38.69\00:31:40.06
And self-supporting workers,
00:31:40.10\00:31:43.13
those who have
in some way learned
00:31:43.16\00:31:45.57
how to supply their own
means and the Lord has blessed,
00:31:45.60\00:31:49.94
they have been instrumental
in bringing literally
00:31:49.97\00:31:52.61
thousands of people into
this precious Advent message.
00:31:52.64\00:31:56.68
And it's amazing how ASI
has spread all over the world,
00:31:56.71\00:32:00.62
just next month
I'll be in ASI Europe
00:32:00.65\00:32:04.82
for their convention
in Novi Sad in Serbia.
00:32:04.85\00:32:07.56
I mean, it's a movement
that is absolutely heaven born.
00:32:07.59\00:32:12.83
You have a
fascinating background with ASI,
00:32:12.86\00:32:17.37
particularly with Madison.
00:32:17.43\00:32:19.40
Would you like to
share that with us?
00:32:19.43\00:32:21.14
It's a fascinating
story and I'll try and do it
00:32:21.17\00:32:23.77
in the six minutes that I have.
00:32:23.81\00:32:26.47
If we can show the first slide,
00:32:26.51\00:32:30.11
I want to talk to you
about William Henry Wilson
00:32:30.15\00:32:35.08
and Isabella Scott Wilson.
00:32:35.12\00:32:38.05
Now like many people
in the United States,
00:32:38.09\00:32:40.46
their origins were in Ireland.
00:32:40.52\00:32:44.03
In fact they came
from Donegal County.
00:32:44.09\00:32:47.40
They immigrated
to the United States,
00:32:47.46\00:32:50.70
got married in North
America, and found their way
00:32:50.73\00:32:54.87
ultimately out to the
Northern California area.
00:32:54.90\00:33:00.58
William was not a
Seventh-day Adventist
00:33:00.61\00:33:04.35
but Isabella, my
great grandmother
00:33:04.38\00:33:07.55
and my great
grandfather of course.
00:33:07.62\00:33:10.49
Isabella became an Adventist
00:33:10.52\00:33:12.65
and I want to
tell you probably why.
00:33:12.69\00:33:15.59
She became very
closely connected
00:33:15.62\00:33:18.23
and so did William
00:33:18.26\00:33:19.73
with a wealthy
dairy farming couple,
00:33:19.76\00:33:25.43
Emeline
00:33:25.47\00:33:27.40
and Nathaniel Hurlbutt.
00:33:27.44\00:33:32.97
They were visited
in 1908 by Ellen White,
00:33:33.01\00:33:37.65
that's the Hurlbutts
who were quite wealthy.
00:33:37.68\00:33:40.78
They were visited in 1908
by Ellen White, Willy White,
00:33:40.82\00:33:46.09
EA Sutherland, Sarah McEntifer,
00:33:46.12\00:33:49.32
the secretary of Ellen
White and another individual.
00:33:49.36\00:33:52.33
And they were urged to
move from California to Georgia
00:33:52.36\00:33:57.60
and to start a
self-supporting institution.
00:33:57.63\00:34:01.94
This burned in the
hearts of the Hurlbutts
00:34:01.97\00:34:05.27
and they enlisted the help of,
00:34:05.31\00:34:10.58
certainly, my great grandparents
00:34:10.65\00:34:12.91
but my great
grandparent's children,
00:34:12.95\00:34:15.88
they had four sons.
00:34:15.92\00:34:17.62
The Hurlbutts
were very instrumental
00:34:17.65\00:34:20.19
in the Wilson family
and in fact they were...
00:34:20.26\00:34:24.96
Mrs. Hurlbutt was
called Grandma Hurlbutt.
00:34:24.99\00:34:29.20
They eventually
moved to Georgia.
00:34:29.23\00:34:32.97
Interestingly, the
very place that they moved
00:34:33.00\00:34:35.64
was in Reeves, Georgia.
00:34:35.67\00:34:38.47
Reeves has now become
basically Calhoun, Georgia.
00:34:38.51\00:34:42.44
The property that
the Hurlbutts started
00:34:42.48\00:34:47.28
their special farm,
Hurlbutt Farm Institute
00:34:47.32\00:34:52.29
was patterned after Madison
00:34:52.32\00:34:54.82
as were many of
those institutions
00:34:54.86\00:34:56.99
in the south of
the United States.
00:34:57.03\00:35:00.73
My oldest great uncle
00:35:00.76\00:35:05.10
who was the senior
brother of my grandfather,
00:35:05.13\00:35:08.97
Nathaniel Carter Wilson.
00:35:09.00\00:35:11.87
In fact,
Nathaniel Carter Wilson,
00:35:11.91\00:35:13.68
the first NC, my
father, my grandfather, and I,
00:35:13.71\00:35:16.64
all have these
initials but different names.
00:35:16.68\00:35:19.25
Nathaniel Carter was
named for Nathaniel Hurlbutt
00:35:19.28\00:35:23.99
and Emeline Carter Hurlbutt.
00:35:24.02\00:35:27.92
And these people
had a profound influence
00:35:27.96\00:35:31.96
and certainly an
interest was generated
00:35:31.99\00:35:34.56
in a great way in our family.
00:35:34.60\00:35:36.23
Now the picture you just saw
00:35:36.26\00:35:37.67
if we can go
back to that picture
00:35:37.70\00:35:40.20
is my grandfather
Nathaniel Carter Wilson,
00:35:40.24\00:35:44.27
who with his new
bride Hannah, my grandmother
00:35:44.31\00:35:50.75
went on their wedding night
00:35:50.81\00:35:54.52
on a train to Reeves, Georgia
00:35:54.55\00:35:58.15
to join his older
brother in the work.
00:35:58.19\00:36:02.96
In reality, he had...
00:36:02.99\00:36:05.23
He was following
up on what my older,
00:36:05.26\00:36:07.83
what his older brother had done
00:36:07.86\00:36:09.16
because his older
brother died of tuberculosis.
00:36:09.20\00:36:12.80
And so there they were working
00:36:12.83\00:36:14.57
in the self-supporting
institution in Reeves, Georgia
00:36:14.60\00:36:17.74
for probably
about 10 months or so.
00:36:17.77\00:36:20.78
Family matters called
them back to Lodi, California
00:36:20.81\00:36:23.65
where my great
grandmother was living
00:36:23.68\00:36:26.61
and from there in 1922,
00:36:26.65\00:36:31.85
the two of them
went to Madison College
00:36:31.89\00:36:36.73
along with my
father and with my aunt.
00:36:36.76\00:36:43.10
And there they
spent about three years
00:36:43.13\00:36:45.57
at Madison College.
00:36:45.60\00:36:47.20
My grandfather
was the Bible teacher,
00:36:47.24\00:36:51.41
he was the church
pastor, and he was ordained
00:36:51.44\00:36:54.44
as a gospel
minister at Madison College.
00:36:54.48\00:36:58.25
They left for Africa after that,
00:36:58.28\00:37:01.28
and then on to India,
and to a great extent,
00:37:01.32\00:37:05.49
Madison put its huge
imprint on the Wilson family.
00:37:05.52\00:37:11.19
If we go now and
jump a few years,
00:37:11.23\00:37:14.76
when they came back from
mission service at that point,
00:37:14.83\00:37:17.77
because they went back again,
if we can show the next slide.
00:37:17.80\00:37:22.84
This is a
picture of my grandfather
00:37:22.87\00:37:24.87
when he was
approximately at the time
00:37:24.91\00:37:27.31
when he became president of
the North American division.
00:37:27.38\00:37:31.18
In fact, my father has
served in that capacity,
00:37:31.21\00:37:34.02
my grandfather has
served in that capacity.
00:37:34.05\00:37:36.48
And at that time he
was elected in 1946.
00:37:36.52\00:37:41.49
In 1947, or just before
that I should say he was elected
00:37:41.52\00:37:47.83
also as the board
chair of Madison College
00:37:47.86\00:37:50.93
so he came full circle.
00:37:50.97\00:37:53.54
He was then the chair of
that particular institution
00:37:53.60\00:37:58.37
that was 180
patients, strong 500 students,
00:37:58.41\00:38:04.28
food factory,
farm, etcetera, etcetera.
00:38:04.31\00:38:07.75
The next year, in
1947, March 4 to 5
00:38:07.78\00:38:12.05
in Cincinnati, Ohio,
00:38:12.09\00:38:13.89
50 representatives and leaders
00:38:13.92\00:38:15.99
from self-supporting
institutions gathered
00:38:16.02\00:38:19.09
and they forged
greater ties to work together.
00:38:19.13\00:38:24.27
Out of that 25 institutions
formed the first association
00:38:24.30\00:38:29.54
of self-supporting institutions
00:38:29.57\00:38:31.97
under the
leadership of my grandfather
00:38:32.01\00:38:35.74
who had been so
influenced by Madison College.
00:38:35.78\00:38:40.02
My grandfather
has quoted a saying,
00:38:40.05\00:38:42.35
"It is a great day in
the history of the church,
00:38:42.38\00:38:46.49
the association of
Seventh-day Adventist
00:38:46.52\00:38:49.39
self-supporting institutions."
00:38:49.42\00:38:51.96
And two years later, in 1949,
00:38:51.99\00:38:56.23
as I have it in
Grand Rapids, Michigan,
00:38:56.26\00:38:59.57
Dr. E.A. Sutherland was
elected president of ASI
00:38:59.60\00:39:03.07
and Dr. J. Wayne
McFarland who many of us know
00:39:03.10\00:39:05.97
as the co-founder
of the Five-Day Plan
00:39:06.01\00:39:07.91
to Stop Smoking was
elected as the secretary.
00:39:07.94\00:39:12.08
ASI's history is
rooted in Madison College
00:39:12.11\00:39:16.05
and in so much of the outgrowth
of that incredible institution.
00:39:16.08\00:39:21.59
And of course, in 1979,
00:39:21.62\00:39:24.46
it was renamed
Adventist Layman's Services
00:39:24.49\00:39:27.03
and Industries
expanding its activity.
00:39:27.03\00:39:30.67
I'd like to show
you the next picture
00:39:30.70\00:39:32.30
and it's a
picture of my grandparents
00:39:32.33\00:39:35.14
in their later years.
00:39:35.17\00:39:37.01
My grandfather was the president
00:39:37.04\00:39:39.87
of the Georgia-Cumberland
Conference in the early '60's
00:39:39.91\00:39:44.25
and just the change of
that decade and in 1959
00:39:44.28\00:39:49.05
while he was
president of that conference
00:39:49.08\00:39:51.99
they had a
session at a camp meeting
00:39:52.02\00:39:53.76
that empowered the
conference to work out details
00:39:53.79\00:39:57.63
for the purchase
of the Hurlbutt farm
00:39:57.66\00:40:01.00
from the Laymen's Foundation.
00:40:01.03\00:40:04.03
And that later became
00:40:04.07\00:40:05.60
the Georgia-Cumberland
Adventist Academy.
00:40:05.63\00:40:09.77
And so my grandfather was
so involved in so much of this
00:40:09.80\00:40:14.41
that was all founded in Madison.
00:40:14.44\00:40:18.21
You know, Elder Wilson,
00:40:18.25\00:40:19.58
as we look back
at our backgrounds,
00:40:19.61\00:40:21.92
these early
experiences shape our lives.
00:40:21.95\00:40:25.89
They help to shape
who we are in ministry,
00:40:25.92\00:40:28.66
they help to shape us in
00:40:28.69\00:40:30.59
who we are in
Christ and in witness.
00:40:30.63\00:40:33.06
In a sentence or two,
00:40:33.09\00:40:34.40
how did this
background shape your life?
00:40:34.46\00:40:38.07
Madison
College, the connections,
00:40:38.10\00:40:41.24
my great uncles working there,
00:40:41.27\00:40:43.47
another wonderful person
within our family Billy Wilson,
00:40:43.54\00:40:47.68
some of you may know him.
00:40:47.71\00:40:49.84
These individuals have
helped to create in my life
00:40:49.88\00:40:55.32
a very profound understanding
00:40:55.35\00:40:57.62
as to what ASI and
Madison College can do.
00:40:57.65\00:41:01.62
I'll show you the
next picture of my parents
00:41:01.66\00:41:05.06
and many of you
will remember my parents.
00:41:05.09\00:41:07.86
They were tremendously
00:41:07.86\00:41:10.43
influenced also by
ASI and Madison College.
00:41:10.47\00:41:15.40
This heritage will
live in the hearts of people
00:41:15.44\00:41:20.04
and in the mission
outreach until Jesus comes.
00:41:20.08\00:41:24.65
You know, just as you
have been somewhat influenced
00:41:24.68\00:41:28.22
as by ASI
self-supporting institutions,
00:41:28.25\00:41:33.19
early in my ministry
00:41:33.22\00:41:34.56
had a great
influence in that area.
00:41:34.59\00:41:35.92
In fact, I'm not the
only one with a story, Mark,
00:41:35.96\00:41:37.66
because you have been
00:41:37.69\00:41:39.59
so influenced by this connection
00:41:39.63\00:41:42.86
with especially Wildwood,
tell us what's happened?
00:41:42.90\00:41:47.50
Well, in the late 1960's
I was a minister of intern.
00:41:47.57\00:41:51.47
I had been in
ministry for two years
00:41:51.51\00:41:54.58
and I met Elder W.D. Frazee
00:41:54.61\00:41:56.41
who was the president
of Wildwood at the time.
00:41:56.44\00:42:00.65
My wife was teaching
00:42:00.72\00:42:02.05
elementary school in
Hartford, Connecticut.
00:42:02.08\00:42:04.55
I was a young
minister of intern in Hartford.
00:42:04.59\00:42:07.66
And Elder Frazee came to
have a series of meetings
00:42:07.69\00:42:11.46
on the sanctuary,
00:42:11.49\00:42:13.23
the lamb of God
in the sanctuary,
00:42:13.26\00:42:14.93
the lamb who dies,
the priest who lives,
00:42:14.96\00:42:18.50
Jesus' ministry
in the sanctuary.
00:42:18.53\00:42:21.74
And I remember we were
going through that series
00:42:21.77\00:42:25.34
and I was deeply impressed
00:42:25.37\00:42:27.24
by the
spirituality of his meetings.
00:42:27.28\00:42:30.31
Elder Frazee was not a preacher
00:42:30.35\00:42:33.68
that was
bombastic or fascinating.
00:42:33.72\00:42:36.95
When he got up to speak,
00:42:36.99\00:42:39.15
you sense that the Spirit of God
00:42:39.19\00:42:42.16
was speaking through him.
00:42:42.19\00:42:43.73
I had never been in
meetings before that I walked in
00:42:43.79\00:42:46.96
and I sensed
00:42:47.00\00:42:48.30
that the lives of
people were being changed.
00:42:48.33\00:42:50.60
People were being
touched by the Spirit.
00:42:50.63\00:42:52.93
And as a young preacher
00:42:52.97\00:42:54.30
I was really impressed by that.
00:42:54.34\00:42:55.90
I thought to myself,
00:42:55.94\00:42:57.27
"I don't want my message
to simply entertain people.
00:42:57.34\00:43:00.11
I don't want to be a
fascinating preacher.
00:43:00.18\00:43:02.31
I want the Spirit
of God to come down.
00:43:02.34\00:43:04.15
I want some heart to be touched,
00:43:04.18\00:43:05.68
some life to be changed
00:43:05.71\00:43:07.42
somebody be moved
upon by the spirit.
00:43:07.45\00:43:10.19
And I remember
it was in February
00:43:10.22\00:43:12.69
and the snow was coming
and I said to Elder Frazee
00:43:12.72\00:43:17.13
and to our senior
Pastor O.J. Mills,
00:43:17.16\00:43:19.03
I don't know if we
should have the meeting tonight
00:43:19.06\00:43:20.43
because every report is
00:43:20.50\00:43:22.20
that it's going to
snow and snow and snow.
00:43:22.23\00:43:25.03
And that godly man simply
said, "My brother, let us pray.
00:43:25.07\00:43:30.27
God is the God of the weather."
00:43:30.31\00:43:32.41
And you know
there are some things
00:43:32.44\00:43:34.04
that are indelibly etched
00:43:34.08\00:43:35.84
on the consciousness
of your mind forever.
00:43:35.88\00:43:39.05
And Elder Frazee and Elder Mills
00:43:39.08\00:43:40.82
and I got down and he prayed,
and he prayed a simple prayer.
00:43:40.88\00:43:43.45
"Dear Lord,
00:43:43.49\00:43:45.29
you know those
people and they need to hear
00:43:45.32\00:43:46.82
this message tonight.
00:43:46.86\00:43:48.36
And I pray you put
your hand over this city."
00:43:48.39\00:43:52.46
It's snowed that
night all around us
00:43:52.49\00:43:55.53
and it did not snow
in Hartford, Connecticut.
00:43:55.56\00:43:58.23
All around us the roads were icy
00:43:58.27\00:44:01.00
and I said to myself,
"Here is a man that knows God."
00:44:01.04\00:44:05.81
And I remembered
what Dwight L. Moody said
00:44:05.84\00:44:07.58
and he said,
00:44:07.61\00:44:08.94
"The world is yet to
see what God will do in,
00:44:08.98\00:44:12.58
and through, and by, and for,
00:44:12.61\00:44:14.92
and with the man that
is consecrated to Him.
00:44:14.95\00:44:17.72
I want to be that man."
00:44:17.75\00:44:20.16
A number of months later,
00:44:20.19\00:44:21.56
Elder Frazee
gave me an invitation
00:44:21.59\00:44:23.63
to become his associate.
00:44:23.66\00:44:25.39
And he said to me,
"If you come to Wildwood,
00:44:25.43\00:44:27.66
I can offer you nothing.
00:44:27.66\00:44:29.30
I can't offer you a salary
because we don't have one.
00:44:29.33\00:44:32.30
I can't offer you
housing because I don't know
00:44:32.33\00:44:34.04
where you're going
to live at this point,
00:44:34.10\00:44:35.47
we'll have
something when you come.
00:44:35.50\00:44:37.51
I can't offer you prestige
00:44:37.57\00:44:39.27
but what I can
offer you is myself.
00:44:39.31\00:44:41.84
I will share with you
everything I know in ministry.
00:44:41.88\00:44:45.01
So I came to
Wildwood as a young preacher,
00:44:45.05\00:44:47.92
I watched him make an appeal,
and I learned how to make them.
00:44:47.95\00:44:50.99
I watched him
with testimony meetings
00:44:51.02\00:44:53.19
and I saw the power of
God change people's lives
00:44:53.22\00:44:55.52
that I learned out
of testimony meetings.
00:44:55.56\00:44:57.73
I watched him
00:44:57.76\00:44:59.09
as he prayed with
people after the meetings,
00:44:59.13\00:45:01.10
and it was indelibly
written upon my mind.
00:45:01.13\00:45:04.87
One day, it was October 22nd
and Elder Frazee said to me,
00:45:04.90\00:45:09.47
"We often preach together."
00:45:09.50\00:45:11.47
He said, "Mark, you preach
00:45:11.51\00:45:12.84
the first 20
minutes of the sermon
00:45:12.87\00:45:14.44
and whenever you
finish I'll get up
00:45:14.48\00:45:16.58
and I'll take up
where you left off
00:45:16.61\00:45:18.85
and I'll preach
the rest of the sermon
00:45:18.88\00:45:20.95
and so he would
preach 20 minutes,
00:45:20.98\00:45:23.42
I mean, I would
preach 20 minutes
00:45:23.49\00:45:24.82
and he would preach 20 minutes.
00:45:24.85\00:45:26.19
We'd choose the topic together
00:45:26.22\00:45:27.56
so he said Mark I
want you to preach.
00:45:27.59\00:45:28.92
It's October 22, I want
you to preach on the sanctuary.
00:45:28.96\00:45:32.03
You preach on the
fact that of the 70 weeks.
00:45:32.06\00:45:36.30
You nailed down the
fact of 27 AD, 31 AD,
00:45:36.33\00:45:40.24
Christ's Crucifixion,
00:45:40.30\00:45:41.64
you deal with
the Sixty-Nine Weeks,
00:45:41.67\00:45:43.00
and so forth.
00:45:43.04\00:45:44.37
Now I was a young preacher
and I thought about that,
00:45:44.41\00:45:47.38
and thought about that, he said,
00:45:47.44\00:45:48.78
"After you
preach on the sanctuary
00:45:48.81\00:45:51.65
and you show that after 1844,
00:45:51.68\00:45:53.98
Jesus went into
the most holy place."
00:45:54.02\00:45:55.82
Then I will get up and
say what is Jesus doing now
00:45:55.85\00:45:58.19
and I'll explain
His ministry up there.
00:45:58.22\00:46:00.42
Well, the more
I thought about it
00:46:00.49\00:46:01.96
the more I thought,
00:46:01.99\00:46:03.32
"I only got 20 minutes to do
00:46:03.36\00:46:04.69
that I'm going to get confused."
00:46:04.73\00:46:06.13
So I went to Elder Frazee, said,
00:46:06.16\00:46:07.50
"Elder Frazee, I don't
think I could do this."
00:46:07.56\00:46:09.60
You know, that old preacher
00:46:09.63\00:46:11.83
at the time
respected this young preacher.
00:46:11.87\00:46:13.20
He said, "Mark,
00:46:13.23\00:46:14.57
if you're uncomfortable with it,
00:46:14.60\00:46:15.94
this what I want you to do.
00:46:15.97\00:46:17.31
I went to him on
a Friday morning,
00:46:17.34\00:46:18.94
we're supposed to
preach Friday night.
00:46:18.97\00:46:21.08
He said, "This
what I want you to do.
00:46:21.11\00:46:23.11
I want you to take your Bible
00:46:23.14\00:46:25.48
and you go out
today under the tree
00:46:25.51\00:46:27.55
and you pray all day and
let God give you a message.
00:46:27.62\00:46:30.39
I'm going to do the same thing
00:46:30.42\00:46:32.22
and you meet me
tonight at 6:30 here.
00:46:32.25\00:46:34.49
Our meeting starts at
seven, we'll compare our notes.
00:46:34.52\00:46:37.06
We won't preach on 2,300
days but you go pray all day,
00:46:37.13\00:46:39.83
I'll pray all
day, we'll come back."
00:46:39.86\00:46:41.40
So I go out and pray all day.
00:46:41.43\00:46:43.43
But halfway through the day,
00:46:43.47\00:46:44.80
I look at
Philippians 2 and I say,
00:46:44.83\00:46:46.33
"I'm going to
preach on Philippians 2."
00:46:46.37\00:46:48.40
Came back to Elder Frazee...
00:46:48.44\00:46:50.07
It was about 6:30 at night
and I look at him and I say,
00:46:53.54\00:46:57.01
"Elder, I want to
preach on Philippians 2,
00:46:57.05\00:47:00.65
the Humility of Christ."
00:47:00.68\00:47:03.25
He said, "Go over
your sermon notes."
00:47:03.28\00:47:05.12
I went over my sermon notes.
00:47:05.15\00:47:06.89
He sat there like
this, "Praise God.
00:47:06.92\00:47:09.62
Praise God. Praise God."
00:47:09.66\00:47:11.16
He handed me a sermon notes,
00:47:11.19\00:47:12.59
we hadn't talked all day
00:47:12.63\00:47:13.96
and he had
developed a sermon ending,
00:47:14.00\00:47:17.47
starting where my
sermon ended on Philippians 2.
00:47:17.50\00:47:21.07
Amen.
00:47:21.10\00:47:22.44
We knelt and prayed together
00:47:22.47\00:47:24.84
and that night the
Spirit of God came down.
00:47:24.87\00:47:27.78
Incidentally,
if you want to hear
00:47:27.81\00:47:29.14
that sermon it's called
There's Room at the Top,
00:47:29.18\00:47:31.51
and I think you can get it
from Wildwood recordings today.
00:47:31.55\00:47:34.75
I preach the first 20
minutes, he preaches the second.
00:47:34.78\00:47:37.39
Elder Wilson, what impressed me
00:47:37.42\00:47:39.25
early in my ministry
in my time at Wildwood
00:47:39.29\00:47:42.66
was that I needed
to be a Man of God.
00:47:42.69\00:47:44.66
I could not waste
people's time in preaching
00:47:44.69\00:47:47.10
and in
associating with Elder Frazee,
00:47:47.13\00:47:49.90
listening to him
00:47:49.93\00:47:51.33
make strong appeals
for Christ changed my life.
00:47:51.37\00:47:53.90
Amen.
00:47:53.94\00:47:55.27
And you know what really marks
00:47:55.30\00:47:57.47
the incredible
aspect of the imprint
00:47:57.51\00:48:02.21
from
self-supporting institutions
00:48:02.24\00:48:04.21
and Madison
College is sacrifice.
00:48:04.28\00:48:06.65
Sacrifice for Jesus
and that same sacrifice
00:48:06.68\00:48:10.45
is going to be manifested
at the very end of time.
00:48:10.52\00:48:13.39
It is and there are
many other stories as well
00:48:13.42\00:48:17.09
that are so
similar to your story
00:48:17.16\00:48:20.43
and to my story, Elder Wilson.
00:48:20.46\00:48:22.43
I think Charles has
some other stories for us.
00:48:22.46\00:48:27.04
There are several stories
00:48:27.07\00:48:28.40
that I think would be
help for our ASI family.
00:48:28.44\00:48:31.37
We only have time for a few,
00:48:31.41\00:48:32.91
and the first I want to share
with you is about Elmer Brink.
00:48:32.94\00:48:36.68
Now when the
team began to assemble
00:48:36.75\00:48:39.28
on the old Ferguson farm,
00:48:39.31\00:48:41.02
the program was
far from being a large
00:48:41.05\00:48:43.99
and well-oiled program.
00:48:44.02\00:48:46.12
In addition to a few students,
00:48:46.15\00:48:47.66
they're only a
few dedicated faces
00:48:47.69\00:48:49.59
and one of which I
cannot even show you
00:48:49.62\00:48:51.96
and that one mostly unknown
00:48:51.99\00:48:54.30
but critically
important is Elmer Brink.
00:48:54.30\00:48:58.10
You see everyone had
their task to do on the place,
00:48:58.13\00:49:01.30
to get it up and running.
00:49:01.34\00:49:02.67
Mother D ran the
skillet and the broom.
00:49:02.70\00:49:05.51
Percy ran the farm.
00:49:05.54\00:49:07.31
Ed ran the butter churn.
00:49:07.34\00:49:09.64
Bessie took the butter into town
00:49:09.68\00:49:11.48
and sold it to get
a little bit of cash.
00:49:11.51\00:49:13.75
But if it wasn't for
Elmer taking care of the cows
00:49:13.78\00:49:18.42
that produced the
milk, that made the butter,
00:49:18.45\00:49:22.32
that produced the cash,
00:49:22.36\00:49:24.86
they may not have made
it through that first year.
00:49:24.89\00:49:28.80
And what we know
of now is Madison
00:49:28.83\00:49:31.10
may never have come to be.
00:49:31.13\00:49:32.80
Elmer represents a multitude
of dedicated skilled workers
00:49:32.83\00:49:38.24
that each sacrificially ply
00:49:38.27\00:49:40.28
their gifts and their
talents that God is given
00:49:40.31\00:49:42.78
in whatever place of
ministry God has placed them.
00:49:42.81\00:49:46.48
Undeterred by
challenges that might arise,
00:49:46.51\00:49:48.95
they faithfully do day by day
00:49:48.98\00:49:51.32
the things that
bring success to ministry.
00:49:51.35\00:49:54.96
Usually allowing others
to step into the spotlight.
00:49:54.99\00:49:59.23
They're content to know
00:49:59.26\00:50:00.60
that they've been
faithful in their place
00:50:00.63\00:50:03.67
and that God has led them.
00:50:03.73\00:50:06.30
This likely
describes the majority of ASI.
00:50:06.33\00:50:11.47
Whether an individual or
an institutional ministry.
00:50:11.51\00:50:15.28
And you might remember
00:50:15.31\00:50:16.64
that Ed Sutherland
met Josephine Gotzian,
00:50:16.71\00:50:18.98
when he was in
her home canvassing.
00:50:19.01\00:50:20.58
Well, after spending
some time in California
00:50:20.62\00:50:23.45
helping Ellen White
00:50:23.49\00:50:24.82
to get the medical
work off the ground there,
00:50:24.85\00:50:26.82
including helping to
fund the original purchase
00:50:26.86\00:50:29.32
with the Paradise
Valley Sanitarium.
00:50:29.36\00:50:32.33
She made donations
00:50:32.36\00:50:33.70
to the college of
medical evangelists
00:50:33.76\00:50:35.06
and then she
moved east to Tennessee.
00:50:35.10\00:50:38.90
Her home was
made there at Madison
00:50:38.93\00:50:41.40
and her house also housed
the first sanitarium patients.
00:50:41.44\00:50:45.97
She provided the
means for the construction
00:50:46.01\00:50:47.94
of some of the campus buildings
00:50:47.98\00:50:50.28
and lived there at
Madison until her death.
00:50:50.31\00:50:54.08
Nellie Druillard was
a keen businesswoman.
00:50:54.15\00:50:56.82
And she did look after the boys.
00:50:56.85\00:51:00.09
She did not only
dedicate the rest of her life
00:51:00.16\00:51:03.22
to the development of
this God inspired school,
00:51:03.26\00:51:05.49
but she committed her
personal financial resources
00:51:05.53\00:51:08.36
to the down payment
00:51:08.40\00:51:09.90
and to the
infrastructure of the place.
00:51:09.93\00:51:12.83
Lida Funk Scott
00:51:12.87\00:51:14.30
that we only briefly
mentioned earlier was an heiress
00:51:14.34\00:51:17.07
to the Funk and
Wagnall's Encyclopedia fortune.
00:51:17.11\00:51:20.34
After spending some
time at Battle Creek,
00:51:20.38\00:51:22.48
she thought she would
go south to see the school
00:51:22.51\00:51:24.68
that she heard about down there.
00:51:24.71\00:51:26.45
And she liked
what she saw at Madison
00:51:26.48\00:51:28.12
and decided to stay.
00:51:28.15\00:51:30.75
Though a wealthy woman,
00:51:30.79\00:51:32.12
she adopted the very
simple lifestyle at Madison.
00:51:32.15\00:51:35.59
She poured her inheritance
00:51:35.62\00:51:36.99
into the
development of ministries
00:51:37.03\00:51:38.59
like Madison and Loma Linda.
00:51:38.63\00:51:41.33
And her personal outreach
was to encouraging the units
00:51:41.36\00:51:45.23
that were
springing up from Madison
00:51:45.27\00:51:47.84
by just lending her presence,
and her advice, and her means.
00:51:47.87\00:51:52.51
In 1927,
00:51:52.54\00:51:54.38
she invested her
resources to establish
00:51:54.41\00:51:56.78
the Layman Foundation
to carry on that mission
00:51:56.81\00:52:00.75
and the Layman
Foundation in turn launched
00:52:00.82\00:52:04.19
the EA Sutherland
Education Association.
00:52:04.22\00:52:08.02
It started in 2002, excuse me,
00:52:08.06\00:52:11.69
and it continues
much of that work
00:52:11.73\00:52:13.60
of encouragement and support
00:52:13.63\00:52:15.73
of the lay
operated educational units.
00:52:15.76\00:52:19.70
Now if you were
to try and measure it
00:52:19.73\00:52:21.07
in today's currency,
00:52:21.10\00:52:23.00
each one of these ladies
00:52:23.04\00:52:25.14
contributed hundreds
of thousands of dollars
00:52:25.17\00:52:29.61
toward the establishment
of Seventh-day Adventist
00:52:29.64\00:52:32.31
denominational and
lay operated ministries.
00:52:32.35\00:52:37.45
And I believe these ladies
represent those here in ASI
00:52:37.49\00:52:42.19
who contribute or
manage the resources
00:52:42.22\00:52:45.13
that God has provided
00:52:45.16\00:52:46.66
and that are
critically necessary
00:52:46.70\00:52:48.93
to establish and to
move ministry forward.
00:52:48.96\00:52:52.47