On the Sabbath,
July 24 in the year 1915,
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some four and one half thousand
citizens of Battle Creek
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came to the Dime Tabernacle
that once stood on this site
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to say their final farewells
to a little 87-year old lady.
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Just what was it that
made Ellen White so special?
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This is a
biographical information blank
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that she
completed in March 1909.
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She was 81 years
of age at the time
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and described herself as being
5' 2" or 158 centimeters tall,
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140 pounds or 63½
kilograms in weight,
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with a rather dark complexion,
gray hair and gray eyes.
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She records her
birthplace as Gorham, Maine
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on November 26, 1827 and
the date of her conversion
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as probably in March 1840.
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Late in August
1846 at the age of 18,
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she married James White.
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Four sons were
later born to them:
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Henry Nichols in August 1847,
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James Edson, two years later,
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William Clarence in August 1854,
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and John Herbert
in September 1860.
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While such
information is interesting,
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it doesn't give
us any real insight
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into how she related to others
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or how she handled
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the disappointments and
frustrations of her life.
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As God's Messenger, did
she have to experience sorrow
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and ill health or battle
with appetite in the same way
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as most of us do?
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In the same way, this record
fails to tell us of her love
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for animals and
flowers- especially pansies.
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Or how much she
enjoyed attending auction sales
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and eating tomatoes.
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It does not tell us
of the countless days
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spent mothering
other people's children
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or of her cheerful
visits to her neighbors
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with products from her garden,
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and practical
advice for the sick.
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In fact, such information
tells us very little at all
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about Ellen White
as a wife and mother.
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If you had lived in Topsham,
Battle Creek, St. Helena
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or here in Cooranbong,
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or known her as a
neighbor or friend,
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how would she
have impressed you?
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Topsham, in the state
of Maine in the U.S.A.,
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is a town some 40-minutes
drive to the northeast of Gorham
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where Ellen White was born.
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Here stands the
home that once belonged
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to Stockbridge
Howland, a successful engineer
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and a prominent early
Seventh-day Adventist.
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In October 1847, the Howlands
offered a part of their home
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on the middle floor for
the young James and Ellen White
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and their
two-month old son, Henry.
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They commenced housekeeping
with borrowed furniture.
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Though poor, they
resolved to become independent.
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James White worked
hauling stone on the railroad,
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and chopped cord
wood in the forest,
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for which he was paid the
handsome sum of 50 cents a day.
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In spite of their
poverty and hardship,
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the young mother
was able to write...
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Ellen White:
"Sufferings and trials
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bring us near to Jesus. "
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In vision, she was
shown that God had been trying
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them for their
good, and preparing them
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to work for
others by preventing them
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from settling down at ease.
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Convicted that they must
work for the salvation of others
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and knowing the rigors
of travel in the 1840s,
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the Whites were forced
into a difficult decision.
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Ellen wrote... Ellen:
"Alone before the Lord
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with most painful
feelings and many tears,
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I made the sacrifice
and gave up my only child
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for another to have a
mother's care and feelings. "
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They left young Henry in
the loving care of the Howlands.
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Frequent visits
helped to maintain the bond
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between the parents
and their firstborn son.
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And how happy they were
when they were able to take him
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back into their
home five years later
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as a well-trained, praying boy.
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As fortune would
have it, 10 years later
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in December 1863, that
same Henry, now 16 years old
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fell ill with pneumonia
while visiting the Howlands.
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Sensing that he would not
survive, he made his mother
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promise that he would be
taken back to Battle Creek
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and laid beside his
little brother, John Herbert,
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who had died three years earlier
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at the age of three months.
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As he said, "So that
we may come up together
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in the morning of
the resurrection. "
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Ellen White: "When
our noble Henry died,
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when our sweet singer
was born to the grave,
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and we no more
heard his early song,
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ours was a lonely home.
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But God comforted
us in our bereavements
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and with faith and
courage, we pressed forward
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in bright hope of
meeting our children
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who had been
torn from us by death
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in that world
where sickness and death
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will never come. "
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Birds singing
and leaves crunching.
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In 1856, the Whites moved
into this two-story cottage
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in Wood Street, Battle Creek.
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It was the first
home they had ever owned
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and the original
building contained six rooms
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before two lean-to
additions were added.
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Birds singing.
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The front room
on the ground floor
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served as a
parlor and sitting room.
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Today a museum, it
served then as the room
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where the family assembled
for morning and evening worship.
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In 1859, Ellen White
began to keep a daily journal.
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It provides many glimpses
of life in the White home
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here in Wood Street.
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It mentions making a
pair of pants and a coat
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for her son, Edson, age nine.
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Sunday March 6th
records her making a dress.
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After cutting it out
and beginning to sew,
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things went wrong and
she took it all to pieces
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and made it over.
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Ellen humming a tune.
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Ellen White was an
enthusiastic gardener.
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Her diary tells of planting
out current and raspberry bushes
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and strawberry plants.
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Her entry from Monday
April 11th tells us she spent
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most of the day making
a garden for her children
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because she wanted home
to be the pleasantest place
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of any to them.
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The White home was
always open to visitors
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and, at times, it
seemed to the family
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that they operated a free hotel.
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A diary entry in June, tells
of 35 eating at their table.
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The day after, Ellen
wrote one brief sentence...
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Ellen yawns.
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Ellen White: "We
are all much worn out. "
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Birds singing.
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Traveling to visit the
churches occupied a large amount
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of the Whites' time.
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During extended travel, Ellen
did not forget her children
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and kept in close touch
with them by frequent letters.
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In 1859 to her five
year old son, Willie,
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she described her activities
and experiences in language
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he could understand.
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With one letter, she
sent a small box of candy
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with the admonition,
"You must eat it only
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when Jenny thinks it is best.
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Eat a very little at a time. "
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And to her 18 year old
son, Edson, she wrote in 1868,
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"I was disheartened
and so was your father
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to see you so ready to
put on a coat which cost $26
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merely to walk
down to the office.
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Edson, I am sorry that
you do not manifest more care
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in regard to your clothing. "
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When she was not traveling,
some hours each morning,
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were usually
devoted to her writing.
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In the afternoons,
sewing, mending, knitting
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or occasional
shopping trips to town
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or visits with sick
neighbors, occupied her time.
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After receiving a vision
concerning health in 1863,
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the Whites
returned to their home
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determined to put into practice
what she had been shown.
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Little did she
realize how hard the battle
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with appetite would be.
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Frying pan sizzling.
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Up to this time, meat had been
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the principal
article in her diet.
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She relished eating
it and did not enjoy
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simple, unrefined food.
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What is more, she believed that
she needed meat for strength
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because her health was
poor and she often fainted
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several times a week.
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In a vision however,
she was shown the advantages
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of a simple diet, free
from such stimulating food.
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She instructed her cook
not to serve meat anymore.
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Clock ticking.
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Rooster crowing.
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Ellen White: I
will eat simple food
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or I will not eat at all.
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Stomach, you may
wait until you eat bread.
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Her success in this battle
brought immediate benefits.
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It was not long
before she was able to enjoy
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simple and wholesome food.
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Six months later,
she wrote that her health
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had never been better
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and that the faint and
dizzy spells had left her.
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In 1867, the Whites moved to
Greenville in northern Michigan.
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For two years, James had
been very ill from stress,
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overwork and the
affects of a stroke.
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His sickness
persuaded his wife to take some
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unusual measures in an attempt
to help him regain his health.
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Although the physicians
at the water cure institution
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in Dansville had warned
James that physical activity
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could lead to another stroke.
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His wife had
been shown in vision
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that without
physical and mental activity,
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he could not hope to recover.
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Cow mooing and rooster crowing.
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In the mid-summer of
1867, she saw an opportunity
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to involve her husband
in some physical exercise.
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While the hay was
drying in the fields,
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she visited their neighbors
and persuaded them to say
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that they were too busy
with their own harvesting
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to help her husband when
he asked for their assistance.
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Reluctantly, they
agreed to cooperate.
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According to plan,
when the request was made,
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James White was very
disappointed at the response.
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His wife however spoke up...
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Ellen White: "Let
us show our neighbors
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we can work ourselves. "
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As they passed by,
the locals were surprised
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to see the lady,
who had been recently
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conducting public meetings,
pitching hay on the wagon,
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treading it down and building
the stack that she worked
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with her
husband and son, Willie.
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But more importantly,
her innovative strategy
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helped restore her
husband's health and strength.
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Rooster crowing.
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Due to the primitive state
of photography at the time,
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no photograph exists
of Ellen White smiling
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although, one artist
has drawn this picture
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based on an early photo.
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In actual fact, Mrs.
White was anything but morose.
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She was known to
enjoy a hearty laugh
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at an amusing situation
or a nice turn of words.
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Like many of us, she
gained weight with age.
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When a friend in Japan sent
her a knitted vest-like garment
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called a hug-me-tight,
she found it much too small.
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She wrote expressing her
great appreciation for the gift,
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and added wryly...
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"But there's a great
deal more to Sister White
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than most people think. "
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James and Ellen White lived
in Battle Creek much of the time
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until 1881.
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Their marriage was a happy
one, and they shared a very
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tender relationship
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in spite of the
strength of their personalities,
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and some occasional
differences of opinion.
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For like the Biblical prophets,
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Ellen White was
not without her faults.
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In 1876, she had occasion
to write to her husband...
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Ellen White: "I am
not free from mistakes
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and errors in my life.
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Had I followed my
Savior more closely,
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I should not have to
mourn so much my unlikeness
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to His dear image.
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Again I say, "Forgive me
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every word or act
that has grieved you. "
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Like most
marriages, Ellen's was not
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all sweetness and light.
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When James died prematurely
in Battle Creek in 1881
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at the age of 60, Ellen
White felt the loss deeply.
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Yet, at the funeral,
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she spoke of her
resignation to God's will,
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of the Christian's hope
and of Jesus, who she said
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was more precious to
her than He ever had been
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in any previous
hour in her life.
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James White was buried in
Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek,
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near his two sons.
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Boat whistle blowing.
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Ten years later in 1891,
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Ellen White
sailed for Australia.
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Unfortunately, she soon
fell ill with malarial fever
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and inflammatory rheumatism.
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For the next 11
months, she experienced
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the most terrible
suffering of her whole life
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and became an
almost helpless invalid.
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Yet, in the following
year, she was able to write...
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Ellen White:
"These months of suffering
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have been the
happiest years of my life
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because of the
companionship of my Savior.
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I'm so thankful I
have had this experience,
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because I'm better acquainted
with my precious Lord.
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All through my sickness,
His love, His tender compassion
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was my comfort,
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my continual consolation. "
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One reason why she
had to come to Australia
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was to help in
setting up of a school.
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In 1894, she inspected
the property of 1,450 acres
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in Cooranbong, New South Wales,
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and was impressed that this site
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should be the school location.
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The land was subsequently
purchased and a portion cleared
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of its huge eucalypt trees.
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In vision, an angel told
Ellen White that though the soil
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appeared to be
poor, rightly worked,
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it would produce abundant crops.
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As an expression of her faith,
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she purchased 40
acres from the estate
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and began to
plan for her own home
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and the laying
out of an orchard.
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On just two acres,
over 500 fruit trees
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of a dozen different
varieties were planted
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using the method the
angel had explained to her.
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It was said, that if
Ellen White heard of any fruit
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tree, vegetable or
flower that would not grow
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in the area, she would plant it
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because she
believed false witness
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had been given about the land.
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Ellen humming a tune.
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Despite the adverse
agricultural reports,
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within 18 months of planting,
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she was able to describe
the fruit from her peach trees
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in a letter to a
friend in South Africa.
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Ellen White: "These are the
most beautiful in appearance!
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I have never seen them larger.
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Two of them weighed one pound.
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We are seeing
the exact fulfillment
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of the light the
Lord has given me-
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that, if the land
is worked thoroughly,
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it will yield its treasures. "
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In December 1895, Ellen
White and her helpers moved into
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this 11 room cottage which
she later named, "Sunnyside. "
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It was situated in
Avondale Road, Cooranbong,
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not far from the school,
and it was to be her home
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until her return to
the United States in 1900.
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It was here that she
received many prophetic dreams
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that helped guide the
Seventh-day Adventist Church-
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not only in
Australia, but also in America
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and in other countries.
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The Avondale School
was to be a pattern school
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for the educational work of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Here, she met with the
school principal and teachers,
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who were anxious that its
operation should be in harmony
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with the instruction
God had given to her.
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Here at Sunnyside in
1898, she completed her book
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on the life of Christ-
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The Desire of Ages
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She also cared for
her grandchildren here,
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as well as for other
children needing a home.
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Boy: Thank you.
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Her kind and happy
disposition meant the children
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never felt tense, nervous,
or ill at ease in her company.
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mmmmmmm!
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And one for me, too.
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mmmmmmm!
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Ellen White:
Good morning, brother.
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Man: Good morning, Sister White.
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It was here too that
she cared for the needs
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of the sick in the
surrounding district.
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She often gave food from
her own garden and orchard,
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along with clothing and money
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to those in need.
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On one occasion, a
group of local fishermen,
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grateful for her
help, sent Avondale School
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a crate of fish.
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The cook, accustomed to
serving vegetarian meals,
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wondered whether she
should throw them out.
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Ellen White
responded, "Of course not!
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Aren't there people in
the community who would be
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thankful for them?
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Send them the fish
with our compliments. "
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She then wrote a letter
of thanks to the fishermen
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for their kindness, expressing
her appreciation of the thought
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behind the gift.
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Before she left
Sunnyside and Australia
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in late August 1900,
a beautiful velvet bound
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autographed album
was presented to her
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in the Cooranbong Church.
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The handwritten
messages came from churches
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and individuals expressing
appreciation, friendship
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and love.
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It also included
pictures of churches
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portraits of friends
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and scenes from
her Sunnyside home.
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Dog barking.
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One page was even reserved
for shots of her watchdog,
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Tiglath Pileser.
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Ellen White was 72 years
old when she left Australia.
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On the journey to
America, she was concerned
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about where she
would find a home.
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But two days before the
ship docked in San Francisco,
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God assured her in
vision that He had a refuge
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prepared for her where
she would have quiet and rest.
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Within a week of her arrival,
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she was directed to this
furnished seven room home.
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It was set at
the foot of the hill
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below the St. Helena
Sanitarium in California.
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To her delight, she
found she could buy it
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for less than she had received
for the sale of Sunnyside.
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The residence was
given the name, "Elmshaven,"
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and it was to be her
home for the last 15 years
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of her life.
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Ellen White's granddaughter,
Mrs. Grace Jacques recalls
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those happy times with
her grandmother at Elmshaven.
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Now, we often had a
hot drink for breakfast.
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Postum, sometimes
cocoa, which is really just
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chocolate-flavored
milk. We had a lot of milk.
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A hot cereal,
well-cooked, served with cream.
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Fresh fruit. Usually
a dish of stewed fruit
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if it wasn't summertime
when we could have fresh fruit.
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But usually, if it
was at all possible,
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we had fresh
fruit from the garden.
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There was an orchard
with peaches, apples, pears
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and even persimmons.
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So that we had fruit
through very much of the year.
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Fruit was one of the
main dishes of breakfast.
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Now once in a while,
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we would have an
egg for breakfast.
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So, Ellen White, herself
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never gave up the
use of milk and eggs.
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She needed the eggs
and milk for protein.
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Cottage cheese, we made.
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She could not use dried legumes.
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She was allergic to even lentils
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And my mother made the
most delicious lentil roast
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with olives in it,
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but grandmother couldn't eat it.
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She just had to
watch us enjoy it.
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She herself could
not eat dried legumes
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of any type, it seemed.
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So she would need, you can see,
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to use, as long as
possible, eggs and milk.
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But she made sure to see
that the milk was scalded
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so there was no
danger from germs in the milk
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and also to see that
the eggs were from hens
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that were grain-fed.
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And everyone was happy.
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Nothing ever
unpleasant at the table.
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And often some rather
amusing things happened
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at the table.
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Sometimes amusing to some
people and not for others.
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I remember one man
and his wife were here,
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and she was pregnant.
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And she wanted some white bread.
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Her husband wouldn't
let her touch white bread.
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It had to be this dark,
grain bread, which is alright,
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but she wanted some white bread.
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He said, "No, you
mustn't eat any white bread. "
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So here they were at the table -
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sitting at the table
- and then Ellen White
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looked around after the blessing
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and she said to the lady...
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She was looking at
the bread on the table,
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and it was dark bread.
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And she said, "Mrs. so-and-so,
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would you enjoy a
little white bread?"
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That's what she'd
just been wanting.
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But her husband
said, "No, you mustn't.
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You must always have dark
bread for the nourishment.
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You must have nourishment. "
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But once in a while,
it's nice to have something
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you just want.
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And Ellen White seemed to know
that without asking anything.
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She said, "May I get
you some white bread?"
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And she did.
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I imagine the husband
felt rather embarrassed.
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I don't know.
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And she wasn't straitlaced.
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I mean, what should I say?
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She didn't want us to take
her writings as a straitjacket.
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It was there for...
Her writings were to assist
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in different activities in life.
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She was well-liked.
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She used to stop her carriage.
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They'd go by the vineyards,
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and men were working there.
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She'd stop and talk to
them about different things
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and about their work.
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And if she heard there
was a new baby some place,
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whether they
were Adventist or not-
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that didn't make any difference-
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well, she'd, in the
carriage, go in the afternoon,
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take some present to them,
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to the new baby.
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You know, recognize
that something had happened
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that means something to them,
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the people. And
she enjoyed it too.
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She was a very outgoing person.
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Many times the
angels came to this room
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and stood by her
side and instructed her.
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Wouldn't that be interesting-
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to talk to angels?
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Some day we'll be
able to talk to our angels
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and that'll be wonderful.
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But the most
interesting time was when Jesus
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Himself was here,
and I can't forget that.
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How interested He
was in the little lady
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who was trying to
carry out the instruction
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that was given to her-and
writing and writing and writing.
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Elmshaven, today is
much the same as it was
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when Grace used to
visit her grandmother here.
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This is the living room,
where visitors were greeted,
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and the family met
morning and evening for worship.
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Ellen especially
loved this fireplace,
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with its brown tiles depicting
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the legend of King
Arthur and his knights.
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As she neared
the end of her life,
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Ellen White enjoyed
a triumphant experience
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of faith.
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She knew Jesus as
her Savior and Friend,
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and looked forward to
the home in the New Earth,
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that she had seen
many times in vision.
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Often as she
moved around her home,
00:30:09.72\00:30:11.98
she could be heard singing
the words composed in 1845
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by William Hyde.
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He had written them
after hearing her account
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of her first vision of
Heaven given in December 1844.
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The last part of the
song she especially loved...
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Ellen White singing:
We'll be there, we'll be there
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in a little while,
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We'll join the
pure and the blest;
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We'll have the
palm, the robe, the crown
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And forever be at rest.
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It was while
entering her writing room
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on a Sabbath
morning in February 1915,
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that she tripped and fell-
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her hip broken.
00:31:06.64\00:31:08.15
Ellen groaning in pain.
00:31:10.05\00:31:11.46
Grace Jacques: When it
came time, we could see
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that she was not
going to live very long.
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We sent for my sister
Mabel, who was Dean of Women
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at Loma Linda, to come
and be here at the time.
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So they put the head of
the bed by the fireplace
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and we all gathered around.
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And she breathed...
less and less deeply,
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and just finally
stopped breathing.
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There was no struggle.
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We wondered if she
would say something.
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You always wonder will
people say something at last.
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But she didn't.
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She'd already said
what she wanted to say.
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She said, "I know
in whom I believed. "
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There was no panic.
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So she just quietly
stopped breathing...
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in July at... what
time is it by that clock?
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Quarter to four.
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On Sabbath July 24,
her funeral service was
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conducted in the Dime
Tabernacle, Battle Creek.
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Some three and a half
thousand people crowded
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into the church,
and a thousand more
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stood on the lawns outside.
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Ellen White lies
buried in the family plot
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in the Oak Hill
Cemetery, Battle Creek
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beside her husband and
other members of her family.
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Together, they wait for
the resurrection morning.
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As with all God's
messengers through the ages,
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Ellen White experienced
the joys and sorrows of life.
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Like them, she did
not lose the uniqueness
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of her personality.
00:33:29.58\00:33:30.58
Nor was she suddenly endowed
00:33:30.61\00:33:32.43
with abilities that she
did not previously possess.
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She was no plaster
saint, but was one who always
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acknowledged that she was a
sinner, saved by God's grace.
00:33:39.55\00:33:42.82
Like the prophets before her,
she struggled with temptation,
00:33:42.85\00:33:46.78
mourned her un-Christ-like
character, possessed at times
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of faulty memory,
had her likes, dislikes,
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and her own tastes of
dressing and homemaking.
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She recognized her limitations
of knowledge and understanding,
00:33:57.72\00:34:00.88
apart from the revelations
received from the Lord.
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And she lamented her
inadequate writing ability.
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But she was also a warm,
caring and generous hearted
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wife, mother and friend, who
was greatly devoted to her God
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and to those about her.
00:34:16.08\00:34:17.51
Chosen by God as His messenger
to the Seventh-day Adventist
00:34:17.54\00:34:21.06
Church, God used her
through the prophetic gift
00:34:21.09\00:34:24.49
to bring unity of faith,
00:34:24.52\00:34:26.63
to guide and
strengthen the church,
00:34:26.66\00:34:29.37
to magnify the
principles of His Word
00:34:29.40\00:34:32.21
and to bring to men and women
a clearer of view of Jesus.
00:34:32.24\00:34:36.28
Of her writings, she declared...
00:34:36.31\00:34:38.84
Ellen White: "They
will constantly speak,
00:34:38.85\00:34:40.89
and their work will go forward,
so long as time shall last. "
00:34:40.92\00:34:45.11
A great and wondrous
sign appeared in Heaven:
00:35:02.03\00:35:05.49
a woman clothed with the sun,
with the moon under her feet
00:35:06.23\00:35:11.12
and a crown of
twelve stars on her head.
00:35:11.15\00:35:14.35
She was pregnant-
00:35:15.22\00:35:16.98
Woman screaming in labor pain.
00:35:17.01\00:35:19.08
-and cried out in pain as
she was about to give birth.
00:35:19.12\00:35:23.11
Then another sign
appeared in Heaven:
00:35:24.36\00:35:26.46
an enormous red dragon
with seven heads and ten horns,
00:35:26.49\00:35:31.16
and seven crowns on his head.
00:35:31.19\00:35:34.27
His tail swept the third
of the stars out of the sky
00:35:34.30\00:35:38.94
and flung them to earth.
00:35:38.97\00:35:41.54
The dragon stood
in front of the woman
00:35:43.50\00:35:45.83
who was about to give
birth, so that he might devour
00:35:45.86\00:35:49.39
her child the
moment it was born.
00:35:49.42\00:35:51.88
She gave birth to
a son, a male child,
00:35:53.25\00:35:57.58
who was to rule all
nations with an iron scepter.
00:35:57.61\00:36:01.11
And her child was caught
up to God and to His throne.
00:36:02.21\00:36:05.94
And there was war in Heaven.
00:36:05.97\00:36:09.49
Michael and his angels
fought against the dragon,
00:36:10.13\00:36:12.57
and the dragon fought back.
00:36:12.60\00:36:13.95
But he was not strong enough;
and he lost his place in Heaven.
00:36:15.19\00:36:21.31
The great
dragon was hurled down-
00:36:22.42\00:36:25.28
that ancient serpent
called the devil, or Satan,
00:36:25.31\00:36:28.97
who leads the
whole world astray.
00:36:29.00\00:36:31.07
He was hurled to the
earth, and his angels with him.
00:36:31.10\00:36:36.00
When the dragon saw that he
had being hurled to the earth,
00:36:38.58\00:36:41.08
he pursued the
woman who had given birth
00:36:41.11\00:36:44.81
to the male child.
00:36:44.84\00:36:46.46
The woman fled into the desert
00:36:47.05\00:36:48.38
to a place
prepared for her by God,
00:36:48.41\00:36:50.21
where she might be
taken care of for 1,260 days.
00:36:52.79\00:36:56.18
Then the dragon was
enraged at the woman
00:36:57.47\00:37:00.61
and went off to make war against
the rest of her offspring-
00:37:00.64\00:37:04.37
those who obey
God's commandments
00:37:04.40\00:37:08.77
and hold to the
testimony of Jesus.
00:37:08.80\00:37:13.27
These dramatic words
of Revelation chapter 12,
00:37:16.49\00:37:19.13
describe the most
momentous war this universe
00:37:19.16\00:37:22.16
has ever witnessed-
00:37:22.19\00:37:23.33
the conflict between
Christ and the forces of good
00:37:23.36\00:37:26.25
and Satan and
his cohorts of evil.
00:37:26.26\00:37:28.64
The origin,
progress and glorious climax
00:37:29.76\00:37:32.18
of this great controversy
story were also revealed
00:37:32.21\00:37:35.35
to Ellen White in a
two-hour vision given her
00:37:35.39\00:37:38.31
on Sunday March 14,
1858 in Lovett's Grove,
00:37:38.34\00:37:42.51
now known as
Bowling Green, Ohio.
00:37:42.54\00:37:45.93
She was told to write
out what she had seen,
00:37:46.27\00:37:48.78
but she was also
warned of the consequences
00:37:48.81\00:37:51.97
for Satan would make
strong efforts to prevent her.
00:37:52.00\00:37:55.34
The assurance was given
her, however, that God's angels
00:37:56.32\00:37:59.84
would not leave
her in the conflict.
00:37:59.87\00:38:01.93
She soon
discovered what this meant.
00:38:06.22\00:38:08.14
The next day, James and
Ellen White left Bowling Green
00:38:08.17\00:38:11.40
and took the train for
Battle Creek, Michigan.
00:38:11.43\00:38:13.71
On the way, they made
plans to write out and publish
00:38:13.74\00:38:17.32
what she had seen.
00:38:17.33\00:38:18.62
Arriving at Jackson in Michigan,
00:38:43.48\00:38:45.56
they left the train to
stay with their friends,
00:38:45.59\00:38:48.06
Daniel Palmer and his wife.
00:38:48.09\00:38:49.57
The Whites had
not been there long
00:38:52.19\00:38:54.09
when Ellen experienced
a strange, cold sensation
00:38:54.13\00:38:57.44
over her heart.
00:38:57.48\00:38:58.62
It passed up over her
head and down her right side.
00:38:59.08\00:39:02.07
Her tongue refused to
utter what she wanted to say
00:39:02.11\00:39:05.06
and seemed large and numb.
00:39:05.09\00:39:07.55
As she lost consciousness,
her husband and friends
00:39:08.48\00:39:11.58
dropped to their
knees and began to pray.
00:39:11.61\00:39:14.27
At night, she
suffered considerable pain,
00:39:15.28\00:39:17.73
but was sufficiently
revived the next morning
00:39:17.76\00:39:20.15
to continue the journey to
their home in Battle Creek.
00:39:20.18\00:39:22.80
Birds singing.
00:39:23.41\00:39:25.76
Ellen White was carried up
these stairs to her bedroom
00:39:30.79\00:39:33.34
where, for several weeks,
she could not feel the touch
00:39:33.35\00:39:36.26
of her hand or the coldest water
00:39:36.27\00:39:38.08
poured on her head.
00:39:38.11\00:39:39.80
She tried to
struggle to her feet
00:39:39.83\00:39:41.53
in an attempt to walk
00:39:41.56\00:39:42.80
but, at times, fell
helpless to the floor.
00:39:42.84\00:39:45.98
In this condition,
she started to write on
00:39:51.04\00:39:53.32
The Great Controversy.
00:39:53.35\00:39:54.95
She wrote one page and
then lay back exhausted
00:39:56.62\00:39:58.51
for three days.
00:39:58.55\00:39:59.68
Picking up her pen,
she wrote another page
00:39:59.71\00:40:02.77
only to be forced to rest again.
00:40:02.80\00:40:05.04
This went on for weeks,
but gradually the writing
00:40:09.35\00:40:12.39
became easier and faster.
00:40:12.40\00:40:14.94
In September 1858, this small
volume came from the press.
00:40:20.30\00:40:24.09
It carries the title
00:40:24.12\00:40:25.47
Spiritual Gifts, Volume 1:
00:40:25.51\00:40:27.79
The Great Controversy
between Christ and His angels
00:40:27.96\00:40:31.28
and Satan and his angels.
00:40:31.31\00:40:33.21
It contains 41
chapters, beginning with
00:40:33.24\00:40:37.02
The Fall of Satan
00:40:37.05\00:40:39.83
and concluding with
00:40:39.86\00:40:40.83
The Second Death.
00:40:40.84\00:40:41.81
During the remaining
57 years of her life,
00:40:44.27\00:40:46.69
Ellen White received
other visions concerning
00:40:46.70\00:40:49.16
"The Great Controversy" story.
00:40:49.19\00:40:50.90
She also studied the writings
of historians that provided her
00:40:51.57\00:40:54.89
with dates and
details of minor importance,
00:40:54.92\00:40:58.08
not presented in the visions.
00:40:58.09\00:40:59.76
These together with
her knowledge of the Bible
00:40:59.79\00:41:02.90
enabled her to greatly
enlarge her initial account
00:41:02.93\00:41:06.24
and write out a connected
history of what she had seen.
00:41:06.27\00:41:09.75
Finally, these
five volumes in the
00:41:12.71\00:41:15.20
Conflict of the Ages
00:41:15.24\00:41:16.23
series, containing 3,600
pages, set forth most completely
00:41:16.27\00:41:21.73
the origin, progress and
final acts in the great drama
00:41:21.76\00:41:26.08
of the ages.
00:41:26.11\00:41:27.31
In the introduction to her book,
00:41:28.00\00:41:29.50
The Great Controversy,
00:41:29.54\00:41:31.10
Ellen White explains why
the scenes of the long continued
00:41:31.13\00:41:34.56
conflict between good
and evil were revealed to her
00:41:34.59\00:41:37.63
and why she was instructed
to make it known to others.
00:41:37.66\00:41:41.37
Clock ticking.
Ellen White: "In the great
00:41:41.40\00:41:42.95
final conflict, Satan
will employ the same policy,
00:41:42.96\00:41:46.17
manifest the same spirit
and work for the same end
00:41:46.20\00:41:50.21
as in all proceeding ages.
00:41:50.24\00:41:52.73
That which is been will be,
except that the coming struggle
00:41:52.74\00:41:57.50
will be marked with a terrible
intensity such as the world
00:41:57.53\00:42:00.59
has never witnessed. "
00:42:00.62\00:42:02.13
The issues in that
struggle, and the final acts
00:42:03.43\00:42:06.42
in the great
controversy of the ages
00:42:06.46\00:42:08.25
are portrayed in
Revelation, chapters 13 and 14.
00:42:08.28\00:42:12.46
Woman screaming in labor
pain. Revelation 13 predicts
00:42:12.49\00:42:15.43
that all the earth's inhabitants
will finally be brought
00:42:15.46\00:42:18.11
to a decision of
submission and allegiance
00:42:18.14\00:42:20.44
to either Christ or Satan?
00:42:20.47\00:42:23.76
To prepare for
this last great crisis,
00:42:24.80\00:42:27.40
God sends a threefold
message of warning described in
00:42:27.43\00:42:30.75
Revelation 14.
Man talks on radio.
00:42:30.78\00:42:32.73
It is to be
preached to every nation,
00:42:32.76\00:42:35.09
tribe, language and people.
00:42:35.13\00:42:37.43
For every human being must
be given the opportunity to make
00:42:37.46\00:42:40.83
the ultimate
choice: worship the Creator
00:42:40.86\00:42:44.55
or worship the power,
identified as the beast,
00:42:44.58\00:42:47.66
the ultimate
counterfeit of truth
00:42:47.69\00:42:49.77
and the dragon, Satan, who gives
to him, his power, his throne,
00:42:49.80\00:42:55.11
and his great authority.
00:42:55.14\00:42:56.78
According to
Revelation 14, this message
00:43:01.01\00:43:03.66
is not sent, however,
00:43:03.69\00:43:05.08
until God's great final
judgment commences in Heaven.
00:43:05.11\00:43:08.76
Right on time, a
people arose to proclaim
00:43:08.79\00:43:12.23
that that
judgment hour had come.
00:43:12.26\00:43:14.73
William Miller heralded
the soon return of Christ.
00:43:16.27\00:43:18.95
Hiram Edson pointed to the
beginning of Christ's final
00:43:19.63\00:43:22.44
work of judgment in the
heavenly sanctuary in 1844.
00:43:22.47\00:43:25.89
Rachel Oakes
shared the knowledge
00:43:26.32\00:43:29.03
of the Seventh-day Sabbath
00:43:29.06\00:43:30.27
that had been
preserved down through time.
00:43:30.31\00:43:32.47
And Joseph Bates saw
its prophetic significance
00:43:33.03\00:43:36.43
in preparing a people
for the coming of the Lord.
00:43:36.46\00:43:38.86
To Ellen White was
given the Testimony of Jesus,
00:43:39.79\00:43:42.44
the prophetic gift, to
provide guidance and direction
00:43:42.45\00:43:45.93
in the proclamation of
the Everlasting Gospel.
00:43:45.94\00:43:48.37
Through her visions,
God directed in the founding
00:43:49.15\00:43:52.26
of a worldwide program of
schools, colleges, hospitals,
00:43:52.27\00:43:56.57
health food factories,
publishing houses and churches.
00:43:56.60\00:44:00.16
All these are dedicated to
the sharing of the good news
00:44:00.19\00:44:03.97
of God's great love and
of Christ's soon return.
00:44:04.00\00:44:08.15
From every nation under
Heaven, people are responding
00:44:09.07\00:44:12.38
to God's call to worship
Him as the Creator and Redeemer.
00:44:12.42\00:44:15.70
The Bible identifies them
by their faithfulness to Jesus,
00:44:16.38\00:44:19.51
and their keeping
God's commandments
00:44:19.54\00:44:21.71
expressed in their love
to God and their fellow man.
00:44:21.74\00:44:25.36
To a world
desperate for a ray of hope
00:44:26.90\00:44:29.04
in the darkness of
increasing disease and despair,
00:44:29.08\00:44:32.65
violence and fear;
they have a message
00:44:32.69\00:44:35.70
bringing healing,
reconciliation and liberation-
00:44:35.73\00:44:39.46
Jesus died for the sins of all.
00:44:40.29\00:44:41.83
Christ writhing in pain.
00:44:41.87\00:44:43.09
He lives to grant forgiveness
to those who ask Him for it,
00:44:43.12\00:44:46.13
and He is soon to return
to establish a New World,
00:44:46.16\00:44:50.19
where pain and tears
and death will be no more.
00:44:50.22\00:44:55.27
Chorus singing
"Hallelujah Chorus".
00:44:55.30\00:44:58.57
Ellen White: "Soon there appears
00:45:01.11\00:45:02.26
in the east, a
small black cloud.
00:45:02.29\00:45:04.82
It is the cloud which
surrounds the Savior. "
00:45:04.86\00:45:08.42
Thunderclap.
00:45:08.45\00:45:09.99
"In solemn silence, the
people of God gaze upon it
00:45:11.74\00:45:15.03
as it draws nearer the
earth, becoming lighter
00:45:15.07\00:45:18.27
and more glorious until
it is a great white cloud.
00:45:18.31\00:45:21.47
Jesus rides forth
as a Mighty Conqueror!"
00:45:21.96\00:45:25.25
Thunderclap.
00:45:25.95\00:45:27.09
"Amid the reeling of the
earth, the flash of lightning,
00:45:27.43\00:45:30.16
the roar of thunder,
the voice of the Son of God
00:45:30.20\00:45:33.80
calls forth His
sleeping saints. "
00:45:33.84\00:45:36.16
Thunderclap.
00:45:36.19\00:45:38.45
"The living
righteous are changed.
00:45:38.49\00:45:40.84
Now they are made immortal
00:45:40.88\00:45:44.14
and, with the risen
saints, are caught up
00:45:44.17\00:45:45.81
to meet the Lord in the air
00:45:45.85\00:45:47.66
and, with songs of gladness,
00:45:47.70\00:45:49.44
ascend together
to the City of God. "
00:45:49.48\00:45:52.12
"The great controversy is ended.
Sin and sinners are no more.
00:45:52.15\00:45:57.44
The entire universe is
clean. From the minutest atom to
00:45:57.45\00:46:02.37
the greatest world, all
things, animate and inanimate,
00:46:02.40\00:46:06.79
in their unshadowed
beauty and perfect joy,
00:46:06.82\00:46:10.07
declare that God is love. "
00:46:10.08\00:46:12.78
Chorus sings to
its finale: Hallelujah!
00:46:13.07\00:46:15.89
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