Funds had been raised
by Sabbath school members
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in California to
send the missionary team
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down to Australia.
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The intention was to
open the work in Australia,
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for God had
additional plans in store.
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Headed by S. N.
Haskell the team stopped here
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in New Zealand
for four to five days
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on route in 1885.
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Impressed by the
friendliness of the people
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and noting the
libraries in town,
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Haskell commented
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that the people must
be interested in learning
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and would
therefore make good prospects
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for learning Bible truths.
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After settling in Melbourne,
he decided to return to America
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and stopped off in
New Zealand on the way.
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He had heard of the group
of Sunday keeping Adventists
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and found accommodation
with Edward and Lizzie Hare.
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They introduced him
to others in the area
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and he held some meetings
over the course of a few weeks.
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Breaking the evangelistic rule,
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he presented the
Sabbath on the first night
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and the second
coming on the second night.
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They were
convinced and encouraged him
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to visit the rest
of the Hare family
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who live north in Kaeo.
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Deciding not to
return to the US,
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he stayed with the
Hare family in Kaeo,
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about 250
kilometers north of Auckland.
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This area is rich
in religious history
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with the Methodist, Anglican,
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Catholic and
Seventh-day Adventist Churches
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having roots in the area.
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Here he met the
patriarch of the family,
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Joseph Hare, an Irish Orangemen
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who along with his
family live in the house
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on the mount behind me.
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He also met his son Robert,
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and both of them were preachers.
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Haskell was invited to speak
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and spoke for
three consecutive Sundays
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along with evening meetings
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and also holding Bible studies
during the day in the home.
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The Hare family
decided to keep the Sabbath.
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And this chemist
behind me would end up
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being one of the first church
buildings that they met in.
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Robert the son had a
difficult decision to make.
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He was engaged to be married.
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The house had been built,
the furniture had been ordered,
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but his bride to be
objected to his new beliefs.
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It was marriage or the Sabbath,
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she wouldn't convert
and he wouldn't compromise.
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The marriage was off
and he left for America
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to study for the
ministry at Healdsburg College.
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Haskell returned in 1886,
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and ran a two week
evangelistic series,
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and before he left he organized
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the Kaeo
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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the first in New Zealand
on the 23rd of March 1886.
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Haskell sent a good
report to the General Conference
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and requested an
evangelist be sent.
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The choice was 28
year old A.G. Daniells,
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who would later go on
to be the longest serving
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General Conference president.
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A.G. Daniells brought with
him a 15 square meter marquee
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that was pitched
here in this park
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along with a pedal organ
and together with his wife
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lived in a tent on sites.
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A.G. Daniells would lead
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the first evangelistic
tent series in Auckland
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and drew large crowds.
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And at the end of
17 weeks of meetings,
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a Sabbath school with
78 members was started.
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Later on, a small wooden church
was built on Mackelvie Street
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with 67 charter members
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and the first service took place
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on the 15th of October, 1887.
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This was the first church
built in the southern hemisphere
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and still stands today
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as part of the Ponsonby
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Robert Hare would soon return
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from the USA with
his American bride,
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Henrietta Johnson
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and thrust himself
into the work here.
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A few years later, a
conference would be formed
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and the work would
progress to the South Island
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with S.N. Haskell amongst others
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starting the
church there as well.
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A few years later,
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the conference was
split into two in 1915.
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A college was also started
at Longburn on the south part
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of the north island.
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When Ellen White was
in the South Pacific,
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she spent some time here
helping to establish the church
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and spoke at the first
New Zealand camp meeting
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and also began
writing on the life of Christ
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while she was down here.
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And so the stop on the
journey to Australia turned into
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a lot more than
just a few days rest.
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God had bigger plans
than just rest and relaxation.
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S. N. Haskell's
return journey to America
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never materialized
then and instead the church
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was birthed here in
this beautiful country.
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Sometimes we have big plans
that we want God to accomplish.
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And whilst that's good to have,
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we must always be open
to God turning things around
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and remember as Isaiah says that
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His ways are
higher than our ways.
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Ellen White's work in Australia
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and New Zealand was
largely a pioneering work.
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S.N. Haskell and
his team had arrived
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several years earlier
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but much of the
work was yet to be done.
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Here in this new country,
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they would go
into unentered field,
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open schools, churches,
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sanitariums and
publishing houses.
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The membership was
small but the vision was big.
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Ellen White had
mentioned Australia
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as early as 1874 when she wrote,
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"The message will
go in power to Oregon,
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to Europe, to Australia."
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At the age of
64, 17 years later,
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she would arrive
here in Australia.
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The original team had
originally docked in Sydney
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but they would end up
settling here in Melbourne
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and the city is
really the birthplace
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of Adventism in Australia.
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This was also where Ellen White
first settled when she came.
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In mid 1892, she sent a message
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to the conference
president A.G. Daniells
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that a school
needed to be started
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for the education of the youth.
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This message was both
welcome and also troubling.
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How could a membership so small
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and poor in worldly
goods accomplish this?
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They started the
Australasian Bible School
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in two rented houses
on St. George's Terrace
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on St. Kilda Road.
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In their first term they
had between 25 and 50 students,
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later on the school would grow
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and a third
house would be added.
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Later on, the school
would move north to Cooranbong
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but its roots lie here.
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Early on the
publishing work was started
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and a building on the
corner of Rae and Scotchmer
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served as both accommodation
and publishing house.
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The first copy of the Bible Echo
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and Signs of the Time
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was published
in January of 1886.
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Later on, they would purchase
a property here on Best Street
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for 1400 dollars
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and a three storey
building was erected.
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The publishing
house would stay here
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until it would move
in 1905 to Warburton
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where it remains to this day.
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Our early pioneers
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sought to use the
best means of communication
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to share the message
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and this was integral to
the strategy of the church
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as it planted in new areas.
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Here in the Edinburgh
gardens they also held
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the first tent
meetings that would later on
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lead to the
first Adventist Church
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in the southern hemisphere,
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the North Fitzroy
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Another work that started early
on was a health food company,
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this was known as
Sanitarium Health Foods
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and started in
1898 on Clark Street
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in Northcote, Melbourne.
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Ellen White strongly
encouraged this as well as
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the later move of the company
from Melbourne to Avondale
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so that the college
students could work there.
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Today Sanitarium Foods
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is one of the
largest health food companies
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in the world
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and is widely
recognized throughout Australia
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for its wide range of products,
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in particular, its
flagship product Weetabix.
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The financial
support given by Sanitarium
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to the work of the church
is aligned with the instruction
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Ellen White gave
about the health food work
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that it is God's
gift to His people
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and the profits are to be used
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for the good of
suffering humanity everywhere.
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This is perhaps
the best illustration
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of this close
working relationship
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anywhere in the world.
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And so the work of the church
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started in a
comprehensive fashion,
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evangelism, church planting,
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education, a
health food company,
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a publishing house
and the sanitarium.
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There were many dimensions
to the church in its early days
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despite only
having a few members.
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They work hard and
sort of follow the counsel
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that God had given them,
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even though they only
had a little bit of funds.
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Sometimes today, I
think we are too constrained
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by our circumstances
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and if the plan is
manifested the same hesitancy
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that we often have,
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I wonder if the work
would ever have got going.
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God is looking for people today,
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who will step out in faith,
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who will follow the
counsel that He has given
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and seek to accomplish
great things in these times
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in which we're living.
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The work had begun in Melbourne
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and the school was growing,
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but the council had been given
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that this was not to
be a permanent location
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and they were to
move out of the city
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into the countryside.
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A search committee was appointed
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but it was tough going.
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The cost of suitable land
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was too high for
a small constituency
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of only 1000
members, and in many places
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they did not want a
school on their land.
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Eventually, they
found a 1500 acre property
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in Cooranbong, New South Wales
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offered at a
very reasonable price
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of 14 shillings per acre.
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After inspecting the
soil, they were disappointed.
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Some of the soil was
good, but some was poor
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and sandy and the
committee was split,
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some in favor and some opposing.
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Ellen White was
invited to review the land
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and after two days of
inspection and discussion,
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she suggested that they pray
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and ask God to give assurance
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that it was the right location.
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As they knelt to pray,
Ellen White was impressed
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to pray for the healing
of one of the members present
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who was rapidly
declining with tuberculosis.
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After they prayed,
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Elder Stephen
McCullough said that
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he had felt a feeling
passed through his body
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like an electric wave.
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Ellen White said,
"The Lord is here.
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This is the evidence
that it is the right place."
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Also a few days before
she visited the property,
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she had a dream
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where she saw a
freshly turned furrow
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and two men examining the soil.
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They said this is not good land,
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the soil is not favorable.
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Ellen then looked
up and saw her angel.
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He said, "False
witness has been borne
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against this land."
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He then went on to
explain the science of the soil.
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As the days and weeks passed on,
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some of those
present began to weaken
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and question the
quality of the soil.
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And so it was proposed to
get a government inspector
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out to look at the soil.
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Mr. A.H. Benson
inspected the soil
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and later on over dinner,
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he commented that
the soil was useless
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and there will be better
of forfeiting their deposit
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than going ahead
with the purchase.
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He said that if a
bandicoot or a small rabbit
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was to cross this
particular tract of land,
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he would find it necessary
to carry his lunch with him.
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After he wrote his report,
it was shown to Ellen White,
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to which she replied,
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"Is there not a God
in Israel to inquire of
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that we must go
to the God of Ekron."
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She went on to tell the brethren
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that they could
continue looking for a new site
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if they wanted to, and
if they found something
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suitable to show her,
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but her heart was at
peace with the current location.
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The leaders decided
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to move ahead with the purchase.
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The next challenge was to
find the money and to build.
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The first building built
was literally out of the land
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and it was a small dormitory,
dining room and kitchen.
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Short on funds, they asked
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for volunteers
to finish the work.
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And amongst those who responded
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was S.N. Haskell
and his wife Hetty.
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Working at night,
one would hold the candle
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while the other
would drive in the nails.
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Ellen commented
that the women worked
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until the hands blistered
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and they would rub vaseline on,
so they could continue working.
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And thus the college
was built amidst toil,
00:15:08.84\00:15:11.77
sacrifice and
hardship by the new
00:15:11.81\00:15:14.54
and small church in Australia.
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April the 28th,
1897, so the first day
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for the Avondale
School for Christian workers,
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and they started
00:15:29.82\00:15:31.16
with four
teachers and 10 students,
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rising to 60 by the
end of the first term.
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Truly it can be said,
00:15:36.90\00:15:38.47
who has despised
the day of small things?
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Despite the small
number of students and staff
00:15:41.80\00:15:44.71
this school would go
on to have a huge impact
00:15:44.74\00:15:47.28
in the South Pacific and
key to the many missionaries
00:15:47.31\00:15:50.78
who went to the
surrounding islands.
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In 1911 the name would change
00:15:53.01\00:15:55.58
to the
Australasian Missionary College,
00:15:55.62\00:15:57.82
and in 1964 the name
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would change again
to Avondale College.
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The school was built on land
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that the government
deemed to be unusable.
00:16:09.80\00:16:12.30
And yet this
prediction proved to be untrue.
00:16:12.33\00:16:15.24
God always knows
best and allowing Him
00:16:15.27\00:16:17.67
to lead in our decisions
whether that's personal
00:16:17.71\00:16:20.58
or church wide is
always the best way
00:16:20.61\00:16:23.95
even when it seems
to make no sense to us.
00:16:23.98\00:16:27.25
May we be
sensitive to His Spirit
00:16:27.28\00:16:29.58
and able to tell His
voice as He leads us.
00:16:29.62\00:16:32.75
When I was growing up, if
you wanted to study history
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or do research on
a particular topic,
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there was really only one option
00:16:41.56\00:16:43.30
that we had and
that was to read a book.
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And I never really used
to like reading that much.
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So we decided to
create a resource
00:16:48.17\00:16:50.11
that will translate
this written information
00:16:50.14\00:16:52.27
into the language of today.
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My name is Adam Ramadan.
And my name is Clive Coutet.
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And we are the
cofounders of Lineage Journey.
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Back in 2016, I was
reading a Great Controversy
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and I was really struggling
00:17:04.19\00:17:05.52
to find any
relevant video resources
00:17:05.55\00:17:07.42
that I could use
to aid me in my study.
00:17:07.46\00:17:09.32
So I decided to approach
Adam about the possibility
00:17:09.36\00:17:11.63
of making some
videos on the Reformation.
00:17:11.66\00:17:14.00
So we started
filming in the end of 2016,
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and in 2017 we
released 48 videos
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that covered the
period of the early church
00:17:20.70\00:17:23.07
all the way through to
the end of the Reformation.
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Then in 2018 and 2019
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we released another 52
episodes on church history.
00:17:28.28\00:17:31.88
These have now been
viewed all over the world
00:17:31.91\00:17:34.62
in over 100 countries
00:17:34.65\00:17:36.12
covering about 50
different languages
00:17:36.15\00:17:38.42
and we have over 3
million views online.
00:17:38.45\00:17:41.79
These videos have
been used as a resource
00:17:41.82\00:17:43.96
in both secular
and Christian schools
00:17:43.99\00:17:46.33
as well as several
church denominations
00:17:46.36\00:17:48.63
across the globe
using Bible studies,
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study groups,
00:17:51.13\00:17:52.47
as well as play to
the general congregation.
00:17:52.50\00:17:54.24
They also make a great
online evangelistic tool
00:17:54.27\00:17:57.21
where people
aren't able to share them,
00:17:57.24\00:17:58.77
and we've seen
them go into countries
00:17:58.81\00:18:00.14
that we ourselves can't go,
00:18:00.18\00:18:01.54
countries that
are Muslim countries
00:18:01.58\00:18:03.14
where the
Christian message cannot go.
00:18:03.18\00:18:05.81
One of the
challenges we have, though,
00:18:05.85\00:18:07.55
is that amongst our
team of almost 10 people,
00:18:07.58\00:18:09.65
we are all
volunteers on this project,
00:18:09.68\00:18:11.75
sacrificing our
time, our effort and energy
00:18:11.79\00:18:14.12
in order to make
these resources together.
00:18:14.16\00:18:16.76
Just to put
things into perspective,
00:18:16.79\00:18:18.56
each Lineage episode
as well as the filming
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takes an
additional two to three days
00:18:21.16\00:18:23.13
in post-production.
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That is a lot of
time and sacrifice
00:18:24.53\00:18:26.50
that this team has made
00:18:26.53\00:18:27.87
in putting 100
episodes together.
00:18:27.90\00:18:29.60
So we need to raise the funds
00:18:29.64\00:18:31.07
to cover the cost of the filming
00:18:31.11\00:18:32.77
as well as the
continued production costs
00:18:32.81\00:18:35.64
that come after that.
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So for as little as $1 a month,
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you can help us to expand
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this ministry to
create new resources
00:18:40.38\00:18:42.72
to reach more
people across the world.
00:18:42.75\00:18:45.05
Thank you for visiting this page
00:18:45.09\00:18:46.82
and taking the time
to watch this video.
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We really appreciate that.
00:18:48.96\00:18:50.43
Thank you for your
support of the ministry so far.
00:18:50.46\00:18:52.89
And we ask that you
would prayerfully consider
00:18:52.93\00:18:55.20
being a partner with
us on this Patreon page.
00:18:55.23\00:18:58.73
May God bless you.
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And we ask that you
continue to keep this ministry
00:19:00.14\00:19:02.40
and our future plans in prayer.
00:19:02.44\00:19:04.61
When the land was purchased
for a new school in Cooranbong,
00:19:21.39\00:19:24.99
the vision was to sell
some of the land surrounding it
00:19:25.03\00:19:28.03
to families
associated with the school.
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In order to show
her faith in the project
00:19:30.70\00:19:33.27
Ellen White was the
first to negotiate for land,
00:19:33.30\00:19:36.14
for a home, garden and orchard
00:19:36.17\00:19:38.71
and show 16 hectors or 40 acres.
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This home once built
would be her place of residence
00:19:47.35\00:19:50.99
from 1896 to 1900.
00:19:51.02\00:19:54.12
While the home was being built,
00:19:54.16\00:19:55.92
Ellen White stayed
on site to ensure that
00:19:55.96\00:19:58.43
it was done
correctly but also to help out,
00:19:58.46\00:20:01.56
helping to clear the land,
driving her own two horse team
00:20:01.60\00:20:05.50
and planting trees
all at the age of 68.
00:20:05.53\00:20:08.84
Establishing a home
in the bush wasn't easy
00:20:14.04\00:20:17.28
and it took a lot of
hard work to get the land
00:20:17.31\00:20:20.32
from what it
looked like on arrival
00:20:20.35\00:20:22.22
to what it looks like today.
00:20:22.25\00:20:24.12
Kangaroos and
other wild native animals
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roamed freely
00:20:27.16\00:20:28.49
and it was necessary
to get a good watchdog.
00:20:28.52\00:20:31.33
Tiglath Pileser was
named after an Assyrian king
00:20:31.36\00:20:35.00
who had a reputation
00:20:35.03\00:20:36.36
for being
cutthroat and ruthless.
00:20:36.40\00:20:39.20
Ellen loved the
climate here saying that
00:20:39.23\00:20:41.77
it was beautiful and the
best that she had experienced.
00:20:41.80\00:20:45.44
Due to the frequent sunshine
00:20:45.47\00:20:47.31
she named this
particular home Sunnyside.
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The stories that
happened here in this house
00:20:54.48\00:20:57.15
and in this area are many
and her influence was great.
00:20:57.19\00:21:01.42
Not just as a church leader
but also as a community leader.
00:21:01.46\00:21:05.86
There is one instance
where children in the area
00:21:05.89\00:21:09.20
were stealing
clothing off the washing line.
00:21:09.23\00:21:11.77
Rather than letting the
authorities deal with it,
00:21:11.80\00:21:14.50
Ellen White went
around to the houses
00:21:14.54\00:21:16.50
and arranged the
whole sewing classes
00:21:16.54\00:21:18.21
with the mothers,
00:21:18.24\00:21:19.57
teaching them how
to better their lives.
00:21:19.61\00:21:22.08
Her faith was
not just theoretical,
00:21:22.11\00:21:24.58
but it was practical,
demonstrating the love of Jesus
00:21:24.61\00:21:28.12
to those whom she met.
00:21:28.15\00:21:30.35
One of the most significant
accomplishments of our time
00:21:34.39\00:21:37.56
here in this house
00:21:37.59\00:21:38.93
was a completion
of the masterpiece,
00:21:38.96\00:21:40.90
the Desire of Ages.
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This book starts
with the birth of Jesus
00:21:42.93\00:21:45.20
and goes
through to His ascension
00:21:45.23\00:21:47.20
and records in vivid
detail using the best language
00:21:47.24\00:21:51.01
possible every
aspect of Jesus' life.
00:21:51.04\00:21:54.14
Taken advantage of
the pleasant climate
00:21:54.18\00:21:56.44
here at
Sunnyside some of this book
00:21:56.48\00:21:58.55
was written
under a tree outside.
00:21:58.58\00:22:01.38
This book has changed
countless lives over the years,
00:22:01.42\00:22:05.42
other books that were
completed during her time here
00:22:05.45\00:22:08.39
are Thoughts From
the Mount of Blessing
00:22:08.42\00:22:10.29
and Christ's Object Lessons.
00:22:10.33\00:22:12.89
One of the pioneer
evangelists in Australia,
00:22:18.10\00:22:21.00
Pastor J.B.
Conley spoke how once
00:22:21.04\00:22:23.77
when his family
was in a time of need,
00:22:23.81\00:22:26.14
Ellen White
immediately harnessed her horse
00:22:26.17\00:22:29.21
and went and visited them.
00:22:29.24\00:22:31.01
She brought fruit
from her own garden
00:22:31.05\00:22:33.38
as well as encouraged them.
00:22:33.42\00:22:35.25
Numerous other individuals
and families also experienced
00:22:35.28\00:22:39.55
Ellen White helping them
out during her time here.
00:22:39.59\00:22:43.09
Ellen White's time in Australia
00:22:47.46\00:22:49.26
would have a huge
impact on the church
00:22:49.30\00:22:51.43
here as a
comprehensive foundation
00:22:51.47\00:22:53.84
and structure was put in place.
00:22:53.87\00:22:56.17
However, she
never lost her passion
00:22:56.20\00:22:58.17
for helping people out
and demonstrating practically
00:22:58.21\00:23:01.88
the love of Jesus
in her neighborhood.
00:23:01.91\00:23:04.35
Unfortunately, too
often too many of us
00:23:04.38\00:23:06.78
have been introduced
00:23:06.82\00:23:08.15
to Ellen White
through the words,
00:23:08.18\00:23:09.52
Ellen White says, followed
by a rebuke or a counsel.
00:23:09.55\00:23:12.65
But the Ellen
White who lived here
00:23:12.69\00:23:14.62
always saw to reflect Jesus
practically in all she did.
00:23:14.66\00:23:18.99
May we get to know this
side of Ellen White as well.
00:23:19.03\00:23:21.83
And may we
reflect Jesus in our lives
00:23:21.86\00:23:24.67
wherever we may be.
00:23:24.70\00:23:26.03
Nathaniel Faulkhead
had a good reputation
00:23:45.39\00:23:47.66
as a businessman.
00:23:47.69\00:23:49.02
And so soon
after he was baptized
00:23:49.06\00:23:50.53
in 1886 or 1887,
00:23:50.56\00:23:53.26
he was named the treasurer
at the Echo Publishing House.
00:23:53.29\00:23:56.36
His work was good and
the results were favorable.
00:23:56.40\00:23:59.13
However, there was
another side to him.
00:23:59.17\00:24:01.94
He was also a
prominent member of the Masons
00:24:01.97\00:24:04.77
and several other
secret organizations.
00:24:04.81\00:24:07.38
And saw no reason
why he needed to resign
00:24:07.41\00:24:09.64
from these organizations
00:24:09.68\00:24:11.01
when he became a
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:24:11.05\00:24:13.62
However, his interest
00:24:13.65\00:24:14.98
in the work of God began to fade
00:24:15.02\00:24:17.12
and his friends were concerned
for his spiritual wellbeing.
00:24:17.15\00:24:20.96
Soon after Ellen White
arrived in Australia in 1891,
00:24:24.59\00:24:28.46
she was given a detailed vision
00:24:28.50\00:24:30.20
of the situation here at
the Echo Publishing House
00:24:30.23\00:24:33.30
and wrote the entire
vision out including a testimony
00:24:33.34\00:24:36.87
from Nathaniel Faulkhead
which was 50 pages in length.
00:24:36.91\00:24:40.21
Something told her at that time
00:24:40.24\00:24:41.71
not to send it though as
it would not be accepted.
00:24:41.74\00:24:44.81
Soon after this J.H. Stockton,
00:24:44.85\00:24:47.22
a fellow worker asked
Nathaniel what he would do
00:24:47.25\00:24:50.22
if Ellen White had
a testimony for him.
00:24:50.25\00:24:52.52
He replied, "Well,
00:24:52.55\00:24:53.89
it would have
to be pretty strong
00:24:53.92\00:24:55.46
for me to believe
that it came from God."
00:24:55.49\00:24:57.93
Not long after
this Nathaniel dream
00:25:03.63\00:25:06.00
that the Lord had
prepared a message for him
00:25:06.03\00:25:08.44
through Sister White.
00:25:08.47\00:25:09.80
And so the next time he saw her,
00:25:09.84\00:25:11.81
he asked her if she
had a message for him.
00:25:11.84\00:25:14.54
She was tired and said that
00:25:14.58\00:25:16.01
she would share
it with him later,
00:25:16.04\00:25:17.65
but he insisted and so
in spite for her fatigue
00:25:17.68\00:25:20.75
she shared the 50
page testimony with him.
00:25:20.78\00:25:23.82
As she was doing so,
00:25:23.85\00:25:25.35
she made signs and gestures
00:25:25.39\00:25:27.29
that only members of
a Masonic lodge knew.
00:25:27.32\00:25:30.49
Nathaniel interrupted her
00:25:30.53\00:25:32.29
and asked her if she
knew what she was doing.
00:25:32.33\00:25:34.33
And if she had
done anything unusual,
00:25:34.36\00:25:36.87
she said no.
00:25:36.90\00:25:38.60
She spoke on and
made another sign
00:25:43.51\00:25:45.67
that she later
said her attending angel
00:25:45.71\00:25:47.94
made her do.
00:25:47.98\00:25:49.31
Nathaniel turned pale,
00:25:49.34\00:25:50.75
he had only learned
this a few days previous
00:25:50.78\00:25:53.42
and it was known
to only six people
00:25:53.45\00:25:55.62
in the whole of Australia.
00:25:55.65\00:25:57.42
There was no way a
woman could know the sign.
00:25:57.45\00:26:00.62
As she continued
the conversation,
00:26:00.66\00:26:02.39
she made another sign.
00:26:02.42\00:26:03.96
And Nathaniel
remembered the conversation
00:26:03.99\00:26:05.99
he had had with J.H.
Stockton a few days previous
00:26:06.03\00:26:09.66
and he was fully convinced
00:26:09.70\00:26:11.23
that this
testimony was from God.
00:26:11.27\00:26:14.00
Finally, after speaking
for more than three hours,
00:26:20.58\00:26:23.58
God prevailed and Nathaniel
surrendered everything to Him
00:26:23.61\00:26:27.22
and made a vow which he kept
00:26:27.25\00:26:28.85
that he would resign
from all the secret societies
00:26:28.88\00:26:31.49
that he was a member of.
00:26:31.52\00:26:33.02
God used perhaps
the most unlikely thing
00:26:33.05\00:26:35.69
to capture this man's attention
and reach through to his heart.
00:26:35.72\00:26:39.33
God meets us
where we are in ways
00:26:39.36\00:26:42.13
that will grab our attention
but maybe not someone else's.
00:26:42.16\00:26:45.83
Today, we might not have
00:26:45.87\00:26:47.27
a living,
breathing, live prophet
00:26:47.30\00:26:49.70
but we still have
God's inspired Word
00:26:49.74\00:26:52.07
and His Holy Spirit
still speaks to our heart.
00:26:52.11\00:26:55.31
May we be sensitive,
00:26:55.34\00:26:56.71
may we heed the
admonitions in the scriptures
00:26:56.75\00:26:59.28
and may we listen
to the Holy Spirit
00:26:59.31\00:27:01.32
when He speaks to us
in a still small voice.
00:27:01.35\00:27:03.89