Good morning and happy Sabbath.
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Today I have the honor
and privilege to introduce
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to you our speaker
today. Our speaker today is
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Chester Clark. Now
there are many things I could
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say about Chester.
Many stories I could tell,
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but I do not want
the introduction to take
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longer than the
sermon. Chester has impacted
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many lives and especially mine.
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But the thing that I
want to stress most about
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Chester is his
character. Chester is one of the
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most humble down to
earth Godly man I know.
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He has a passion
for young people and a
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strong desire
to finish the work.
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And he stands up for his
principles and is strong.
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And so today it is my
privilege to introduce
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to you the
speaker, Chester Clark.
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We have the privilege
as ASI family to hear what
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he has sharing and
what God has spoken
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on his heart. So let
us pray for Chester and
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continue to pray
for him as he shares
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what God has
placed upon his heart.
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Amen. Percy, it's the roughest,
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weediest most
miserable thing I've ever seen.
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It does me up and makes me sick,
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the whole thought
of it. Let's pray.
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Father in heaven,
today we want to hear a
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message from you. We
pray that as we consider
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the history of ASI. As
we consider the history
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of our pioneers that
we might learn lessons
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that will make us
faithful in these last days.
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We thank you in
Jesus name, amen.
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In the early 1900s
Ellen White was encouraging
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her son Edson to do
a work for the under
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privileged
neglected self. Edson built a
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boat in Allegan,
Michigan and named it the
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Morning Star. From
Allegan, he piloted
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his craft up the Kalamazoo
River to Lake Michigan,
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across to Chicago,
through the Chicago Canal
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and then down the
Illinois River to the
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mighty Mississippi.
Incidentally while in the
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state of
Mississippi, Edson was arrested
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for not having a
proper marine pilot's license.
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But the judge let him
go as soon as the nature
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of his work was made
known and yes Edson did
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obtain the proper
license. From the Mississippi,
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Edson piloted his
boat now up to the Ohio
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and Cumberland Rivers
to near the Nashville area.
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In 1904 Edson
convinced his mother to go with
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him on a trip up
the Cumberland River so
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she could see first hand
the conditions of poverty
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and hardship, he had
been telling her about.
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At 2 pm on a June
afternoon the Morning
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Start lifted anchor
and began going upstream
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into the current.
Later that afternoon
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however the
Morning Star broke down had
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to be towed to the
shore. While repairs
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were made Mrs. White
and a W.O Palmer went
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a shore to see a
property they'd heard about.
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They found a farm
overgrown with brush,
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full of gullies and
in general, pretty well
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run down. Upon their
return to the Morning Star,
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Mrs. White
announced to Sutherland and
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McGann whom she had
brought along on the trip.
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There's a farm here
the Lord wants you to have
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to start your
school. That was just what
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Sutherland and
McGann did not want to hear.
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They'd heard about the
place, it was a miserable
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piece of property and
they thought it was too big.
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Absolutely not, it
is out of the question,
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they answered. For
three consecutive mornings
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Mrs. White
repeated her statement,
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the Lord wants you
to have the Nelson place
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and to start a
training school there.
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On the third morning,
she ordered the boat to
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turn around and go
back down stream to
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Edgefield
Junction so they could have
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another look. But
Sutherland and McGann
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refused to go see the
farm. Mrs. White had Will
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Palmer again take her
to see the Nelson place.
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When she returned she
had already spoken with
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the owners
about buying the farm.
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Sutherland and
McGann only sulked.
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Well Mrs. White
said, then you go and find
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a place that will suit
you, but the Lord wants,
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but my brothers this
is what the Lord wants
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you to have. Now Ed
and Percy had a decision
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to make, didn't they?
They'd always said they
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believed in the
counsels of Sister White.
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And now they had
to make a decision,
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would they follow what
she was counseling them
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or would they follow
their own inclinations
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and ideas. The two
of them took a horse
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and buggy and
finally put foot on the farm.
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It was worse
then they had heard.
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The topsoil was so
depleted that limestone rocks
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were jutting out of
the fields. Near a pile of
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rubble what had once
been these cabins for
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600 slaves Percy and
Ed sat down on a pile
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of rocks and
literally wept. Percy had said,
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it is the roughest,
weediest, most miserable
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thing I've ever seen.
It does me up and makes
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me sick the whole thought of it.
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To make a long story
short, God blessed the
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faithfulness of these
two men when they followed
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inspired counsel.
They bought the farm.
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Madison was one of
many, many educational
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institutions began in
the United States in the
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early 1900s. But in
less than 50 years this
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small school reached
international renown.
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In May of 1938 the
Readers Digest carried
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an articled entitled
Self Supporting College.
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Lotting the accomplishments
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and principles of
Madison, the New York
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Times carried a, sent a
reporter and photographer
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and then carried a
feature article on Madison.
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Newspapers around the
nation soon followed suit.
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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ran a two page
pictorial spread on Madison.
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Eleanor
Roosevelt, first lady of the
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United States, at
the request of the
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United States
secretary of state interviewed
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some of the faculty of
Madison, and wrote about
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it in glowing terms
in her syndicated column.
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One of the things she
mentions in her column
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is that of 1000
Madison graduates interviewed.
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It was found that not
a single one of them had
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had to turn to
either private or government
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agencies for help
during the great depression.
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Amen. That my friends
was a testimony of true
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education. Dr. Phillip
P. Claxton, United States
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Commissioner of
Education under three
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presidents Taft,
Wilson and Harding said this.
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I have seen schools
of all grades in many
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countries but none
more interesting than this.
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No where else have I
seen so much accomplished
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with so little money.
The educational work of this
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school does not stop
itself. Former students
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have opened elementary
schools in the Hill Country
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near Nashville and in
the mountains of Tennessee,
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the Carolinas,
Georgia, Kentucky and Alabama.
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Their spirit and
methods are the same.
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They are self sustaining, except
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for a small amount of
money necessary for the
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purchase of the
land and buildings.
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These smaller schools
alone would justify all the
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cost of the school at
Madison." These smaller
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schools described
here by the United States
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Commissioner of
Education became known as the
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units of Madison.
Fletcher, Pisgah, Highland
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Academies are some
of the best known units
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still continuing
down to this day.
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One of the units
was located right here
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near the Louisville
area. In 1924 a group of
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nurses bought a piece
of property outside the
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city with only a
log cabin they began
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a training school, a
sanitary, in which later
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it became a hospital.
Many Madison graduates
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were involved in
the establishment and
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development of the
PV Valley project and
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this summer, 83 years
later your young people,
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your youth for Jesus
stayed in the classrooms
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and aid in the cafeteria of the
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PV Valley Junior Academy.
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On Tuesday evening
a beautiful baptismal
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service was held in
the PV Valley Seventh-day
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Adventist church.
And the ripples from the
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little school at
Madison traveled on.
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Today Madison itself
is no more, many of the
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units are gone. But
where those hardworking
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practically
trained young people went
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and worked and
lived. Today there
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are Seventh-day
Adventist churches.
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And these churches
scattered through out
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the South East from
Indiana to Florida and
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from Virginia to Mississippi and
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in ASI itself, the
legacy of Madison continues.
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Now I'm not here this
morning to tell you that
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Madison was a perfect
place nor that it has a
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perfect history. But we
recognize that the story
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of Madison in many
ways the history of ASI.
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In 1947, many of these
so called units of Madison
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were officially associated
to the Adventist Church
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through a new liaison
organization called the
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association of self
supporting institutions.
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Now in its 60th
year ASI is celebrating
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it's Madison
roots throughout this
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convention weekend.
I'm sure you've seen
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the summer issue
of ASI magazine on
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its cover Dr. E.A. Sutherland.
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In the next few minutes
I have you this morning,
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I want to share
with you principles
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I found in the lives of
the founders of Madison.
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Principles upon which
they built a legacy that
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continues down to
our day, principles that
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I believe you and I need
to keep at the very heart
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and soul of ASI.
Principle number one,
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self supporting ministers.
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Turn with me in your
Bibles to Matthew chapter 28
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and verses 19 and
20. Matthew chapter 28
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and verses 19 and
20,. you know these verses,
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they are familiar to
all of us here at ASI,
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Jesus says all power
is given to me in heaven
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and earth and He says in
verse 19, Go Ye therefore
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and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the
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name of the Father
and of the Son and of the
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Holy Ghost.
Teaching them to observe all
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things what so
ever I've commanded you
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and low I'm with you
all way even unto the
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end of the world.
The founders of Madison
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believe that these
words this commission devolved
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upon each member of
the church of Christ,
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can somebody say
amen. This is not describing
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the work of the
ministers alone, but of each of
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us as we become a
part of the body of Christ.
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Madison trained very
few pastors intentionally
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that is, in the early
days especially very few
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graduates went to
work for the denomination.
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Frankly, the Church
itself didn't have the money
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to hire many of
them. But they went to
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work anyway. You
see the first principle
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of Madison was that
you didn't have to be paid
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to work for God.
Amen. They had the audacious
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idea that lay people
could share Christ in
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their marketplace.
While working as a nurse,
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a plumber or a pediatrician or a
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carpenter they could
enter a town and by toil
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economy and self-sacrifice
build up a Church,
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a Church of the
testimony to the message
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for our day. The
first principle of Madison's
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enduring legacy as I
see it is also found in
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Desire of Ages
page 195, it says this,
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every true disciple
is born into the Kingdom
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of God as a missionary.
That my friends is the
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foundation of ASI. It
is the principle that every
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person has a work to
do, not that they are
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all to be on the
Church's payroll you understand,
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but it's the
priesthood of all believers,
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it's the principle
that the work of God will
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never be finished by
the paid ministry alone.
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It's the principle that
lay people can sacrifice
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an evening each week
to hold a Bible study,
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lay people can
take of their own funds
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to buy literature
and to give it to their
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associates and co-workers.
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It's a principle that
is still desperately needed
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in the Seventh-day
Adventist church today,
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would you agree?
Amen. It doesn't mean that
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we all have to be missionaries.
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But today I want
to remind you that
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we need an army of
young people who will
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be rightly trained.
Not all becoming pastors
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or evangelists, but
no matter what they're
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trained to do, no
matter what the work they
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are trained to support
themselves by they must
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also be effectively
trained to share Christ
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as they support themselves.
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The principle of self-supporting
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ministers is one
of the foundational
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principles of
Madison. You see my friends,
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if we fail to teach
our young people to do
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more than just make
money, they won't be
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a part of ASI
someday. They'll just
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be making money.
Every Adventist young
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person deserves the
right to be trained not
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only to make a living
but to work for Jesus while
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they support themselves.
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The first
principle is the principle of
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self-supporting
ministers. Principle number two,
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mission first,
institutions second.
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I find this very
interesting in the
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history of Madison
but it comes through
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loud and clear.
Matthew 24 verse 14
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you know the story
these are great Adventist's
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verses and this and
these institutions shall
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be built in all the
world for a witness to all
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nations is that what
it says and as gospel
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of the Kingdom shall
be preached in all the
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world for a witness
into all nations and then
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the end shall come.
Now don't get me wrong
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I believe in institutions
but institutions are a
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means to an end
and there late 1980s
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Ed Sutherland sold
his pony named Mouse
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to raise enough
money to go to school in
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Battle Creek. In
1888 he met a young man
00:20:54.32\00:20:58.05
there named Percy Tilson Magan.
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Percy was living in
the home of Mr & Mrs James
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and Ellen White. Ed
spent many hours in the
00:21:07.13\00:21:10.47
White home
studying with Percy the
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Three Angels' messages,
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the investigative judgment,
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the sanctuary and
the atonement all in the
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light of the beautiful
message of righteousness
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by faith. Together
Ted; Ed and Percy fell
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in love with Jesus
again and became committed
00:21:26.75\00:21:30.15
to spreading the
Three Angels messages far
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and wide. For 26
years these men were never
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long apart. Percy
had an immeasurable
00:21:37.22\00:21:40.82
influence on Ed. And
for years they labored side
00:21:40.83\00:21:45.67
by side at Madison
school as it's co-founders.
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In 1910 they both
enrolled in medical
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school realizing that
they're fledgling medical
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missionary
training program needed
00:21:57.36\00:21:59.35
more physicians.
Still living on Madison's
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campus Ed and Percy
went to school commuted
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everyday to
Nashville on motorcycles.
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In 1911, Church
leaders placed an earnest call
00:22:10.29\00:22:15.24
to Madison for Dr.
Newton Evans one of Madison's
00:22:15.25\00:22:19.97
two licensed
physicians to come to California
00:22:19.98\00:22:23.42
and to be a part
of starting a college
00:22:23.43\00:22:25.44
of medical evangelists
in Loma Linda California.
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Dr Evans at first
refused noting the dyer
00:22:28.25\00:22:32.35
conditions in which
Madison will be left
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should he live but
when the second more urgent
00:22:34.46\00:22:38.70
request came even
Dr. Sutherland agreed
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that Dr. Newton should
go or Ed, not the doctor.
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The staff and leadership
of Madison shoulder an
00:22:46.79\00:22:50.94
additional burden in
his absence for three more
00:22:50.95\00:22:53.33
years until Percy and
Ed could graduate from
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medical school. They graduated
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in the spring of
1914, that same fall however
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WC White wrote
another letter to Madison.
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This time he was
asking to know Dr. Percy
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team again, to join
the Loma Linda faculty
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and take leadership of
the work in Los Angeles.
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When it was decided
that Percy indeed should
00:23:22.09\00:23:25.57
leave Madison, Dr.
Sutherland said it is,
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this is like tearing
asunder bone and marrow.
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Later the Madison
group contributed $50000
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in early 1900s
currency, $50000 to help start
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what are now Loma
Linda University and
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White Memorial
Hospital. My point is this,
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Sutherland knew it
wasn't about Madison it was
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about souls. It wasn't
about building an empire
00:23:56.36\00:24:01.52
of ministry or it's
about schools he controlled,
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it was about
finishing the work in the most
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efficient manner. To
this end he gave from
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Madison's resources
freely, even when he
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knew it wouldn't
promote or extend
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the institution
of Madison itself.
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Sometimes we forget
that we're not called
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to this time of earth's history
00:24:22.55\00:24:23.76
to build institutions.
Institutions, my friends
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are only a means to
an end and not an end
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to themselves.
Enough of this competing
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for credit, enough
competing for publicity
00:24:36.20\00:24:39.92
enough thinking that
we're competing for funds.
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We need to work
together within the church
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and within
self-supporting ministries.
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We have been given a
gospel commission not
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an institution
commission, if God gives you
00:24:51.91\00:24:54.72
resources, use those
resources for the purpose
00:24:54.73\00:24:57.93
for which they've been
given and God will take
00:24:57.94\00:25:01.03
care that you have more.
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The last thing we
need in this desperate hour
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of earth's history is
for organizations existing
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for the purpose of
sustaining themselves,
00:25:11.04\00:25:14.09
while failing to
accomplish the purpose for which
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they were established.
Principle number two,
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mission first,
institution second.
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Principle number three,
faithfulness in the face
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of opposition.
Amen. Long before 1904
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and the Morning Star
ride up the Cumberland
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river Ed and Percy
had become known for
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tackling difficult
issues. It's interesting to me
00:25:39.39\00:25:44.53
to know from their
biographies that Percy
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was often the one
that influenced Ed to apply
00:25:47.02\00:25:51.44
the counsels to his
own life and make reforms
00:25:51.45\00:25:53.72
and changes in his
practice. But it was Ed
00:25:53.73\00:25:56.64
who took these
reforms and brought them
00:25:56.65\00:25:59.87
into the institutional setting.
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I'll give you an example.
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It was Percy's
influence over Ed Sutherland
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that led Ed to
become a vegetarian.
00:26:06.06\00:26:09.23
But in the late 1890s
as Ed Sutherland came back
00:26:09.24\00:26:17.90
to Battle Creek to
teach to teach Battle Creek
00:26:17.91\00:26:20.21
college, it wasn't long
before this Bible teacher
00:26:20.22\00:26:23.64
had influenced a
number of students at Battle
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Creek college to
also become vegetarians.
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They began asking for
a vegetarian diet to be
00:26:30.04\00:26:33.19
served to them in the cafeteria.
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Now two tables
were set aside there in
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Battle Creek College
for the vegetarians to be
00:26:38.95\00:26:41.84
able to eat but
soon that wasn't enough
00:26:41.85\00:26:43.89
and the president
of Battle Creek College
00:26:43.90\00:26:46.06
took Ed Sutherland
aside. He said Edward,
00:26:46.07\00:26:50.41
we appreciate your
work as a Bible teacher,
00:26:50.42\00:26:53.90
but you must realize
that you should avoid
00:26:53.91\00:26:57.11
discussions of
matters that may lead to
00:26:57.12\00:26:59.94
controversy and fanaticism.
00:26:59.95\00:27:02.08
Then the matron
spoken up, Edward,
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I'm surprised that
you would stir up the
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students over so
trivial a matter.
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Now according to
the book Madison,
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God's beautiful
farm, Ed didn't argue but
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neither did he yield
and within three years
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President Prescott
himself was a vegetarian
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and meat disappeared
from the college dining
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room never again to reappeared.
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Later after fall, after founding
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Walla Walla College,
Edward called back to
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Battle Creek to
be it's president.
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Listen to the counsel
of Ellen White concerning
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manual training but
could not see how this
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counsel could be
applied where they were
00:27:42.00\00:27:44.97
in Battle Creek with
only a seven acre campus.
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Finally in desperation,
he did something sure
00:27:48.13\00:27:51.29
to ruffle many
feathers. He and Percy plowed up
00:27:51.30\00:27:55.04
the baseball
diamond and tennis courts
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and planted vegetable gardens.
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It was Sutherland
and McGann that led to
00:28:00.92\00:28:03.06
the radical move
from Battle Creek to
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Berrien Springs, at
every step of the way
00:28:06.77\00:28:10.04
they had to meet
with false accusations
00:28:10.05\00:28:12.21
and rumors and
opposition from those
00:28:12.22\00:28:14.40
who did not want to go
along with their changes.
00:28:14.41\00:28:17.44
The criticisms
flowed freely even from the
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newly moved church headquarters
00:28:22.12\00:28:23.85
in Washington, D.C.
The constant pressure
00:28:23.86\00:28:26.88
had broken the
health of Ida McGann,
00:28:26.89\00:28:28.64
Percy's wife by early
1904 Ed and Percy agreed
00:28:28.65\00:28:32.22
that should the
opposition continue,
00:28:32.68\00:28:35.00
that in the May 1904
General conference session
00:28:35.01\00:28:38.16
they would have to
resign their positions
00:28:38.53\00:28:40.53
at Emmanuel Missionary College.
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The year before a
particularly vicious rumor
00:28:43.96\00:28:47.03
had circulated. It was
reported that Ellen White
00:28:47.04\00:28:51.03
herself had said
to the management
00:28:51.04\00:28:53.93
of the school at
Berrien Springs was crooked
00:28:53.94\00:28:56.93
and wrong, that
there was a one man power
00:28:56.94\00:29:00.43
that would crush
everyone who did not conform.
00:29:00.89\00:29:03.96
Now this was not true
and Ellen White herself
00:29:05.95\00:29:08.65
vigorously denied
having said something like
00:29:09.01\00:29:12.30
this but in spite of
her denials this statement
00:29:12.31\00:29:15.95
attributed to her
was sent to the staff
00:29:16.58\00:29:18.83
and students in Berrien Springs.
00:29:18.84\00:29:21.59
Ellen White says
that under the pressure
00:29:23.91\00:29:26.15
of these rumors
Mrs. McGann's health
00:29:26.16\00:29:29.15
was broken. In the
General Conference session
00:29:29.49\00:29:32.59
of 1904 while they were meeting
00:29:32.60\00:29:34.31
Mrs. McGann passed her rest.
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Now this is what
Ellen White had to say
00:29:36.70\00:29:39.00
Sister McGann with
her husband, struggling
00:29:39.49\00:29:42.42
with him and praying
that he might be sustained
00:29:42.43\00:29:44.45
she did not think
of herself but of him
00:29:44.46\00:29:46.60
and God did
sustained them as they walked
00:29:47.07\00:29:49.52
in the light. But
it seemed to her as
00:29:49.53\00:29:51.66
if some of our brethren
had not a heart of flesh,
00:29:51.67\00:29:53.92
his poor wife was
informed that Sister White
00:29:55.83\00:29:57.75
had taken a stand
against her brethren,
00:29:57.76\00:29:59.49
oh why did anyone
ever say such a thing.
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Sister White never
turned against Brother
00:30:02.82\00:30:04.80
McGann or Brother
Sutherland but Sister
00:30:04.81\00:30:06.88
McGann was so
waited down with sorrow
00:30:06.89\00:30:09.02
that she lost her
reason, now the poor woman
00:30:09.03\00:30:11.86
has gone leaving
two motherless children,
00:30:12.31\00:30:14.57
all this because
of the work done by
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unsanctified tongues.
Now soon after she made
00:30:18.28\00:30:23.07
this statement, the
unsanctified tongues
00:30:23.08\00:30:25.02
went back to work. Now
they made the ridiculous
00:30:25.39\00:30:28.93
rumor circulate that
Ellen White had accused
00:30:29.25\00:30:32.08
the church leaders of murder,
00:30:32.09\00:30:33.36
in the middle of
all of this controversy
00:30:34.95\00:30:36.98
Ed and Sutherland
resigned their positions
00:30:37.58\00:30:40.31
at Emmanuel Missionary College.
00:30:40.82\00:30:42.33
Now I want to tell
you there are some modern
00:30:42.34\00:30:43.52
historians that say
at their time there was
00:30:43.53\00:30:45.56
fraught with
foibles and they reformed
00:30:45.57\00:30:47.34
from mistakes. But
listen to what the prophet
00:30:47.35\00:30:50.16
of God said, she told
the assembled delegates
00:30:50.17\00:30:53.13
there at the conference
that Percy and Ed were
00:30:53.80\00:30:58.02
not leaving as
failures but I quote they had
00:30:58.03\00:31:00.61
acted in harmony
with the light God gave.
00:31:00.62\00:31:03.40
They have worked hard
under great difficulties
00:31:04.24\00:31:07.39
God has been
with them and approved
00:31:07.80\00:31:10.19
of their efforts. But
my friends the principle
00:31:10.20\00:31:13.96
number three that we
find from the founders
00:31:13.97\00:31:15.86
of Madison was that
we must be faithful even
00:31:15.87\00:31:19.51
if we meet opposition.
My Bible tells me that
00:31:19.52\00:31:23.69
we should expect
trials and troubles to come.
00:31:23.70\00:31:25.45
2nd Timothy
chapter 3 and verse 12
00:31:27.43\00:31:29.47
Yea, and all that will
live godly shall suffer
00:31:29.48\00:31:31.29
persecution. Friend,
today I want to remind
00:31:31.30\00:31:33.50
you that we are living
in a great controversy.
00:31:33.51\00:31:39.40
But I hasten to remind
you that this controversy
00:31:41.36\00:31:44.24
is not, has never
been and never will be a
00:31:44.25\00:31:47.88
controversy between
self-supporting ministries
00:31:47.89\00:31:50.40
in the church.
Between so called liberals
00:31:50.41\00:31:53.05
and conservatives,
between individuals,
00:31:53.06\00:31:55.53
it is the great
controversy between
00:31:55.54\00:31:57.19
Christ and Satan.
Between truth and error,
00:31:57.20\00:31:59.92
between right and
wrong between the power
00:31:59.93\00:32:02.37
of the word of God
and the fatal sophistries
00:32:02.38\00:32:04.30
of the enemy. And if
you and I are going to play
00:32:04.31\00:32:06.99
a part in this great controversy
00:32:07.00\00:32:09.03
we must not always
run from conflicts.
00:32:09.47\00:32:13.47
We must learn to do
what is right because
00:32:14.07\00:32:16.74
it is right and leave
the consequences with God.
00:32:16.75\00:32:19.56
If we will stand for
the truth we must expect
00:32:20.14\00:32:23.21
that it will bring opposition.
00:32:23.22\00:32:24.46
Ellen White said it
this way, if the Church
00:32:24.91\00:32:26.96
will put on the robe
of Christ righteousness,
00:32:26.97\00:32:29.44
that's what we heard
about Wednesday night
00:32:30.17\00:32:31.72
wasn't it? The
mission within our priority,
00:32:31.73\00:32:34.06
if the church
will put on the robe of
00:32:34.07\00:32:36.30
Christ righteousness,
withdrawing from all
00:32:36.31\00:32:38.76
allegiance with the
world, there is before
00:32:38.77\00:32:42.41
her the dawn of a
bride and glorious day.
00:32:42.51\00:32:44.72
Truth passing by
those who despise and reject
00:32:45.13\00:32:48.63
it will triumph,
amen, amen. Though times
00:32:48.64\00:32:52.83
apparently retarded
its progress has never
00:32:52.84\00:32:55.08
been checked. When
the message of God meets
00:32:55.09\00:32:58.16
opposition, he gives
it additional force that
00:32:58.17\00:33:02.64
it may exert greater
influence, in doubt with
00:33:02.65\00:33:06.35
divine energy it
will cut it's way through
00:33:06.36\00:33:08.51
the strongest
barriers and triumph over
00:33:08.52\00:33:11.69
every obstacle. The
founders of Madison asked
00:33:11.70\00:33:16.01
one simple
question, not what is popular,
00:33:16.02\00:33:18.10
what is the easy
thing to do, what is truth,
00:33:18.11\00:33:23.34
what does the council
say? I don't know about you,
00:33:23.90\00:33:27.52
but I want to be on the
side of truth don't you?
00:33:27.53\00:33:29.67
Amen. Principle number
four, believe his prophets.
00:33:29.68\00:33:34.31
It does me sick, it
does me up and makes me sick
00:33:35.29\00:33:38.71
the whole thought of
it though, the only reason
00:33:38.72\00:33:41.18
Sutherland and McGann
bought the Nelson place
00:33:41.19\00:33:43.82
was because they believe
in the spirit of prophecy.
00:33:43.83\00:33:46.11
Madison was built
on an implicit faith
00:33:46.81\00:33:49.18
and the relevance
of the Bible and the
00:33:49.19\00:33:51.22
Biblical prophetic
message of Adventism.
00:33:51.23\00:33:53.59
Sutherland and McGann
spent their lives teaching
00:33:54.31\00:33:56.74
the principles of
scriptures and when it
00:33:56.75\00:33:58.90
came to the spirit of
prophecy they gave more
00:33:58.91\00:34:01.27
than lip service.
They followed its guidance
00:34:01.28\00:34:03.98
even when it went
against their own inclinations
00:34:03.99\00:34:06.86
and opinions. In
Second Chronicles
00:34:07.41\00:34:09.98
chapter 20 and
verse 20 Jehoshaphat said
00:34:09.99\00:34:12.32
to the people Hear me, O
Judah, and ye inhabitants
00:34:12.33\00:34:16.13
of Jerusalem;
Believe in the LORD your God,
00:34:16.14\00:34:19.06
and so shall ye be established;
00:34:19.07\00:34:20.97
believe his
prophets, so shall ye prosper.
00:34:21.36\00:34:24.48
I maybe old fashioned
my friends but I still
00:34:24.49\00:34:27.40
believe the Bible is
the best guide for both
00:34:27.41\00:34:31.47
individuals and
organizations living
00:34:31.48\00:34:33.98
today in 2007. I find
it troubling when I feel
00:34:34.31\00:34:38.12
the people are saying
that the council is no
00:34:38.13\00:34:41.11
longer relevant. I find
it troubling when on our
00:34:41.12\00:34:44.60
educational efforts,
we are more interested
00:34:44.61\00:34:46.38
and ideas that the
world has subscribed
00:34:46.39\00:34:48.28
to than the ideas that
God has prescribed for us.
00:34:48.29\00:34:51.24
I would remind you
that in 1904, it wasn't easy
00:34:52.53\00:34:56.90
to follow the counsel
either. If you think that
00:34:56.91\00:35:00.39
manual training
was popular in academic
00:35:00.40\00:35:02.76
circles in 1904 you're
mistaken about history.
00:35:02.77\00:35:06.26
It wasn't the
popular thing to do.
00:35:06.90\00:35:08.70
If you think that,
if you think that in the
00:35:09.11\00:35:11.18
early 1900s
disposing of sports for manual
00:35:11.19\00:35:14.35
training or for going
the teaching of popular
00:35:14.36\00:35:16.48
but demoralizing
literature for Bible
00:35:16.49\00:35:18.62
teaching was well
regarded in educational circles,
00:35:18.63\00:35:22.24
your mistaken. But
Madison listened to the counsels
00:35:22.25\00:35:26.95
of inspiration.
And God blessed them.
00:35:26.96\00:35:30.24
I used an example of
education this morning
00:35:31.05\00:35:33.29
because I'm a
teacher and many of us here
00:35:33.30\00:35:35.70
at ASI are involved
in education and training
00:35:35.71\00:35:39.13
of young people. But
whatever your profession
00:35:39.14\00:35:41.87
or calling or vacation maybe,
00:35:41.88\00:35:43.50
I ask you this
question this morning,
00:35:44.22\00:35:46.48
are you believing
his prophets. Amen.
00:35:46.91\00:35:49.89
If you're not
reading, by default you're not
00:35:49.90\00:35:52.17
believing, God is
today calling us to greater
00:35:52.18\00:35:55.95
fidelity to his
word. I wanna turn again
00:35:55.96\00:35:59.39
to the example of
Madison they're often
00:35:59.40\00:36:01.22
discouraging times,
they're often misunderstood.
00:36:01.23\00:36:04.57
But God through his
messenger told them that
00:36:04.58\00:36:06.71
as long as they will
be faithful to his word
00:36:06.72\00:36:08.93
they would be blessed I quote,
00:36:08.94\00:36:10.61
the Lord does not set
limits about his workers
00:36:10.62\00:36:13.24
in some lines as
men are likely to set.
00:36:13.25\00:36:17.45
In their work,
brethren McGann and Sutherland
00:36:17.84\00:36:20.17
have been
hindered unnecessarily,
00:36:20.18\00:36:21.82
means have been
withheld from them,
00:36:22.27\00:36:23.74
because in the
organization management
00:36:24.24\00:36:26.87
of the Madison school
it was not placed into the
00:36:26.88\00:36:29.05
control of the
conference. But the reasons why
00:36:29.06\00:36:32.06
this school was not
owned in control by the
00:36:32.07\00:36:33.88
conference have not
been duly considered.
00:36:33.89\00:36:35.61
Now notice what she
says, the Lord does not
00:36:36.07\00:36:38.27
require that
the educational work
00:36:38.28\00:36:39.92
at Madison shall be
changed all about before
00:36:39.93\00:36:43.04
you can receive the
highly support of our people.
00:36:43.05\00:36:44.87
The work that has
been done there is approved
00:36:45.57\00:36:47.75
of God and He forbids
that this line of work
00:36:47.76\00:36:51.06
shall be broken up.
The Lord will continue
00:36:51.07\00:36:54.35
to bless and
sustain the workers,
00:36:54.36\00:36:56.70
so long as they
fallow his counsel.
00:36:56.71\00:37:00.11
So long as they do
what, follow his counsel.
00:37:00.12\00:37:02.95
The Lord will
continue to sustain and bless
00:37:02.96\00:37:06.12
our work as long as
we follow his counsel,
00:37:06.13\00:37:09.62
the issue my friends
is faithfulness to the
00:37:09.63\00:37:13.29
word of God. Believe
his prophets so shall
00:37:13.30\00:37:16.88
you prosper. The fifth
and last principle that
00:37:16.89\00:37:20.50
I'm gonna share
with you this morning
00:37:20.51\00:37:21.63
from the founders of Madison,
00:37:21.64\00:37:22.84
it's found in 2nd Corinthians
00:37:23.69\00:37:25.10
chapter 12 and verse
15, it's a story of the
00:37:25.11\00:37:29.26
Apostle Paul's
life summarized in one
00:37:29.27\00:37:32.47
sentence you might
say. The Apostle Paul
00:37:32.48\00:37:34.83
might be
considered the earliest of the
00:37:34.84\00:37:37.12
ASI members he was a
tent maker, a self supporting
00:37:37.13\00:37:39.94
worker at many
times supporting himself
00:37:39.95\00:37:43.07
by the work of his own hands.
00:37:43.08\00:37:44.90
Many times including
while he was in Corinth,
00:37:44.91\00:37:48.36
this was not appreciated.
Many times they didn't
00:37:48.92\00:37:52.78
respect him because
he was not considered
00:37:52.79\00:37:54.82
one of the official
workers but it says here
00:37:54.83\00:37:57.78
in 2nd Corinthians
chapter 12 and verse 15,
00:37:57.79\00:38:00.88
And I will very
gladly do what, spend and
00:38:01.28\00:38:05.74
be spent for you;
though the more abundantly
00:38:05.75\00:38:09.43
I love you, the less I be loved.
00:38:09.44\00:38:12.12
The fifth and last
principle we'll consider
00:38:12.13\00:38:14.57
this morning is the principle
00:38:14.58\00:38:16.29
of self-sacrifice.
The Apostle Paul didn't
00:38:16.30\00:38:22.38
get much reward on
this earth for his labors.
00:38:22.39\00:38:26.53
McGann and
Sutherland didn't either.
00:38:28.91\00:38:31.46
In fact the work at
Madison was established
00:38:31.47\00:38:35.63
on sacrifice. Life at
Madison was very simple
00:38:36.02\00:38:39.28
especially in the
early years the old log
00:38:39.29\00:38:41.61
plantation on the
Nelson place at first was
00:38:41.62\00:38:44.78
both living
quarters for the faculty
00:38:44.79\00:38:47.11
and classrooms for the students.
00:38:47.12\00:38:48.89
Teachers worked side
by side with the students,
00:38:48.90\00:38:51.64
Professor McGann
was the farm manager.
00:38:51.65\00:38:55.20
And Professor Sutherland was the
00:38:55.66\00:38:57.61
president and general
manager of the school.
00:38:57.62\00:38:59.87
I found it very interesting
though when I learned
00:38:59.88\00:39:02.36
that one of
President Sutherland's official
00:39:02.37\00:39:05.02
responsibilities
was to churn the cream
00:39:05.03\00:39:09.25
and prepare the butter for sale.
00:39:09.26\00:39:11.05
Miss Degraw would
dawn her white gloves
00:39:13.76\00:39:16.54
and drive the old mule to town,
00:39:17.34\00:39:19.67
carrying the eggs
and butter to market.
00:39:20.31\00:39:22.82
On one occasion
some mischievous college
00:39:23.52\00:39:26.74
boys not only greased the buggy,
00:39:26.75\00:39:30.59
but they greased
the leather harness
00:39:31.36\00:39:33.46
and reins as well and
of course Miss Degraw's
00:39:33.47\00:39:38.12
white gloves in the process.
00:39:38.13\00:39:40.47
They used plaques
for tables and dry goods
00:39:41.43\00:39:44.34
boxes for chairs,
there was no electricity,
00:39:44.35\00:39:47.28
no air-conditioning
not even steam-heat.
00:39:47.29\00:39:49.70
For all this hard
work they earned just
00:39:51.15\00:39:53.11
a few meager dollars a month.
00:39:53.12\00:39:54.78
Life was simple at Madison,
00:39:55.19\00:39:56.92
why did they do it?
Because they believed
00:39:56.93\00:39:59.62
in the mission, they
believed in the message,
00:39:59.63\00:40:02.58
they believed in the
cause, and I today in 2007
00:40:02.59\00:40:07.17
when I read these
stories of the pioneers
00:40:07.18\00:40:09.26
of our church at Madison.
00:40:09.27\00:40:10.41
I remember again that
in 2007 I really don't
00:40:10.42\00:40:14.02
understand the
meaning of the word sacrifice.
00:40:14.03\00:40:16.60
Do you? Some times I
think it's easier for us
00:40:17.78\00:40:23.10
to go on a
mission trip to India.
00:40:23.11\00:40:24.49
It's easier to
find people to move to,
00:40:24.50\00:40:26.53
to go to India than
to move to a small town
00:40:27.95\00:40:30.78
in south to start a church.
00:40:30.79\00:40:32.10
But the works can
be finished my friends
00:40:32.82\00:40:35.02
with greater
sacrifice than it was began.
00:40:35.91\00:40:39.64
Five principles, self-supporting
00:40:41.00\00:40:43.30
ministers mission
first, institution second,
00:40:43.31\00:40:47.67
faithfulness in
the face of opposition,
00:40:48.14\00:40:50.19
believe his
prophets and self-sacrifice.
00:40:50.63\00:40:53.96
On Madison's 30th anniversary,
00:40:54.39\00:40:56.23
Professor Arthur W
Spalding recited the
00:40:56.69\00:40:59.80
following poem that
aptly describes the spirit
00:40:59.81\00:41:03.20
and experiences of
the founders of Madison.
00:41:03.21\00:41:05.06
I've adapted them slightly
for our 60th anniversary.
00:41:05.44\00:41:08.47
Why came they
here this little band,
00:41:08.92\00:41:10.98
what sought they in this climb,
00:41:11.43\00:41:13.09
were they so
greedy of the land or hope
00:41:13.67\00:41:16.82
they jewels to
mind. No they with faith
00:41:16.83\00:41:20.09
and hope were
filled, they saw a kingdom
00:41:20.10\00:41:22.50
great of minds and souls
that should be built upon
00:41:22.51\00:41:26.66
their low estate.
One thrilling call alone
00:41:26.67\00:41:30.21
they heard, one
mission could afford they knew
00:41:30.22\00:41:32.93
one faith the masters
word, not greater than
00:41:32.94\00:41:36.15
your Lord. They came
to minister his grace
00:41:36.16\00:41:39.16
to serve and not be
served and in the vision
00:41:39.17\00:41:42.59
of his face receive
all that they deserved.
00:41:42.60\00:41:46.00
They were content
to serve with hands
00:41:46.50\00:41:48.55
where service most
must be and by that
00:41:48.56\00:41:51.13
service bind the
bands of human destiny.
00:41:51.14\00:41:53.86
We who came after
speak their praise but better
00:41:54.40\00:41:57.02
by our deeds, if we
their monuments shall
00:41:57.03\00:41:59.86
raise by serving
other's needs. Full 60 cycling
00:41:59.87\00:42:03.93
sons have sat
upon this growing tree,
00:42:03.94\00:42:05.95
now in its pride let
none forget what made
00:42:06.64\00:42:09.31
that growth to be
lowly and greatness let us
00:42:09.32\00:42:13.01
be as were our
pioneers and keep their vision
00:42:13.02\00:42:16.49
that can see down
through the coming years.
00:42:16.50\00:42:20.03
As Jessica sings a song
I want you just to think
00:42:20.62\00:42:24.17
in your own heart,
am I committed to the
00:42:24.18\00:42:26.98
principles which the
founders of ASI lived by.
00:42:26.99\00:42:31.76
And if you wanna
say yes Lord, I'll,
00:42:32.15\00:42:34.72
I'll be committed to
finishing your work in
00:42:34.91\00:42:40.17
whatever way you call me.
00:42:40.18\00:42:41.47
I invite you to talk
with Lord about it now.
00:42:41.92\00:42:44.10
Just where you are as she sings.
00:42:44.47\00:42:46.60
They looked for a
city in which to rest
00:42:54.55\00:43:02.90
From all their
labors on this old earth.
00:43:03.51\00:43:11.07
They struggled and
stumbled in their search
00:43:11.61\00:43:19.28
To look for a city
for the weary and tried.
00:43:19.77\00:43:28.63
Oh, pilgrims
look up to the skies.
00:43:29.60\00:43:37.75
In your journey the Savior
will help you on your way.
00:43:37.76\00:43:45.72
Oh, pilgrims
look up to the skies,
00:43:45.73\00:43:54.35
The city of rest
for the weary and tried.
00:43:54.36\00:44:03.89
We looked for a
city in which to rest
00:44:09.06\00:44:18.17
From all our
toils on this old earth.
00:44:18.18\00:44:26.78
The savior will
help us along our way
00:44:26.79\00:44:35.17
As we look for a city
for the weary and tried.
00:44:35.74\00:44:45.74
Oh, pilgrims
look up to the skies.
00:44:46.61\00:44:54.93
In your journey the Savior
will help you on your way.
00:44:54.94\00:45:03.32
Oh, pilgrims
look up to the skies,
00:45:03.33\00:45:11.70
They city of rest
for the weary and tried.
00:45:11.71\00:45:21.26
At last the glad
shout, The city is found
00:45:35.11\00:45:43.21
Comes along the line
and gladdens our hearts.
00:45:43.22\00:45:50.92
And then we see
our Savior there,
00:45:50.93\00:45:58.96
The King of the city
for the weary and tried.
00:45:58.97\00:46:07.38
Oh, pilgrims
look up to the skies.
00:46:08.49\00:46:15.94
In your journey the Savior has
00:46:15.95\00:46:20.60
helped you on your way.
00:46:20.61\00:46:23.42
Oh, pilgrims
look up to the skies,
00:46:23.43\00:46:30.94
They city of
rest at last is found.
00:46:30.95\00:46:40.93
They city of
rest at last is found.
00:46:44.14\00:46:58.82
All God's people said, amen.
00:47:07.12\00:47:09.61
Thrilling
Sabbath, hasn't that been?
00:47:09.62\00:47:11.37
As Pastor Mark
Finley and the Pastor from,
00:47:12.61\00:47:17.30
Paul Ratsara, the
President of division
00:47:18.07\00:47:19.67
and Pastor from
Beitbridge in Zimbabwe
00:47:19.68\00:47:22.70
were talking, it
touched my heart, used to work
00:47:22.71\00:47:25.08
there had meetings there just a
00:47:25.09\00:47:26.40
year and a half ago. Years ago,
00:47:26.41\00:47:28.87
when it was Southern
Rhodesia and the Rhodesia
00:47:28.88\00:47:31.86
we'd worked very hard,
evangelists were in that
00:47:32.20\00:47:35.07
area and baptized almost no one.
00:47:35.08\00:47:37.19
And now the country is
struggling, it's a very
00:47:37.54\00:47:40.56
difficult time, it's
hard to find things to eat
00:47:40.57\00:47:44.29
and isn't it
amazing what is happening,
00:47:44.85\00:47:47.49
an explosion in the
Church, perhaps someday we may
00:47:47.50\00:47:51.48
look forward an
explosion in our Church
00:47:51.49\00:47:53.62
here in North
America. Amen. And perhaps
00:47:53.63\00:47:57.05
we'll have to go
to that end as well.
00:47:57.06\00:47:59.63
Shall we stand for a prayer?
00:48:00.43\00:48:01.40
Father in heaven,
we have had an exciting
00:48:03.50\00:48:04.92
thrilling Sabbath
that has touched our hearts
00:48:05.49\00:48:09.02
and I pray Lord that
you will bless this morning
00:48:09.03\00:48:12.23
as Doug Batchelor
shared with us about Samson
00:48:12.24\00:48:16.93
and Sabbath
school we're touched,
00:48:16.94\00:48:18.29
as we have the
offering appeals and we heard
00:48:18.30\00:48:20.82
thrilling stories
from around the world,
00:48:20.83\00:48:22.40
our hearts were
touched and as Chester preached
00:48:22.41\00:48:25.28
and touched our
hearts again about Madison.
00:48:25.29\00:48:27.84
And Lord this afternoon as we,
00:48:28.31\00:48:30.65
as we share
together at 2 O'clock and
00:48:31.19\00:48:33.97
then at 4 O'clock and
then at 6:45 as we close,
00:48:33.98\00:48:36.90
we pray that your
spirit will be here
00:48:37.45\00:48:39.60
in each one of
us. Father our hearts
00:48:39.61\00:48:42.51
will be touched
and as we leave ASI
00:48:42.52\00:48:45.45
we'll leave with
a renewed vision.
00:48:45.91\00:48:48.90