Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists

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by  Ellen G. White

Historical Sketches of
the Foreign Missions of
the Seventh-day
Adventists
Ellen G. White
1886
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Contents
Information about this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Practical Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Love and Forbearance among Brethren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Manner of Presenting the Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Unity Among Laborers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Courage and Perseverance in the Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
The Christian’s Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
How to Meet Temptations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Unity Among Different Nationalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
The Book of Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
The Light of the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
The Importance of Watchfulness and Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
The Work in New Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Address to the Missionary Workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Satan An Accuser of the Brethren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Notes of Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
From California to Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Labors in England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
From London to Basle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
The Swiss Conference and the European Council . . . . . . . . . 92
Visit to Scandinavia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Copenhagen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Sermon—Parable of the Fig-Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
The Sabbath Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Evening Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Influence of a Tract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
A Missionary Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
A Beautiful City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Stockholm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
An Easy Religion Popular . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Humble Laborers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
A Swedish Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
A Sad Calamity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Situation of Stockholm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
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Sweden and the Thirty Years’ War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Appearance of the Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Grythyttehed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Perseverance Amid Trials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
A Lutheran Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
A Swedish Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Orebro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Reformers in Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Persecution for Preaching the First Angel’s Message . . . . . 144
Child-Preachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Christiania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
A Large Temperance Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
The President’s Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Labor for the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Importance of the Sabbath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
The Country And The People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Return to Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Cologne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Along the Rhine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Visit to Northern Italy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Swiss Scenery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
The St. Gotthard Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Labors In The Piedmont Valleys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
An Interruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Further Labors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
The Waldenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Appeals for our Missions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Education for the Missionary Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
The Youth As Missionary Workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Laborers for Foreign Missions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Our Duty to the Missionary Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
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Practical Addresses
Delivered by Mrs. E. G. White to the Swiss Conference and the
European Missionary Council
Held at Basle in September, 1885.
[119] Love and Forbearance among Brethren
Dear Brethren and Sisters,
I am indeed thankful for this privilege of meeting with those who
are laboring to spread the light of truth in the various countries of
Europe. It is a grand, a noble work, and one which should call forth
every energy of the being. As laborers for God, we need a more
sacrednearnesstohim, andacloserfellowshipwithoneanother, that
our prayers and efforts may not be hindered. We must not expect in
ourown strengthtomeetandpressthroughthemoraldarknessthatis
in the world but we must perseveringly labor for that strength which
is found alone in Jesus. He loves us, and those who labor in his
spirit will realize his assistance in all their efforts. It is impossible,
even with the strong arguments of truth, to reach the hearts of men,
unless there is, united with these arguments, a divine power.
A machine may be perfect in all its parts, and yet there be much
friction and wear in its movements; but apply oil, and it performs
its work quietly and well. So with us. It is necessary to have the oil
of grace in our hearts, in order to prevent the friction that may arise
between us and those for whom we labor. Then, having not only
the arguments of truth but the oil of grace, we can bear the message
with power. Prejudice will be broken down, and a great work will
be accomplished. “Without me.” says Christ, “ye can do nothing.”
The branch cannot bear fruit except it abide in the vine; neither can
we except we abide in Christ.
If the love of Jesus is cherished in the heart, it will be seen in the
labors; the will and the manners will be brought under the moulding
influence of the Holy Spirit. In the prayer of Christ just before
his crucifixion, he said, “And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that
they also might be sanctified through the truth.” The teacher of the
people must be an example to the flock of God in all meekness,
patience, forbearance, and love. He is, in a special sense, a living
epistle, “known and read of all men.” How important, then, that the
sanctifying power of the truth be seen in his character.
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