Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists Ellen G. White 1886 Copyright © 2017 Ellen G. White Estate, Inc. Information about this Book Overview This eBook is provided by the Ellen G. White Estate. It is included in the larger free Online Books collection on the Ellen G. White Estate Web site. About the Author Ellen G. White(1827-1915)isconsideredthemostwidelytranslated American author, her works having been published in more than 160 languages. She wrote more than 100,000 pages on a wide variety of spiritual and practical topics. Guided by the Holy Spirit, she exalted Jesus and pointed to the Scriptures as the basis of one’s faith. Further Links A Brief Biography of Ellen G. White About the Ellen G. White Estate End User License Agreement The viewing, printing or downloading of this book grants you only a limited, nonexclusive and nontransferable license for use solely by you for your own personal use. 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We are thankful for your interest and feedback and wish you God’s blessing as you read. i 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 ii Contents iii 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 iv HistoricalSketchesoftheForeignMissionsoftheSeventh-dayAdventists 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. 6
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