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JOSEPH BATES........................................................................................................................................................... 1
WILLIAM MILLER...................................................................................................................................................... 3
RACHEL OAKES PRESTON........................................................................................................................................ 5
JOHN BYINGTON....................................................................................................................................................... 7
JAMES WHITE............................................................................................................................................................ 9
ELLEN G. WHITE...................................................................................................................................................... 11
JOHN NEVIS ANDREWS........................................................................................................................................... 13
JOHN NORTON LOUGHBOROUGH.......................................................................................................................... 15
S. N. Haskell............................................................................................................................................................... 17
FATHER OF MISSIONARY WORK............................................................................................................................ 17
Uriah Smith................................................................................................................................................................ 20
PERMANENT EDITOR OF THE REVIEW.................................................................................................................. 20
Goodloe Harper Bell.................................................................................................................................................... 21
PIONEER EDUCATOR............................................................................................................................................... 21

JOSEPH BATES
THE APOSTLE OF SABBATH TRUTH

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Born June 8, 1792 - Died March 19, 1872
Fairhaven, Massachusetts, is a quiet little town across the Acushnet River, near the old whaling town of
New Bedford. José Bates's parents arrived in that New England community and settled on a small ranch
when José was just an infant. There this future pioneer of the church spent his childhood. There also the
love for the sea penetrated his blood and at the age of fifteen, he went to sea on a commercial sailboat.
For the next twenty-one years, he was a sailor. His exciting adventures at sea and the story of his
colorful life are told by Virgil Robinson in his book "From Cabin Boy to Adventist Crusader" (Southern
Publishing Association, 1960).
Bates returned to civilian life in 1828 with a small fortune. He became involved in the abolitionist cause
and was known as a fearless and courageous man.
conviction. Bates was working on acquiring property for an industrial school when he accepted William
Miller's views regarding the soon coming of Christ. Within a year or so, the retired captain became a
respected evangelist and spiritual leader among Adventists. He presided over one of the first conferences
of Adventists.
In the early part of the year 1845, Bates was providentially led to understand the truth concerning the
seventh day as the Biblical Sabbath. He visited Washington, New Hampshire, where a group of
Adventists had begun observing the Seventh Day. Strengthened by this experience, he became the apostle
of this "newly" discovered doctrine. In 1846 he published a 48-page pamphlet on the subject. Captain
Bates was present at the "Sabbath" conferences of 1848 where important biblical teachings were
unearthed by Sabbath-keeping Adventists from the gold mine of the Holy Scriptures. These newly
discovered doctrines became the "platform of faith" of the Seventh-day Adventists.
The respected captain was the oldest member of the pioneers of our church and became the first president
of a local Association of Seventh-day Adventists (Michigan, 1861). He lived to a fairly advanced age.
One of the reasons for his physical strength, despite many sacrifices, was undoubtedly his temperate life
and simple diet. He organized one of the first temperance societies in the United States. Captain Bates
was a spiritual man with well-defined views and brave as a lion. He did not hesitate to sacrifice himself
when the need arose. Let us thank God for this venerable captain apostle of the truth of the Sabbath. Read:
Footprints of the Pioneers, pp. 40-48; Captain of the Host, pp. 29-44. A Story About Captain José Bates
Everything Captain Bates did, he did well. He was never an indifferent worker. When he served at sea as
a captain, he determined to be the most efficient captain who "had sailed the seven seas." When he gave
up tobacco and alcoholic beverages, he gave them up forever. He never took a single step back. When he
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accepted the views of William Miller and began to preach the advent of Christ, he devoted all his money
and all his heart to his preaching. When he saw the light of the Sabbath of the Fourth Commandment, he
observed the following Sabbath.
Prudence, Joseph's wife, considered him impulsive and overzealous in his affairs. She was always years
behind her vigorous husband, but eventually managed to catch up with him. This was true in relation to
his acceptance of the Adventist message and the truth of the Sabbath.
It had not been long since Joseph Bates had become involved with the truth of the Sabbath (via an article
by T. M. Preble in the "Hope of Israel" newspaper, March 1845) that he heard from a small group of
people observing the Sabbath among the mountains of New Hampshire, in a small town called
Washington. The leader was Federico Wheeler. Joseph Bates felt a burning desire to visit these people
and talk to them about the faith. He bought a ticket to go by train and after having traveled so far, since
the train could not take him, he bought a ticket for a car. After having traveled so far, as the car could not
carry him, he made the rest of the trip on foot. He arrived at the Wheeler country house late at night. The
lights were out and the first Sabbath-keeping Adventist minister was in bed. Bates did not hesitate to wake
him up and they talked most of the night. Eleven-year-old Jorge, son of Pastor Wheeler, overheard the
conversation and later spread the story among his friends. The next day George and one of the servants
went to the field to work, while Elder Wheeler took Captain Bates to the house of Cyrus Farnworth in
Millen Pend, near the small church where the Sabbath-keeping Adventists met. There, under the maples,
Federico Wheeler, Ciro Farnsworth, his brother Guillermo and José Bates sat to talk about the Sabbath.
After this meeting, actually the first 7th-day Adventist conference ever held, Joseph Bateas returned to
Fairhaven. I was convinced. Enthusiastic, he was filled with zeal to preach the truth. Oh how I love this
Saturday! Back in Fairhaven, a friend and fellow Adventist, Jaime Madison Monroe Hall, met old Captain
Bates on the bridge across the Acushnet River and exclaimed, "Captain Bates, what news do you have?"
Brother Bates' triumphant response was: " The news is that the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord our
God." It was not easy to convince Hall, but Captain Bates' arguments were convincing and Hall became a
new convert to the doctrine of the Sabbath (he kept the following Sabbath) and joined Bates in the
newfound faith. Shortly after this, Bates wrote a pamphlet on this subject which was instrumental in
leading James and Ellen White to accept the light.

WILLIAM MILLER
HERALD OF THE SECOND ADVENT

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Born February 13, 1782 - Died December 20, 1849
As a child Guillermo Miller lived on a farm east of New York. Upon the death of his parents, he inherited
the farm. As a young man he was a diligent student, borrowing books and reading whenever he had the
chance. At night, after his parents retired, he would get up quietly, pick up a book, lie down in front of the
fireplace and study. One night his father surprised him and threatened to beat him if he didn't rest and stop
his ridiculous study habits.
Miller had a strong religious background, but he fell in with the "wrong crowd." His friends were deists.
These people put the Bible aside and had vague ideas about God and his personality.
But Miller was always a man of high moral character. What he could not find in religion he tried to obtain
in elevated and patriotic realizations. He served his country with distinction as an officer in the War of
1812. Later in his native community he served as a justice of the peace.
When Miller was thirty-four, he became dissatisfied with his prospects. The Holy Spirit impressed his
heart and he turned to the study of the Word of God. In this book, Jesus was revealed to him as his Savior.
He found in Christ the answer to all his needs. He decided to study the Bible carefully and establish, if he
could, the answer to the many problems that had perplexed him. His study led him to the great prophecies
indicating the first and second coming of our Lord. The prophecies of time interested him, particularly
those of Daniel and Revelation.
In 1818, as a result of his study of the prophecies of Daniel 8 and 9, he concluded that Christ would come
sometime in the year 1843 or 1844. He hesitated until 1831 before beginning to announce his
discoveries. Then the die was cast. By his first public service we can mark the beginnings of the Adventist
movement in North America. In the months and years that followed approximately 100,000 people
believed in the imminent second coming of Christ.
Miller lived several years after the disappointment of 1844. He died in Jesus Christ in 1849. Near his
home in Low Hampton there is a small church that he built before he died. Despite his incomprehension
of the event that was to occur in 1844, God used him to awaken the world to the approach of the end and
the preparation of sinners for the time of judgment.
He rests in the small cemetery in Low Hampton, New York, awaiting the call of the Giver of life.

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See: Great Controversy, pp. 317-330; Also Midnight Cry. p. 17-60; Footprints of the Pioneers, pp. 18-27,
and Captains of the Host, p. 15-26.

A Story About Miller

In 1818 William Miller concluded that Christ was going to return in 1843 or 1844, but he hesitated to tell
the people because he thought, "I am only a farmer and they will mock me." So he studied the matter for
fifteen more years. One day, August 2, 1831 to be exact, he promised the Lord that if the way opened, he
would go. Arturo Spalding relates how the Lord guided his nephew Irwing to his house, with the
invitation that he had agreed upon. "What do you mean by the open road?" "That if someone comes,
without my initiative, and asks me to go out and proclaim the message, I would say that the way is open."
"Then Irving at the front door spoke and gave his father's message: Come and take charge of the church
service in the absence of the local preacher. "Come and teach our people that the Lord is coming. . . "
Guillermo Miller was astonished by this sudden call. He did not answer a word to the boy, but turned
around, went through the back door, down the small slope on the west side, and up again into the maple
grove where he often went to pray. All along the way a voice whispered in his ears: "Go and say it! Go
and say it! Go tell the world!" In his maple forest (still standing, with several patriarchs of time and some
tender trees) he fell to his knees and cried, “Lord, I cannot go! Can't! I am only a farmer, not a preacher;
How can I carry a message like Noah?" All he could hear was, "Will you break a promise so soon after
you've made it? Go tell the world!
"At last he gave up, exclaiming: "Lord, I don't know how I can do it, but if you will go with me I will go."
"His burden was removed. His spirit lifted. He jumped up, this calm, middle-aged old farmer, jumping
from side to side, clapping his hands and shouting: Glory, Hallelujah!"
"Lucia, his youngest daughter, his almost constant companion, followed him as he hurried along the path;
and now standing at his side, she was attentive to his action and his triumph. Astonished by this explosion
that she had never seen before in her father, she ran back to the house shouting: "Mom, mom, come
quickly! Dad is in the woods and he's gone crazy!" That was what the world said about him later, but
Lucia reconsidered her judgment and followed his teachings until the end of her days." --Footprints of the
Pioneers, pp. 20-22.
This is the story of Miller's call to preach the second advent of our Lord. What a powerful preacher he was
too! Considered, energetic. Thousands were converted by his ministry. If we expect the Lord to help us be
ready for his coming and to help others to be ready, we must study the Bible diligently and be as faithful
in our work as Miller was in the late 1830s and early 1840s. .

RACHEL OAKES PRESTON

A JEALOUS KEEPER OF THE SABBATH

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Born March 2, 1809 - Died 1868
An indication of the important role that Mrs. Preston played in the history of the early Adventist church is
obtained by looking at the inscription on her gravestone:
"Rachel Preston was used by God to bring the truth of the Sabbath to the Adventist church in Washington,
New Hampshire; which became the first Seventh-day Adventist church in America."
Raquel Preston was a Seventh Day Baptist when she came to Washington. His daughter, Rachel Delight
Oakes, became the wife of Cyrus Farnsworth, who with his brother William were the first Sabbath
keepers among Washington Adventists.
It was in the year 1837 that Raquel Harris Oakes and her daughter joined the Seventh Day Baptist church
in Vernon,
vermot. Evidently her husband, Emory, died there, although there is no statement to this effect. In 1843
Rachel Oakes and her daughter, Delight, moved to Washington, New Hampshire. Delight taught school.
Her mother lived with her and became the instrument in God's hands to bring the light of the Sabbath to
that group of Adventists. The Adventists, in turn, brought him the blessed hope of the second advent. In
Washington he met Nathan T. Preston, whom she married. They lived there and in Milford for many years
and finally returned to Vernon, Vermouth, where she died and was buried.
A Story About Raquel Oakes Preston

Let's return to the little church in Washington, New Hampshire, the first church of Sabbath-keeping
Adventists. Arturo Spalding will tell you about an experience that led a number of sincere souls to begin
observance of the Sabbath:
The communion service was being celebrated in the Christian church at Washington, New Hampshire, on
a Sunday in the winter of 1844. Pastor Frederich Wheeler, a Methodist and Adventist minister from
Hillsboro, whose area included this church, presided. He noticed among the communicants a middle-aged
lady sitting in Daniel Farnsworth's pew, who kept her bright eyes on him during the service and seemed
almost ready to leave, when she declared: All who confess communion with Christ in a service like this,
they should be ready to obey God and keep his commandments in all things. He wanted to know about
this lady.
Somewhat later, while visiting the family, the pastor met Mrs. Raquel Oakes, mother of young Delight
Oakes, the school teacher. Direct in her word as in her look she told him:
"--Remember Pastor Wheeler, that you said that everyone who confesses Christ should keep all the
commandments of God?

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--Yeah
--I almost got up at the meeting to say something.
--I seemed. What did you have in mind to say?
--I wanted to tell you that it was better to remove the Holy Supper table and cover it with a tablecloth until
you begin to keep the commandments of God. --said Raquel Oakes."
Pastor Wheeler sat up surprised. He felt a little embarrassed, but he was grateful that this direct action
person had had the Christian grace to wait for a private interview. That he did not keep the
commandments of God? Was he disobeying? Oh yeah! He had heard of this 7th-day Baptist sister, who
had recently come to live here, and of her decided opinion on the obligation of Christians to keep the
Sabbath for Sunday. This was the liberal fourth commandment she was now preaching to him.
It was an effective sermon. Frederick Wheeler left thinking. He continued to think and study and not
many weeks later he kept his first Sabbath and preached a sermon on it that same day." Captains of the
Host, pp. 107, 108.
This was how Adventists in Washington, New Hampshire, first heard about the truth of the Lord's
Sabbath.

JOHN BYINGTON
FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION

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Born October 8, 1789 - Died January 7, 1887
John Byington was an itinerant Methodist preacher before becoming a 7th-day Adventist preacher. He
was a vigorous opponent of slavery and is said to have made his home in the old basement of a railroad
station that offered shelter to slaves escaping the South in search of freedom. He did not accept the
Adventist message until after he was 50 years old. He then became a vigorous preacher of the truth. He
helped organize one of the first Adventist churches in Buck's Bridge, New York. He was a practical man
and helped build several of the first Seventh-day Adventist churches.
In May, 1863, representatives of Sabbath-keeping Adventists were sent to Battle Creek for the first
session of the General Conference. 20 delegates attended, representing six conferences. A three-person
executive committee was appointed. Pastor Juan Byington was elected on May 21, the first president of
the General Conference.
Buck's Bridge Church, where Byington made his home, was built in 1855, in the same year that the first
church was built in Battle Creek. However, it is likely that the church at Buck's Bridge was built earlier. It
was not a large church, it was 20 to 30 feet with a 15 foot extension in the back. The scattered but still
lying foundation stones at the scene testify to the beautiful location of this ancient and historic landmark.
In 1854 the Buck's Bridge school apparently began to operate. It was founded 2 years before the first
elementary school in Battle Creek. Pastor Byinton's daughter, Martha, taught at this school. She married
Geoge Amador, who was my acquaintance in the Battle Creek office of the Review and Herald. As
foreman and printer. Byington lived long enough to see the church he established become a missionary
church with work on several continents. He died when he was 88 years old.
Interesting Facts about John Byington

We don't have much information about Byington. We know that he was older compared to younger
workers like John Andrews, Urias Smith, John Loughborough, Myron Cornell, Stepen Haskell, George
Butler, James White, Ellen G. of White, etc.
In the early days of our church there was a venerable trio of pioneers who were older in age and highly
respected. They were Hiram Edson, John Byington and Joseph Bates. These men were leaders and
counselors, kind and energetic.
In 1857 John Byington moved from New York to Michigan. He worked as an evangelist crossing this
region in his horse-drawn carriage. People used to say, "Nobody knows Michigan like John Byington."

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He was a fearless man. We see him join Pastor James White in Round Grove, Illinois, and hold a
conference of believers in November 1856. He brought strength to the White couple as they traveled
through Waukon, Iowa, in bad weather to encourage discouraged pastors.
His son, John F. Byington, taught school in Battle Creek in 1868 and became a doctor. Dr. Byington and
Dr. H. S. Lay were the first physicians of the Western Health Reform Institute, our first 7th-day Adventist
medical institution. A great-granddaughter, Mrs. F. F. Oster, served bravely in the Middle East (See:
Christ's Last Legion, pp. 460-462). The missionary blood of the vigorous itinerant Methodist preacher,
who became an Adventist preacher, reached the fourth generation.

JAMES WHITE
THE APOSTLE PAUL OF THE MOVEMENT

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 Born August 4, 1821 - Died August 6, 1881
Seventh-day Adventists have never known a more talented and capable missionary executive and leader
than James White. He was also a powerful public evangelist. Not only did he participate with William
Miller and Joseph Bates and so many other preachers in proclaiming the advent of our Lord around 1840,
but he survived the Millerite movement to become the first great apostle of the Seventh-day Adventist
cause.
The word "first" applies to James White as to no other minister in the church. He was the publisher of the
first newspaper published by Seventh-day Adventists, The Present Truth, (1849). He was the first editor
of the Review and Herald (1850), Youth's Instructor (1852), and also the Signs of the Times (1874). He
could have been the first president of the General Conference, but he declined the honor offered by most
of his brethren because he had been chief defender of the Church Organization. I didn't want people to
think that
he was crafting a position for himself. However, he was president of the General Conference between
1865-1867, 1868-1871 and 1874-1880.
James White's contribution to the church was both in the field of publications and in church leadership
and administration. If there was a founder of the Review and Herald Publishing Association, it was he and
his wife, Elena G. of White. The same could be said of the Pacific Press Publishing Association. Jaime
White was the sponsor and promoter of these two great institutions.
He died on August 6, 1881, when he was only sixty years old. He literally killed himself working. He rose
to such stature that it was difficult to persuade other men to take on the job, as they thought he was
qualified to do it much better. His wife advised him to share his responsibilities. He tried to do this, but
James White was a great figure, an excellent financier and administrator, writer, evangelist and executive.
The brothers leaned on him so much that the imposing figure fell. His sixty years of life were spent
generously and sacrificially. No other Seventh-day Adventist minister did more than he to build high
principles and efficiency into the life of our churches and institutions.
See: Captains of the Host, pp. 45-59, Footprints of the Pioneers, pp. 117-122, Pioneer Stories Retsed, pp.
5976.

A Story About Jaime White

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James White was born in Palmyra, Maine, on August 4, 1821. He was a descendant of one of the Pilgrims
who came on the Mayflower in 1620. The fact that he grew up on a mountain farm in Maine and lived in
a humble home only adds interest to his life story.
In his youth he was a school teacher. He became a minister of the Maine Christian denomination. He
accepted Miller's views on the second coming and was successful in preaching the doctrine of the soon
coming of the Savior.
In January 1843, in the middle of a cold Maine winter, he went more than 100 miles away on horseback,
scantily covered and penniless, to work among foreigners. On one occasion a group, instigated by
unbelievers, gathered around the meeting house and removed the windows. As the young minister began
to pray, a snowball whistled through the window and splashed on the ceiling. This was the beginning of a
shooting of snowballs that crashed on the ceiling and wet him and the Bible. Closing his Bible, he began
to show the terrible events of the day of God. He was inspired to give this kind of sermon like he had
never been able to do before. Quickly, under the course of his eloquence, the troublemaker of the people
calmed down. As he spoke, he took out a nail from his bag, which had been thrown at him and hit him on
the forehead the night before. Holding the nail he said:
"Some poor sinner threw this nail at me last night. God have mercy on him. The worst wish I have for him
is that right now he is as happy as I am. Why should I resent this insult when my Master had it put
through his hands?
"At that moment he raised his arms and placed his hands on the wall behind him, in the position of Christ
on the cross. With tears streaming down his cheeks, the young minister called upon sinners to repent. The
effect was powerful. "More than a hundred were crying and many of them stood up to pray."
"Ending the meeting, the young man tried to leave through the crowd. Someone took him by the arm,
guided him and helped him through the crowd. He didn't know this person, yet he seemed singularly
familiar. As Mr. White passed through the crowd, he lost his companion and never learned about the
identity of that heaven-sent protector. Their talks continued in that place for three or four nights without
the slightest opposition, and this resulted in a general revival." Pioneer Stories Retold, pp. 64-65.
At one place young James White held public meetings, and two hundred converts joined the church.

ELLEN G. WHITE
MESSENGER OF THE LORD

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 Born November 26, 1827 - Died July 16, 1915
Elena G. White was the best known of all Seventh-day Adventists, not only because she was endowed
with the gift of prophecy, but because of her marked influence in the formation of a dynamic world
movement. He fell asleep in Christ on July 16, 1915, but his fame continues to grow as the days go by.
As a young teenager he participated in the Millerite proclamation of 1840. Like thousands, he went
through disappointment, but his faith never wavered. She became one of the 3 original pioneers of the
church, taking part with her future husband, Jaime White, and Joseph Bates in spreading new light on
the purification of the sanctuary and the Sabbath.
Shortly after her first vision, Elena Harmon was instructed by the angel of the Lord to write down what
had been revealed to her. He said: "Early in my public labors, the Lord commanded me, 'Write, write
the things that I have revealed to you.' At the time this message came to me, I couldn't hold my hand
steady. "My physical condition made it impossible for me to write."
"But again came the word of the Lord: 'Write the things that are revealed to you'... I obliged and as a result
it wasn't long before I was able to write page after page with relative ease. Who told me what to write?
Who secured my right hand and made it possible for me to use the pen? "It was the Lord." Review and
Herald, June 14, 1906. (Quoted in Messenger to the Remnant, p. 109)
His first prophetic revelation in December 1844 was followed by approximately 2,000 others in the form
of prophetic dreams at night or visions by day. The last vision shown was about the spiritual well-being of
young people; the date, March 3, 1915. During the seventy years of his public ministry between 1844 and
1915 he wrote approximately 25 million words or one hundred thousand pages of manuscript material.
This is a lot of writing!
Mrs. White's early counsel in the area of church administration and organization, in the branches of
Health, Medical Evangelism, Education and publishing is well known. His many books keep these
messages for today's churches. His writings are not outdated, but up to date. In some areas of science and
education the world has not yet applied the principles and philosophies enunciated by Mrs. White. Where
his advice has been put into practice, the results have confirmed his divine origin.
Mrs. White's husband died August 6, 1881. For nearly thirty-four years Mrs. White was a widow. He
worked for two years in Europe, from the summer of 1885 to the summer of 1887. She was a pioneer in
Australia from 1891 to 1900. The eleven years spent in foreign service highlight the international

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character of his ministry. She was truly a woman who belonged to the world, not simply to a provincial
group. Although she was American, she understood that her mission was for the world church.
On February 13, 1915, he fell at his home in St. Helena and broke her hip. He died on July 16, 1915. The
funeral was conducted on July 24, 1915 in Battle Creek. She was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery next to her
husband and other relatives. Although she is dead, she still speaks to us in the 65 books now available in
English and in many foreign translations.
See: Messenger to the Remanent, pp. 109-111; Captains of the Host, by A. W. Spalding, pp. 58-76;
Pioneers Stories Retold, pp. 77-100; Footprints of the Pioneers, pp. 59-67.

A Story About Elena G. by White

Young Elena Harmon (Later Elena G. White) had his first prophetic vision the month after he turned
seventeen and only two months after the disappointment of October 1844. It must have been a moving
occasion. She was kneeling in prayer with four other friends at the home of her dear friend, Mrs. Hains, in
South Portland, Maine. These five consecrated women prayed in the hope that their heavenly Father
would reveal to them the reason why Jesus had not come as they had expected on October 22. As they
prayed for understanding and guidance, young Elena felt God's power over her like she had never felt
before. Arthur W. Spalding said:
"In a moment she lost sight of those around her, she saw the vision of God."
"He saw a narrow and straight path stretching high above the world, upon which the people of God were
traveling to the Eternal City of the Hereafter. Behind them on the path shone a brilliant light, in which an
angel told him it was the 'midnight cry of 1844'. October 22, 1844 was called the Day of Disappointment,
but in reality it was the Day of Their Meeting. Those travelers on the path who kept their eyes on Jesus
and walked in the light that was poured upon their path went safely, but those who developed
discouragement and cowardice lost their step and fell. Soon they heard the voice of God announcing the
Second Coming of Jesus, and then they saw a small black cloud increasing in size and brightness, until the
rainbow of heaven revealed the coming of the Son of Man in His glory." Footprints of the Pioneers, pp.
65, 66.
When Elena emerged from this first vision, her friends were relieved because they had thought she was
dead. There was no breath in his lungs, his eyes were open but he couldn't see anything. Only with his
mind's eyes could he see the scenes of the vision. Said:
"I never thought I would come into the world again. When my breath came to my body, I couldn't hear
anything. Everything was dark. The light and glory upon which my eyes have rested, has hidden the light.
It was like this for many hours. Then gradually I began to recognize the light and asked where it was.
"'You are here in my house,' said the owner of the house. That? Here? Don't you know about this? then it
all came back to me. Is this my home? Have I come here again? Oh, the weight and burden that came
upon my soul" MS 16, 1894; Messenger to the Remanent, p. 6.
I cried when I found myself here, and I felt nostalgic. I had seen a better world, and he had damaged this
one for me., --Life Sketches, pp. 67, 68.
This is the precious light that Sister White received in her visions and that we see reflected on every page
of her wonderful books. How many of these books have you read? Can you name five of your books?
JOHN NEVIS ANDREWS
FIRST FOREIGN MISSIONARY

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Born July 22, 1829 - Died October 21, 1883
J. N. Andrews symbolizes one thing to Seventh-day Adventists. He was the first 7th Day Adventist
missionary who traveled to western Europe in 1874 to establish the work in Switzerland.
But we forget that he was also the author of the historical book, "History of the Sabbath."
Few of us know J. N. Andrew as the 3rd president of the General Conference from May 14, 1867 to May
18, 1869. He was preceded only by Juan Byington and Jaime White. This literary giant, profound student
and saint, was also the editor of our venerable church magazine, the Review & Herald. Although he lived
only 54 years, he distinguished himself as one of the best writers we have ever had. He was closely
associated with Pastor and Mrs. White in the pioneer leadership and evangelistic work of the infant
church.
Andrews developed vigorously in his pioneering service in Western Europe. In many ways he was
qualified for missionary work. In others he would have done better in his homeland. However, God used
him to gather the scattered companies that kept the Sabbath in England and on the continent, and to
organize the work, with headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. He died in active service, a sacrificial pioneer
missionary. A Story About J. N. Andrews
When J. N. Andrews was young, he wanted to become a congressman, in Washington, D. c. He dreamed
of a future and judging by his latent intellectual strength and his literary qualities, he would surely have
been successful. His uncle Carlos was a congressman and an important political man in Maine, but God
had bigger plans for young Juan.
In the spring of 1844 a pamphlet arrived in the hands of a family in Paris, Maine, named Stowell.
This pamphlet was a reprint of an article that had appeared in a Portland Adventist magazine known as
The Hope of Israel. The purpose of this pamphlet was to convince people that the seventh day was the
Christian Sabbath and should be observed instead of Sunday. Stowell took the pamphlet and put it aside,
but her fifteen-year-old daughter Marian picked it up and read it. She was convinced. This is also what
happened with his brother Oswaldo after reading it. Marian then shared the pamphlet with John Andrews,
who was only 17 years old at the time. He read it, brought it back to her and asked, "Have your father and
mother read this?" No, said Marian, "but I did, and I found that we are not keeping the legitimate Sabbath.
What do you think, Juan?"

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"I believe that the seventh day is Saturday. If you and I believe this, Marian, we must keep it."
"Of course, my brother Oswaldo and I saved last Saturday. We will be glad if you join us. But take Pastor
Preble's pamphlet to your father and mother so they can read it."
"Very good". Mr. Andrew read it, took it back to the Stowells. Both families kept the following Saturday
celebrating the meeting in one of their rooms.
If that pamphlet had not intervened, John Nevis Anrews might never have become a great author,
religious leader, and missionary.
Shortly after he accepted the truth held by Sabbath-keeping Adventists, young John had a strange
experience. In Paris, where they lived, there was a group of fanatics who sowed seeds of discord among
the Sabbath-keeping Christians. The presence of these fans was so disturbing that no meetings were held
for a year and a half. But after a while a meeting was announced and the church leaders attended. At this
meeting the fanatics were defeated. The power of God descended in a similar way as it did on the day of
Pentecost. Parents confessed their faults to their children, children to parents, and to each other. Brother J.
N. Andrews, moved, exclaimed: "I would exchange a thousand errors for one truth."
At this meeting, young Andrews reached a point of decision that laid the foundation for his entire future
life. He gave himself completely to the task of giving the message that he had learned to love. The rest of
his life he lived to promote the interests of the kingdom of God. What an example for us!

JOHN NORTON LOUGHBOROUGH

FIRST HISTORIAN OF THE CHURCH

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Born January 26, 1832 - Died April 7, 1924
John Norton Loughborough became a Sabbath-keeping Adventist as a result of the labors of J. N.
Andrews. He began preaching immediately and was ordained to the ministry in 1854. He became the
first missionary (in California of course) in 1868. In 1878 he was sent to Europe. He was president of the
Illinois Association. For six years he was superintendent of the General Conference districts formed by
Conferences. He was the denomination's first historian, writing the book The Rise and Progress of
Seventh-Day Adventists which was followed by The Great Second Advent Movement. He was also the
author of smaller books. Loughborough was the first man to receive ordination in what later became
known as the Seventh-day Adventist Church. This happened when I was 22 years old.
Like most early Adventist leaders, John Loughborough took a genuine interest in publishing work. One
day he and James White were discussing ways to advance the work of the gospel. It was suggested
that if they offered books to the people, in public, in connection with preaching services, they would be
willing to buy them and pay a small sum for them, thus paving the way for producing more publications.
The alert young preacher said, "I'll try it." Thus, at one of the meetings, pamphlets were displayed from
the pulpit offering them for sale. At the end of the sermon many people came forward and bought them.
At that time you could buy a complete set of all published Adventist literature, including pamphlets and a
white-covered book, for 35 cents. Today it would cost hundreds of dollars to purchase a copy of all
Seventh-day Adventist literature published in many languages.
Loughborough was truly a great pioneer, lending his many talents to the development of the work
wherever there was a need.
"In 1908, at the age of seventy-six, he began a trip around the world, visiting the principal centers of
Seventh-day Adventist work. He traveled thirty thousand miles by water and six thousand by land. With
this his active service ended except for the occasional trip to a conference or session of the General
Conference, or taking up his pen to write reminiscences of days gone by. He lived with his daughter, Mrs.
J. J. Ireland, in Lodi, California. When she and her husband were called to Washington, D. C., Pastor
Loughborough's health was failing and he spent his last years in St. Helena, where she peacefully ceased
to exist on April 7, 1924 at the age of ninety-two years. His funeral took place in the church of St. Helena,
which was one of the first he raised in California more than fifty years ago."
See: Pioneer Stories Retold, pp. 115-142; Footprints of the Pioneers, pp. 147-156.

A Story About Juan N. LoughboroughEdit

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Shortly after John Loughborough became a Seventh-day Adventist, he received the impression that he
should go preach the message, but he hesitated until he could earn enough money to support his wife. He
tried to make the business in which he was engaged succeed, but he failed. Their funds were insufficient.
Then he went to a meeting in Rochester. During that meeting, Sr. White had a vision. Recounting this
vision, she said: "Br. Loughborough is failing in its duty to preach the message by trying to obtain means
for its support. The Lord commanded me to say: 'Decide to preach the message and the Lord will open the
way for the support of your family.'" Divine Predictions Fulfield, pp. 25-27.
After the meeting, John Loughborough went home and prayed. He said to the Lord: "I will go trusting in
you that you will provide for my support." When he made this promise he only had three cents in his
pocket and did not know where he would get more money. But he felt happy.
On Monday morning his wife told him: "Juan, the matches are gone and I need thread." Pastor
Loughborough took the pennies out of his pocket and said, "Mary, this is all the money I have. Get
matches with a penny, and a spool of thread and bring me a penny back. "I don't want to run out of money
completely."
His wife turned pale. "What are we going to do?" he exclaimed. John Loughborough replied: "I'm going
to go preach and let the Lord make the way for us as he promised to do in the vision last Saturday."
Maria Loughborough went to her room to cry. He cried for an hour. Then he went out to do his shopping.
He had only been out a few minutes when a strange man knocked on the door and asked for sixty dollars'
worth of window locks. Brother Loughborough trying to sell locks without success. Now, since he
promised to obey the Lord and become a preacher, the Lord began to work for him."
The man said, "I will come and get the locks at noon and then I will pay for them." Brother Loughborough
only had to walk about two blocks to the factory where he placed the order for the locks. The sale went as
planned and his profit was more than thirty dollars. Thirty dollars was a lot of money back in the 1850s!
When Mary Loughborough returned with her shopping, she found her husband singing. "You seem to be
very happy," he said.
"Yes," he replied. And he told him what had happened. "Then she went to her room to cry for another
hour, but this time for a different reason."
Pastor Loughborough was obedient to the heavenly vision. He became a successful preacher. God used
him in a powerful way to develop the interests of His cause.
S. N. Haskell
FATHER OF MISSIONARY WORK
Born April 22, 1833 - Died February 9, 1922
Esteban N. Haskell was a convert of Joseph Bates and an Adventist preacher
named William Saxby. His occupation was a soap manufacturer and seller.
He eventually changed his line of work to touring as a missionary preacher.
When he began preaching around 1853 he had no financial support except
what he could earn in his business. There were very few preachers among the
Sabbath-keeping Adventists, so Haskell with his original ideas began to train
lay members to witness. In 1869 he began with treaties and Missionary
Work. He was the first to organize the Treaty Society. In 1882 he founded an
Academy in South Lancaster, which would become Atlantic Union College.
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This was the third Seventh-day Adventist school, preceded only by Battle Creek College and
Healdsburg College.
Haskell was a good organizer and administrator. For years he served as president of the Association; in
fact, at one time he served as president of the New England and California Conferences simultaneously.
In 1885 Stephen Haskell became an overseas missionary opening work in Australia and New Zealand.
His influence was especially powerful on the work of Publications in Australia.
As a General Conference pastor, he made the first round-the-world trip undertaken by an Adventist
official. That was in 1888 and 1889. He was a careful student of the Bible and an excellent teacher. He is
credited with the idea of Bible studies, so popular among Seventh-day Adventist laypeople and ministers.
He died in 1922, his head crowned with the glory of many years and his life adorned with many
benevolences.
A Story About S. N. Haskell

W. c. White tells the following story about Stephen Haskell's experience in introducing the idea of Bible
studies to Seventh-day Adventists:
"During the Congress in the fall of 1879 and spring of 1880, which I attended with my mother, Ellen
White, she spoke to our ministers about the work of the Congresses and said that there should be less
preaching and more teaching. It was some time before this made a real impression on Elder Haskell's
mind, but in the spring of 1880, at the Hanford Congress, my mother repeated this matter so emphatically
that Elder Haskell was thoroughly encouraged. After thinking about the matter, one morning he invited
me to go with him to a nearby field for a prayer session. He said he couldn't understand exactly what Sr.
White meant and we talked and prayed about it. Finally he said he would try and see what he could do. At
a morning meeting in the big tent, he began asking questions about important features of our faith, asking
the brothers to find the text he cited and read it.
"After continuing the meeting for about half an hour, it started to rain. When it was time to finish, it was
raining excessively hard and no one wanted to leave the tent. Pastor Haskell continued his Bible study for
almost two hours. People seemed delighted with the instruction and the method he used and asked that
other studies be conducted in the same way. Thus, as far as I know, the Bible reading work that Pastor
Haskell led and others who enthusiastically joined him began. The Ministry, December 1948, p. twenty-
one.
The plan that Pastor Haskell inaugurated was called: "Informal Lay Preaching." The name "Bible study"
was born at a conference in Lemoore, California. The idea spread like wildfire. In Los Angeles at the
Upper Columbia Congress, in San Francisco, in Healdsburg and in San Jose, interest grew enormously.
The California Conference passed the first formal resolution recommending the Bible study plan. A
course of instruction for laymen desiring to serve in the field by giving Bible studies was offered in
Healdsburg. Then in Michigan and Indiana, at the Congresses held there, the plan was adopted.
On October 30, 1883, an institute to teach Adventists to give Bible studies began in Battle Creek. A class
of 300 people gathered under the direction of S. N. Haskell. Attendance increased to over a thousand.
These people were called "helpers" (1Cor. 12:28). In 1884 the monthly Bible Reading Gazette was
published. Bible studies were not short, simple and pleasant as they are today. The first one had 149
questions!
Today the Bible curriculum is one of the most successful ways for Seventh-day Adventists to win souls to
the truth. Read: The Bible Instructor in Personal and Public Evangelism by Louse C. Kleuser, pp. 350-
351. Also "Origin of the Our Bible Work" in Ministry magazine, December 1948.

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 Hiram Edson
DEFENDER OF THE TRUTH OF THE SANCTUARY
Born in December 1802 - Died in January 1882
Hiram Edson was the instrument God used to reveal the meaning of the
cleansing of the sanctuary to the early Sabbath-keeping Adventists. With
Bates and White, he was one of the deep-thinking students who developed the
Seventh-day Adventist faith, a self-sacrificing servant of God, an ardent
evangelist, and faithful in his devotion to Christ throughout his long life. He
had previously been a Methodist.
In the 1840s he lived on a farm near Port Gibson, New York, a small town on the Erie Canal, almost
halfway between Albany and Buffalo. A small group of Adventist believers, mostly farmers, lived in that
area, and saw Edson as their leader. His farm was about a mile south of town. In that place the Adventists
gathered on October 22, 1844 to await the coming of the King. But Christ did not come as they expected.
The next day, in answer to his prayers for light, God showed Edson, as in a vision, a wonderful scene;
Christ, our High Priest, entering the Most Holy place of the Heavenly Sanctuary to begin a special work
of judgment prior to His return. Edson shared that light with his friends Owen Crosier and Dr. F. b. Hahn
from neighboring Cananadaigua. They decided to study the Sanctuary and its purification from the
biblical point of view. The results of their research appeared in the small Adventist newspaper they
published in Cananadaigua, El Amanecer. Later also at the Star of the Day, Cincinnati. From that moment
light came to the disappointed Adventists and the "why" of their pain and disappointment began to dawn
on them.
It was Edson who advanced funds to purchase the first Seventh-day Adventist printing press. In 1848 at
Edson's home in Port Gibson, the third Sabbath Congress was held. Edson sold his farm, began preaching,
and became a successful evangelist. In later years he worked near Roosevelt, New York. For years he was
the leader of our work in that place. He is buried in Roosevelt Cemetery.
See: Footprints of the Pioneers, pp. 73-82; Captains of the Host, pp. 91-105; Pioneers Stories Retold, pp.
25-31.

A Story About Hiram Edson This is a

story about the dawn of a new light.
Early on the morning after the October 22 disappointment, after most of the believers had returned to their
homes, Edson told a few friends who had remained at his house: "Let's go to the barn and pray."
They entered the old, empty barn, closed the door and joined in fervent prayer asking for the light to
clarify their minds. The answer came. It was not while they were in the old corn barn, although they had
the testimony of the Spirit that their prayers had been heard, but later, probably less than an hour later,
while Edson and one of those men were crossing the cornfield to visit a neighbor. Let Artur W. Spalding
tells us what happened then:
"In the middle of the field Hiram Edson was stopped as if by a hand on his shoulder. He looked up at the
gray sky and it seemed to him that a view of the third heaven was opening before him. In a vision like that
of the Mosaic Sanctuary he saw Christ as the Great High Priest entering from the Holy place of the
Sanctuary into the Holy of Holies. "And I saw unmistakably and clearly," writes Edson, "that instead of
our High Priest leaving the Most Holy Place of the Heavenly Sanctuary to come to this earth on the tenth
day of the seventh month, at the end of the 2300 days, He entered on that day by first time in the second
department of the Sanctuary and that he had a work to do in the Holy of Holies before coming to this
earth.
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His companion, not having noticed the delay, had already reached the other side of the field. Next to the
fence he turned around and seeing Edson so far behind, he called out to him: 'Brother Edson. Why has it
stopped?' Edson replied, "The Lord was answering our morning prayer." Then, rejoining his friend he told
him of the 'vision'. They continued on their way, talking about the topic, remembering how little they had
studied about the Sanctuary and giving shape to the biblical evidence for the revelation." Captains of the
Host, p. 95.
Young people, when the light comes, the darkness fades away. Adventists could now understand that
Jesus could not come until his work as our Priest was finished in heaven. So when this important truth
was shared with more and more Adventists, the good news spread and the disappointment was seen for
the first time in its true extent.
The year after the disappointment the Adventists of Port Gibson received more precious light. Joseph
Bates, apostle of the Sabbath, traveled to Port Gibson with the Sabbath message.
Edson's mind had been uneasy on this subject even before the disappointment, and he now received Bates'
message with joy and kept the following Sabbath. Dr. Hann joined him. But Crosier said, "You better go
slow, brothers, you better go slow. Don't climb any step before you know if it will hold you." "I've already
tried the step," Edson replied, "and I know it will hold us." Ibid. 104.
"It would appear," wrote Arthur Spalding, "that the Port Gibson group was the most important group of
Adventists to step on the first two steps of the platform on which the Seventh-day Adventist faith was
built: The Sanctuary and the Sabbath."
Would you have liked to live in those old days with Hiram Edson and his friends?
Uriah Smith
PERMANENT EDITOR OF THE REVIEW
Born May 2, 1832 - Died March 6, 1903
Few Seventh-day Adventists have known their Bibles better than
Uriah Smith. He was a quiet, reserved man, who impressed people
with his erudition and appearance. A man of noble countenance, he
commanded respect.
In December 1852, he accepted the light of the message taught by
Sabbath-keeping Adventists. The following year he became
associated with the publishing interests of the "Little Herd" of
believers in Rochester. For nearly half a century he was the editor
or part of the editorial staff of the church magazine, Review &
Herald. Urias Smith was the first secretary of the General Conference,
accepting this position when the General Conference was organized in the
spring of the year 1863.
He is best known for his book, The Prophecies of Daniel and the Revelation, which
has had a circulation of many thousands of copies. He was the first Bible teacher at
Battle Creek College.
Uriah Smith was born in a nice-looking house in the small town of West Wilton, New Hampshire. He was
as solid of character as any of the New England men, truly the state of "Strong as Granite." The birthplace
of Uriah and his sister Annie still stands in this small New England town. Now it is called the Casa del
Aguilar and interested tourists can visit it.

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Shortly before his death, the Review & Herald's main building burned. It was a serious tragedy. Uriah
Smith's heart and soul was tied to that institution. His entire life had been dedicated to its development.
Some people still live who remember Pastor Smith, walking the streets of Battle Creek with his cane,
limping on his artificial leg, the result of having suffered an amputation when he was still a teenager. His
inventive genius led him to create an artificial leg, which he used for most of his life. He was versatile and
intelligent, as were most pioneers. The first workers were people of great ability. God chose the best he
could find to do the most important work entrusted to men in these last days.
See: Footprints of the Pioneers, pp. 123, 129; Pioneer Stories Retold, pp. 178-181.

A Story About Urias Smith

When Uriah was only fourteen years old, a local infection contracted from an illness required the
amputation of his left leg above the knee. His courageous fight against pain and impact formed in his clay
structure the iron beams that made him the strong man he was.
Let's think about what it meant to lose a leg in those days. There were no white-robed surgeons, no nurses
to minister to patients, no merciful anesthesia, no competent hospital care. A notable surgeon near Keene,
Dr. Amos Twitchell, amputated his leg and bandaged it in twenty minutes. His mother held his hands.
Then she and her loving sister took care of him.
This injury in his younger years brought limitations to Pastor Smith in his future life. He was not in a
position to go out and move around like the other ministers. He simply couldn't. So what did he do?
Dedicate yourself to discouragement? No. That injury was a blessing for him, because it developed his
inventive genius. For a time he used the crude artificial leg they had provided him, with a solid foot, but
he did not like it. He got to work and invented a flexible foot, got it patented and with the money he
received from the sale he bought his first house in Battle Creek.
W. TO. Spicer gives us his impressions of Uriah Smith: "When I was a boy I always passed Pastor
Smith's editorial room in the old Review and Herald office in Battle Creek with a certain reverence,
because there was this sign on the door, in ink. dark purple color and with big letters:
"Editorial Room.
Busy? Yes always. If you have business,
take care of it, and let us take care of
ours."
Pioneer Days of the Advent Movement, pp. 245, 246.
Yes, Smith was a man who was on the march. He was busy with the Lord's business and wanted others to
take care of theirs, but he was a gracious and compassionate man. If you do not believe so, young people
read the last chapter of his book, The Prophecies of Daniel and the Revelation. It will move you. It is so
full of longing for the new land, our eternal home.
Goodloe Harper Bell
PIONEER EDUCATOR
Born April 1832 - Died January 16, 1899
Professor Bell was perhaps one of the most eminent pioneers of the Adventist
denomination in the early years of educational work. "The first strong, stable
and progressive 7th-day Adventist educational work began with the arrival of
Goodloe Harper Bell in Battle Creek in 1866" Pioneer Stories Retold. p. 185.

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At that time this young man, married, was 34 years old and, contrary to general opinion, was largely
self-taught, except for a few months he spent at Oberlin College. He was eminent in public education
work when the public education system began in Michigan in those days.
His first visit to Battle Creek was with a friend who became a patient at the newly established Health
Reform Institute. The following year Professor Bell returned for treatment. He liked Battle Creek methods
and enjoyed working the Sanitarium lands and orchard. His health improved greatly.
Battle Creek College, dedicated January 4, 1875, was largely the result of a private school started by
Professor Bell in that city. He wrote several textbooks for the study of the English language but was best
known for his eight books titled Bible Lessons for Sabbath School.
From June, 1869, to November, 1871, Professor Bell was editor of the Youth's Instructor. When Battle
Creek College was founded, he was named Head of the English Department. Sydney Brownsberger was
the director; Jaime White the president and Urias Smith the head of the Bible Department.
He would have been able to live to an advanced age if it had not been that in 1899, at the age of 67, while
driving a carriage drawn by his spirited horse, he suffered an accident that caused his death. Thousands of
people mourned the loss of this beloved teacher.
See: The History of Our Church, pp. 364-373; The Great Adventist Movement, pp. 88-92; The Adventist
Movement, p. 150; Pioneers Stories Retold, pp. 185-192; Footprints of the Pioneers, pp. 187-194.
A Story About Goodloe Harper Bell

Professor Bell's kindness and love for young people helped him found a Christian school. One day while
Brother Bell was working in the garden of the Health Institute in Battle Creek, Edson and Willie, sons of
the pastor and Mrs. White, who lived below the sanitarium, on the corner of Washington and Champion
streets, passed by They happened to be there and saw him working. He sympathized with the boys'
problems and they instantly liked him. When they asked him questions about school work, he gave them
clear answers. Actually, he could do it easier than the teacher at his school. So Willie and Edson quickly
returned home and told their parents about their discovery in words like these: "Oh, Mom and Dad, we
found the most wonderful man in the sanatorium! He's a patient there. He is the best teacher! Just the kind
of teacher we would like to have! He answered all our questions and made everything so interesting. "We
wish we could have it at our school."
Pastor White and other parents waited for Professor Bell and encouraged him to start a private school,
which he did. This school developed until it was taken under the protection of the General Conference.
The ground floor of an old Review building was used for classrooms and the upper floor was transformed
into a small, comfortable home for Professor Bell.
We said that Professor Bell was friendly, but he was also a man of firm discipline. One day I was in a
rhetoric class, a student named Dan T. Jones, who later became a missionary in Mexico and later
Secretary of the General Conference. He was a careful young man who liked to reach his conclusions only
after he had had time to think. He was in every sense a true representative of Missouri, but rhetoric and
English were difficult for him. One day they called his number (students had a number in those days) and
he wasn't expecting it. He had to read a long paragraph from the textbook, but he was having trouble
finding it. Finally he found it, but he didn't stand up until he found it. Professor Bell could not tolerate
such indolence. "Mr. Jones," he said, "you are evidently asleep. "Someone please wake him up."
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Professor Belle replied: "Looking? Searching? Are Missourians looking to sit? Are you too weak to
stand? Push it! he said, addressing the young man who was sitting next to him, “Push him!”
That was Professor Bell's way. Strict and severe. Sometimes excessively, but he got results and somehow
the students loved him. It took that kind of person to run a school in the 1860s. And that was the kind of
person Professor Bell was. Do you think it's good for teachers to be harsh sometimes?

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