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Stephen Smith and the Unread. Testimony" By Arthur L. White

Tins is the story of Stephen Smith. It is con- All acknowledged their faith in the visions except structed from the records of the early days as found Brother and Stephen Smith." Before the con- in the manuscript vault of the Ellen G. White ference closed, the assembled group, because of Publications. His name is used with his expressed his discordant views, withdrew the hand of fellow- permission. ship from Brother Smith. The next year, however, It was in 1850 that Stephen Smith, a man in after a seeming change of .heart and deep confession, middle life, accepted the third angel's message. Stephen Smith was back in the church again, but He loved the Sabbath truth, and he rejoiced in the not for long. Advent message. Mrs. Smith and the children too Clinging to the Sabbath truth, but in bitter loved this truth. They lived in the vicinity of opposition to the visions, poor Mr. Smith was ready Washington, New Hampshire, where the Adventists to join this little group and that offshoot party, first began to keep the Sabbath in 1844. It was not each of which claimed to have new light for God's long before Brother Smith was giving his time and people. He saw no need for the Spirit of Prophecy_ strength to heralding his new-found faith. Though His sympathies were first with the Messenger Party he travelled a good bit, the Washington, New till it came to naught. He espoused the 1854 time Hampshire, church was his home church. setting till this collapsed, and then he was off with But in those early days, as sometimes today, the Marion Party, with their no-organization, no- discordant voices were heard, as now and then some- sanctuary, and no-Spirit-of-Prophecy teachings. The one came along with so-called new light. Stephen true nature of these discordant teachings was clearly Smith was swept off his feet with some such seen by the church as the Lord opened up the true teaching concerning the spiritual advent of Christ, significance through the visions to Mrs. White, and began to push his new-found but strange views. but Mr. Smith felt no need of these warnings and Having turned from one of the fundamentals of the counsels. message, he employed his influence to undermine Now, the Lord loved Stephen Smith. During this ,confidence in the leaders of the work, and was time of wavering and alienated sympathies, a vision especially critical of Elder and Mrs. White. was given to Sister White pointing out his dangers, We find him next at a conference of the believers showing the ultimate result of his course of action, held in Washington, New Hampshire, in late but assuring him of God's love and acceptance if October, 1851. Here seventy-five of the believers he repented. Painstakingly Mrs. White wrote out assembled, some coming from other States. Elder what had been revealed to her and closed the epistle and Mrs. White were there, Stephen Smith was with an appeal to turn from his waywardness and bitter in his criticism and opposition. He was ardent walk with God's people. At this time the Whites in promulgating his discordant views. Near the close were residing at Battle Creek, Michigan, so the of the Sabbath, Mrs. White was taken off in vision, communication Was sent to Mr. Smith by post. and the state of things in Washington was revealed Calling at the post office for his letters shortly to her. In plain words she told the brethren what she thereafter, Mr. Smith was handed a long envelope, had been shown. The handwritten record of that and his eyes fell on the return address, Mrs. E. G. early day reads, "The vision had a powerful effect. White, Battle Creek, Michigan.

Have you enrolled for the free Prophetic Guidance Correspondence Course yet ? IF NOT—BO SO WITHOUT DELAY See page 3. "Mrs. White has written me a testimony," he a rustle was heard in the audience and Stephen said to himself, as in anger he felt the blood rushing Smith was struggling to his feet. He wanted to to his cheeks, "and I don't want any testimony." speak, but Elder Farnsworth did not know whether In silence he held it for a time in his trembling he dared let him speak or not. He expected that if hand, uncertain as to what he should do. he did speak, it would be a tirade of ridicule and "No, I'll not read it," he said to himself Is he of criticism, but he thought perhaps he had better pushed the unopened envelope into his pocket and let the man get it out of his system. This is what hurried home. Reaching the house, he noticed the Smith said: trunk over in the corner, and immediately he knew "I don't want you to be afraid of me, brethren, what to do with the letter. In anger he raised the for I haven't come to criticize you—I've quit that lid, reached down, and lifted the contents enough kind of business." He then reviewed the past; he so that he could slip the unopened letter into the told how he had opposed church organization and bottom of the trunk. He slammed the lid down and "most everything else;" he referred to his connection locked it tight. For twenty-eight years that testimony with the Messenger Party, his sympathy with the lay on the bottom of his trunk unopened and unread. Marion Party, and his general hatred of our work Now, Stephen Smith went on his own way. I and our people. Finally, he said, he had been com- hardly need to describe the course he took. One who paring notes for a year or two, and he'd seen those knew him well said that he "had the most withering, parties, one after another, go down, and those who blighting, tongue of any man I ever, heard. He could had sympathized with them come to confusion. say the meanest things, in the meatiest, most cutting "Facts," he said, "are stubborn things. BUt the way of any man I ever met." He was particularly facts are that those who have opposed this work bitter in his criticism of Mrs. White and the Spirit have come to nought, and those who have been in of Prophecy. Mrs. Smith, who remained loyal to sympathy with it have prospered, have grown better, the message, and the children, had an unhappy time more devoted and godlike. Those who have opposed indeed. Manifesting such a spirit and such an it have only learned to fight and debate, and they've attitude, Stephen Smith spent what should have lost all their religion. No honest man can help been the best years of his life. seeing that God is with the Advent movement and Twenty-seven years rolled by. It was now 1884, against us who have opposed it. I want to be in and his hair had turned White and his back was fellowship with this people in heart and in the bent. One day he picked up from the parlour table church." a copy of The Review and Herald—and the Review After this public confession Stephen Smith began should be on the parlour table of every Adventist to review his past experience. On Thursday he home. As he turned its pages and his eye caught recalled that letter in the bottom of his trunk. It the name of Ellen G. White as the author of one had been years since he had thought of it. For the of the articles, he stopped to read it, and when first time in twenty-eight years he wanted to kn'ow he finished he said to himself, "That's the truth." what was inside that envelope. The next week he got hold of another issue of the He found the key, with trembling hand he un- Review, and there was another article from the pen locked the old trunk, lifted up the lid, and reached of Sister White, and he said again, "That's God's down to the bottom feeling for the envelope. truth." Finally he had it in his" land. He pulled it out, And that is the real test of the Spirit of Prophecy, looked at it for a minute, and then tore it open. isn't it? It is the way the Lord speaks to our hearts He slipped out the folded handwritten 'sheets, from the pages of the Spirit of Prophecy books, dropped into a chair, and read. that constitutes the strongest evidence that the There he read a picture of what his life would be work is of God. w if he followed the course he had embarked upon. From week to week Stephen Smith read. He began He read of bitterness and disappointment. There to soften in his words and his attitudes. His wife he read an accurate picture of what his life had and others noticed the change. been, for he hadn't changed his way. There he read The next summer, 1885, Eugene W. Farnsworth an appeal to turn to God. was asked to go back to his old home church at Sabbath morning he was back again at Washing- Washington, New Hampshire, to hold revival ton. He did not want to miss the meeting. Elder meetings. This he was happy to do. It was his Farnsworth, who knew nothing of this experience, father, William Farnsworth, right there in the little preached on the Spirit of Prophecy, and he no frame church, who in 1844 had taken his stand for sooner finished than old Stephen Smith was on his the Sabbath. The word soon got around that Eugene feet again. Listen to his words: "I received a Farnsworth was coming to hold meetings. Stephen testimony myself twenty-eight years ago, took it Smith, now living at Unity, twelve miles to the home, locked it up in my trunk, and never read it north, wanted to see Eugene again and hear him until last Thursday." He said he didn't believe the preach. He had known him as a lad and had seen testimony, although he didn't know a word that him grow up. So the old man journeyed the twelve was in it. He 'said he was afraid to read it, for miles to Washington to be present at the meeting fear it would make him mad, but he said, "I was to be held Sabbath morning. He sat in the audience mad all the time nearly anyway." and Elder Farnsworth preached. His topic was the Finally he said, "Brethren, every word of that rise of the Seventh-Day Adventist Movement—a testimony for me is true, and I accept it. I have movement of prophecy. come to that place where I finally believe the When Elder Farnsworth had finished his sermon, testimonies are all of God. And if I had heeded the 2 BRITISH ADVENT MESSENGER

one God sent to. me as well as the rest, it would a message that God sent to save him from a wrong have changed the whole course of my life, and I course—a message that God sent to bless and guide would have been a very different man. Any man him—but there it, lay, unopened and unread, and that's honest must say that they lead a man toward Stephen Smith went on in his own way. According God and the Bible always. If he's honest, he'll say to his own testimony that message, if it had been that; if he won't say that, he's not honest. read and had been heeded, would have changed his "If I had heeded them, it would have saved me life, and he would have lived a godly, useful life. a world of trouble. The testimony said there was But the testimony was unheeded because it was to be no more definite time preached after the '44 unread. movement, but I thought I knew as much as an - And then I think of our experience—yours and `old woman's visions,' as I used to term them. May mine. Over on the shelf are those Spirit of Prophecy God forgive me. But to my sorrow I found the books—books filled with counsel for us. If they visions were right, and the man who thought he are not on the shelf, we- can easily secure them. knew it all was all wrong, for I preached the time These books are filled with counsel that meets the in '54, and I spent all I had, when if I had heeded problems we are confronted with today. They are them, I should have saved myself all that and much filled With light as to the experiences before the more. The testimonies are right and -I am wrong. church. There's hardly a page that does not bring "Brethren," he concluded, "I'm too old to undo a positive message to our hearts. True, our names what I've done. I'm too feeble to get out to our are not mentioned there, but the messages deal with large meetings, but I want you to tell our people our experiences. They give us guidance and furnish everywhere that another rebel has surrendered." help in living the Christian life and in making Our first reaction is one of joy that old Stephen decisions each day. If we leave those books on the Smith, even late in life, came to see the light and shelf unopened and unread, are we any less re- walk in the light. Then we think of the situation. sponsible than was old Stephen Smith?—Review and There in his old trunk, unopened and unread, was Herald, August 6, 1953.

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L ______1.._ 11•111•1101f .10M• 111111M• •=111111 JUNE 23, 1961 3 the day, but to express their utter confidence in the Advent message as a whole and to prepare for South Conference the baptismal service that was to follow. President: Pastor J. H. Bayliss THis group was the first-fruits of the evangelistic campaign which has been held in recently. Office Address: 25 St. Johns Road, Watford In spite of intensive advertising and the whole- Telephone: Watford 32728 hearted and excellent co-operation of the church, our attendances had been woefully small right from the beginning. But those who did come, faithfully followed us through in the main, and from this Baptism in Bournemouth loyal group eleven precious souls responded whole- MAY 6th was a day long to be remembered by heartedly to the call to join the remnant church. the Bournemouth churchmembers when fourteen As we saw these fine people enthusiastically giving new believers were added to the church, ten by themselves to the Master we felt indeed that all baptism and four by vote on confession of faith. our striving and battling had been well worth while. It was a great joy to see four of our young people Others are preparing for baptism on a later date, give their hearts to the Saviour and go through the and we invite your prayers that victory will be water of baptism. theirs as they, too, decide for Jesus. We were very privileged to have Pastor J. H. BEFORE we baptized the candidates already men- Bayliss with us for this great occasion. His address tioned we had the privilege of pausing a moment was based on 1 Corinthians 12:12, 13, and developed to dedicate two grand little baby girls to the Lord. the theme, "Being baptized into Christ." These were Eleri Sham Clothier and Carol Maynard. Pastor D. A. Conroy spoke of the number of Eleri has chosen for her parents, Brother and Sister lay members who had had a great part in bringing Clothier, who are fellow-workers in the ministry these dear souls into the truth and we were very here in Wales, and Carol's mother and father are pleased to have Sister Ford back with us after welcome immigrants from the West Indies. May working so hard together with Pastor Conroy in God bless and keep these little ones, and each of the Poole campaign. She must have felt very happy the older folks baptized on this glorious day. to see the fruit of her labours for the Lord. Surely this was a feast of great things, for we ANOTHER Ingathering Campaign has passed into were also privileged to have Brother Taylor and history, and while the final figures are not available Miss M. Davies from Newbold. Brother Taylor at the time of writing, it is dear that already last officiated at a new electronic organ which was on year's total figure has been reached and passed. loan for the occasion and Miss Davies' singing Excellent achievements have been recorded all over was much appreciated by all. the Mission, and it is difficult to mention some The beauty of the flowers added joy to all who without mentioning other equally meritorious vic- were privileged to attend this service and the tories. However, we are proud to report Newport's presence of the Saviour was felt by all. Truly we success in reaching her full goal in three weeks; could say, "This was the Lord's doing, and it is Barry's attainment in equalling last year's per- marvellous in our eyes." Mark 12:11. formance in spite of the loss of two excellent We pray that all these precious souls will be collectors; Cardiff, Aberdare, Rhyl, and Llandudno's kept faithful till the day Jesus comes to claim His excellent increases over 1960 figures; the excellent own and that we with them will be ready in that per capita figures of Trealaw, Abergavenny, and great day. S. FRENCH, Hereford; the successful struggle against odds by Church Clerk. Pontypool, Shrewsbury, and Wrexham; and last, but perhaps best of all, the passing for the first time in the history of the Welsh Mission of the £1,000 mark by the enthusiastic collectors of Swan- sea. Thank you, one and all, for this grand result. Welsh Mission May God abundantly bless your fine endeavours. President: Pastor K. A. Elias SOON the glories of this early summer Will have 11 Rookwood Close, Llandaff, Cardiff left us and the challenge of another campaigning season will be upon us. With this in mind, our Telephone: Cardiff 73773 Welsh Executive Committee have planned an all- out drive in last-day evangelism, with the resources available to us this autumn time. Campaigns are President's Notes planned as follows: SABBATH, May 13th, is one that will live for Abergavenny K. H. Clothier a long time in the memories of our members in Barry. A. C. Vine Cardiff. The sun shone gloriously as though all Bargoed A. J. Proudley heaven rejoiced with us, as we are sure it did. Caerphilly Sabbath school had an extra special urgency about Newport K. A. Elias it that day, and when the time for classes came, one C. L. W. Cooke special group retired not to study the lesson for Miss M. Davies 4 BRITISH ADVENT MESSENGER Pontypridd L. Shaw to all churches in his parish to send a 'delegate to Port Talbot G. Bryan a meeting at his church., Eight denominations, Miss J. Mitchell including Seventh-Day Adventists, responded. On Rhyl G. Roper the Monday evening precedirig Easter we met to make plans for "Christian Aid Week," May 8th In addition it is hoped that D. R. Lowe will to 13th. A committee was formed which included be able to arrange for another campaign in Shrop- representatives of the Baptist, Congregationalist, shire. Mrs. E. Kirby, our enthusiastic part-time Methodist, Salvation Army, and Seventh-Day Bible instructress, is being held in reserve to help Adventist churches, and the Quaker Society of wherever her assistance is most needed in the several Friends, with the vicar as chairman. campaigns within easy reach of her home at The week's activities began with a united church Cardiff. Thus all workers in Wales this autumn service at a local Welsh church. The service was will be directly engaged in soul-winning evangelism. arranged so that all denominations represented could Please pray earnestly for those consecrated labourers. have a part. The vicar very ably presented the address and took as his theme, "They brought unto THE plans just set out necessitate changes in Him gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh." location for two of our worker families. At the "Tradition has it," he said, "that one of the three end of July, Pastor and Mrs. G. Roper and family men was a black man, one a yellow man, and one will leave Swansea, where they have laboured for a white man." And as they differed in the colour of two years, and take over the leadership of the Rhyl their skins, so did their gifts differ. He painted a and Llandudno churches. Similarly Pastor and Mrs. word picture of the three men journeying to the G. Bryan and family will leave North Wales and Babe in the manger and how they must have often locate in Swansea. Both these families have given displayed their special treasure, and explained their much appreciated service in their present districts merits. In closing he reminded the mixed con- and we wish them Godspeed as they take up their gregation that each denomination had a special new responsibilities.

WE are happy to record the fact that as from September 1st next, Miss Moyra Davies, newly HAVE NO REGRETS graduated from Newbold College, will be joining the Welsh Mission worker force. She will locate in Newport, and we are sure her youthful and consecrated enthusiasm will mean much to the cause COME to of soul-winning there next season. We give Miss Davies a warm welcome as she returns to labour in the land of her birth. CONFERENCE! As we write, plans are being finalized to make NORTH ENGLAND'S 44th SESSION the coming Conference Session in Cardiff the "best ever." Now is the time to lay strong plans to be BEGINS THURSDAY, JUNE 29th at 7.30 p.m. present on this important occasion. Full programmes CONTINUES FRIDAY, 9.30 a.m.-5.30 p.m. will be in the churches shortly, but those requiring PREACHING SERVICE, FRIDAY, 7.30 p.m. accommodation, and/or meals on Sabbath, should let us know immediately—preferably on the forms already sent out. Sabbath will be the "high-day," Join hundreds of your fellow-Adventists at of course, with stirring addresses by Pastors G. D. Victoria Hall, King and J. A. McMillan, a College programme led by Pastor A. J. Woodfield and R. W. Scarr, SABBATH, JULY Ist and an evening Youth Pageant introduced by Pastor Sabbath School 10.00 a.m. B. F. Kinman; but equally important to the Divine Worship 11.15 a.m. furtherance of the work are the business discussions Ordination Service 2.30 p.m. and committee reports to be rendered mainly on the Soul-winning Symposium 3.30 p.m. Sunday. Do plan to be present at all these services Youth Rally 6.30 p.m. over the week-end of July 21st to 23rd in St. Paul's church, Cardiff. God has a blesssing for us all at Musical features include that time we know. Visitors to Wales, of course, will be more than welcome. K. A, ELIAs. URIEL PORTER (bass) DAVID MANSFIELD at the organ

Inter-denominational Fellowship A church festival of in Rhondda WORSHIP, PRAISE, A SPIRIT of fellowship began when the vicar of and INSPIRATION All Saints church, Trealaw, in the South Wales valley town of the Rhondda, issued an invitation JUNE 23, 1961 5 treasure to be examined which could and ought to been giving as• total Sabbath school offerings? Well, be done in a friendly way. in 1948 it amounted to is. 71c1. But it steadily On the Wednesday evening a sacred concert was declined to is. 4d. in 1954 and only ls. 24d. in again unitedly supported. There were many com- 1960. So you see, brethren and sisters, we are pro- plimentary remarks made regarding the quality of gressively giving less and less out of our earnings the voice of Sister G. Shaw, wife of Pastor Leslie as Sabbath school offerings!! Shaw, now district leader of the Aberdare and Trealaw churches. We hope to plan other activities 3. By What Means Can We Increase Our Offer- with a view to displaying our special doctrinal ings? treasures. As long as these hands are proffered in 1. By better presentations of the need. Too little friendship we shall grasp them warmly and keep preparation is given sometimes to the presentation our treasures polished and gleaming. of the missions item in our weekly programme. Over £80 was raised by joint effort to relieve the The "appeal," or the "mission news" as it is some- world's hungry and homeless. times called, should be really well prepared, and H. CHAPMAN. presented in a lively, realistic way; and heard by all present. Our members will always give when they see the need 'and the value of giving. 2. By more use of the "subsidiaries." The regular SABBATH-SCHOOL weekly offering and the Thirteenth Sabbath offering are well known and generally well supported. First DEPARTMENT of all we suggest a wider use of the little envelope for Birthday Thank Offerings. Let this be used, as its name implies, not only for birthdays but also Increasing Our Sabbath School for special thank offerings as well. Some like to Offerings remember their baptismal date, others some special blessing or answer to prayer, some deliverance or 1. The Reason For Sabbath School Offerings healing. We would like, first of all, to give three good Investment for Missions is an avenue for helping reasons for our Sabbath school mission offerings. our mission work which has steadily increased in 1. Our Lord's commision to preach the Gospel other fields, but has sadly declined in Britain! In to all the world. Today the field is indeed "ripe fact, in 1960 the total for all our 154 schools for unto harvest." •In some lands doors long shut are twelve months amounted to only £70. • opening. In others, doors are closing and we must As you read in a recent issue of the MESSENGER, press in while we still have opportunity. a special effort is being made this year to raise, 2. The blessing to ourselves. The world is making in the world field, one million dollars, or over more and more claims upon our means. There is £358,000, by this means. We have accepted respon- a real danger that "creature comforts" will demand sibility for £200 of this. from us that which we should give to God. Sabbath Can we reach it? Of course, for in 1948 our school offerings. give Os a regular 'opportunity to Investment totalled £233. What we did twelve share Christ's spirit of self-denial. years ago, when there was much less money around, 3. The reflex influence. "To show a liberal, self- we can surely do again in 1961. Let us see how denying spirit for the success of foreign missions is much more than £200 we can raise when we have a sure way to advance home missionary work; for "a mind to work." Neh. 4:6. E. R. WARLAND. the prosperity of the home work depends largely, under God, upon, the reflex influence of the evan- gelical work dorie in countries afar off."—Ellen G. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT White in Counsels on Sabbath School Work, page 136.

2. The Present Situation West Indian, Nurses Wanted in Trinidad The genuine interest of our British Union mem- IT has long been the desire of our churchmembers bership in foreign missions is evidenced not only in Trinidad to have our own hospital. For ten by the large number of British missionaries in "the years we have been operating a small twenty-bed regions beyond," but also by the fact that our total nursing home where many patients have not only Sabbath school offerings, which amounted to £12,437 been helped physically and mentally, but also in 1948 rose to £24,121 last year. spiritually. In October, our new fifty-six bed hospital However, we must relate this increase to our will be completed. The medical work is the right greater capacity to give, as evaluated by a growing arm of the message. If it is to accomplish its church membership and the general rise in wages purpose, we must have a consecrated staff. One of during the past twelve years. For example, our our greatest needs at the present time is for membership has risen from 6,367 in 1948 to 9,282 Christian nurses, and I have been giving serious in 1960. study to the staffing of our new project. A fair index of our earning capacity is the total During the past few months, the government has tithe of our membership. Out of every one hundred recruited seventy Trinidadian nurses who are shillings earned we return to the Lord ten shillings presently in England. These nurses are willing to as tithe. How much of that five pounds have we return to their homeland to help meet the current 6 BRITISH ADVENT MESSENGER SEMI-FINAL REPORT FOR 1961 INGATHERING FOR MISSIONS Church- Number of Percentage Amount Increase on Collected Collected members Collectors Helping Collected 1960 Total Per Member by Youth £ £ s d South England 5,080 2,738 54 37,518 1,966 7 7 9 9,000 North England 2,860 1,505 53 28,278 2,328 9 18 0 4,300 Wales 587 348 59 4,881 254 8 '6 4 336 Scotland 477 206 44 3,632 271 7 12 3 609 Ireland 273 , 122 45 2,209 58 8 11 10 59 BRITISH UNION 9,277 4,919 53 76,518* 4,811 8 5 0 14,304

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shortage of nurses problem. Ireland Helps Middle East We too' have had a large number of young ladies MR. E. W. WARING, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. from our church who have gone to England to study Waring of , Ireland, and former student at nursing or take post-graduate work in their chosen Newbold College, 1946-48, is Dean of men at field. Many of these, no doubt, are now qualified, Middle East College and Head of College Wood or have completed their post-graduate work. I am Products. He helps the students use their hands sure if some of them were aware of our need, as well as their heads in their training for service they would be willing to return home. in the Middle East. He finds himself very busy Since it is only six months before our project with curricular and extra-curricular activity, but he will be completed, we trust that many West Indian feels that he is meeting a specific need of Adventist nurses in England will realize the urgency of our youth and the work is rewarding though difficult. request and contact me as soon as possible at the The mission field demands the very best that is in Seventh-Day Adventist Medical Unit, 7 Queens one, but that phase of the work is always challeng- Park West, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. ing. G. A. KBouGH, NAOMI CHAPMAN, R.N., Public Relations Secretary, Director of Nurses. Middle East Division.

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