Ellen G. White: Volume 4—The Australian Years: 1891-1900
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Ellen G. White: Volume 4—The Australian Years: 1891-1900 Arthur L. White 1983 Copyright © 2018 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) is considered the most widely translated 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 ii Contents Information about this Book . .i Foreword ............................................ xii A Statement the Author Would Like to Have You Read . xii Chapter 1—(1891) The Call to Australia . 15 The General Conference Takes Action . 17 To Go or Not to Go . 19 The Threat of the Walling Lawsuit . 21 Still in Uncertainty Concerning Australia . 22 Off to Australia . 23 The Day in Honolulu . 24 The Voyage to Samoa and Australia . 25 Arrival at Sydney, Australia . 26 Chapter 2—(1891-1892) Ellen White Begins Work in Melbourne 28 Recognized the Printing Presses . 28 The Business Session of the Conference . 30 The Call for a School . 30 The Unusual Monday-Evening Meeting . 32 Testimony Concerning the Echo Publishing House . 33 A. G. Daniells Elected President . 34 Chapter 3—(1892) Ministry in Great Pain and Suffering . 38 Continued to Write . 39 Stricken! “What Shall I Do?” . 40 Writing Under Great Difficulties . 43 A Cheering Interlude—Steps to Christ Received. 43 Pressing on with the Writing . 44 Anointing and Special Prayer for Healing . 48 Chapter 4—(1892) The Australasian Bible School . 51 The Bible School Opens . 52 What Made the School Possible . 53 Confronted with the Cold of Midwinter . 55 The Tide Begins to Turn . 55 Two Months in Adelaide . 56 Two Weeks at Ballarat . 57 Chapter 5—(1893) The Servant of the Lord Could Rejoice . 58 iii iv Ellen G. White: The Australian Years: 1891-1900 (vol. 4) N. D. Faulkhead and the Convincing Testimony . 59 Ellen White Gives the Secret Signs . 62 Faulkhead Resigns from the Lodges . 64 Another Interview with Ellen White . 65 Writing Messages to Encourage and Instruct . 66 Chapter 6—(1893) Influence at Administrative Convocations . 69 Messages to the 1893 General Conference . 70 Ellen G. White’s Message to the Delegates . 73 The Use of Another’s Language . 74 “Testimony No. 12” . 75 Dealing with Differences . 77 The Wholehearted Response . 79 Relation to Doctrines . 80 Chapter 7—(1893) On to New Zealand . 82 Voyage to New Zealand . 85 On to Kaeo and the Joseph Hare Home . 85 Chapter 8—(1893) The New Zealand Camp Meeting . 91 Meeting Offshoot Teachings . 94 The W. F. Caldwell Mission to Australia . 97 Good News from America . 100 The Van Horn Confession . 101 Chapter 9—(1893) The Winter in New Zealand . 104 Her Wellington Home . 106 Difficulties in Advancing the Message in New Zealand . 107 Writing on the Life of Christ . 108 An Agonizing Letter to Edson . 110 Dental Problems . 114 Chapter 10—(1893) Evangelism—The Struggle for a Foothold 115 A Few Days at Long Point . 116 At Hastings and Napier . 120 A New Approach in Gisborne . 122 Countdown to Camp Meeting . 124 The Wellington Camp Meeting . 125 Return to Australia . 129 Chapter 11—(1894) The Evangelistic Thrust in Australia . 131 Preparation for the Camp Meeting . 131 Camp Meeting Opens with Large Attendance . 133 Beneficial Contacts with Capt. and Mrs. Press . 137 Contents v The Business Session of the Australian Conference . 138 A Union Conference Is Born . 139 The Work of the Union Outlined . 140 The School—Its Character and Location . 141 Breaking Camp . 143 Far-Reaching Influence of the Brighton Camp Meeting . 143 Chapter 12—(1894) The American Mails—Almost Overwhelmed . 145 The Anna Phillips Experience . 145 The New Experience of James Edson White . 153 The Month-by-Month American Mails . 153 Exposing Errors and Weaknesses of God’s Workmen . 154 Let No One Call Attention to their Errors . 155 An Encouraging Experience . 157 Chapter 13—(1894) The Move to New South Wales . 159 Getting Settled In Granville . 160 In Personal And Public Labor . 161 Helping Destitute Families . 162 Mr. Radley Makes His Decision . 163 Work on the Life of Christ . 165 The Trial and Sentence of the Firth Brothers . 165 Chapter 14—(1894) A Place for the School . 168 The Earnest Search for a School Site . 168 Special Evidence in the Healing of Elder McCullagh . 174 Report to the Foreign Mission Board . 174 Making a Beginning . 175 The Furrow Story . 177 Norfolk Villa, Prospect Street, In Granville . 179 Running a Free Hotel . 180 New Home Is Better for W. C. White . 181 Work at Cooranbong Brought to a Standstill . 182 Chapter 15—(1894) The Ashfield Camp Meeting in New South Wales . 186 Another Sunday-Work Arrest . 188 The Friday-Morning Workers’ Meeting . 193 Favorable Impressions . 195 Business Meetings of the Australian Conference . 196 The Last Public Service . 197 vi Ellen G. White: The Australian Years: 1891-1900 (vol. 4) Post-Camp Meeting Evangelistic Meetings . 197 The Debate on the Sabbath Question . 199 Chapter 16—(1894-1895) “Is There Not a God in Israel?” . 202 Canning Time at the White Home . 204 Correspondence with Joshua V. Himes . 205 The Visit from Mother Wessels and Her Family . 207 Developments at Cooranbong . 208 The Baptism at a Lake . 209 Books for New Believers . 209 Government Favors and Grants . 210 Things at Home . 214 Chapter 17—(1895) Tasmania—The Convention and the Wedding . 215 On to Tasmania . 217 Meetings in Hobart and Bismark . 218 The Tasmania Convention . 220 In Anticipation of the Wedding . 220 The Ethel May Lacey—W. C. White Wedding . 222 Chapter 18—(1895) The Beginning at Cooranbong . 228 How.