Battle Creek Letters Ellen G. White 1928 Copyright © 2017 Ellen G. White Estate, Inc. Information about this Book Overview This eBook is provided by the Ellen G. White Estate. It is included in the larger free Online Books collection on the Ellen G. White Estate Web site. About the Author Ellen G. White (1827-1915) 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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Diary January 1898 . 14 Medical Missionary Work and the Ministry . 14 Re-copied July 11, 1928 B—38-99 V. E. R. 17 Elders Prescott, Irwin, Jones, Smith and Waggoner . 17 Recopied July 11, 1928 K—55—99 V. E. R.. 22 Re-copied July 11, 1928 D. F. 193 V. E. R. 25 “God’s Building” . 26 A Temple of Living Stones . 26 Different Instrumentalities . 27 Truth a Unit . 27 Words of Cheer . 27 Re-copied July 13, 1928 MS—117—99 V. E. R. 29 The Medical Missionary Work . 29 Re-copied July 15, 1928 K—204—99 V. E. R. 32 Re-copied July 15, 1928 K—215—99 V. E. R. 34 Re-copied July 15, 1928 B—106-1900 V. E. R. 44 Re-copied July 15, 1928 MS—58—1901 V. E. R. 48 A Union of Ministerial and Medical Missionary Work Essential . 48 Re-copied July 15, 1928 MS—74—1902 V.E.R. Unheeded Warnings . 51 A Failure To Help . 53 The Meaning of True Beneficence . 54 iii iv Battle Creek Letters Re-copied July 16, 1928 B—128—02 V. E. R. 57 A Peculiar People . 61 Re-copied August 23, 1928 K—123—02 V. E. R. 65 Re-copied August 21, 1928 D—138-02 V. E. R. 70 Re-copied August 21, 1928 K—174—02 V. E. R. 72 Re-copied August 4, 1928 K—65—03 V. E. R. 80 W—172-1903 . 84 W—195—03 . 88 B—242—03 . 92 Decided Action to be Taken Now St. Helena, Calif. Oct., 1903........................................ 92 B—222—1903 . 98 St. Helena, Calif., October 15, 1903 To the Leaders in Our Work . 98 Re-copied 7/20/88 B—256-1903 By L. F. W. 100 St. Helena, Calif., Oct. 25, 1903 To the Officers of the Int. M M. & B. Association . 100 Past Warnings . 103 Re-copied 7/18/28 T-266-1903 by L. F. W. 107 Re-copied 7/17/28 MS-145-03 . 112 Beware of Fanciful Doctrines . 112 Re-copied 7/15/28 H—51—1904 by L. F. W. 116 Re-copied 7/15/28 MS-10-1904 by L. F. W. 118 Instruction Regarding the Medical Missionary Work . 118 Re-copied 7/13/28 B—177-1904 by L. F. W. 121 Berrien Springs, Michigan, May 21, 1904 To out Medical Men at Battle Creek . 121 Re-copied 7/15/28 B-259-1904 by L. F. W. 123 Re-copied 7/13/28 R-281-1904 by L. F. W. 126 Re-copied 7/12/28 K-367-1904 by L. F. W. 131 Re-copied 7/12/28 K-319-1905 by L. F. W. 134 re-copied 7/11/28 B—311-05 by L. F. W. 139 Letters and Manuscripts Relating to Medical Missionary Work and Going to Battle Creek May 28, 1928 Document File 194 Sanitarium, California November 7, 1905 Instruction to be Repeated During the night we were in a council meeting, trying to decide what we were going to do. One of authority stood up and said, “Everything that has been given to ministers, to men in responsible positions, to teachers, to managers, to the different conferences, is to be repeated and repeated, because Satan is now doing a special work to make of no effect the testimonies that come from God. We must work earnestly to bring this instruction before the people.” I was pointed to the work that Moses did just before his death. Calling the children of Israel together, he rehearsed to them their past experience, their trials, their failures, and the warnings that had been given them. And Joshua, when the time came for him to lay down his work, called the tribes together, and recounted to Israel their history since they were called out as the people of God. Today we must rehearse the instruction that God has given to us as a people. The warfare between the forces of light and darkness is going on. Those who think that the powers of evil are asleep are very much mistaken. The enemy is constantly seeking to bring in things that will unsettle the confidence of God’s people. These things may appear very inoffensive, but they contain grave errors and dangers, which must be met. We must take our stand firmly in defense of the truth given us after the passing of the time. The Holy Spirit gave us an understanding of these truths. - 6 Re-copied Aug. 6, 1928 G—189—03 V. E. R. [4] Extracts from a Letter Relating to the Question of Our Young People Going to Battle Creek for their Education “The light given me by the Lord—that our youth should not collect in Battle Creek to receive their education—has in no particu- lar been changed. The fact that the Sanitarium has been rebuilt in Battle Creek does not change the light. All that in the past made Battle Creek a place unsuitable for our youth exists today, so far as influence is concerned. “Word has come to me that letters have been sent out to our churches in the different states offering our youth special induce- ments to connect with the Battle Creek Sanitarium. The leading men in our conferences are requested to send their most promising young men and young women to the Battle Creek Sanitarium to be educated and trained as nurses. This is an effort to counterwork the counsel of the Lord. Those who present these inducements are walking contrary to the will of the Lord..... “I would say, be careful what moves are made. It is not God’s design that our youth should be called to Battle Creek. “Letters of inquiry are coming to us, asking, “Has Sister White changed? Does she now favor the re-establishment of a college in Battle Creek?” In the past I have given the word of the Lord in regard to the removal of the school from Battle Creek, and I have not changed.... “In connection with every one of our sanitariums there is to be provided for the training of the youth as medical missionaries, so that our young men and women need not go to Battle Creek to receive an education in these lines. It is the intelligent and promising and promising youth who are called for to come to Battle Creek, and these are the very ones that are needed in other places, in our schools, in our sanitariums. These young men and young women will be needed to do the work that must be done in different parts of the 7 8 Battle Creek Letters Lord’s vineyard. There are many lines of work to be carried forward, and many laborers are needed. We need one hundred laborers where now there is but one. Our forces are not to be centered in one place. They are to be scattered throughout the field. Plants are to be made [5] in all parts of the Lord’s vineyard. We protest in the name of the Lord God of Israel, against the calling of our youth into a place to which the Lord declared they should not go.” Re-copied Aug. 6, 1928 B—57—04 V. E. R. [6] St. Helena, Calif. Nov. 12, 1903 To Our Leading Medical Workers:—Instruction has now been given me that I must place in the hands of our ministers and physi- cians the light given me in past years for Dr. Kellogg and his asso- ciates, lest the mistakes of former years be repeated.