AdVen tiS t A eVir A MAGAZINE of ADVENTIST HISTORY 4111110 VoL2No.1 COVER PHOTO: 1°‘11 This painting of Hamlet's Ophelia by Annie Smith is believed to be a self portrait. Courtesy: Samuel A. Smith, Jr cAdventistWatitage 354 SOCIAL WORSHIP. SOCIAL WORSHIP, 355 Autumn. Ss & 7s. Double. 2 Guide us in the path to Heaven, Rugged though that path may be ; Let each bitter cup that's given, °,F tel ST- Serve to draw us nearer thee. esj-,44-0 In thy footsteps traced before us, There we see earth's scorn and frown; Blessed Jesus, meek and lowly,•With us here take thine abode; There is suffering ere the glory, ▪ ttoll-940- 4. There's a cross before the crown. led 1-4- 3 In thy vineyard let us labor, FINE. Of thy goodness let us tell ; All is ill without thy favor— With thy presence all is well. • -4 is, ./.; While the evening shadows gather, We would fain like thee be holy, Humbly walking with our God. Through this dreary night of tears, D. s. Lest without thine aid we perish, Oh! abide with us, we pray. Tarry with us, 0 our Saviour, 1:4 o. 4 4R- Till the morning light appears. le- . Ht.H 14 All wry 4 Then with thee may we forever Reign with all the good and blest, Where no sin from thee can sever, Where the weary are at rest; There to praise the matchless Giver, There with angels to adore We would thy sweet Spirit cherish, Welcome in our hearts thy stay; Him who did through grace deliver 160-ci Us from death for evermore. vs • ri01-14% taN. 463 S. M. 1 ONCE more before we part, 462 8s & 7s. Double. We'll bless the Saviour's name. 1 BLESSED Jesus, meek and lowly, Record his mercies, every heart ; With us here take thine abode; Sing, every tongue, the same. We would fain like thee be holy, Humbly walking with our God. 2 May we receive his word, We would thy sweet Spirit cherish, And feed thereon, and grow ; Welcome in our hearts thy stay ; Go on to seek and know the Lord, Lest without thine aid we perish,. Oh ! abide with us, we pray. And practice what we know. cAdventistcHentage A MAGAZINE of ADVENTIST HISTORY EDITORS Summer, 1975 I Volume 2, Number 1 Gary Land Andrews University Published by the Department of Archives and Research, Jonathan M. Butler University Libraries, Loma Linda University Union College CONSULTING EDITORS Godfrey T. Anderson Editor's Stump Loma Linda University Richard W. Schwarz A Note from the Publisher Andrews University Articles ASSISTANT EDITORS Wayne Judd The Changing Image of the Millerites General Conference in the Western Massachusetts Press of Seventh-day Adventists Department of Education by Madeline Warner Eric D. Anderson Ascension Robes and Other Millerite Fables: University of Chicago The Millerites in American Literature ART & DESIGN EDITOR by James Ehrlich 8 Bill Kirstein Graphic Design Studio The Life and Love of Annie Smith Orlando, Florida by Ron Graybill 14 niroR The Lincoln City Mission: Mary Childs Loma Linda University A. J. Cudney and Seventh-day Adventist YHON) Beginnings in Lincoln, Nebraska James Nix by Michael McGuckin 24 Loma Linda University "A Few Sterling Pieces:" eONTFM3LF:!::t; rOITORS Nineteenth Century Adventist Temperance Songs David T. Arthur Aurora College by Grosvenor Fattic 35 Roy E. Branson The Early Days of Loma Linda Andrews University and Even Before Raymond F. Cottrell Review and Herald by Keld J. Reynolds 42 Washington, D. C. Everett N. Dick Edwin R. Palmer: Union College Publishing Secretary Extraordinary Ron Graybill by Donald R. McAdams 51 E. G. White Estate Washington, D. C. Maurice D. Hodgen Heirloom Loma Linda University Horace Greeley and the Millerites C. Mervyn Maxwell Andrews University by Vern Garner 33 Donald R. McAdams Andrews University Bookmarks Wm. Frederick Norwood Loma Linda University Father Bates's Story Carlos Schwantes by Wayne Judd 63 Walla Walla College Eric D. Syme The Fundamentals and Fundamentalism Pacific Union College by Gary Land 65 Myron F. Wehtje Atlantic Union College The Seventh Day Baptist Connection by Margaret Schone Kearnes 67 • Subscription orders and change of address notices should be sent to: Adventist Heri- • Adventist Heritage is published semi-annually by the Department of Archives and tage, Loma Linda University Library, Loma Linda, California 92354. Research, Loma Linda University Library. Bulk rate postage paid at Loma Linda, Califor- • Editorial correspondence and manuscripts should be sent to: Adventist Heritage, His- nia. Copyright © 1975 by Loma Linda University Library, Loma Linda, California 92354. tory Department, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan 49104. • Subscription rates: $2.50 a copy; $4.00 a year (additional postage outside U. S. ). • Adventist Heritage invites manuscripts. Each will be considered, but no responsibility Available back issues are sold at the single copy rate. will be assumed for unsolicited material. "Blessed Jesus, Meek and Lowly" is a hymn written by Annie R. Smith for the worship services of early Adventists. This copy is taken from Hymns and Tunes for Those Who Keep the Commandments of God and the Faith of Jesus published by the Steam Press of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association in 1876 in Battle Creek, Michigan. courtesy: Loma Linda Universtiy Library Heritage Room EDIT 115 STUMP This issue of Adventist Heritage presents two pictures to our attention and made the arrange- firsts: the first publication of art by Annie Smith ments for obtaining and photographing them. and the first student articles to appear in this Also in this issue are three articles that origi- magazine. nated as student papers. Madeline Warner wrote The cover portrait — one that we feel is rather her paper on the Millerites and the Mas- striking — is a painting that Annie Smith made sachusetts press this past academic year while a of Hamlet's Ophelia. According to family tradi- student at Westfield College in Massachusetts. tion, however, this Ophelia is really Annie's "Ascension Robes and Other Millerite Fables" is self-portrait. Samuel A. Smith, Jr., of West Wil- based upon a graduate research project that ton, Massachusetts, went to great efforts to sup- James Ehrlich completed two years ago for the ply the painting for our use. And Mark L. Bovee history department at Andrews University. of Battle Creek, Michigan, whose mother, Uriah Taken together these two articles reveal the in- Smith's only daughter, was named after Annie, terplay between the images portrayed by the made it possible through a generous gift for the newspapers of the period and those appearing in cover portrait to appear in color. Accompanying imaginative literature. The accompanying il- Ron Graybill's article is another work of Annie lustrations reveal another dimension of public Smith's, an engraving of a cat. Paul and Jane opinion. Michael McGuckin's article on the be- Bonynge, also of West Wilton (Mrs. Bonynge is a ginnings of Seventh-day Adventist work in Lin- Smith descendant) loaned the print of the en- coln, Nebraska, originated as a senior research graving. We appreciate the efforts, which in- project under Professor Everett Dick about six cluded both time and money, that these families years ago at Union College. We look forward to expended in making these pictures available to future student contributions. us. Tom Dybdahl and Ron Graybill brought the A Note From the Publisher Forthcoming in Beginning with this issue, Adventist Heritage will be published by the Department of Archives and Research of Loma Linda University. The De- Adventist `Heritage partment, which also operates the Heritage Rooms in the libraries on both campuses of the University, views this as another opportunity to THE GREAT EVOLUTION DEBATE further interest in the study of Adventist history. Some personnel changes have occurred during THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION AND this period of transition. However, the original concept of the magazine is unaltered. We wish to SUNDAY LAW FIGHT OF 1893 give a word of thanks to those who have done so much to bring Adventist Heritage into existence THE BIRTH OF and have worked to maintain it. SABBATARIAN ADVENTISM We also wish to thank you, our readers, for your overwhelming support of the magazine. Department of Archives and Research Loma Linda University Libraries 4 THE CHANGING IMAGE OF oitt THE MILLERITES InTheWestern Massachusetts Press Madeline Warner Madeline Warner is a student at Westfield College, Massachusetts. n sharp contrast to the mockery and animos- the other, so that their viewpoints on regional is- I ity inflicted on faithful Millerites in the days sues were thus expressed independently of each surrounding the Great Disappointment of October other. 22, 1844, the early development of the movement Neither paper made more than passing reference was singularly unmarked by controversy. In the to William Miller before 1841 despite his ties by 1830's William Miller was a welcome visiting birth to the western Massachusetts region. The re- preacher in churches of many Protestant denomina- ligious news of the area concerned the great up- tions, with the exception of the Universalists, whose surge of evangelical fervor manifest in almost every doctrine of universal salvation he so vigorously de- church, a widespread phenomenon in 1840. Local bated with his brother-in-law. ministers frequently submitted inspirational mes- As the popularity of Miller's theory of Christ's sages for publication, and the periodic Fast Day second Advent grew, organized religions began to sermons were printed in their entirety. An early close ranks against the movement, and public opin- sign of Miller's growing influence appeared in 1841 ion underwent a marked change. This change ap- when these messages began for the first time to pears clearly in the newspapers of the 1840's.