One of her major roles was to help individuals and the church organization to understand and follow God’s will. Throughout her life and ministry, she pointed to the Bible as the Christian’s rule of faith and practice. Although she wrote prolifically and with authority, she never understood her writings to be additional scripture. In her public ministry of more than 70 years, she received hundreds of visions and dreams with messages ranging from personal counsel to issues pressing upon the newly-founded church – in such areas as faith and doctrine, organization and mission, health and education, etc. She held a unique leadership role in the emerging church: she had the gift of prophecy. White was one of the three principal founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
John Herbert, born in 1860, died after three months, from erysipelas.Ellen G. Until he died, he served on several important boards of institutions. White Estate, supervising its work for more than two decades. Soon after his mother died in 1915, he was appointed secretary of the Ellen G. After his father died, he became a traveling companion and trusted counselor to his mother. His tenacious work for slaves in the southern states was unparalleled.Įarly in life, the managerial skills of William Clarence (1854-1937) were recognized he was elected to a variety of heavy responsibilities in church leadership. James Edson (1849-1928) learned the printer’s trade from his father at 14. Their first born, Henry Nichols (1847-1863), a happy young man, died of pneumonia at 16.
Their marriage produced four children, only two of whom reached adulthood. He would travel with her in the perilous winters of New England, leading out in religious meetings while she shared what God had shown her. He called her his “crown of rejoicing” and she called him “the best man that ever trod in shoe leather.” The marriage also increased both of their usefulness. Part romance and part practicality led her to marry James White in 1846. Shortly before their father died (and after Ellen had visited her sisters once more) she wrote, “Although we were not practically agreed on all points of religious duty, yet our hearts were one.” died at 27 of tuberculosis in 1853.īoth of Ellen White’s parents became Adventists in later life. Her sister Caroline’s daughter Mary worked briefly as her literary assistant. Siblings - Four of the eight Harmon children became Seventh-day Adventists - Ellen, Mary, Sarah, and Robert. She was a school teacher prior to marriage afterwards she was an industrious homemaker. Harmon, Sr., (1786-1866) - A resourceful farmer and hatmaker, Ellen’s father was disfellowshipped in 1843 from his church for embracing the Millerite message.Įunice Gould Harmon (1787-1863) - Her mother had two sons and six daughters, of whom Ellen and her twin, Elizabeth, were the last.
Ellen’s great-great-grandfather built a mill on the river at Scarboro, Maine, known as “Harmon’s Mill.” They fought in earlier wars, beginning with King Philips’s War in 1675. Ellen’s parents descended from resourceful ancestors.
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