A Lesser Light Flashcards
In December 1891, Ellen White made it to Australia to visit someone. Who was he?
Nathaniel Faulkhead
Who was the leader of a secret society like the Masons?
Nathaniel Faulkhead
Ellen White had a vision in Australia. What was it about? Did she share it with anyone? If so, who?
Faulkhead’s masons work and how he was serving two gods; she shared it with him when God said the time was right
When Ellen White shared her vision to Nathaniel Faulkhead, what was his response?
he turned to God and stopped serving his “idol”
What phenomena occurred when Ellen White spoke of her vision to Faulkhead?
she waved her hands in the top secret symbols of the masons that only head ranking people knew
In what year did Ellen White say that she was taken into the presence of Jesus and explain how she was shown future, past, and other events?
1860
The threat of what belief was threatening the Biblical view of God? What did it claim?
pantheism; God is an essence and personal influence and lives in all things (animals, etc) but is impersonal and not a great god
_____ _____ _____ was attracted to the philosophy of pantheism when he introduced the teaching publicly.
John Harvey Kellogg
Which church helped promote pantheism while Ellen was in Australia? What did she have to do in order to go against it while she was away in Australia? Did rebuke come?
Lancaster Church; she wrote letters from “Sunnyside” and she sent it, and four weeks later it arrived at the perfect time when it was needed most
What significant event happened in Battle Creek Michigan in 1902? What did this cause Kellogg to do?
Battle Creek Sanitarium was burned to the ground; Kellogg wrote a book on healthcare and decided that the income from it would be used to rebuild the institue but he was warned not to use pantheistic views in the book
In 1903, church leaders planned the annual council to meet in Washington D.C. The church president decided upon what specific conclusion?
no pantheism in SDA beliefs and other beliefs were questioned
Daniels, a church member, was amazed by how God did what with Ellen’s letters?
made them come at just the right time when the church was in chaos
In 1855, the first SDA what was built in Battle Creek, Michigan?
church
While Ellen worked with the Battle Creek church to overcome confusion, Bates continued speaking on the Sabbath. In 1852, when he traveled to Battle Creek, who did he find to talk to? What did that man’s title become?
David Hewett; the first SDA in Battle Creek
Over time, small wooden churches were built up in Battle Creek. The church in 1860 became known as what?
Seventh-day Adventist
