The Great Second Advent Movement: Its Rise and Progress

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How Money Came for the Southern Mission

“The question may be raised, ‘Where did you get this money?’ The Lord gave it to us. Some little books were brought out. First the Gospel Primer, the original design of which was for use in teaching the colored people. The sale of a few thousand copies was expected, but to our astonishment it has reached nearly a million copies. GSAM 437.1

“Mother [Mrs. E. G. White] helped us with the book Christ our Saviour, which had a sale of three or four hundred thousand. Two or three hundred thousand copies of Best Stories have been sold. It is estimated that a sufficient number of Coming King have been circulated to make a column four miles high. With the royalties from these books, besides carrying many other enterprises and lines of work, we built the Morning Star.” GSAM 437.2