The Ellen G. White Letters and Manuscripts: Volume 1

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B., Brother, 763 n11, 764 1EGWLM 950.36

“Babylon” in Rev. 14 “is fallen,” see Three angels’ messages 1EGWLM 950.37

“Babylon” in Rev. 17 “mother of harlots,” interpretation of, 244 and n10 1EGWLM 950.38

Bacheller, Cynthia, 473 and n8 1EGWLM 950.39

Bacheller, John Warren (son of Cynthia), 602 n93 1EGWLM 950.40

Bacheller, Roxanna (daughter of Cynthia), 473, see also Cornell, Roxanna 1EGWLM 950.41

employed at Review and Herald 1852-1857, 473 n7 1EGWLM 950.42

spiritual decline in mid-1850s, 473-474 1EGWLM 950.43

Bailey, Brother, 657 and n28 1EGWLM 950.44

Baker, Joseph, 311 and n16, 313 1EGWLM 950.45

diluting the message in his preaching, 313 1EGWLM 950.46

foot washing, 314 and n22 1EGWLM 950.47

“glorified God with a loud voice; he had a baptism of the Holy Ghost,” 314 1EGWLM 950.48

healed, 314 1EGWLM 950.49

holy kiss, 314 and n22 1EGWLM 950.50

“too cautious, moved too slowly” as a minister, 392 and n9 1EGWLM 950.51

withdraws his opposition to the visions, 313-314, 314 n22 1EGWLM 950.52

withdraws his support for time setting (1851), 312-314 passim 1EGWLM 950.53

Bakersfield, Vermont, 652 1EGWLM 950.54

Ballou, James M., 656 and n22 1EGWLM 950.55

Ballou, James M. and Hulda, 599 and n85 1EGWLM 950.56

Ballou, Sister, 599 and n85 1EGWLM 950.57

Ballston, New York, 322 and n1, 325 and n1 1EGWLM 950.58

Ballston Spa, New York, 292, 296, 297 n2, 299 n3 1EGWLM 950.59

Bangs, Elizabeth N. (“Lizzie”—EGW's twin sister, wife of Reuben), 124 and n3, 599 and n88, 630 1EGWLM 951.1

Bangs, Reuben M., 599 and n88 1EGWLM 951.2

Baptism, see Rebaptism 1EGWLM 951.3

Barnes, Robert, 317 1EGWLM 951.4

Barr, Eli L. 1EGWLM 951.5

campaigned against daguerreotypes in members’ homes, 712-713 and n13, 731-732 and nn11, 12 1EGWLM 951.6

EGW: he should not travel among the churches, 729 and n2 1EGWLM 951.7

supported fanatical interpretation of Laodicean message in Connecticut, 712-713 and nn13, 14 1EGWLM 951.8

Bates, Brother, 269 and n7 1EGWLM 951.9

vision for, 583 1EGWLM 951.10

Bates, Joseph, 112, 124, 154, 249, 251, 253, 269 and n7, 272, 331, 583, 632, 673 and n7 1EGWLM 951.11

accepts EGW visions as legitimate gift of prophecy, 117 and n15 1EGWLM 951.12

Bible as final authority, 117 and n15 1EGWLM 951.13

church members in Monterey and Allegan buy coat for, 597 and n74 1EGWLM 951.14

develops great controversy theme from EGW visions of 1844 and 1845, 114 n10 1EGWLM 951.15

disagreements with James White, 238 and n8, 241 and n14 1EGWLM 951.16

over the publication of periodicals, 188 n2, 240 and n13, 243 and n6 1EGWLM 951.17

dream about Elvira Hastings’ fatal illness, 199 1EGWLM 951.18

errs in administering footwashing in the presence of unbelievers, 237 and n6 1EGWLM 951.19

errs in praying for the sick in the presence of unbelievers, 237 1EGWLM 951.20

mistakenly urges members to sell their properties immediately, 146 n2, 236-237 and nn3-5 1EGWLM 951.21

prime mover in predicting 1851 Advent, 286 n2 1EGWLM 951.22

retains Millerite interpretation of millennium until after 1847, 90 n16 1EGWLM 951.23

shut door, 117 and n16 1EGWLM 951.24

versus EGW interpretations of seal of God, four angels and four winds, time of trouble (Dan. 12:1), 135 n3, 136 and n7, 136-137, 141 n8 1EGWLM 951.25

Bates, Joseph and Prudence M. 1EGWLM 951.26

church members in Monterey give house to, 660 and n42, 673 n7 1EGWLM 951.27

James White provides them with a house for 14 months, rent-free, 673 n7 1EGWLM 951.28

Bates, Prudence M. (wife of Joseph), 232, 253 1EGWLM 951.29

begins to keep the Sabbath, 253 n12 1EGWLM 951.30

Battle Creek, Michigan, 449, 467, 471, 478, 486 n1, 490, 502 n5, 509, 512, 521, 523, 531, 534 and n1, 542, 545, 567, 579, 581-585, 595-599, 602-615, 618, 620, 622-635, 662, 664, 666, 668, 672, 676, 683 1EGWLM 951.31

church gives financial support for widow Mary Jane Cranson, 686 n2 1EGWLM 951.32

earliest church school in, 598 n79 1EGWLM 951.33

lack of sympathy for widow Mary Jane Cranson, 686-687 1EGWLM 951.34

Bean, Lewis 1EGWLM 951.35

not called to full-time ministry but to assist, 714-716 and nn2-5, 721 n4, 722-724 and nn2, 3 1EGWLM 951.36

Bedford, Michigan, 437 1EGWLM 951.37

members lack spirit of sacrifice, 438-441 1EGWLM 951.38

Belden, Albert, 147, 643 and n28 1EGWLM 951.39

invites Whites to live with his family in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, 165-166 1EGWLM 951.40

Belden, Albert and Hannah, 643 and n28, 712 n10, 731 n7 1EGWLM 951.41

Belden, Sarah B. (sister of EGW, wife of Stephen), 124 and n3, 216, 293 and n5, 298 and n9, 307, 316, 349, 351, 467-468 and n3, 598, 605, 645 and n41 1EGWLM 951.42

Belden, Stephen, 307, 316, 388 1EGWLM 951.43

at Nathaniel White's deathbed, 342-348 1EGWLM 951.44

Belden, Stephen and Sarah 1EGWLM 951.45

marriage; settle in Saratoga Springs, New York, with Whites, 293 and n5, 298 and n9 1EGWLM 951.46

move to Battle Creek, 582 and n9 1EGWLM 951.47

Belfast, Maine, 766 and n14 1EGWLM 951.48

Below, Elsie Philomela, 467 and n1 1EGWLM 951.49

Below, Frank (son of Elsie), 469 and n8, 470 1EGWLM 951.50

Below, Mary (daughter of Elsie), 469 and n8, 470 1EGWLM 951.51

Benedict, Diantha (daughter of Joseph), 634 and nn80, 81, 664 n1 1EGWLM 951.52

Benedict, Joseph Perry, 584, 623, 624 1EGWLM 952.1

family of, shows lack of confidence in church, 664-665 and n3 1EGWLM 952.2

“very feeble, unable to work,” 620 1EGWLM 952.3

Benedict, Joseph Perry and Millie, 620, 634 1EGWLM 952.4

Bennett, Elder 1EGWLM 952.5

“darkness and iniquity covered up with a pious garb,” 769 1EGWLM 952.6

Bennett, J. G., 551, 552 and n5, 767-769 1EGWLM 952.7

Benson, Sister, 311, 314 1EGWLM 952.8

Berkshire, Vermont, 652, 653, 736, 738 1EGWLM 952.9

Berlin, Connecticut, 643, 688, 701 1EGWLM 952.10

Berlin, Michigan, 625 1EGWLM 952.11

Billings, A. M., 767-769 and n4 1EGWLM 952.12

Billings, Elder 1EGWLM 952.13

“darkness and iniquity covered up with a pious garb,” 769 1EGWLM 952.14

Bingham, Hiram 1EGWLM 952.15

not called to full-time ministry, 717-718 and nn11, 12, 721 n4 1EGWLM 952.16

Bognes, Augusta, 582 and n4, 597 and n73 1EGWLM 952.17

“poor and sickly,” 583 1EGWLM 952.18

Bonfoey, Clarissa M, 307 and n10, 315-316, 351, 435 and n5, 468 1EGWLM 952.19

healing, 233 1EGWLM 952.20

last sickness and death, 492 and n6 1EGWLM 952.21

looks after infant Edson White during parents’ absence, 214 n11, 298 and n9 1EGWLM 952.22

Boston, Massachusetts, 644, 648, 649, 701 n4, 707 1EGWLM 952.23

Bourdeau, Augustin Cornelius, 652 and n6, 736-738 1EGWLM 952.24

Bourdeau, Daniel T., 623 and n34, 653 and nn10, 11 1EGWLM 952.25

Bovee, Seymour C. and Louisa C., 618 and n10 1EGWLM 952.26

Bowles, John C. 1EGWLM 952.27

“fanciful” theological views repels potential converts, 328-329 and n2 1EGWLM 952.28

influenced by S. W. Rhodes's severity, profligacy and lording it over church members, 352-353, 356 1EGWLM 952.29

problems of impulsiveness and pride, 329-330, 357 and n17 1EGWLM 952.30

Bowne, Michigan, 491 1EGWLM 952.31

Boyer, Mary, 467 and n2 1EGWLM 952.32

Boyer, Mary and Elijah, 470 1EGWLM 952.33

Brackett, Ezra and Mary, 619 and n13 1EGWLM 952.34

Brackett, Mary, 623 1EGWLM 952.35

Brazee, Emily C., 622 and n29 1EGWLM 952.36

Bridegroom, coming of/return of (Matt. 25, Luke 12), 85-86 and n4 1EGWLM 952.37

earliest vision on, 85-86 and n4, 97-98, 127-128 and n16 1EGWLM 952.38

EGW interpretation similar to Hale and Turner's, 98 n8, 125 n6, 128 n17 1EGWLM 952.39

Bates initially wonders if EGW influenced by Hale and Turner, 125 and n7, 125-126 1EGWLM 952.40

EGW versus Millerite interpretation, 98 n8, 125 n6, 128 n17 1EGWLM 952.41

Brigham, William Henry and Polly A. 1EGWLM 952.42

misjudged by S. W. Rhodes, 743 and n8 1EGWLM 952.43

Brookfield, New York, 399, 408, 658 n29 1EGWLM 952.44

Brooks, Brother and Sister, 437 1EGWLM 952.45

Brown, George W., 763 n11, 764 1EGWLM 952.46

Brunswick, Maine, 124, 164, 254 n18, 621 1EGWLM 952.47

Buck, Harry G., 653 and n13 1EGWLM 952.48

Buckland, Curtis P., 640 and n15, 688 and n3 1EGWLM 952.49

Buck's Bridge, New York, 655 1EGWLM 952.50

early Sabbatarian meetinghouse, 655 n20 1EGWLM 952.51

Buffalo, New York, 349 1EGWLM 952.52

Bunyan, John 1EGWLM 952.53

Pilgrim's Progress, 203 and n4 1EGWLM 952.54

Burton, Samuel G., 459 1EGWLM 952.55

Burwell, Anna Lucretia (daughter of Anthony and Achsah), 511 1EGWLM 952.56

disobedient as young teenager, 543 1EGWLM 952.57

Burwell, Anthony L., 542-544, 618 1EGWLM 952.58

Burwell, Anthony L. and Achsah, 538 n4, 617 and n3 1EGWLM 952.59

death of two of their children 1EGWLM 952.60

appeal to set a right example to the remaining third child, 509 and n2, 511 1EGWLM 952.61

in order “to cut you loose from the world,” 543 and n5 1EGWLM 952.62

warned against ingrained materialism, 509-511 and n3 1EGWLM 952.63

“you have no idea of sacrificing for the cause of God,” 542-544 1EGWLM 952.64

Butler, Ezra Pitt, 456 and n10 1EGWLM 952.65

gives up his belief in 1851 as date of Second Coming, 308-314 passim 1EGWLM 952.66

gives up his opposition to the visions, 308-314 passim 1EGWLM 952.67

“too cautious” in his preaching, 392 1EGWLM 952.68

Butler, George Ide (later General Conference president, son of Ezra and Sarah) 1EGWLM 953.1

wronged by some members in Round Grove, Illinois, 547 and n8 1EGWLM 953.2

Butler, Sarah (wife of Ezra) 1EGWLM 953.3

initially supports 1851 time-setting, 311-312 1EGWLM 953.4

Byington, Catherine (wife of John), 603 and n96, 707 and n11 1EGWLM 953.5

Byington, John 1EGWLM 953.6

charges James White with preferential treatment of Joseph Bates, 673 and n7, 678-679 and n7 1EGWLM 953.7

his “love of the world”—upset by financial loss—temporarily drops out of ministry, 621 and n26, 638 and n5, 672-674 and nn3-5, 677-679 and nn3, 5 1EGWLM 953.8

positive response to testimony of reproof, 677 n3 1EGWLM 953.9

reengages in ministry, 638 and n5, 677 n3 1EGWLM 953.10

Byington, John and Catherine, 738 n13 1EGWLM 953.11

Byington, John Fletcher (son of John and Catherine), 388, 603 and n96, 615 n144, 638 and n3, 739 n4 1EGWLM 953.12

briefly operates church school in Battle Creek, 739 n4 1EGWLM 953.13

Byington, John Fletcher and Martha Louisa 1EGWLM 953.14

cared for Thomas B. Mead in his sickness and poverty, 680 and n11 1EGWLM 953.15

Byington, Luther (son of John and Catherine), 738 n13 1EGWLM 953.16

Byington, Martha (daughter of John and Catherine) 1EGWLM 953.17

homeschools Henry and Edson White, 607 and n113, 739 n4 1EGWLM 953.18

“marked for the grave”—“blessed and strengthened,” 621 and n25, 674 and n9 1EGWLM 953.19

Byington, William (son of John and Catherine), 678 n6, 738 n13 1EGWLM 953.20