Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists
Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists
With Reports of the European Missionary Councils of 1883, 1884, and 1885, and a Narrative by Mrs. E. G. White of Her Visit and Labors an These Missions.
1886.
IMPRIMERIE POLYGLOTTE,
BASLE.
| PREFACE | 3 |
| LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS | 9 |
| THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN MISSION | 9 |
| By B. L. Whitney. | |
| The Sabbath Truth Introduced in Central Europe, | 9 |
| The Swiss Sabbath-keepers Send Representatives to America, | 11 |
| A Mission Established, | 11 |
| A Survey of the Field, | 12 |
| The Position of Switzerland, | 13 |
| Obstacles to be Encountered, | 14 |
| Organization of the Work in Switzerland, | 16 |
| Sabbath-keepers in Germany, | 17 |
| Organization of the Tract Society, | 21 |
| The Work in Germany, | 22 |
| Eld. D. T. Bourdeau Joins the Mission, | 22 |
| A Paper Established at Basle, | 23 |
| Some Difficulties in Publishing, | 24 |
| The Work in France, | 27 |
| Visit of Eld. Andrews to Italy, | 28 |
| Arrival of Eld. Ings and Wife, | 32 |
| Eld. Andrews’ Visit to America, | 33 |
| Extended Circulation of Les Signes, | 34 |
| Agitation of the Temperance Question, | 35 |
| The Visit of Eld. Haskell, | 37 |
| Change in Location of the Office, | 38 |
| The Conference of 1883, | 39 |
| Death of Eld. Andrews, | 40 |
| Reorganization of the Tract Society, | 41 |
| The Publication of New Journals, | 42 |
| The Visit of Eld. Butler, | 42 |
| Organization of the Swiss Conference, | 43 |
| The Second European Council, | 45 |
| The New Publishing House at Basle, | 46 |
| Arrival of Eld. W. C. and Mrs. E. G. White, | 51 |
| The Swiss Conference and the European Missionary Council, | 51 |
| Review of the Work, | 53 |
| Need of Trained Laborers, | 55 |
| THE SCANDINAVIAN MISSION | 57 |
| By J. G. Matteson. | |
| Early Scandinavian Sabbath-keepers, | 57 |
| Eld. Matteson’s Early Experience, | 58 |
| Other Ministers, | 59 |
| Early Publishing, | 59 |
| A Mission Opened in Denmark, | 61 |
| Vejle, Alstrup, | 61 |
| Tylstrup, Fanö, Ringsted, | 62 |
| Norway, | 62 |
| Our Work in Christiania, | 63 |
| Opposition, | 64 |
| Other Laborers, | 65 |
| A Church Organized, | 65 |
| A Permanent Place for Meetings, | 66 |
| Publishing and Printing, | 66 |
| Visit of Eld. Matteson to America, | 67 |
| The Publishing Work Extended, | 67 |
| The Work in Sweden, | 68 |
| Eld. Rosqvist’s Imprisonment, | 68 |
| Progress of the Work, | 71 |
| Visits of American Brethren, | 71 |
| Stockholm, | 72 |
| Copenhagen, | 73 |
| The New Office and Meeting-house at Christiania, | 73 |
| Scandinavian Colporters, | 76 |
| THE BRITISH MISSION | 79 |
| By M. C. Wilcox. | |
| Early Sabbath-keepers in England, | 79 |
| Proclamation of the Advent Doctrine, | 80 |
| First S. D. A. Missionary in Great Britain, | 81 |
| Eld. Loughborough Sent to England, | 81 |
| A Mission Opened at Southampton, | 81 |
| The First Tent-meeting, | 81 |
| Organization of the Tract Society, | 82 |
| Tent-meeting at Romsey, | 82 |
| Additional Workers Sent to the Mission, | 83 |
| Labors in Grimsby and Vicinity, | 83 |
| The Ship-work at Hull and Liverpool, | 83 |
| Early Publishing, | 84 |
| Removal of the Mission to Grimsby, | 84 |
| Visits of Elds. Haskell, Butler, and Others, | 84 |
| A Paper Established, | 86 |
| Elds. Lane and Andrews Join the Mission, | 87 |
| Visit of Mrs. E. G. and Eld. W. C. White, | 87 |
| Labors of Colporters, | 88 |
| An Institute Held at Grimsby in 1886, | 88 |
| Reorganization of the Tract Society, | 88 |
| Peculiar Difficulties in the English Field, | 89 |
| THE AUSTRALIAN MISSION | 91 |
| By S. N. Haskell. | |
| Description of Australia, | 91 |
| The Religion of the People, | 93 |
| How our Attention was Called to Australia, | 93 |
| A Mission Opened, | 94 |
| The Publishing Work, | 97 |
| Bible Readings, | 99 |
| Organization of the First Church, | 99 |
| Close of the Tent Season, | 100 |
| New Zealand, | 102 |
| The Maories, | 107 |
| Summary, | 108 |
| REPORT OF MISSIONARY COUNCILS | 109 |
| The First Organization, | 109 |
| The Council of 1884, | 109 |
| The Council of 1885, | 113 |
| PRACTICAL ADDRESSES | 119 |
| Love and Forbearance among Brethren, | 119 |
| Manner of Presenting the Truth, | 121 |
| Unity among Laborers, | 124 |
| Courage and Perseverance in the Ministry, | 126 |
| The Christian’s Strength, | 129 |
| How to Meet Temptations, | 133 |
| Unity among Different Nationalities, | 136 |
| The Book of Life, | 138 |
| The Light of the World, | 140 |
| Importance of Watchfulness and Prayer, | 144 |
| The Work in New Fields, | 147 |
| Address to the Missionary Workers, | 149 |
| Satan an Accuser of the Brethren, | 154 |
| NOTES OF TRAVEL | 159 |
| By Mrs. E. G. White. | |
| FROM CALIFORNIA TO SWITZERLAND, | 159 |
| Labors in England, | 162 |
| From London to Basle, | 166 |
| The Swiss Conference and the European Council, | 172 |
| VISIT TO SCANDINAVIA, | 174 |
| Copenhagen, | 179 |
| Sermon.—Parable of the Fig-tree, | 180 |
| The Sabbath Meetings, | 182 |
| Evening Meetings, | 183 |
| Influence of a Tract, | 184 |
| A Missionary Field, | 185 |
| Stockholm, | 187 |
| An Easy Religion Popular, | 188 |
| Humble Laborers, | 189 |
| Situation of Stockholm, | 191 |
| Sweden and the Thirty Years War, | 191 |
| Appearance of the Country, | 193 |
| Grythyttehed, | 194 |
| Perseverance amid Trials, | 195 |
| Visit to a Lutheran Church, | 198 |
| Örebro, | 199 |
| Reformers in Sweden, | 201 |
| Persecution for Preaching the First Angel’s Message, | 202 |
| Child-preachers, | 205 |
| Christiania, | 207 |
| A Large Temperance Meeting, | 207 |
| The President’s Remarks, | 211 |
| Labor for the Church, | 211 |
| Importance of the Sabbath, | 215 |
| The Country and the People, | 219 |
| Return to Switzerland, | 220 |
| Cologne, | 222 |
| Along the Rhine, | 223 |
| VISIT TO NORTHERN ITALY, | 226 |
| Swiss Scenery, | 227 |
| The St. Gotthard Pass, | 228 |
| Labors in the Piedmont Valleys, | 231 |
| A Sermon Interrupted, | 234 |
| Further Labors, | 235 |
| The Waldenses, | 239 |
| A VISIT TO RUSSIA | 250 |
| By L. R. Conradi. | |
| Extent of the Russian Empire, | 250 |
| Incidents of the Journey, | 250 |
| The Germans in Russia, | 252 |
| Visit to a Russian Church, | 253 |
| Religious Toleration, | 253 |
| The Crimea, | 254 |
| The Mennonites, | 254 |
| The German Work in America, | 255 |
| Labors in the Crimea, | 256 |
| Arrest and Imprisonment, | 257 |
| Our Release, | 263 |
| Among the Brethren, | 265 |
| In Eastern Russia, | 266 |
| Moscow, | 268 |
| Across the Border, | 270 |
| TENT LABOR AND COLPORTER WORK | 272 |
| The Use of Tents in European Fields, | 272 |
| Colporter Work in Europe, | 275 |
| APPEALS FOR OUR MISSIONS | 280 |
| Education for the Missionary Work, | 280 |
| The Youth as Missionary Workers, | 284 |
| Laborers for Foreign Missions, | 287 |
| Our Duty to the Missionary Work, | 290 |
| CATALOGUE OF GERMAN PUBLICATIONS | 295 |
| CATALOGUE OF FRENCH PUBLICATIONS | 296 |