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5402 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 124.2 (James R. Nix)

In the introduction of her biography of Elder S. N. Haskell, Ella M. Robinson shares recollections of those who had known him.

5403 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 124.3 (James R. Nix)

I once asked the well-known radio preacher H. M. S. Richards if he had known Stephen Haskell.

5404 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 124.4 (James R. Nix)

… . N. Haskell, almost ninety years old, was present. He met me outside the tent, pulled out his pocketbook, and emptied. .. its entire contents into my hands. It amounted …

5405 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 124.5 (James R. Nix)

… Stephen Haskell as a deep and constant student of the Word of God,” continued Elder Richards. “He hardly dared to take out his Bible while waiting. .. for a train …

5406 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 125.2 (James R. Nix)

… Elder Haskell. When Eugene Farnsworth was a lad in Washington, New Hampshire, some seventy miles northwest of South Lancaster, Haskell, then in the prime of …

5407 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 125.3 (James R. Nix)

… Elder Haskell’s faith in God’s personal guidance. While on a preaching tour in Georgia, Haskell felt impressed to leave the train unexpectedly at a deserted …

5408 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 125.6 (James R. Nix)

… , Elder Haskell remarked that he would go alone to the door of the house. After repeatedly knocking at the door he heard a faint voice inviting him in. As he entered …

5409 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 126.1 (James R. Nix)

Haskell’s visit put new life into their hearts and into their work, and that they were never again discouraged over it.”—Ella M. Robinson, S. N. Haskell, Man of …

5410 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 126.3 (James R. Nix)

[Elder Haskell] warned against the danger of working in a legalistic spirit without depending upon God; and he promised that, “with our hearts warm with the …

5411 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 127.1 (James R. Nix)

Quotes from S. N. Haskell’s articles in The True Missionary, a short-lived journal published during 1874:

5412 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 127.9 (James R. Nix)

Haskell was a man of courage, endurance, and unbounded optimism. Neither weariness nor pain, bad roads nor poor transportation facilities, summer heat nor …

5413 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 128.2 (James R. Nix)

In his Bible classes Elder Haskell took the book of Daniel verse by verse and dug into it with the purpose of getting all the meat there was in any particular scripture, using other portions of the Bible to help interpret difficult passages.

5414 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 128.5 (James R. Nix)

… Elder Haskell replied, “One of deep significance, especially for self-supporting workers in God’s cause. The apostle Paul had brought the imperishable riches …

5415 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 128.6 (James R. Nix)

… sacrifice Haskell could speak from experience. Economical almost to a fault, he and Hetty were ever more careful of the Lord’s money than of their own. It was …

5416 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 129.1 (James R. Nix)

Nor did the Haskells ever knowingly lose an opportunity to help a person in need. During their first year at Avondale, they had made room in their own home for a wayward child who had been expelled from school.

5417 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 129.2 (James R. Nix)

Elder Haskell remembered how he and his first wife, Mary, had worked for twenty years to own a home of their own. Just after securing a clear title to a house in …

5418 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 166.1 (James R. Nix)

… . N. Haskell was appealing to her for five hundred dollars to assist in the erection of a church building in an unprosperous locality. She listened to his plea …

5419 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 166.2 (James R. Nix)

… Elder Haskell, I still remember. Even after sixty years I can hear the pathos in her voice as she said, “Oh, Elder Haskell, if there’s anything I can do to help poor …

5420 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 186.1 (James R. Nix)

… N.] Haskell, [John O.] Corliss, and [M. C.] Israel, also Brethren Henry Scott and William Arnold, came to this field. Mrs. Daniells and I arrived in New Zealand in November …