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Ellen G. White
1827-1915
Ellen G. White was a co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church along with her husband James and close friend Joseph Bates. Mrs. White is also known as a messenger from God. She was born Ellen Gould Harmon in Gorham, Maine, November 26, 1827, to Robert and Eunice Harmon. She and her twin sister Elizabeth were the youngest of eight children. When Ellen was in her early teens she and her family accepted the Bible interpretations of the Baptist farmer-turned-preacher, William Miller. Along with Miller and 50,000 other Ad-ventists, she suffered bitter disappointment when Christ did not return on October 22, 1844, the date marking the end of the 2300-day prophecy of Daniel 8.In December 1844 God gave young Ellen the first of an estimated 2,000 visions and dreams. In August 1846 she married James White, a 25-year-old Adventist minister who shared her conviction that God had called her to do the work of a prophet. Soon after their marriage the Whites began to keep the seventh-day Sabbath according to the fourth commandment.
The mother of four boys, Mrs.
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Life Sketch of Ellen White
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Highlights from the life of Ellen G. White
- Ellen Gould Harmon was born in 1827 to Methodist parents at Gorham, Maine, USA.
- At age 9, she suffered a near-fatal accident, terminating her formal education, making her a sickly child.
- In 1840, intrigued by Baptist preacher William Miller's "Advent awakening" revival preaching, Ellen gave her heart to Jesus. Soon after, baptism and membership in the Methodist church.
- She was deeply disappointed when Jesus did not return in 1843 and again in October 1844 as predicted by Millerites.
- At age 17 (December 1844), she experienced her first of many visions.
- Married evangelist James White in 1846.
- Ellen White published her first of dozens of books, A Sketch of the Christian Experience and Views of Ellen G. White in 1851. In 1888 she published her most famous book, The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan; and in 1898 she published The Desire of Ages, a classic biography on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
- In vision Mrs. White was shown various future events. For exa
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White, Ellen G(ould) [Harmon] (1827-1915)
Co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church
Ellen Harmon was born and reared in Gorham, Maine, in a devout Christian home. Her father was an exhorter in the Methodist Church, and her Christian experience was nurtured in Methodist class meetings. Having accepted the teaching of William Miller regarding the imminent return of the Lord, the family was forced out of the Methodist Church. In 1846 Ellen married James White, a fellow Millerite, and together they consolidated the group of Millerites that became the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Michigan in 1861. Although she was never ordained and did not hold formal administrative office, she was accepted as a messenger of the Lord and exerted powerful influence in the young church. Largely under her influence the church developed a worldwide view of its mission and particular ideals regarding education and health, using them and Christian literature to propagate the message. In due course these views gave a particular shape to the Adventist mission endeavor. Her residence and work i
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