The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26
not RUNNING
DENOMINATION
ADvENTIsTs NOT DISTURBED BY
MRS. WHITES STATEMENTS.
Her Endorsement of Removal Of In
stitutions from Battle Greek, They
Say, Hurts Only the Battle Creek
Adventists, Who Are the Only Ones
to Complain.

Adventists in Minneapolis are not
disturbed by statements by Mrs. Ellen
G.. White, the prophecies and recog-
nized head of the denomination, In the
last Review and Herald, the organ Of
the church. A good many persons iy
of the church at least, are reported
as resenting strenuously these state
ments which are taken to mean the
reopening of an old breach between
Mrs. White and DR.. John III. kellogg,
one of the founders of the denomina-
ton, and as an attack on the sanato-
rum and the Adventists Of Battle
Creek.
Battle Creek has lost the headquar-
ters of the church with the mission
ary boards, the Review and Herald,
the college, and will probably lose the
book department. This will leave the
famous sanatorium, the college Of the
medical department, the old peoples
home and the orphans home.
These changes are believed to have
affected the pocketbooks of certain
| so-called Adventists, and to have had
some effect on their attitude of mind.
It is admitted that for a denomination
which believes in SO early a coming
of the Lord a little too much attention
was paid to the gathering of dollars,
| and that this state of affairs had some
! bearing on the changes, as had the
more important matter of convenience.
| Why DR.. Kellogg, altho professedly
| an Adventist, resents Mrs. Whites re-
| marks, may be understood from read
ing what she says, in part:
/ What Mrs. White Says.
''Satan works in every possible way
to ensnare souls. AS I consider the
| state of things in Battle Creek, trem-
| BILE for the youth who go there. The
( 1s,.I>x I1vt hot
youth should not collect in Battle
Creek to receive their education-has
! in no particular been changed. The
| fact that the sanatorium has been re-
built does not change the light. That
which in the past has made Battle
! Creek a place unsuitable for our youth
makes it unsuitable to-day, as far as
influence is concerned.
! ''The Lord permitted fire to con-
sumo the principal buildings of the
| Review and Herald and the sana-
toriunn, and thus removed the great.
est objection raised to moving out OF
Battle Creek. 1t was his design, moi
that one large sanatorium should be
rebuilt, but that plants should be
made in several places. These smaller
sanatoriums should have been estab-
lished where they could have the
i benefit and advantage of land fol
agricultural purposes. 1t is Gods
plan that agriculture shall be carried
RUINS and schools. Our youth nee6
the education to be gained from this
kind of work. It is we'll and mor'
than well-it is essential-that effort
be made, to carry out the Lords plar
in this respect.
But larger sanatorium building
different in design, yet capable of ac
4 ting n9tiRntS
erected on the same site as the ole
4 building. Since the opening Of thi!
/ institution az very large number o.
.sl.people have come to it. Some of these
4 are patients, but some are not reall,
sick, but. like tourists, are seeking fOl
: rest and pleasure. The large number
at the sanatorium is no evidence tha
4 it is the, will of God that such a condi
tion of things should be. Our sana
forums were not designed to bt
Iboarding places for the rich people O.
II thefsWorld.'
Local Statement of Case.
: G. M. Everest Of Minneapolis, treas
urer of Minneapolis, says:
!; "The denominatio at the genera
I conference last spring considered tn
| removal of the Review and Herald
| plant. The plant burned, so that, al
| things considered, it was decided t
| move to the east. A location tha
suited was found in Washington
D. c., so that it was settled there
: The headquarters of the general con
e ference and such mission boards a
used to be at Battle Creek have bee1
: moved to Washington. 1t was be
: 1ieved to be better to have headquar
ters for our foreign work as near tn
t seaboard as possible, instead of a
Battle Creek. Since these change
r Battle Creek Journals have taken tn
stand that they have. We do no
: consider that the position that Mrs
White has taken is running the de
Il nomination. At least the body of Ad
;, ventists does not. There may be
: few in Battle Creek that do.
h THAT Mrs. White is sustained t
: some degree is indicated by the fac
= that the college has been moved from
Battle Creek to Berrien Springs
Mich, because it was not believed t
= be good place for all the young peo
n pie to come for an education. Nat
t urally the gzasssssii department re
n mains with the sanatoriunn. For tn
I matter Of convenience the book de
partment will go to Washington in
few months"
n Mid Winter Excursions to the Pa