Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-24
BODY OF MRS. WHITE. ADVENTIST LEADER,
TO BE BURIED IN BATTLE CREEK TODAY
Many of Denomination Claimed Deceased Woman Their
True "Propheress" Basing This View
Her Visions

Elder James White, began in 1850 the
publication of little paper. known as
The Advent Review and Sabbath Her
aid. To-day it is the official organ of
the Seventh day Adventists. 4.
~Born in Gorham, Me. in 1927. of
humble parentage, Mrs. White early
learned the Bible. She aspired to be
a scholar, but, owing to an accident.
was unable to attend school after the
age of twelve. This did not deter the
determined girl. and she thereafter
studied, ever studied. The 10000 pages
of manuscript which Mrs. White pre-
pared. the twenty large volumes which
she has written upon religious and
health topics, and her extensive lee
ture tours, showed the remarkable per-
sonality of the woman.
'.She became the wife of Elder James
White in 1876, and had a hard struggle
for existence. Mrs. White was an ardu-
Gus worker. often rising at am. and
writing ten or fifteen pages of manu-
script before breakfast, yet finding
time to rear a half-dozen orphan chill
dren, besides giving parental attention
to her own little brood.
an Mrs Whites girlhood days Sew
enth-day Adventists were not organ
lied into body at present. They
had no globe-encircling missions, pub
fishing houses and sanatoriums. AT
first there was u handful of liligent
students OF the Scripture, who found
in the Bible certain wonderful prophe-
cies which they interpreted as calling
for wonderful events to transpire at
definite, stated times. Attending one of
these meetings, Mrs. White became con-
verted and joined the Methodist Church.
She was baptized in the sea at Port
land, Me.
Mrs. White shrank from public gaze.
and began to lecture and write only
because of sense of duty. Wherever
she went she urged more careful and
thorough; training of children. She ad-
vocated thoroughness OF instruction.
but discountenanced examining. She
advocated a balanced training of the
hand and brain. AT time when none
of the educators were giving the youth
manual labor. she led in counseling
Seventh Day Adventists to establish In
dustrial training schools.
During her lifework Christian tenn
perance was one of her favored themes.
She said: 1t is the moderate use of
the dangerous article that finally makes
the drunkard.'
at was in April 1879, that Mrs.
White related to leading members of
her faith the need OF a church build
ing in San Francisco. Brave of heart
these people set out to accomplish the
purpose. and did SO. securing $4,000
for a site and church building.
MANY Adventists claimed Mrs. White
as their true 'prophetess.' They base
this view on her VISIONS saying that
an uneducated girl, without Divine aid,
could not have written the many vol
umes of uplifting helpfulness which
she has produced. often her thoughts
ran faster than she could transcribe
them. Her volumes, each containing
from 200 to 500 pages. attest her dill
gence and faithfulness. These have had
circulation of more than 1000, 900
copies. Steps to Christ one of her
earlier works. has been translated into
thirty-seven languages. The proceeds
of her many books have been contrib
uted to Seventh-day Adventist educa-
tional and health institutions. none of
the revenue accruing to her The de-
nomination now has thirty-four sana-
toriums seventy colleges and thirty
seven publishing houEes in all parts
of the world. In all sections of the
globe Seventh-day Adventists will pray
for the departed one