To hasten his convalescence they sold their home in Battle Creek, and relocated on a small farm purchased at Greenville, Michigan.Although James White recovered from this stroke, he would experience about five strokes before his death 16 years later, in 1881, at the age of 60 (LS 248-249).(b) To teach prevention of illness through proper diet and other reforms.(a) To promote proper cures for healing those already ill.White received a vision during a prayer session in which she was shown that Adventists had not done enough to promote health reform, and should establish a health institution: God instructed Ellen White to remove her husband from this hospital.Hospitalized at "Our Home on the Hillside," a health reform institution operated by Dr.James White was never in robust health.Our work was to labor for souls if we had been prospered, home would be so pleasant that we would be unwilling to leave it trials had been permitted to come upon us to prepare us for the still greater conflicts that we would meet in our travels" (LS 105-106). In vision Ellen was "shown that the Lord had been trying us for our good, and to prepare us to labor for others that He had been stirring up our nest, lest we should settle down at ease.They started housekeeping with borrowed furniture, but determined to be financially independent.In the earliest days of their married life, they lived in the homes of others.(2) "I was only seventeen years of age, small and frail”.My heart shrank in terror from the thought" (LS 69-70). Her reaction: "I was exceedingly troubled.At age 17, she was commissioned to public ministry.May be as a residual effect from her accident (which physically scarred her for life).The ceremony was performed by a justice of the peace, in Portland, Maine, Aug.A courtship developed, but was allowed to mature only after both had assured themselves that the relationship had God's approval.Became acquainted on a trip to Orrington, Maine, where they both went to combat fanaticism.They met prior to 1844, at Portland, Maine.Ordained to the gospel ministry in April 1843.He was successful in preaching the Millerite message: in the winter of 1842-43.Profoundly moved by the preaching of William Miller and in September 1842.Baptized into the "Christian Connection" denomination.Formal education consisted of a total of 29 weeks.Suffered from poor eyesight which kept him out of school until the age of 19.I might never have known Jesus, had not the sorrow that clouded my early years led me to seek comfort in Him" (RH, Nov. The cruel blow which blighted the joys of earth, was the means of turning my eyes to heaven. Some 50 years after the accident, she wrote that that "which for a time seemed so bitter and was so hard to bear, have proved to be a blessing in disguise.Ellen Harmon never resumed formal schooling.
I did not wish to live, and I dared not die, for I was not prepared." (2SG 9) The idea of carrying my misfortune through life was insupportable. "Every feature of my face seemed changed.Ellen was also physically disfigured for the rest of her life."I was reduced almost to a skeleton." (LS 18).She was struck on the nose by a stone hurled by a classmate angry at some childish trifle.At age nine, Ellen Harmon suffered a tragic accident which, she later wrote, "was to affect my whole life" (LS 17).Nix, “Ellen White’s racial background” in “Ellen White and Current Issues” Symposium, Center for Adventist Research, Andrews University, volume 1 (April 4, 2005), pp. Craig Newborn, article: “Ancestry of Ellen G.The latest summary of the claims and research can be found in:.After some thorough research done regarding this claim, to the best of our knowledge we do not have any tangible proof of this and, as far as we can tell, her ancestry is only European Caucasian.Supporting this claim is her facial features and research done by Elder C.Some people have claimed that Ellen White has African American ancestry on the Gould side of her family.Harmon Bangs (1827-1891) Ellen's fraternal twin Married Reuben Bangs Never accepted Ellen's gift (1825-1853) Only brother to become Sabbatarian Adventist Sarah Harmon-Belden (1822-1868) Married Stephen Belden in Aug 1851 Two children: Franklin and Lillian.Mary Plummer Harmon Foss (1823-1912) Married Hazen Foss' brother, Samuel Foss.Harmon (1815-1883) Businessman in Illinois Harriet Harmon McCann (1814-1870s) Wife of a clergyman in Kansas.WhiteA short biography of the human person
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