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Haskell (1833-1922) |
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3. STEPHEN HASKELL
Stephen N. Haskell was an evangelist and administrator.
He began preaching for the non-Sabbath keeping
Adventists in New England in 1853. Later that
year he began to worship on Saturday, or Sabbath.
He worked without pay in New England until his
ordination in 1870. He was president of Seventh-day
Adventist churches in various parts of the United
States.
In 1885 he led a group of missionaries who began
to spread the Adventist mission in Australia
and New Zealand. In 1887 he began to establish
the Adventist church in London, England. He
travelled the world as a missionary between
1889 and 1890, visiting Western Europe, Southern
Africa, India, China, Japan, and Australia.
Haskell is also remembered as the person who
organised the first Adventist Church of African
Americans in New York City in 1902. He led in
temperance work in Maine in 1911, began printing
books for the blind in 1912, and assisted in
the development of the White Memorial Hospital
in 1916. He wrote: The Story of Daniel the Prophet,
The Story of the Seer of Patmos, and The Cross
and Its Shadow. |
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 MILESTONES |
1831 to 1844
The "great second advent awakening."
1849
First paper, the Present Truth, was printed
in Middletown, Conn.
1860
Name of Seventh-day Adventist adopted by the
church.
1863
First General Conference and formation of the
SDA church on May 21, 1863.
1866
The Health Reform Institute opened
its doors.
1871
First college opened which became Andrews University.
1896
The Church now has established work in 209 countries.
1915
Ellen G. White dies on July 16, at St. Helena,
CA.
1942
Voice of Prophecy radio show begins broadcasting
coast to coast.
1950
Faith for Today TV show begins.
1955
SDA membership hits 1 million.
1986
SDA membership hits 5 million.2 |
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