Adventist Pioneers

      Pioneers  of  the  Advent  Movement

    "Repeat the words of the pioneers in our work, who knew what it cost to search for the truth as for hidden treasure,  

     and who labored to lay the foundation of our work."  (RH 5/25/05)

Complete quotation:  

God has given me light regarding our periodicals. What is it?-- He said that the dead are to speak. How?--Their works shall follow them. We are to repeat the words of the pioneers in our work, who knew what it cost to search for the truth as for hidden treasure, and who labored to lay the foundation of our work. They moved forward step by step under the influence of the Spirit of God. One by one these pioneers are passing away. The word given me is, Let that which these men have written in the past be reproduced. . . .-- Review and Herald,  May 25, 1905

    Adventist Pioneer Library - website    Dr. Fred Bischoff, Director

    Fred Bischoff's Videos about pioneers --  28 Adventist Pioneers

    Video - 3ABN Special on July 30, 2015  'Truth versus the Lie'  ( 2 hours )
                   Discussion with Fred Bischoff - Rico Hill - Jerad Thurmon

    Audio -  Audio Books by the Pioneers  - Adventaudio.org  -

   - Biographical Sketches of Adventist Pioneers -  ( working in March 2013 - Jan. 2018 shows reconstructing this page )
                             Biographical Sketches of Adventist Pioneers  

 

                        List  of  the  Adventist  Pioneers

      John N. Andrews   ( 1829 - 1883 )   Biography   -   Video         

     Joseph Bates   ( 1792 - 1872 )    Biography   -  Video
                                
The Autobiography of Elder Joseph Bates,  chapter 26.

     Stephen Belden

     Goodloe H. Bell

     John Byington   (Oct. 1798  -  Jan, 1887 )      Biography  -  Video

     Merritt E. Cornell  ( 1827 - 1893 )       Video

     Roswell Cotrell    ( 1814 - 1892 )        Video

     O. R. L. Crosier   ( 1820 - 1913 )         Video

     Hiram Edson   ( 1802  -  1882 )    Biography  -  Video           

     William Farnsworth  ( 1807 - 1888 )      Video

     J. B. Frisbie

     Aaron H. Hilliard     EGW received Health Reform Message at his home

     Leonard Hastings

     Stephen N. Haskell  (converted in 1852 )      Video                

     A. T. Jones   ( Alonzo T. Jones )  ( 1850 - 1923 )     Biography    -    Video
                     He argues against Sunday Lay before US Senate - Dec. 1888

     Samuel H. Kime  

     Horatio S. Lay, MD

     Josiah Litch    ( 1809 - 1886 )      Video

     John N. Loughborough  ( 1832 - 1924 )     Video

     Dan Palmer

     Stephen Pierce  ( 1804 - 1883 )   Video

     Thomas M. Preble     ( 1810 - 1907 )        Biography  

     Rachel O. Preston     (1809 - 1868 )        Biography

     William Warren Prescott   ( 1855 - 1944 )    Biography -  Video

     E. H. Root

     Uriah Smith  ( 1832 - 1903 )       Video

     E J  Waggoner   ( 1855  -  1916 )      Video                          

     J. H. Waggoner  ( 1820 - 1889 )       Video

     Frederick Wheeler         Described in Footprints of the Pioneers  -  page 113

     James White    ( 1821 - 1881 )       Video                  James White

     Henry White 

     Ellen G. White   ( 1827 to 1915 )      Video                Ellen G. White

 

                    More  about  the  Pioneers     


                            - -   Adventist Pioneers Gallery  - -

     Early Work in New York - 1848 - 1850  
                         Described in Chapter 12 of  Footprints of the Pioneers  

     Sad SDA History - Three pioneers who left the church (Cantright, Beldon, Hull)

              Dreams were also recorded by the pioneers

       The Great Second Advent Movement: Its Rise and Progress, Loughborough,
            pp. 314,315. (Elder Bates and Annie Smith have dreams).

         Miracles in my Life, J. N. Loughborough, Ch. 11 "Pioneering in Petaluma".
         (Mr. Wolff has a dream, opening the way for meetings in California)  

       William Miller's Dream - Early Writings, page 81   Video about William Miller

       We are encouraged to read about the experiences of the Adventist Pioneers   History of our work

        Article about the early missionaries sent to other countries

     I'm sure there are many others.  This makes some fascinating reading! 
     You can find more on the latest CD from the White Estate? 
     EGW Estate - The "Words of the Pioneers" collection.    http://www.whiteestate.org/pathways/pioneers.asp 

     Some Spirit of Prophecy quotes about the pioneers   Pioneers of the Church  --  Pioneers in the Advent message  

 

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