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Birth of William Miller ⭐
Pittsfield, MA -
Birth of Joseph Bates⭐
Rochester, MA -
Birth Of John Byington⭐
Vermont, USA -
Birth of James S. White⭐
Palmyra, ME -
1822 The concept of mission in the Millerite Movement (1822 to 1844)⚠️
The discovery of a “theological novelty” the nearness of the coming of Christ was the initial spark of a special missionary motivation. William Miller declared in 1822 the following:
diary e Guillermo Miller “I believe that the second coming of Christ is near, at the doors, and that it will occur within 21 years, in or before 1843.“ -
Birth of Ellen G. Harmon White⭐
Gorham, ME -
Birth of J.N. Andrews⭐
Poland, ME -
AUG 14, 1831 William Miller preaches his first sermon on the second coming of Christ.⚠️
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Birth Of J. N. Loughborough ⭐
Victor, New York -
Birth Of Uriah Smith⭐
Wilton, New Hampshire, United States -
Birth Of Stephen N. Haskell⭐
Oakham, Massachusetts, United States -
Stars Falling⚠️
Connected with the end of times signs in Matthew 24. In connection with the Lisbon Earthquake of Nov. 1, 1755 and the Dark Day on May 19, 1780. -
Birth Of Daniel T. Bourdeau⭐
Enosburg Falls, Vermont -
Ellen White gets stoned♀️
At the age of nine, White was hit in the face with a stone. This occurred while she was living in Portland, Maine, and probably attending the Bracket Street School. -
Ellen regains consciousness♀️
1837 Jan 25 Ellen regains consciousness after three weeks
of delirium, but she is still bedridden,
which confirms December 1836 as the date of the
accident.
She claps her hands with joy as she watches a northern lights
spectacular because she thinks it's the second coming of
Christ. -
Joshua Himes joins Miller ⚠️
Miller accepted an invitation by Joshua Himes to speak beginning Dec. 8 through 16 of 1839, and this started a long association between the two with Himes doing a lot of public work for Miller. -
Evidence from Scripture and History of the Second Coming of Christ.❌
JAN 1, 1842
Publication of Miller's Book
Joshua Himes published William Miller's book on the Second Coming entitled: Evidence from Scripture and History of the Second Coming of Christ.
Specific date unknown. -
Ellen G. White´s Vision “The Path”❤️
The first vision was given on an unknown day in December 1844. During the balance of the 1840s—especially during 1848-1850—the predominant emphasis and focus of vision content appear to have been the sorting out and developing of a doctrinal framework of the Seventh-day Adventist belief system of “present truth,” as our pioneers were wont to call it. -
The Great Disapointment⚠️
The Great Disappointment in the Millerite movement was the reaction that followed Baptist preacher William Miller's proclamations that Jesus Christ would return to the Earth by 1844, what he called the Advent. -
Ellen G. White´s The Randolph Vision “A Large Bible“❤️
Let us direct our attention now to the winter of 1845-1846. Ellen Harmon had now been a prophetess for about one year, her first vision having come in December 1844, a short time after her seventeenth birthday. She had been slowly enlarging the sphere of her influence; invitations began to trickle in from companies of ex-Millerites, here and there, who were eager to see and hear firsthand the amazing experience of this young woman. -
Ellen Shares her first Vision♀
1845 Jan./Feb. Ellen describes her visions to Adventists gathered in
the house of her sister, Mary Harmon Foss, in Megquier
Hill, Poland, Maine.
This is the first public performance of her outside of
Portland. -
Ellen marries James♀
Aug 30 Marriage of James White 25 and Ellen Harmon 18.
When they are not traveling, they live with her parents. -
Magezine “A word to the Little Flock“❌
Publication of A Word to the “Little Flock”. brochure with
articles by James White, Joseph Bates, and Ellen
White, which summarized the fundamental doctrines of the
Sabbatarian Adventists. -
Bates Publishes “The Seventh Day Saturday“❌
A Perpetual Sign. By this time, the
White, Joseph Bates, Hiram Edson and a few more already
had decided on four biblical doctrines that
would become the "pillars" of Sabbatarian Adventism (OP
25-27). They included: (1) the Second Advent before the
millennium, (2) the ministry of Christ in two phases in the
heavenly sanctuary, (3) the Sabbath as a day of rest, and
(4) the non-immortality of the wicked; all this in the
context of the message of the three angels of Revelation -
Ellen G. White´s Heavenly Sanctuary Vision “The Reality”❤️
In early 1847 the Whites accepted an invitation from the Stockbridge Howland family to come and live on the top floor of their spacious, well-constructed home. Topsham was some 35 miles north of their former residence at Gorham. It was here, on Sabbath, April 3, before a small group of assembled fellow Sabbathkeepers, that 19-year-old Ellen was given one of her most important visions. -
Ellen gives birth to her first son♀
Birth of Henry Nichols, the first son of James and
Ellen White, at her parents' house, in
Gorham, Maine -
James White Publishes⭕
White was the publisher of the first periodical issued by Seventh-day Adventists, Present Truth (1849) -
James White Publishes “ The Present Truth“❌
In 1848 Ellen White received a vision at the home of Otis Nichols in Dorchester MS. In it she was shown that James White should begin printing a little paper that would be small at first but would grow to be like streams of light going around the world. In July 1849 James White published the first edition of Present Truth which would continue under that name for about year and be renamed in November of 1850. -
Review & Herald Publishing association begins⬆️
JUN 11, 1849
Review & Herald Publishing Assn. Started -
Death Of William Miller⚫
"We have passed what the world calls the last round of 1843 … Does your heart begin to quail? Or are you waiting for your blessed hope in the glorious appearing of Jesus Christ?" -
James White becomes the first editor of The Review and Herald⭕
the first editor of the Review and Herald (1850) -
Ellen G. White´s Vision “The Menace”❤️
“I was pointed back to the time of Moses and saw the signs and wonders which God wrought through him before Pharaoh, most of which were imitated by the magicians of Egypt; and that just before the final deliverance of the saints, God would work powerfully for His people, and these modern magicians would be permitted to imitate the work of God.” -
first known church school for Sabbatarian Adventists⬆️
Martha Byington, daughter of future General Conference President John Byington, opens the first known church school for Sabbatarian Adventists in Buck’s Bridge, New York, United States. -
Testimony for the Church ( 16 pages )❌
December 1855 Published 16-page Testimony for the Church (no.1) -
Testimony for the Church (16 page booklet)❌
1855 Nov. Whites move, with printing, to Battle Creek,
Michigan.
Dec. Publication of the first Testimony for the Church, a
16-page booklet that kicks off what, to
1909, it would become a series of nine volumes. -
Sabbath as the day of Worship⚠️
Sabbath Time Issue Resolved
A controversy showed up amongst the believers about when to begin the Sabbath and, in 1853, J.N. Andrews was enlisted to study the matter and come to a conclusion. Finally, at the Battle Creek Conference in 1855, he brought the results of his studies--that the Sabbath should last from sunset to sunset, based on Leviticus 23:32. -
Ellen G. White´s Vision of The Great Controversy ❤️
Ohio -
Seventh Day Adventists⚠️
The name was suggested by David Hewitt Three years prior to the naming of the organization, the General conference was established. -
Birth and death of John Herbert♀
Sept 20 Birth of John Herbert, fourth son of the Whites.
Dec 14 Death of John Herbert White (aged 4 months). -
General Conference is formed⬆️
On May 21, 1863, the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists was formed and the movement became an official organization. -
Ellen G. White´s Health Reform Vision❤️
Otsego, Michigan -
Death Of Henry Nichols♀
Dec 8 Death of Henry Nichols White (who was 16
years), in Topsham, Maine. -
James White becomes President of The General Conference⭕
He was president of the General Conference between 1865-1967, 1869-1871, and 1874-1880. -
James White Suffers a stroke⭕
James was taken by his wife to Dansville, New York, to a hydropathic institution. Though he received some help, there were several practices that did not agree with the concepts Mrs. White had been shown in vision. After three months, they went to Rochester, New York, where, on Christmas day, she had a vision that led her husband to establish the Western Health Reform Institute in Battle Creek the following year. This was the beginning of what was to become the Battle Creek Sanitarium. -
Ellen G. White´s Vision for Health Institutions ❤️
Vision calling for Health Institutions where sick might regain health and might learn how to take care of themselves so as to prevent sickness -
Opening of the Western Health Reform Institute⬆️
Opening of the Western Health Reform Institute
Based on the principles in Ellen's 1863 vision on health, the church opened a health institute. -
James Erzberger☀️
Battle Creek, Michigan James Erzberger of Switzerland becomes the first delegate from outside the United States. -
Death Of Joseph Bates ⚫
Michigan, which was a center for the growing Seventh-day Adventist movement. There, on May 21, 1863, the Seventh-day Adventist Church was officially organized. Nine years later Joseph Bates Jr. died, on May 7, 1872. “It is my earnest desire,” Bates wrote in his autobiography, “to spend the remainder of my days in the service of God . . . that I may have a place in his soon-coming kingdom.” -
Ellen G. White´s Vision on Education❤️
Ellen White had a vision instructing her on the true education for the youth and what it should consist of. -
Battle Creek College is established⬆️
Andrews University was founded as a small Seventh-day Adventist school called Battle Creek College in 1874 named for the nearby city of Battle Creek, Michigan. -
J.N. Andrews 1st sponsored foreign missionary⚠️
J.N. Andrews 1st sponsored foreign missionary
Although there had been other unofficial missionaries, such as Michael Czechowski, J.N. Andrews (along with his two children) became the first official SDA missionary who was sponsored by the church.
Specific date of departure unknown. -
Pacific Press established⬆️
Pacific Press established
SDA publishing house on the west coast, in California -
Ellen G. White´s Vision of printing presses in different countries❤️
Let everyone professing the name of Christ act a part in sending forth the message, or ‘The end of all things is at hand’; or ‘prepare to meet thy God.’” She added that the gospel publications “should go everywhere.” -
St. Helena Sanitarium opened⬆️
St. Helena Sanitarium opened
St. Helena, CA -
The Legacy Of James White⭕
Thus, a college, a medical institution, publishing work, and organization--all were begun by James White, in response to visions given to his wife. Together, they gave strong leadership to the church for 35 years. He died at age 60 in 1881, leaving Ellen White to continue her work alone for another 34 years. -
Healdsburg College founded⬆️
Healdsburg College founded
Today PUC -
Death Of James S. ⚫
He died August 6, 1881, when he was only sixty. He literally worked himself to death. The brethren leaned on him so heavily that his towering figure fell. His sixty years of life were spent unselfishly and sacrificially. No other Seventh-day Adventist minister did more than he to build high principle and efficiency into the life of our churches and institutions. -
Ellen G white becomes a widow ♀
1881 Aug 6 Death of James White. It's a turning point
in the life of his wife: Elena was married for 35 years and
she was a widow for 34. -
Publication Of Early Writings✔️
Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association
The autobiographical section of the book describes the author’s conversion experience, the Millerite movement of 1840-1844, and the early visions that formed the foundation of her theology and ministry. A second section contains counsel on various matters pertaining the experience of the early Adventist believers.
The final half of the book traces salvation history from the fall of Satan in heaven to the final end of sin and sinners. -
General Conference session ☀️
At the General Conference session held from 7 to 20
November 1883, Elena launched a vehement attack on the
Adventist legalism, and the doubts, fears, and unbelief that are hers
natural consequence of it. In fourteen sermons, she gave some of the
clearest gospel presentations Adventism has ever heard
until that moment. -
Death Of John N. Andrews⚫
Died in Basal, Switzerland
J. N. Andrews has been called the “intellectual giant” of early Adventism, and the “foremost Adventist intellectual of the 19th Century.” His early apologetic writing on doctrinal and prophetic understanding helped establish Adventist self-identity over against first-day Adventists. He credited Andrews with being “especially instrumental in bringing out light upon the subjects of the Sanctuary, the United States in Prophecy and the Messages of Revelation -
Elena recibe una visión en Portland, Oregon☀️
1884 Verano Elena recibe una visión en Portland, Oregon, en un
congreso campestre. Se piensa que fue su última visión
en público; durante sus últimos años, la mayoría de sus
visiones llegaron de noche por medio de sueños
proféticos. -
Death Of John Byington⚫
John bought a farm nearby, and from there would travel to minister to the scattered believers. In 1863 at age 65 he accepted the first presidency of the newly organized Seventh-day Adventist church. He worked as a genuine shepherd and pastor during his term in office. Then he returned to his farm, but continued his visitation of believers throughout Michigan for the next 22 years. “I must feed the lambs of the flock,” -
Publication Of The Great Controversy✔️
Publisher
Mountain View, CA: Pacific Press Publishing Association
Beginning with the destruction of Jerusalem and continuing through the persecutions of Christians in the Roman Empire, the apostasy of the Dark Ages, the shining light of the Reformation, and the worldwide religious awakening of the nineteenth century, this volume traces the conflict into the future, to the Second Coming of Jesus and the glories of the earth made new. -
Congress of 1888 Justification by faith☀️
The 1888 Minneapolis General Conference Session was a meeting of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in October 1888. It is regarded as a landmark event in the history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Key participants were Alonzo T. Jones and Ellet J. Waggoner, who presented a message on justification supported by Ellen G. White, but resisted by leaders such as G. I. Butler, Uriah Smith and others. -
William White⭕
When Ole A. Olsen was elected General Conference president,William served as president until the return of Olsen from Europe, six months later. His wife, Mary White, contracted tuberculosis while serving their editorial activities in Switzerland and died in 1890, at the age of 33 years. During the 1890s, then up until the end of his mother's life in 1915, he was especially prominent as an influential minister in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. -
1888 General Conference☀️
Before the GC session start, a group of 100 pastors met at the Ministerial Institute for a week before the conference began in order to discuss the 10 horns in Daniel 7.
The most controversial GC session in SDA history. Jones and Waggoner presented that the law in Galatians was NOT the ceremonial law as believed by Butler, Smith, Kilgore, and Morrison. Righteousness by faith controversy. Butler wasn't present claiming sickness and his view was presented by Smith and others. -
Publication Of Patriarchs and Prophets✔️
Publisher
Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association
Published in the Year
1890 -
1891 General Conference Session☀️
At the 1891 GC session, Ellen White tried to share the Salamanca vision several times and couldn't remember anything about it. One night during the conference a group of ministers and others organized a secret meeting to discuss trying to shut down the American Sentinal periodical and start another religious liberties magazine however it didn't pass. The next morning Ellen White remembered the vision which depicted the secret meeting. This restored the people's confidence in her visions. -
Publication Of Steps to Christ✔️
Thousands have become acquainted with Jesus through this little book, Steps to Christ. And it has helped many more, including those who have walked with Him for years, to know Him better.
In just thirteen short chapters, you'll discover the steps to finding a forever friendship with Jesus. You'll read about His love for you, repentance, faith and acceptance, growing like Him, the privilege of prayer, what to do with doubt, and how to spend your days rejoicing
in your best Friend, Jesus. -
The Holy spirit touches Edson´s Heart⭕
She told Edson about her dream. Then she went on to explain how
the undertow illustrated Edsonrs love of independence and his on again,
off again religious experience.
She ended the letter by saying, "1 cannot save you; God alone can
save you.' But work, while Jesus invites you, in harmony with God." -
Edson White sets out to be a missionary⭕
One of the pioneers who had a great impact in the development of the Southern Union territory was James Edson White. In eight short but challenging years, 1895-1903, he made a footprint on the work that is evident 125 years later. -
Publication Of The Desire of Ages✔️
Publisher
Mountain View, CA: Pacific Press Publishing Association
The Desire of Ages (Volume 3 of the Conflict of the Ages series) is Ellen White’s classic on the life of Jesus—the One who stands at the center of all human history. No one else has had such a profound influence on Planet Earth as Jesus Christ. In this book the author does not set forth the events of Jesus’ life in strict chronological order, but she presents Him as the One who can satisfy the deepest yearnings of the human heart. -
MAGAN, PERCY TILSON ⚠️
P. T. Magan begins a campaign to eliminate the debts of Adventist schools and other institutions. Ellen White donates the proceeds from the sale of Christ’s Object Lessons to raise money for schools. -
Battle Creek Sanitarium Fire⚠️
After Kellogg continually disregarded the counsel of Ellen White against enlarging the sanitarium and tried to separate it from the church. The sanitarium somehow caught fire, and burned down. -
Review & Herald Publishing House Fire❌
DEC 30, 1902
Review & Herald Publishing House Fire
For years Ellen White had been rebuking the publishing house for publishing secular and even spiritualistic works. When the plates for Dr. Kellogg's book, The Living Temple, publishing his pantheistic ideas were on the presses ready for publication, the fire occurred. -
Publication Of Education✔️
Publisher
Mountain View, CA: Pacific Press Publishing Association
Pub-Year
1903 -
Death Of Uriah Smith's death⚫
The last words he wrote, directed to the 1903 General Conference, were: “I am with you in the endeavor to send forth in this generation this gospel of the kingdom, for a witness to all nations. And when this is completed, it will be the signal for the coronation of our coming King.” At age 71, Smith died of a stroke on his way to the Review office. -
Loma Linda University☀️
The Southern California Conference buys a resort hotel that will become Loma Linda University and, the following year, opens a school of nursing. The General Conference adopts a “harmonious system of education” that integrates elementary, secondary, and college levels and articulates teaching materials and manuals. The General Conference Educational Department becomes the Department of Education. -
Publication Of The Ministry of Healing✔️
Many things contribute to good health,cheerfulness, fresh air, exercise, diet, and positive relationships with other people. Crucial also is a personal relationship with the Creator who gave us life and everything we need for health and happiness. In this book Ellen White deals with sickness of the soul and the healing balm to be found by trusting God for all things. Written in simple, beautiful language, Ministry of Healing will point you to a life full of joy and gladness. -
Death Of Daniel T. Bourdeau⚫
Daniel T. Bourdeau was was born in Bourdeauville, Vermont, December 28th, 1835, and died at the home of his daughter, Doctor Patience S. Bordeau, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 30, 1905, aged 69 years. -
Washington Sanitarium⬆️
Tacoma Park, later becomes Washington Adventist Hospital. -
Takoma Park, Maryland☀️
1909 15 de mayo-16
de jun.
Elena da once discursos en lo que sería su último
Congreso de la Asociación General, en Takoma Park,
Maryland. -
Publication of The Acts of the Apostles✔️
After Jesus was victorious over Satan and returned to heaven, the enemy turned his attention to Jesus' church on earth. Here are thrilling stories of fierce persecutions and unswerving loyalty to God. Peter, Paul, James, John, Luke, Barnabas, Stephen, Mark, and the other early apostles carried the wonderful news of the gospel to all of the then-known world. Unwilling to surrender their faith, many gave their lives.Publisher
Mountain View, CA: Pacific Press Publishing Association -
Ellen´s Last writing♀
1914 June 14 Date of Ellen´s last writing -
Ellen falls♀
1915 February 13 Ellen falls in Elmshaven and breaks her hip; this
precipitates its final decline. -
Ellen G. White´s Last Vision “Message to Young People“❤️
What books young people should read, amongst other things she saw in that night. -
Death of Ellen White⚫
St. Helena, CA On Friday 16th July, Ellen White lay in her bed breathing her last and her nurses sent for W.C White and his wife May who, along with a few others, sat around her bedside. She quietly breathed her last at 3:40 pm. Describing it Willie White wrote “it was like the burning out of a candle, so quiet” -
Publication Of Prophets and Kings ✔️
Publisher
Mountain View, CA: Pacific Press Publishing Association
Published on the Year
1917Prophets and Kings, the second volume in the Conflict of the Ages series, opens with the story of Solomon’s glorious reign over Israel and ends with the nation’s exile and captivity. It traces the history of a favored and chosen people, vacillating between allegiance to God and to the gods of the nations around them. -
1919 Conference☀️
The 1919 conference was a council for denominational leaders, educators, and editors to discuss theological and pedagogical issues. The council was convened by the General Conference Executive Committee led by A. G. Daniells, the president of the General Conference. The meetings included the first major discussion of the inspiration of Ellen G. White's writings after her death in 1915, and the far-reaching theological scope of the discussions would generate considerable controversy. -
Death Of Stephen N. Haskell ⚫
After the 1922 General Conference, Haskell’s health rapidly declined, forcing him to enter Paradise Valley Sanitarium. He died in National City, California, on October 9, 1922. -
Death Of J. N. ⚫
April 7, 1924, California, United States -
Death Of Edson White⭕
In 1870 he married Emma McDearmon, but did not have any children. After being detached from his parents and their church for a couple of decades he had a spiritual change of heart when he was 44 years old, at the time he lived in Chicago. -
Publication Of ✔️
Publisher: Mountain View, CA: Pacific Press Publishing Association
Pub-Year
1949 -
27 Fundamental Beliefs☀️
Seventh-day Adventists accept the Bible as their only creed and hold certain fundamental beliefs to be the teaching of the Holy Scriptures. These beliefs, as set forth here, constitute the church’s understanding and expression of the teaching of Scripture. Revision of these statements may be expected at a General Conference session when the church is led by the Holy Spirit to a fuller understanding of Bible truth or finds better language in which to express the teachings of God’s Holy Word. -
ADRA⬆️
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is created as an independent organization for the development of individuals and communities, and for relief in case of natural disasters.