A First Word
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- A First Word
- Chapter 1—So Great a Cloud of Witnesses
- Chapter 2—Go and Tell It to the World
- Chapter 3—The Cradle of the Sabbath Truth
- Chapter 4—The Lone York Shilling
- Chapter 5—Deacon John’s Son
- Chapter 6—Out of Weakness, Strength
- Chapter 7—The Potato Patch Preaches
- Chapter 8—The Day Dawn
- Chapter 9—Fort Howland
- Chapter 10—One to a Thousand
- Chapter 11—The Large Unfinished Chamber
- Chapter 12—Shiloh of the Message
- Chapter 13—The Peripatetic Press
- Chapter 14—Grit of the Granite State
- Chapter 15—The Firsts
- Chapter 16—The Apostle and the Blacksmith
- Chapter 17—Samuel Zelotes
- Chapter 18—The Most Honest Man in Town
- Chapter 19—Hill of the Man of God
- Chapter 20—The House of A. Hilliard
- Chapter 21—Home on the Hillside
- Chapter 22—Beautiful for Situation
- Chapter 23—Camp in the Sugar Bush
- Chapter 24—The Room on the Side of the House
- Chapter 25—The Sons of Grandfather Mountain
- Chapter 26—The Valley of Vision
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A First Word
IN the summer and early fall of 1946 it was my privilege, in the company of friends, to visit the principal places of historical interest to Adventists in New England, New York, Michigan, and a spot in the South, covering the first two or three decades of our history. This was in pursuit of information and atmosphere for the writing of a two-volume history of Seventh-day Adventists, a work which is now half completed. But it was felt by some of my friends that a series of sketches portraying the arenas and the incidents connected with them, written in a more informal style, would be of service to possible visitors and many more who will see these scenes only through the printed page.FOPI 5.1
No least part of the pleasure of the trips was the companionship of friends who already were versed in the lore, and who not only guided me to localities and informants, but themselves added much to my store of knowledge.FOPI 5.2
In Maine the conference president, Roscoe W. Moore, took me in his car to the points of interest in Portland and the country round about within a radius of thirty miles; and he and A. F. Ruf accompanied me on a great swing around a circle farther north. In New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, and around the head of Lake Champlain in New York, I had the company of my indefatigable and encyclopedic friend. Clifton L. Taylor, with whom I traded stories right royally. In Massachusetts I was generously helped at South Lancaster by Miss Rowena E. Purdon, the historian of the town and the school. And in New Bedford the pastor, J. F. Knipschild, was most helpful in introducing me not only to particular sites but to friends who, like Mrs. Eliza B. Bradford, of Acushnet, proved sources of unfolding information.FOPI 5.3
In New York State the longest trip, 1,100 miles, east, north, and west, was taken in the happy company of Bertram M. Heald, who knew the country and many of the people, and behind whose courtly mien and address I often found refuge.FOPI 6.1
In Michigan I was accompanied on several expeditions by my son, Ronald W. Spalding, a physician resident in the midst of historic spots in that State; and I was given much information by a history-minded veteran, Williarn E. Videto, and by his wife, daughter of pioneers.FOPI 6.2
In North Carolina, I was conducted by Arthur and Marguerite Jasperson, long-time teachers and ministrants in the mountains. Later, in May, 1947, it was my pleasure to accompany the art director of the Review and Herald Publishing Association, T. K. Martin, on a trip to many of the above places, to obtain the best pictures for illustrating this series.FOPI 6.3
These all with one accord gave me liberally of their time and energy and knowledge, and my readers are indebted to them quite as much as to me. Not all the places visited are brought into the picture, for the list would be too great, but the more significant are included. I have arranged the articles not exactly in the order of my visits, but rather in the order of historical occurrence, as the message spread from East to West.FOPI 6.4
Because the men and women herein mentioned are our spiritual forebears, because they set us an example of self-sacrifice and devotion which should never be lost, because the ground they trod holds for us sacred memories and the message born in them is our heritage to give to all the world, these accounts of their habitations and their handiwork may help to hearten their sons and daughters.FOPI 6.5