Henry Melvill and Ellen G White A Study in Literary and Theological Relationships PORTRAIT or THE RKT H MBLVILL Ellen G White Estate Washington D C May HENRY MELVILL AND ELLEN G WHITE A STUDY OF LITERARY AND THEOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS Assembled by Ron Graybill Warren H Johns and Tim Poirier with introduction by Ron Graybill the most promising ones There were half a dozen of sermons which Mrs White used very extensively For instance the chapter q
D M Canright in Healdsburg The Genesis of the Plagiarism Charge By Ron Graybill The Christmastime Week of Prayer at Healdsburg College in was an occasion for sweeping revival So eager were church members and students to confess their backslidings and testify to their new experience that meetings sometimes lasted until p m The Sabbath service beginning at in the morning continued until sundown without intermission Early in January Elder
The old Healdsburg College Healdsburg California DLftCanright in Healdsburg Ihe Genesis of the Plagiarism Chaise did not attend the local weekly paper gave extensive coverage to the lectures and subsequent debate For Adventists Canright s obvi ous distortions his bitter attitude his sarcasm concerning things they held dear and his unstable past ca reer all helped weaken the impact of his criticism The night after Canright s lectures ended William He
This perplexing war
why Adventists avoided military service in the Civil War
THIS PERPLEXING WAR Why Adventists Avoided Military Service in the Civil War Ron Graybill Adventists have long taken the American Civil War to be the anvil on which the church s current position on military service was beaten out Perhaps now that the Vietnam war is fading in our memory and the military draft is quiescent we can take an unemotional look at the Civil War and see just what problems this nation s first military draft posed for conscientious Adventist
The development of Adventist thinking on clean and unclean meats
THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVENTIST THINKING ON CLEAN AND UNCLEAN MEATS by Ron Graybill The dietary distinction between clean and unclean meats based on Leviticus and Deuteronomy is generally understood and accepted among Adventists today Unlike the ceremonial laws of the Old Testament w hich pointed to Christ or the civil laws which governed the theocracy these health laws were based on natural law and thus not merely applicable to one age and time Thus even amo
