Chapter 3—The January 3, 1875, Vision and World
Expansion
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The first and last sections in this chapter were written by C. C.
Crisler, Ellen White’s Secretary.
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The Basel Publishing House—Mrs. White and her secretary,
Miss Sara McEnterfer, and W.C. White and his family, left America
August 8, 1885, [
Ellen White labored in Europe for two years, from
August, 1885, to August, 1887. See D. A. Delafield’s book Ellen G.
White in Europe for further details.
] sailing from Boston on the steamer
Cephalonia, and arriving in Liverpool August 19. Two weeks were
spent in England, visiting companies of Sabbath keepers at Grimsby,
Ulceby, Riseley, and Southampton. Several addresses were given in
public halls.
Leaving London September 2, the party arrived in Basel, Switzer-
land, the following morning....
The Basel publishing house, afterward named the “Imprimerie
Polyglotte” (the printing house of many languages), was just com-
pleted. The land had been secured and the building planned during
the visit of Elder Butler early in 1884. The structure had been erected
under the watchful supervision of Elder B. L. Whitney, the superinten-
dent of the European Mission; and its equipment had been purchased
and installed by Brother H. W. Kellogg, for many years the manager of
the Review and Herald Publishing Association at Battle Creek, Mich.
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The new publishing house was a large, substantial building, 46 x
76 feet, with four stories above the basement. The upper stories were
so constructed that, until required by the growth of the business, they
could be used as residence suites for families. It was in one of these
suites that Mrs. White made her home during a greater part of the two
years she spent in Europe.
The Vision of January 3, 1875—When Mrs. White and her
party reached the publishing house, Elder Whitney said, “Look at
our meeting-hall before going upstairs.” It was a fine room on the first
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