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Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers
Page 200.
Movements to pay taxes on the sanitarium and taber-
nacle
: At the General Conference session of 1893 the following
action was taken:
“Whereas in view of the separation which we believe should ex-
ist between the church and the state, it is inconsistent for the church
to receive from the state pecuniary gifts, favors, exemptions, on
religious grounds; therefore resolved that we repudiate the doctrine
that church or other ecclesiastical properties should be exempt from
taxation and further, resolved, that we use our influence in secur-
ing the repeal of such legislation as grants and exemptions.”—
The
General Conference Bulletin, March 5, 1893, 475
.
The E. G. White communication of January 31, 1895, giving
counsel in this matter, was accepted by the leaders of the church as
instruction which should guide in the matter of our relation to the
paying of taxes on tax-free church property
.
Page 212.
Everything not to center at Battle Creek
: See Histori-
cal Foreword
.
Page 266.
Rural health retreat
: This institution, the second
sanitarium established among Seventh-day Adventists, was located
in Northern California near Saint Helena. Later it was known as the
Saint Helena Sanitarium, and today as the Saint Helena Sanitarium
and Hospital
.
Page 280.
Rule-or-ruin system
: See Historical Foreword
.
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Page 291.
Consolidation
: At the General Conference sessions
of 1889 and 1891, actions were taken to consolidate the publishing
interests of the denomination. The plan was not only to place the in-
terests of the publishing work in one organization, with headquarters
in Battle Creek, but also to consolidate the educational and medical
work carried on by Seventh-day Adventists. See Historical Foreword
for the background of the moves in this direction
.
Page 331.
The present financial controversy
: This communi-
cation addressed to the General Conference session of 1897 and
written in December, 1896, related to the issues of the presidential
campaign of William Jennings Bryan. Bryan was agitating cer-
tain monetary policies which he and his supporters felt held great
promise. Some Seventh-day Adventists became involved in the is-
sues. In her counsels Mrs. White repeatedly emphasized that our
work was that of proclaiming the third angel’s message, and that