Looking it over  

How much have we lost?  

Where do we go from here?  

Should you start a blueprint institution?  

Counsel to students  

The path marked out  

Sanitarium church school minutes 

Acknowledgments  

Bibliography  

Timeline  

In our historical journey through our schools, we have gone from the mountains of purity and dedication to the cause of God and the needs of humanity, to something equivalent to the lowest levels of conduct in secular colleges and universities.

Teaching students to clean trash on the Sabbath, having them memorize and perform love stories and witches den operas, and teaching them homosexuality is exactly what you would find in the dregs of state university instruction. Yet that is what we now have in our own schools of higher learning. We have sunk to the bottom.

If Jesus would walk into our denominational colleges and universities today, and view our students engaged in liquor and dance parties, rock concerts; playing at the pool tables and video games; listening to Catholic priests in the pulpit praise rebellion against the law of God; learning on Sabbath evening the benefits of masturbation and how to avoid disease while regularly committing adultery; and see the administrations and faculties fearful to stop the immorality, but instead encouraging the students that all is well while providing new ways to do it Christ would say Take these things hence! He would cast them out, with their tuition tables, and cleanse these institutions. He would sell them off and start blueprint schools out in rural areas.

It is difficult to grasp the breadth of the problem, the seriousness of the situation. Can our minds take in the fact that the best of our future workers, leaders, and members are being damaged in our schools?

Let none flatter themselves that sins cherished for a time can easily be given up by and by. This is not so. Every sin cherished weakens the character and strengthens habit; and physical, mental, and moral depravity is the result. You may repent of the wrong you have done, and set your feet in right paths; but the mold of your mind and your familiarity with evil will make it difficult for you to distinguish between right and wrong. Through the wrong habits formed, Satan will assail you again and again. Christ's Object Lessons, p. 281.

Time after time, newly introduced lowered standards, doctrinal errors, and entertainment worship styles can be traced back to men who, in college or at the Seminary, lost contact with God and obedience to His Word.

It cannot be measured: entire generations either lost to the cause or crippled in their ability to serve God in these last days and fulfill the claims of Revelation 14. Our people were called out from the world in order to live and proclaim the message of clean living and perfect obedience to the Ten Commandments, by enabling faith in the overcoming grace of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour.

Our schools today are only parodies of what they should be. They do not build character, but frequently damage it or make it a blackened, empty shell of what it could have been. Not one word is spoken about the coming judgment or the importance of living godly lives which Christ can approve.

They do not build healthy bodies, but exhaust them with unnecessary studies and idleness, that encourages the students to go wild at night and attend drinking, dancing, and sex parties. Not one word is spoken about the importance of nutrition, balanced work-study programs, clothing and dietetic standards, or the evils of city living.

They do not prepare for marriage and parental responsibilities, but encourage premarital sex, which so often weakens if not ruins the likelihood of usefulness in later years. A cloud of shame is laid that will hinder the happiness of the married years. Not one word is spoken about abstinence from wrongdoing or how to be a responsible spouse and parent.

They do not prepare for country living and missionary work, here and overseas. Instead, they prepare for city living, a locked-in job, and a listless life.

They do not prepare for practical things; but, instead, they emphasize trivia, cramming, and entertainment which will not help the person in later life. The minds of the students become shallow as they learn that, not character development, but getting grades and having fun are the best goals. Cheating on tests and having a high time in the dark becomes a pattern which often hinders the possibility of later changes for the better. The youthful freshness, ready to enter adulthood while striving for the highest ideals, has been manhandled and blunted.

The students were robbed of a blueprint education and a life of service for God and man. The spirituality was scooped out of their minds; and, in its place, their heads were filled with a pile of leftovers, termed the teachings of great men.

The blueprint was so beautiful. But the blueprint has been broken. We weep at the tragedy.

To the worldlings among us, it matters not. They wanted to cast off the hated shackles of obedience by faith in Christ to the law of God. They are getting what they want and appear satisfied.

But to the faithful, the situation is one that fills them with deepest sorrow. Why, oh, why did this have to happen? Why did we choose to rebel and seek our own ways? Gods plan was so good, so very good.

So now what do we do?

First, trusting in the enabling grace of Christ to help us, we must examine our own lives, renew our dedication, and obediently cooperate so God can fulfill His plan for our lives.

What are you doing, brethren, in the great work of preparation? Those who are uniting with the world are receiving the worldly mold and preparing for the mark of the beast. Those who are distrustful of self, who are humbling themselves before God and purifying their souls by obeying the truth, these are receiving the heavenly mold and preparing for the seal of God in their foreheads. When the decree goes forth and the stamp is impressed, their character will remain pure and spotless for eternity.

Now is the time to prepare. The seal of God will never be placed upon the forehead of an impure man or woman. It will never be placed upon the forehead of the ambitious, world-loving man or woman. It will never be placed upon the forehead of men or women of false tongues or deceitful hearts. All who receive the seal must be without spot before God, candidates for heaven.5 Testimonies, p. 216.

Second, we must plead with God and offer Him prayers like those of Daniel, in which he classed himself with the wicked and pled for his people (Daniel 9:3-18; read it again!).

Though Daniel had long been in the service of God, and had been spoken of by heaven as greatly beloved, yet he now appeared before God as a sinner, urging the great need of the people he loved. His prayer was eloquent in its simplicity, and intensely earnest. Hear him pleading. Prophets and Kings, p. 555.

With faith founded on the sure word of prophecy, Daniel pleaded with the Lord for the speedy fulfillment of these promises. He pleaded for the honor of God to be preserved. In his petition he identified himself fully with those who had fallen short of the divine purpose, confessing their sins as his own. Ibid., pp. 554-555.

Third, we must speak up and protest this great wickedness. We must begin right where we are. Sighing is not enough; we must also speak. We must write letters. The book you now have in hand is available, in small boxfuls, for only a few dimes a copy, plus shipping. Others have sacrificed to make the book available at printing-house cost. There are many who are trying to place copies in the hands of our leaders and our people. This is something each of us can do!

This book tells it better than many of us can. Obtain copies and hand them out and mail them to those who need it, to thought leaders, pastors, and church members.

The seal of God will be placed upon the foreheads of those only who sigh and cry for the abominations done in the land. Those who link in sympathy with the world are eating and drinking with the drunken and will surely be destroyed with the workers of iniquity.5 Testimonies, p. 212.

 The people of God are sighing and crying for the abominations done in the land. With tears they warn the wicked of their danger in trampling upon the divine law, and with unutterable sorrow they humble themselves before the Lord on account of their own transgressions. The wicked mock their sorrow, ridicule their solemn appeals, and sneer at what they term their weakness. But the anguish and humiliation of Gods people is unmistakable evidence that they are regaining the strength and nobility of character lost in consequence of sin.5 Testimonies, p. 474.

Fourth, we need to carefully study the blueprint-the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy-for ourselves, so we can better exemplify its truths and explain it to others. Only in Gods Inspired books can we find accurately stated principles.

I am filled with sadness when I think of our condition as a people. The Lord has not closed heaven to us, but our own course of continual backsliding has separated us from God. Pride, covetousness, and love of the world have lived in the heart without fear of banishment or condemnation. Grievous and presumptuous sins have dwelt among us. And yet the general opinion is that the church is flourishing and that peace and spiritual prosperity are in all her borders.

The church has turned back from following Christ her Leader and is steadily retreating toward Egypt. Yet few are alarmed or astonished at their want of spiritual power. Doubt, and even disbelief of the testimonies of the Spirit of God, is leavening our churches everywhere. Satan would have it thus. Ministers who preach self instead of Christ would have it thus. The testimonies are unread and unappreciated. God has spoken to you. Light has been shining from His word and from the testimonies, and both have been slighted and disregarded. The result is apparent in the lack of purity and devotion and earnest faith among us.

Let each put the question to his own heart: How have we fallen into this state of spiritual feebleness and dissension? Have we not brought upon ourselves the frown of God because our actions do not correspond with our faith? Have we not been seeking the friendship and applause of the world rather than the presence of Christ and a deeper knowledge of His will? 5 Testimonies, pp. 217-218.

Unless the church, which is now being leavened with her own backsliding, shall repent and be converted, she will eat of the fruit of her own doing, until she shall abhor herself. When she resists the evil and chooses the good, when she seeks God with all humility and reaches her high calling in Christ, standing on the platform of eternal truth and by faith laying hold upon the attainments prepared for her, she will be healed. She will appear in her God-given simplicity and purity, separate from earthly entanglements, showing that the truth has made her free indeed. Then her members will indeed be the chosen of God, His representatives.8 Testimonies, pp. 250-251 [also pp. 249-250].

The church is like the unproductive tree which, receiving the dew and the rain and the sunshine, should have produced an abundance of fruit, but on which the Divine Searcher discovers nothing but leaves. Solemn thought for our churches! Solemn, indeed, for every individual! Marvelous is the patience and forbearance of God! But except thou repent, it will be exhausted; the churches and our institutions will go from weakness to weakness, and from cold formality to deadness, while they are saying, I am rich and increased with goods, and have need of nothing! The True Witness says, And knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. Will they ever see clearly their true condition? EGW, Review, November 7, 1918.

Is God moving on your heart to obey the blueprint and help start, or work in, a blueprint medical missionary or educational institution?

Opposing circumstances should create a firm determination to overcome them. One barrier broken down will give greater ability and courage to go forward. Press in the right direction, and make a change, solidly, intelligently. Then circumstances will be your helpers and not your hindrances. Make a beginning. The oak is in the acorn.6 Testimonies, p. 145.

A great work must be done all through the world, and let no one conclude that, because the end is near, there is no need of special effort to build up the various institutions as the cause shall demand  . . When the Lord shall bid us make no further effort to build meetinghouses and establish schools, sanitariums, and publishing institutions, it will be time for us to fold our hands and let the Lord close up the work; but now is our opportunity to show our zeal for God and our love for humanity.6 Testimonies, p. 440.

Though in many respects our institutions of learning have swung into worldly conformity, though step by step they have advanced toward the world, they are prisoners of hope. Fate has not so woven its meshes about their workings that they need to remain helpless and in uncertainty. If they will listen to His voice and follow in His ways, God will correct and enlighten them, and bring them back to their upright position of distinction from the world. When the advantage of working upon Christian principles is discerned, when self is hid in Christ, much greater progress will be made; for each worker will feel his own human weakness; he will supplicate for the wisdom and grace of God, and will receive the divine help that is pledged for every emergency.

If you are serious about preparing yourself for this work, I urge you to read this book, The Broken Blueprint, again. It is filled with important principles of that which should be done and warnings of that which should be avoided.

In addition, you should purchase a copy of the companion book, The Medical Missionary Manual, which is a classified collection of Spirit of Prophecy statements on how to do medical missionary work. Underline both books; thoroughly learn the principles in them. No other two books anywhere so succinctly provide all this blueprint and historical information on the nature and implementation of the divinely given educational pattern for medical missionary work and our schools.

You will want to make sure that your fellow workers and students also have copies of these books.

Inquire around and try to locate an independent educational or medical missionary training school and/or sanitarium. Go work in one for several months or a year or more. You will gain an invaluable education. You can learn from the wisdom and from the mistakes. Some people are good at leading out in an institution; others do better being reliable helpers. Find your niche and go for it. God has a plan for you. Keep studying and learning. Keep praying for guidance. In relation to God, be a little, obedient child; in relation to others, be a solid, reliable friend and helper. Never, never forsake the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy.

Yes, there is counsel for students who want God to guide them. This is because, even though the prophet has passed to her rest, we still have the Inspired Writings.

Students cannot afford to wait till their education is considered complete, before using for the good of others that which they have received. Without this, however they may study, however much knowledge they may gain, their education will be incomplete. Counsels to Parents and Teachers, p. 263.

Young men and young women, gather a stock of knowledge. Do not wait until some human examination pronounces you competent to work, but go out into the highways and hedges, and begin to work for God.

Use wisely the knowledge you have. Exercise your ability with faithfulness, generously imparting the light that God gives you. Study how best to give to others peace and light and truth and the many other rich blessings of heaven.

Constantly improve. Keep reaching higher and still higher. It is the ability to put to the tax the powers of mind and body, ever keeping eternal realities in view, that is of value now. Seek the Lord most earnestly, that you may become more and more refined, more spiritually cultured. Then you will have the very best diploma that anyone can have the endorsement of God.7 Testimonies, p. 281.

God is not seeking for men of perfect education. His work is not to wait while His servants go through such wonderfully elaborate preparations as our schools are planning to give; but the Lord wants men to appreciate the privilege of being laborers together with God--men who will honor Him by rendering implicit obedience to His requirements regardless of previously inculcated theories.

There is no limit to the usefulness of those who put self to one side, make room for the working of the Holy Spirit upon their hearts, and live lives wholly sanctified to the service of God, enduring the necessary discipline imposed by the Lord without complaining or fainting by the way. If they will not faint at the rebuke of the Lord, and become hard-hearted and stubborn, the Lord will teach both young and old, hour by hour, day by day. He longs to reveal His salvation to the children of men; and if His chosen people will remove the obstructions, He will pour forth the waters of salvation in abundant streams through the human channels.

Many who are seeking efficiency for the exalted work of God by perfecting their education in the schools of men, will find that they have failed of learning the more important lessons which the Lord would teach them. Fundamentals of Christian Education, p. 346.

There are many ways of practicing the healing art, but there is only one way that Heaven approves. Gods remedies are the simple agencies of nature, that will not tax or debilitate the system through their powerful properties. Pure air and water, cleanliness, a proper diet, purity of life, and a firm trust in God, are remedies for the want of which thousands are dying, yet these remedies are going out of date because their skilful use requires work that the people do not appreciate. Fresh air, exercise, pure water, and clean, sweet premises, are within the reach of all with but little expense; but drugs are expensive, both in the outlay of means and the effect produced upon the system. Counsels on Health, p. 323.

The blueprint has marked out a path in which our students are taught Gods Word and practical studies, so they can support themselves and minister to the needs of others. They are then to be sent out to be missionaries--working alone or in little groups or starting additional small training centers.

The only other path is that dictated by the accrediting associations which require conformity to worldly standards and instruction by teachers who have been trained in worldly institutions.

Could there not be a third path, one in which we provide, not only practical training, but also training for professional vocations? It does seem that this is the missing element. Yet a little thought explains why it must remain missing.

First, in order to provide professional training, we would rather quickly have to conform to worldly standards, which would quickly bring us right back under the control of worldly accreditation agencies. Those agencies would, by their demands and forbiddings, gradually work to eliminate various aspects of the blueprint.

Second, the blueprint only provides training in the fields that actual missionaries can use. These would primarily include construction, agriculture, animal husbandry, trades, nursing, and medical evangelism.

What about those of our people who wish instruction in such fields as chemistry or engineering? The counsel which has been given to us is clear: Let them attend the schools of the world. We cannot provide that kind of instruction, for it will quickly bring us under the agencies.

Here are part of the minutes of a board meeting held at the Sanitarium church school in . It was located on the hill behind Elmshaven where Ellen White was living at the time, and one evening she attended a meeting. The topic was blueprint grade-school education, but the underlying principles would apply to more advanced schooling.

Elder Taylor:  This school should be an example. I have felt that we are still following too much the plan of the public schools. We are cramming the students . . who are carrying all the way from five to ten studies. It seems to me that we really ought to begin to make a change by getting away from the plan of cramming and stuffing, and get back to the simple . . foundation things. We should work that plan out here, and see if we cannot make a success of those principles that have been given us in the Testimonies . . As it is now, parents are constantly comparing the church school with the public school. They say, If you can make a change and begin to cut off certain things from certain classes, why, you don't give my children as much as they can get in the public school?

Sister White: If they prefer to send their children to the public school, let them send them. But [offering] these many studies is a great fallacy. I have seen such precious talent that is sacrificed . . Your school is to be a sample school. It is not to be a sample after the schools of the day. It is not to be any such thing. Your school is to be according to a plan and far ahead of these other schools. It is to be a practical thing. The lessons are to be put into practice and not merely a recitation.

Elder Taylor: I am satisfied that when we begin to move in that direction, we will see real light come in  . . In a number of studies today, we have duplicated all that the public school has, and then we have added Bible and nature study and manual training and generally vocal music.

Sister White: I cannot see a particle of sense in that. Just cut off some of those studies. Teach them the Bible [plus other practical subjects]. Have that as one of their living, practical points of education. That is what it ought to be. We should take no account of how many things they bring out in some other schools. We are on a different road . .

If there are those who do not want to send their children to our school, at which preparation is given for the future eternal life, to learn here the alpha of how they should conduct themselves for the omega, the end, then they can take their children and put them where they please. If this is the public school, all right. What we want is to educate our children for the future life, and we have but a little time to do it in. This is the work to be accomplished. Minutes of Sanitarium Church School Board, January 14, 1904; quoted in Review, April 24, 1975.

In the preparation of this history of our educational work, the author is indebted to James M. Lee and his son David J. Lee who, since the late 1960s,  have conducted careful research into the educational crisis in our denomination, but primarily as it related to Loma Linda. James was the son of Howard M. Lee, one of our pioneer missionaries in Korea. James is quite elderly now, and David continues their efforts. Over the years, they collected bits and pieces of historical data, especially for the years 1895 to 1935, from libraries and archives primarily at Loma Linda and in Washington, D.C.

The author is also indebted to the earlier writings and research work of Merlin L. Neff, Emmet K. Vande Vere, D.E. Robinson, Richard A. Schaeffer, R.W. Schwarz, E.M. Cadwallader, Raymond S. Moore, Ella M. Robinson, Percy T. Magan, John A. Burden, E.L. Cardey, Edward A. Sutherland, Emma E. Howell, A.W. Spalding, M. Bessie DeGraw, Ira Gish, Harry Christman, C. Mervin Maxwell, Owen S. Parrett, P. Gerard Damsteegt, and the Madison College Alumni Association.

Cadwallader, E.M., A History of Seventh-day Adventist Education (1958), 314 pages.

Cady, Mario E., The Education that Educates (1937), 260 pages.

Cardey, E.L, History of the Great Second Advent Movement (no date), 15 pages.

Christian, Lewis H., The Fruitage of Spiritual Gifts (1947), 446 pages.

Damsteegt, P. Gerard, Foundations of the Seventh-day Adventist Message and Mission (1977), 348 pages.

Delafield, D. Arthur, Ellen G. White and the Seventh-day Adventist Church (1963), 90 pages.

Dick, Everett N., Founders of the Message (1938).

Douglass, Herbert E., Messenger of the Lord (1998), 586 pages.

Gardner, Elva Babcock, Southern Missionary College (1962), 240 pages.

GC Department of Education, Lessons in Denominational History (1942), 336 pages.

Gish, Ira, and Harry Christman, Madison: Gods Beautiful Farm (1979), 188 pages.

Graybill, Ronald D., Mission to Black America: The Story of Edson White and the Riverboat Morning Star (1971), 144 pages.

Howell, Emma E., The Great Advent Movement (1935), 256 pages.

Jemison, T. Housel, A Prophet Among You (1955), 505 pages.

Kuhn, Mae Cole, Leader of Men: The Life of Arthur G. Daniells (1946), 130 pages.

Lee, David J., Highlights of Battle Creek and Loma Linda (1979), c. 2000 pages (pages not numbered).

Lee, David J., Reprints on Christian Education (n.d.), c. 3000 pages (pages not numbered).

Lee, David J., Story of Battle Creek (n.d.), c. 1800 pages (pages not numbered).

Lee, David J., Story of Loma Linda (n.d. [no date]), c. 2200 pages (pages not numbered).

Schaefer, Richard A., Legacy: The Heritage of an International Medical Outreach (1977), 240 pages.

Loughborough, J.N., Rise and Progress of Seventh-day Adventists (1892), 392 pages.

Madison College Alumni Association, Pictorial History of Madison College: 1904-1964 (1986), 270 pages.

Maxwell, C. Mervin, Tell It to the World: The Story of Seventh-day Adventists (1976), 287 pages.

McCumber, Harold O., Pioneering the Message in the Golden West (1946).

Neff, Merlin L., For God and C.M.E.: A Biography of Percy Tilson Magan (1964), 341 pages.

Olsen, M.E., A History of the Origin and Progress of Seventh-day Adventists (1926).

Purdon, Rowena E., That New England School (1956), 148 pages [Atlantic Union College].

Rebok, Denton E., Believe His Prophets (1956), 320 pages.

Robinson, Ella M., S.N. Haskell, Man of Action (1967), 256 pages.

Robinson, Dores E., Story of Our Health Message (1943), 445 pages.

Schwarz, Richard W, John Harvey Kellogg, M.D. (1970), 256 pages.

Schwarz, Richard W., Light Bearers to the Remnant (1979), 656 pages.

Spalding, Arthur W., Footprints of the Pioneers (1947), 224 pages.

Spalding, Arthur W., Captains of the Host (1949), 704 pages.

Spalding, A.W., Christs Last Legion (1949), 784 pages.

Spicer, William A., Our Story of Missions (1921), 372 pages.

Spicer, William A., The Spirit of Prophecy in the Advent Movement (1937), 128 pages.

Sutherland, Edward A., Living Fountains or Broken Cisterns (1900), 427 pages.

Thurston, Claude, et al., 60 Years of Progress: Walla Wall College (1952), 400 pages.

Utt, Walter C., A Mountain, A Pickax, a College (1968), 160 pages [Pacific Union College]

Vande Vere, Emmett K., The Wisdom Seekers (1972), 288 pages [Emmanuel Missionary College and Andrews University].

Vande Vere, Emmett K., Windows: Select Readings in Seventh-day Adventist Church History (1975), 320 pages.

Wellcome, Isaac C., History of the Second Advent Message and Mission (1874), 707 pages.

1853 - First church school at Bucks Bridge, New York  16

1867 - Edson White encourages Bell to start a school  17

1868 - G.H. Bell opens a private school in Battle Creek  17

1872 - Our first denominational school in Battle Creek  17

1873 - GC Session starts Educational Society fund  18

1874 - 12-acres purchased for Battle Creek College  18

1875 - Sidney Brownsburger elected president of BCC  20

1881 - Brownsburger resigns  20

1881 - Alexander McLearn elected president  21

1882 - Healdsburg College opens  26

1882 - South Lancaster Academy started under Bell  23

1882-1883 - Battle Creek College closed  23

1883 - BCC reopens under W.H. Littlejohn  34

1885 - Battle Creek College headed by W.W. Prescott  34

1885 - E.A. Sutherland student at Battle Creek College   37

1886 - P.T. Magan emigrates to U.S. and is converted  37

1888 - Magan enters Battle Creek College as student  37

1889 - Magan tours world with S.N. Haskell  38

1890 - Magan member of Foreign Mission Board  38

1891 - E.G. White goes to Australia  28

1891 - Magan becomes teacher at Battle Creek College  38

1891 - Union College started in Lincoln, Nebraska  28

1892 - First Australian school started in Melbourne  29

1892 - Sutherland head of Walla Walla College  38

1893 - DeGraw goes to Walla Walla College as teacher  40

1893 - Graysville Academy opens  35

1894 - Battle Creek College teaches trades and missy work  25

1894 - Solusi College (in modern Kenya) opens  36

1895 - W.W. Prescott leaves Battle Creek College  34

1895 - Edward A. Sutherland ordained  42

1897 - Avondale College opens  31

1897 - Percy T. Magan ordained  42

1897 - Sutherland and McGraw go from WWC to BCC  42

1887 - Sutherland head of Battle Creek College  42

1897 - Sutherland begins short courses at BCC  42

1899 - Goodloe Harper Bell dies  17

1900 - E.G. White returns to America  31

1900 - Sutherlands Living Fountains published  44

1900-1904 - Readers published by Suth. and McGraw  53

1901 - EGW at GC Session tells Magan to move school  48

1901 - At EGW urging, GC Session votes move of college  49

1901 - EMC site purchased, school begins  50

1902 - Our first normal (teacher) training school at EMC  53

1903 - Opposition intensifies; Ida Magan dies  55

1902-1908 - Several crises occur at Battle Creek  49

1909 - Brownsburger helps start Fletcher Academy  28

1891 - Lillian Eshleman begins studies at Battle Creek Coll  90

1892 - Steps to Christ published through F.H. Revell  78

1894 - Edson White begins work in South  58

1898 - Magan briefly visits Edson White in South  58

1899, 1901 - Sutherland and Magan briefly help Edson  58

1900 - Lillian completes M.D. work, joins BC San staff  90

1901 - EGW has GC Session decentralize the denomination  67

1903 - EGW nearly gives Education to Suth to indeply print  78

1904 - Sutherland, Magan, and EGW find Madison site  58

1904 - Madison Institute begins  81

1904 - EGW gets Nellie R. Druillard to join the group  60

1904 - EGW urges founders to make Madison indep of ch  61

1904 - Church leaders shocked at ind ministry concept  62

1904 - Church leaders visit Madison  69

1905 - First garden crop at Madison  86

1905 - Magan and Lillian marry, she comes to Madison  91

1906 - EGW tells Madison to start building a sanitarium  97

1906 - EGW: Madison is doing the will of God  96

1907 - Dr. Newton Evans comes to Madison  98

1907 - EGW: Let no one hinder the work at Madison  99

1907 - Opposition to Madison continues  70

1908 - GC ban on Madison becomes official  74

1908 - Southern Union Conference held at Nashville  99

1908 - W.C. White description of Madison  95

1908 - Short-lived peace treaty with Madison  100

1909 - Attempt to move Magan to GC position  104

1909 - EGW to Magan: Do not leave Madison  104

1909 - A.G. Daniells rejects anti-meat pledge 

1910 - Sutherland and Magan begin medical training  108

1911 - Daniells: We need to remain in the cities  106

1911 - Dr. Evans accepts call to CME  108

1912 - Magan wishes CME would obtain accreditation  109

1913 - U.S. government leader praises Madison  110

1913 - Mention of Madison prohibited in Review  106

1914 - Sutherland and Magan receive M.D. degrees  109

1914 - Lida (Funk) Scott joins the group at Madison  112

1915 - Magan visits AMA in Chicago for first time  109

1915 - Magan attends Autumn Council at Loma Linda  282

1915 - Magan accepts call to CME as dean  140

1915 - Sutherland considers accreditation for Madison  111

1915 - E.G. White dies at Elmshaven at the age of 87  112

1917 - Madison Foods is started on the campus  116

1921 - Magan letter re the royalty problem  79

1922 - S.N. Haskell dies  112

1924 - Scott establishes the Laymens Foundation  112

1928 - Madison trying to get money for accreditation reqmts  120

1929 - Madison needs $100,000 for bldgs and 10,000 books  120

1929 - Scotts description of Madison  112

1929 - Sutherland: going to Egypt accreditation sermon  130

1931 - Sutherland accred article about bearing the yoke  130

1937 - Nellie Druillard dies at the age of 94  126

1938 - New York article describes Madison campus  117

1938 - Readers Digest article about Madison  115

1938-1940 - Other articles about Madison  116

1938 - Eleanor Roosevelts article about Madison  116

1939 - 500 students enrolled at Madison  116

1945 - Lida Scott dies at the age of 77  126

1946 - Sutherland accepts GC position  126

1947 - Percy Magan dies at the age of 80  126

1952 - Sally Sutherland dies  126

1952 - Ed Sutherland marries Bessie DeGraw  126

1954 - Madisons 50th anniversary  119

1955 - Edward Sutherland dies at the age of 90  126

1963 - Madison handed over to Southern Union  121

1964 - Southern Union closes Madison School  122

1965 - Bessie DeGraw dies at the age of 94  126

1972 - Madison Foods closed  124

1976 - Madison Hospital given to AHS/Sunbelt  124

1985 - Its name changed to TN Christian Medical Center  124

1996 - Tennessee Christian unites with Baptist Hospital  125

c. 1998 - Baptist Hosp affiliates with St. Thomas RC Hosp 126

1863 - First health vision  141

1866 - Health Reform Institute started in Battle Creek  141

1866 - Health Reformer journal started  141

1875 - J.H. Kellogg graduates, joins HR Institute  143

1876 - Kellogg becomes HRI superintendent  143

1882 - John A. Burden enters Healdsburg College  146

1891 - Burden becomes manager of St. Helena Sanitarium  146

1891 - Kellogg says he uses Spirit Proph to remain accurate  143

1895 - American Medical Missionary College started  143

1900 - Battle Creek San has over 900 workers and staff  144

1900 - EGW moves to Elmshaven  146

1900 - EGW selects Burden to find So. Calif san sites  146

1901 - EGW sees Loma Linda site in vision  146

1903 - EGW pleads with A.T. Jones not to go to BC  209

1904 - Burden returns to America from Australia  146

1904 - Burden begins search for sanitarium sites  147

1904 - Paradise Valley Sanitarium opens  147

1905 - Glendale Sanitarium opens  147

1905 - Kellogg began work to get his AMMC accredited  276

1905 - Burden finds the Loma Linda property  147

1905 - E.G. Whites first visit to Loma Linda  148

1905 - Burden becomes first Loma Linda manager  152

1905 - Loma Linda Sanitarium opens  153

c. 1905-1906 - EGW tells Burden not to deed LL to ch yet  253

1865-1912 - EGW urges natural remedies. Also no drugs, institutional debt, compromise of principles, or affiliation with world. Also school and sanitarium to be separate but working closely together, and students and teachers actively involved in missionary work in outlying areas

1906 - W.E. Howell first president of Loma Linda  153

1906 - LL school named Loma Linda College of Evangelists  153

1906 - Loma Linda property paid for and dedicated  151

1906 - S.N. Haskell helps start LL area evangelism  170

1906 - Many local missy contacts made by tchrs and stus  179

1907 - Howell hurriedly moved to Greece  153

1907 - G.K. Abbott becomes second Loma Linda president  154

1907 - The medical school begins classes  217

1907 - Daniells openly opposes Burden over accred.  244

1907 - Daniells wants full accreditation for the med school  221

1907-1909, 1909-1915 - O.S. Parrett student at CME  243

1908 - Important Burden letter to W.A. Ruble at GC  155

1908 - First issue of The Medical Evangelist  176

1908 - Kellogg takes BC Sanitarium away from church  144

1909 - Daniells anxious for LL med school accreditation  222

1909 - Daniells rejects EGWs call to stop eating meat 170

1909 - EGW: LL not to send med students to outside schs  225

1909 - EGW: state charter for sch only if on right terms  234

1909 - Name changed to College of Medical Evangelists  154

1909 - O.S. Parrett briefly enrolls at USC Med School 242

1909 - Parrett leaves USC Med Sch and returns to CME  242

1909 - Pressure intensifies for CME accreditation  226

1909 - Dr. H.F. Rand letter to Burden re accredit dangers  222

1909 - State charter obtained for Coll of Medical Evangelists  220

1910 - EGW: Spec training w/o man-made restrictions  245

1910 - EGW: CME not to confederate with world  229

1910 - Kelloggs AMMC closes because of accred. reqmts  224

1910 - Sutherland and Magan begin medical course  258

1910 - PU Conf votes CME to become full medical college  255

1910 - CME made a GC institution, under its control 258

1910 - G.K. Abbott removed from CME presidency  224

1910 - W.A. Ruble becomes president of CME  256

1910 - Ruble later: I was sent to CME to get rid of Burden  250

1910 - Burden moved out of CME chairmanship  247

1910 - Voted to combine LL College and Sanitarium  255

1910 - Borrowing of money for CME begins  256

1911 - N.P. Colwell says CME does not need AMA approval  264

c. 1911-1912 EGW refuses to be wheedled into accred okay  267

1912 - Burden removed from being business manager  247

1912 - Ruble urges building of a dispensary in Los Angeles  277

1912 - Salisbury goes to Chicago and pleads for AMA rating  265

1913 - A clinic opens in Los Angeles  277

1913 - CME constituency upset because Burden ousted  248

1914 - Burden pleads with LL board to return to blueprint  246

1914 - Coll of Med Evangs is now over $400,000 in debt  260

1914 - CME board: only 2 more years trying for accredit  276

1915 - Univ med teachers coming to Madison for med help  365

1915 - E.G. White dies at Elmshaven at the age of 87  254

1915 - 2 months after her death, Burden sent to P Valley San  254

1915 - CME in debt over half a million dollars  278

1915 - Next, AMA demands that CME build large LA hosp  278

1915 - Magan visits AMA headquarters in Chicago  280

1915 - Magan attends Autumn Council at Loma Linda  282

1915 - Magan accepts a call to come to CME  280

1915 - AMA issues seven more demands for CME to fill  280

1915 - CME board meeting even more distaught  279

1915 - CME gets a dismal C rating  277

1916 - AMAs secret objective: no A rating for Adventists  284

1916 - Foundation laid for the large Los Angeles hospital  281

1917 - AMA condescends to give a B rating to CME  285

1917 - U.S. Army draft crisis occurs to accredited med schs  285

1918 - Large earthquake hits the entire Loma Linda area  286

1918 - Yet another fund-raising crisis takes place  287

1921 - Muskgrave Report: serious deficiencies at CME  288

1922 - CME has been totally changed by AMA requirements  290

1922 - Daniells fights for GC re-election, but loses  255

1922 - A rating, more valued than Testimonies, is received  289

1922 onward - Ever more money for new AMA requirements  291

1923 - AMA: only accredited colls can send stus to CME!  292

1923 - Our colleges begin demanding accreditation  293

1923 - Colorado conference considers our coll accred crisis  293

1924 - Few CME graduates want to go overseas as missys  301

1926 - The continued AMA requirements overwhelm Magan  297

1927 - Magan crushed: CME hardly sending out any missys  301

1928 - Another crisis board meeting over coll accred prob  305

1928 - Magan, though exhausted, elected president of CME  303

1928 - To satisfy AMA, GC Board of Regents is formed  305

1929 - AMA opposes inbreeding (hiring Advs as tchrs!)  310

1930 - Church leaders warn of dire results from sch trends  306

1931 - AMA: CME close to being blacklisted bec of probs  309

1931 - Autumn Council says 5 colleges can become accredd  307

1931 - Coll's demand that ch pay tchrs to get their degrees  309

1932 - Daniells: In 1910 he assumed EGW wanted accred  237

1933 - F.C. Gilberts ominous article  311

1933 - Kelloggs Battle Cr San files bankruptcy protection  145

1933 - Magan: We are nearly blacklisted by AMA  314

1934 - Magan: Exhaustive inspection coming from AMA  314

1935 - W.H. Branson delivers the Branson Report  314

1935 - The compromise accreditation vote  335

1935 - Daniells weeps over what he has done and dies  342

1935 - Magan writes that CME may have to be destroyed  339

1936 - CME placed on probation by the AMA  340

1936 - AMA: Only a few Advs can enroll as CME students!  341

1936 - Magan: Have we gone too far?  339

1937 - Magan: Our necks are in the noose  340

1937 - McElhany pleads for our church  341

1938 - AMA: CME must provide double classes  344

1939 - AMA very critical of entire Loma Linda plant  345

1939 - AMA: CME tchrs must do advanced med research  344

1942 - John Burden dies at the age of 80  156

1942 - Percy T. Magan resigns from CME presidency  346

1943 - John Harvey Kellogg dies at the age of 91  145

1944 - L.E. Froom statement  346

1947 - Percy Tilson Magan dies at the age of 80  346

1956 - Secret GC questionnaire re getting rid of CME or not  349

1959 - Dr. Florence Stratemeyers statement  347

1950s - Our ch pprs no longer dare carry info on nat remedies 354

1960s - LLU continues hiring more non-Adventist teachers  352

1961 - CME becomes university (Loma Linda University)  351

1961 - W.E. Straw statement  350

1961 - W.A. Ruble dies at the age of 93  156

1961 - W.H. Branson dies at the age of 74  352

1962 - AMA orders single LLU campus; details specified  352

1962 - Immense bldg program immediately begins at LLU  352

1962 - LLUs Medical Evangelists mag becomes Scope  352

1962 - Nutrition classes no longer given in any U.S. med sch  354

1964 - Fourth-year objective: instill pride in the med stus  354

1965 - Dr. Nahms statement  355

1967 - Lefevres statement  356

1975 - Gerald Fords statement  357

1977 - Massive VA hosp built in LL on LLU-donated land  358

1977 - O.S. Parrett writes his bombshell memoirs  243

1984 - Animal heart into human baby  361

1985 - 2 months of New Age seminars for students at LLU  359

1986 - Hydrotherapy totally gone from LLU  359

1988 - Organs harvested from living babies, killing them  362

1990 - Majority of LLU stus no longer Adventists  364

1904 - Minutes of St. Helena church school board meeting  407

1940 - All our U.S. colleges partially or fully accredited  366

1950s - Most of our college teachers have doctorates  366

1959 - Cottrell poll: Many B tchrs do not believe some tchgs  370

1960 - GC ruling: All theol stus take advd work at Sem  368

1960-1965 - Daniel Com meets, cannot agree on beliefs  370

1960s - All our college Bible teachers have doctorates  368

1960s - By now, difficult to fire tchrs, bec of accred orgs  371

1970s - Many of our science teachers are semi-evolutionists  376

1979 - Desmond Fords apostasy lecture on Sabbath at PUC  372

1980 - Dallas GC Session approves changed Stat of Beliefs  372

1980 - Glacier View meeting in Colorado in July  372

1980 - Nearly all PUC tchrs demand Ford not be fired  372

1980 - AU Bible teachers protest Fords firing  372

1980 - Review head editor must have doctorate  370

1980 - Pastor warns: Eventually, we will be in majority!  376

1980s - Intercollegiate sports mania is going strong  376

1980s - LSC (LSU) begins Sabb cleanups; contin till now  377

1980s - All our colls and univs have pool tables and TV  378

1980s - Tchrs begin publg bks with errors thru our pub hs  375

1981 - By this date, only 3 Andrews Bible tchrs okay  369

1981 - AU stu told: Unless accept new theol, cannot grad  369

1982 - Nearly 1,000 laymen could not get PUC tchers  374

1984 - 20%-25% of our female students drink liquor  378

1984 - 40%-45% of our male students drink liquor  378

1985 - Annual Council approves "academic freedom"  375

1985 - Up to 75% of WWC students are dancing off campus  379

1985 - WWC: free condoms and disease treatment for stus  378