Do you know Seventh-day Adventist history? It is fascinating to see how God moved in this movement, and how He put things in place for this end-time movement to exist, to bring about the end of the world, and to give the Three Angels’ Messages to the whole world. The Three Angels’ Messages are the last message of Jesus for earth. Jesus says in Revelation 14 that those who accept it receive the seal of God, while those who reject it receive the mark of the beast and the seven last plagues.
This is a quiz. A question is asked, then a question mark, then the answer. Test your knowledge by not looking at the answer after the question mark, to see if you know it. Good read!
Adventist History Questions
No SDA church in the South? Mason-Dixon Line
When did E. White say to work in the South? Two years after the Emancipation Proclamation
What year was emancipation? January 1, 1863
Slavery abolished year? 1865
What other event happened two years before? The SDA Church was officially formed
Who was the 1st SDA minister in the South? Elbert Lane
Who was the 1st Black SDA minister? Charles Kinney
Which year? 1889
What was Edson White’s boat called? The Morning Star
What was the 1st SDA church in the South called? The Morning Star SDA Church
1st SDA Black school city? Vicksburg
What did Edson establish? The Southern Missionary Society
Name the SDA South magazine? The 1898 Gospel Herald Magazine
Where were the first episodes printed? On the Morning Star
When was E. White’s 1st health vision? 1863
What was the 1st SDA health institute called? Western Health Reform Institute
At what age did Kellogg invent corn flakes? 24
Who created the word “sanitarium”? Kellogg
From? “Sanatorium,” a hospital for soldiers
On which ship were Kellogg’s machines used? On the Titanic
Who was Anna Knight? The 1st Black female SDA missionary
How far did she travel to get baptized? 600 kilometers
Where did she go as a missionary? India
Who was Nathaniel Faulkhead? A Freemason who became SDA
When did E. White arrive in Australia? 1891
Where did Faulkhead work? Echo Publishing House, as secretary
What did God give him a dream of? E. White having a message for him
What did E. White do while talking to Faulkhead? Made Masonic signs
What did Faulkhead ask her? If she knew the signs she made
How many people in Australia knew those signs? Only 6, and all men
How many brothers and sisters did William Miller have? Oldest of 16
His birth city? Low Hampton, NY
Miller’s wife? Lucy Smith
Where did they meet? Poultney, Vermont
War experience 1? A shell exploded 2 feet from Miller
Other soldiers? Were injured
How did the USA win? By being less trained and fewer in number
What did the signs help him do? Believe in God
What did Miller do during his 1st sermon reading? Cried
Why? Reading was a parental duty to teach children to pray, while he himself did not pray
What year did God reveal 1843 to Miller? 1818
How long did Miller keep the message to himself? 13 years
What did God tell him in his heart? Go and tell the world
Who knocked on Miller’s door? His nephew Irving
What did Miller do when invited to preach? Stormed off angry
Who promoted William Miller? Joshua Himes
Who found the 1844 date? Samuel Snow
Who gave the “come out of Babylon” message for the first time? Charles Fitch
How did he die? October 14, of pneumonia after baptizing people in cold water
Where did believers close to William Miller wait for Jesus’ return? On his farm’s rock
What is this rock called? Ascension Rock
City E. White was born in? Gorham, Maine
12 miles from? Portland
Where was E. White’s father during her accident? In the South, where hats sold at a higher price
What was his job and name? Hat maker, Robert
What did he say when he saw Ellen? He did not recognize her
How old was Ellen White in 1844? 17
What were her sister and brother’s names? Robert and Elizabeth
What did they do after 1844? Lost their faith in Jesus
Who received visions before Ellen G. White? William Foy and Hazen Foss
When did William Foy receive his 1st vision? 1842
What ethnicity was he? Black
How long did his 2nd vision last? 13 and a half hours
How old was he? 20
How many visions did he have? 2
Who received the same vision as Ellen White? Hazen Foss
When? After E. White received her 1st vision
What did he do with the visions? Refused to give them
Why? Afraid of ridicule
What happened when he finally agreed to give the vision? He could not remember one word
What words did he hear the Holy Spirit say? “You have grieved away the Spirit of God”
What happened to him afterward? He never showed any spiritual interest again
What did those who heard him say? It was one of the most horrible and sobering scenes
What happened to the potatoes the Millerites left in the field? They did not rot
What happened to the non-believer farmers’ crops? Blight, early harvest, rotten
When did God give Ellen White her 1st vision? A few weeks after October 1844
Which vision was it? Traveling to the City of God
What did the angel tell Ellen White after she related the vision for the 1st time? Deliver the message faithfully
Who was the woman who brought the Sabbath to the SDA? Rachel Oakes
Who was the preacher in the church she attended? Frederick Wheeler
Did this happen before or after the Great Disappointment? Before
Did she become SDA? Yes
When? One year before her death
At what age did Frederick Wheeler die? 99
Which two men were instrumental in the Sabbath question, along with Frederick Wheeler? Tim Prebble
What did Prebble write? A tract on the Sabbath
Who read this tract? Joseph Bates
Bates traveled where after reading it? To these three men’s cities
What happened when Joseph Bates arrived? They studied the Bible with the three men until morning
Who was the 3rd man? Cyrus Farnsworth
What happened to Bates when he returned to his city? He crossed a bridge and met a neighbor
What did she ask him? “What’s new, Captain Bates?”
What did he answer? “The Sabbath is the news.”
Whom did J.N. Andrews and Uriah Smith marry? Two sisters
How so? They were living in the same city
Which city? Paris Hill, Maine
At what age did J.N. Andrews decide to keep the Sabbath? 15 years old
What was located in Paris Hill, Maine? The Review and Herald
Where did the Review and Herald move to? New York, then Battle Creek
To whom did God explain the cleansing of the sanctuary? Hiram Edson
When? October 23, one day after the Disappointment
What did Hiram Edson say when Joseph Bates presented the Sabbath to him? “I am with you to keep it.”
What is 15 minutes away from Hiram Edson’s farm? The Fox sisters’ house
And 20 minutes away from what? Cumorah Hill
What happened there? Joseph Smith claimed Moroni gave him tablets
On which hill? Cumorah Hill
Who brought the state-of-the-dead teaching to the SDA Church? George Storrs
Whose tract did he read? Henry Grew’s
Which doctrines did Storrs not accept? The Sabbath and the sanctuary
What was Henry White doing before he died? Helping with the 1863 chart
What sickness did he die from? Pneumonia
Which book did E. White write after Henry’s death? An Appeal to the Youth
Who was William Farnsworth? The one who went back to chewing tobacco
Who alone knew he chewed tobacco? He and his son
How did Farnsworth’s son know his dad chewed tobacco? He saw him spit it out and hide it in the snow
What did Ellen White say when visiting his church? She said he ate pork and chewed tobacco
Where was the 1st SDA press? In Rochester
Who was Annie Smith? Uriah Smith’s sister
What did she write? 10 hymns in the SDA hymnal
Where did the Pilgrims from Europe arrive? Plymouth Rock
In which city was Hiram Edson’s farm located? Port Gibson
In which city was Uriah Smith born? West Wilson, New Hampshire
What was Uriah Smith’s physical problem? He had to have an amputation at age 12
Where did Uriah Smith start working? The Review and Herald
At what age? 21 years old
How long did Uriah Smith work at the Review and Herald? 23 years
Who was Uriah Smith like? The pastor of the whole church
Why? Because there was no other news, and the Review and Herald was the news for the people
What was the Review and Herald like? The glue that kept the church together
How many books did Uriah Smith write? 18
When did the Review and Herald burn down? 1903
How did Uriah Smith die? Stroke
What is Uriah Smith’s most famous hymn? “O Brother, Be Faithful”
Where was the Great Controversy vision first published? Spiritual Gifts, Volume 1
Then enlarged into which set? Spirit of Prophecy, Volumes 1 to 4
Who started the 1st SDA school, and when? Goodloe Bell, in 1868
Which year did the SDA publishing work start? July 1849
Who started this work? James White
Who told Ellen and James to start a magazine? God, through the “streams of light” vision
Who wanted to be a preacher and failed? George King
What did they say he could do instead? Be a “fireside preacher”
What was this the birth of? Literature evangelism
In which city did Ellen White receive her first health vision? Otsego, Michigan
At what age did Harvey Kellogg become director of the Health Reform Institute? 24
Who raised up the 1st SDA church outside the USA? Michael Czechowski
Who was he? A former Catholic priest
Where was this first church? Tramelan, Switzerland
Which year? 1867
At what age did he die? 57
Why? Exhaustion
Who was an early SDA Bible worker in Europe? Jacob Erzberger
Who did he become? The 1st SDA pastor in Europe
Who was the 1st SDA missionary in Europe? J.N. Andrews
What did Erzberger write? The 1st SDA German tract, and he started a church
Who did Erzberger help in Europe? Conradi
Who was called “the ablest man in our ranks”? J.N. Andrews
When was he sent to Europe? 1874
Who did J.N. Andrews take with him to Europe? His 2 children
Where was his wife? She had died 2 years earlier
What could J.N. Andrews recite from memory? The New Testament and most of the Old Testament
Who first taught keeping the Sabbath from sunset to sunset? J.N. Andrews
At what age did he write History of the Sabbath? 29
What position did he hold at age 38? General Conference President
Why did the SDA Church receive noncombatant status in the war? Because of J.N. Andrews
What sickness did J.N. Andrews contract 3 years after arriving in Europe? Pneumonia
Which year were Ellen and James White married? August 13, 1846
Which city? Portland, Maine
At what ages? 26 and 19