Encyclopedia Of Seventh-Day Adventists

Lucy Andrus taught in church schools in Minnesota and Washington State for a decade before giving 16 years of active mission service in China as a teacher and Bible worker.

Australian cinema experienced a war of two halves during 1914-1918. The start was dominated by war dramas funded through private enterprise, telling sensational stories largely derived from British military traditions, and creating valuable free propaganda for the government. When their popularity died suddenly in early 1916, government-sponsored war documentaries took over, serving as both info-propaganda and fundraisers for the war effort. Post-war, cinema was a key propagator of the evolving Anzac legend, with its distinctively Australian identity. Its growing potency as the central national myth was most effectively articulated through cinema in the 1980s.

The author discusses the life of David Steed, his contribution to the Seventh-day Adventist church as an Adventist pastor in Australia, and his communication with Ellen White via five letters.

The author discusses the Echo Publishing Company which was the first denominational publishing house in Australia.

The author discusses the life of Lauretta and Daniel Kress and their contribution to the Seventh-day Adventist church as pioneer missionary physicians and health educators.

The author discusses the life of Lemuel Rousseau and his wife Emma and their association with Ellen White as they establish the first Seventh-day Adventist training school in Australia, later known as Avondale College.

The author discusses the life of Stephen McCullagh, who was a pioneer Australian Adventist evangelist who worked closely with Ellen White to purchase the Brettville Estate, upon which Avondale College was later established.

The author discusses the life of Julia and John Corliss who became Seventh-Day Adventists in 1868 as a result of living with Ellen and James White and studying the Bible with Joseph Bates.

The author discusses the life of Lizzie and Mendel Israel and their contribution to the Seventh-day Adventist church by spreading the Adventist message.

The author discusses the life of Nathaniel Faulkhead, who was Treasurer of the Echo Publishing House in Australia and a high ranking member of the Masonic Lodge.