Born on January 12, 1855, Ellet Joseph Waggoner was the sixth child of Joseph Harvey and Maryetta Hall Waggoner. His father had joined the Adventist cause in 1852. Soon thereafter he became a leading Seventh-day Adventist preacher and writer, and remained active until his death in 1889.
Ellet J. Waggoner attended Battle Creek College and later graduated as a physician from Bellevue Medical College in New York City. For some time he served on the staff of Battle Creek Sanitarium. About this time he married Jessie Fremont Moser, whom he had met at Battle Creek College. We do not have a detailed record of these early years in Waggoner's career. But we do know that he and his wife moved to California about 1880.
In October, 1882, Dr. Waggoner had a remarkable experience while attending a camp meeting at Healdsburg, California. Here is his personal account:
Many years ago, the writer sat in a tent one dismal, rainy afternoon, where a servant of the Lord was presenting the Gospel of His grace; not a word of the text or texts used, nor of what was said by the speaker, has remained with me, and I have never been conscious of having heard a word; but, in the midst of the discourse an experience came to me that was the turning point in my life. Suddenly a light shone about me, and the tent seemed illumined, as though the sun were shining; I saw Christ crucified for me, and to me was revealed for the first time in my life the fact that God loved me, and that Christ gave Himself for me personally. It was all for me. If I could describe my feelings, they would not be understood by those who have not had a similar experience, and to such no explanation is necessary.
I believed that the Bible is the word of God, penned by holy men who wrote as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, and I knew that this light that came to me was a revelation direct from heaven; therefore I knew that in the Bible I should find the message of God's love for individual sinners, and I resolved that the rest of my life should be devoted to finding it there, and making it plain to others. The light that shone upon me that day from the cross of Christ, has been my guide in all my Bible study; wherever I have turned in the Sacred Book, I have found Christ set forth as the power of God, to the salvation of individuals, and I have never found anything else. (1)
When Waggoner died in 1916, his friends found a letter which he had written to his old friend, M. C. Wilcox. In this letter he repeated the account of his remarkable experience in 1882. (2) Apparently it was a profoundly important event in Waggoner's life. It stimulated his deep interest in the subject of justification by faith, on which he wrote and preached incessantly for many years.
In 1883 Waggoner was called to assist his father in editing the Signs of the Times. He met Alonzo Trevier Jones in 1884. They became lifelong friends and shared a passion for justification by faith. In other ways the two men seemed quite different. Jones was tall, awkward, abrupt, aggressive, and a self-taught man who had served in the United States army. Waggoner was short, articulate and much more irenic in temperament.
This same year Waggoner began to manifest his talents as a writer. The Signs of the Times carried numerous articles from his pen during the five crucial years preceding the historic Minneapolis conference of 1888. It was at this conference that he presented the lectures on justification by faith which had such profound repercussions on the young church.
Elder E. J. Waggoner presented a series of sixteen studies on the book of Romans at the 1891 General Conference session held March 5-25, 1891. The presentations were given each evening, except Friday, at 7:00 pm in the Tabernacle where the Conference was being held. This particular sermon, the eight in the series, was presented on Saturday night, March 14, 1891. As printed here, it has been condensed somewhat from the way it was originally published i n the 1891 General Conference Daily Bulletin.
Born in Baraboo, Wisconsin, in 1855, Ellet J. Waggoner was the son of pioneer Adventist evangelist and editor, Elder J. H. Waggoner. Ellet attended Battle Creek College where he met hi s first wife, Jessie Moser. He also attended Bellevue Medical College in New York City where he obtained a medical degree. For a time he served on the staff of the Battle Creek Sanitarium. However, since his heart was really in evangelism, he stopped practicing medicine and we nt full-time into the ministry. In 1883 he became the assistant editor of The Signs of the Times under his father, who was editor. Three years later in 1886, he and Alonzo T. Jones became editors of the paper, a post that Waggoner held until 1891.
In 1888 Elder Waggoner gave a memorable series of sermons on righteousness by faith at the General Conference session held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For a number of years afterward s he specialized in preaching on this important topic. In 1892 E. J. Waggoner went to England where he became editor of The Present Truth. He remained there for ten years. For a brief time after returning to the United States, he was on the faculty of Emmanuel Missionary College (now Andrews University). Because of a divorce and his subsequent remarriage, he became separated from denominational employment. He spent the last few years of his life employed by the Battle Creek Sanitarium. Dr. Waggoner died in Battle Creek in 1916.
Ellet J. Waggoner attended Battle Creek College and later graduated as a physician from Bellevue Medical College in New York City. For some time he served on the staff of Battle Creek Sanitarium. About this time he married Jessie Fremont Moser, whom he had met at Battle Creek College. We do not have a detailed record of these early years in Waggoner's career. But we do know that he and his wife moved to California about 1880.
In October, 1882, Dr. Waggoner had a remarkable experience while attending a camp meeting at Healdsburg, California. Here is his personal account:
Many years ago, the writer sat in a tent one dismal, rainy afternoon, where a servant of the Lord was presenting the Gospel of His grace; not a word of the text or texts used, nor of what was said by the speaker, has remained with me, and I have never been conscious of having heard a word; but, in the midst of the discourse an experience came to me that was the turning point in my life. Suddenly a light shone about me, and the tent seemed illumined, as though the sun were shining; I saw Christ crucified for me, and to me was revealed for the first time in my life the fact that God loved me, and that Christ gave Himself for me personally. It was all for me. If I could describe my feelings, they would not be understood by those who have not had a similar experience, and to such no explanation is necessary.
I believed that the Bible is the word of God, penned by holy men who wrote as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, and I knew that this light that came to me was a revelation direct from heaven; therefore I knew that in the Bible I should find the message of God's love for individual sinners, and I resolved that the rest of my life should be devoted to finding it there, and making it plain to others. The light that shone upon me that day from the cross of Christ, has been my guide in all my Bible study; wherever I have turned in the Sacred Book, I have found Christ set forth as the power of God, to the salvation of individuals, and I have never found anything else. (1)
When Waggoner died in 1916, his friends found a letter which he had written to his old friend, M. C. Wilcox. In this letter he repeated the account of his remarkable experience in 1882. (2) Apparently it was a profoundly important event in Waggoner's life. It stimulated his deep interest in the subject of justification by faith, on which he wrote and preached incessantly for many years.
In 1883 Waggoner was called to assist his father in editing the Signs of the Times. He met Alonzo Trevier Jones in 1884. They became lifelong friends and shared a passion for justification by faith. In other ways the two men seemed quite different. Jones was tall, awkward, abrupt, aggressive, and a self-taught man who had served in the United States army. Waggoner was short, articulate and much more irenic in temperament.
This same year Waggoner began to manifest his talents as a writer. The Signs of the Times carried numerous articles from his pen during the five crucial years preceding the historic Minneapolis conference of 1888. It was at this conference that he presented the lectures on justification by faith which had such profound repercussions on the young church.
Elder E. J. Waggoner presented a series of sixteen studies on the book of Romans at the 1891 General Conference session held March 5-25, 1891. The presentations were given each evening, except Friday, at 7:00 pm in the Tabernacle where the Conference was being held. This particular sermon, the eight in the series, was presented on Saturday night, March 14, 1891. As printed here, it has been condensed somewhat from the way it was originally published i n the 1891 General Conference Daily Bulletin.
Born in Baraboo, Wisconsin, in 1855, Ellet J. Waggoner was the son of pioneer Adventist evangelist and editor, Elder J. H. Waggoner. Ellet attended Battle Creek College where he met hi s first wife, Jessie Moser. He also attended Bellevue Medical College in New York City where he obtained a medical degree. For a time he served on the staff of the Battle Creek Sanitarium. However, since his heart was really in evangelism, he stopped practicing medicine and we nt full-time into the ministry. In 1883 he became the assistant editor of The Signs of the Times under his father, who was editor. Three years later in 1886, he and Alonzo T. Jones became editors of the paper, a post that Waggoner held until 1891.
In 1888 Elder Waggoner gave a memorable series of sermons on righteousness by faith at the General Conference session held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For a number of years afterward s he specialized in preaching on this important topic. In 1892 E. J. Waggoner went to England where he became editor of The Present Truth. He remained there for ten years. For a brief time after returning to the United States, he was on the faculty of Emmanuel Missionary College (now Andrews University). Because of a divorce and his subsequent remarriage, he became separated from denominational employment. He spent the last few years of his life employed by the Battle Creek Sanitarium. Dr. Waggoner died in Battle Creek in 1916.
Born on January 12, 1855, Ellet Joseph Waggoner was the sixth child of Joseph Harvey and Maryetta Hall Waggoner. His father had joined the Adventist cause in 1852. Soon thereafter he became a leading Seventh-day Adventist preacher and writer, and remained active until his death in 1889.
Ellet J. Waggoner attended Battle Creek College and later graduated as a physician from Bellevue Medical College in New York City. For some time he served on the staff of Battle Creek Sanitarium. About this time he married Jessie Fremont Moser, whom he had met at Battle Creek College. We do not have a detailed record of these early years in Waggoner's career. But we do know that he and his wife moved to California about 1880.
In October, 1882, Dr. Waggoner had a remarkable experience while attending a camp meeting at Healdsburg, California. Here is his personal account:
Many years ago, the writer sat in a tent one dismal, rainy afternoon, where a servant of the Lord was presenting the Gospel of His grace; not a word of the text or texts used, nor of what was said by the speaker, has remained with me, and I have never been conscious of having heard a word; but, in the midst of the discourse an experience came to me that was the turning point in my life. Suddenly a light shone about me, and the tent seemed illumined, as though the sun were shining; I saw Christ crucified for me, and to me was revealed for the first time in my life the fact that God loved me, and that Christ gave Himself for me personally. It was all for me. If I could describe my feelings, they would not be understood by those who have not had a similar experience, and to such no explanation is necessary.
I believed that the Bible is the word of God, penned by holy men who wrote as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, and I knew that this light that came to me was a revelation direct from heaven; therefore I knew that in the Bible I should find the message of God's love for individual sinners, and I resolved that the rest of my life should be devoted to finding it there, and making it plain to others. The light that shone upon me that day from the cross of Christ, has been my guide in all my Bible study; wherever I have turned in the Sacred Book, I have found Christ set forth as the power of God, to the salvation of individuals, and I have never found anything else. (1)
When Waggoner died in 1916, his friends found a letter which he had written to his old friend, M. C. Wilcox. In this letter he repeated the account of his remarkable experience in 1882. (2) Apparently it was a profoundly important event in Waggoner's life. It stimulated his deep interest in the subject of justification by faith, on which he wrote and preached incessantly for many years.
In 1883 Waggoner was called to assist his father in editing the Signs of the Times. He met Alonzo Trevier Jones in 1884. They became lifelong friends and shared a passion for justification by faith. In other ways the two men seemed quite different. Jones was tall, awkward, abrupt, aggressive, and a self-taught man who had served in the United States army. Waggoner was short, articulate and much more irenic in temperament.
This same year Waggoner began to manifest his talents as a writer. The Signs of the Times carried numerous articles from his pen during the five crucial years preceding the historic Minneapolis conference of 1888. It was at this conference that he presented the lectures on justification by faith which had such profound repercussions on the young church.
Elder E. J. Waggoner presented a series of sixteen studies on the book of Romans at the 1891 General Conference session held March 5-25, 1891. The presentations were given each evening, except Friday, at 7:00 pm in the Tabernacle where the Conference was being held. This particular sermon, the eight in the series, was presented on Saturday night, March 14, 1891. As printed here, it has been condensed somewhat from the way it was originally published i n the 1891 General Conference Daily Bulletin.
Born in Baraboo, Wisconsin, in 1855, Ellet J. Waggoner was the son of pioneer Adventist evangelist and editor, Elder J. H. Waggoner. Ellet attended Battle Creek College where he met hi s first wife, Jessie Moser. He also attended Bellevue Medical College in New York City where he obtained a medical degree. For a time he served on the staff of the Battle Creek Sanitarium. However, since his heart was really in evangelism, he stopped practicing medicine and we nt full-time into the ministry. In 1883 he became the assistant editor of The Signs of the Times under his father, who was editor. Three years later in 1886, he and Alonzo T. Jones became editors of the paper, a post that Waggoner held until 1891.
In 1888 Elder Waggoner gave a memorable series of sermons on righteousness by faith at the General Conference session held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For a number of years afterward s he specialized in preaching on this important topic. In 1892 E. J. Waggoner went to England where he became editor of The Present Truth. He remained there for ten years. For a brief time after returning to the United States, he was on the faculty of Emmanuel Missionary College (now Andrews University). Because of a divorce and his subsequent remarriage, he became separated from denominational employment. He spent the last few years of his life employed by the Battle Creek Sanitarium. Dr. Waggoner died in Battle Creek in 1916.
Ellet J. Waggoner attended Battle Creek College and later graduated as a physician from Bellevue Medical College in New York City. For some time he served on the staff of Battle Creek Sanitarium. About this time he married Jessie Fremont Moser, whom he had met at Battle Creek College. We do not have a detailed record of these early years in Waggoner's career. But we do know that he and his wife moved to California about 1880.
In October, 1882, Dr. Waggoner had a remarkable experience while attending a camp meeting at Healdsburg, California. Here is his personal account:
Many years ago, the writer sat in a tent one dismal, rainy afternoon, where a servant of the Lord was presenting the Gospel of His grace; not a word of the text or texts used, nor of what was said by the speaker, has remained with me, and I have never been conscious of having heard a word; but, in the midst of the discourse an experience came to me that was the turning point in my life. Suddenly a light shone about me, and the tent seemed illumined, as though the sun were shining; I saw Christ crucified for me, and to me was revealed for the first time in my life the fact that God loved me, and that Christ gave Himself for me personally. It was all for me. If I could describe my feelings, they would not be understood by those who have not had a similar experience, and to such no explanation is necessary.
I believed that the Bible is the word of God, penned by holy men who wrote as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, and I knew that this light that came to me was a revelation direct from heaven; therefore I knew that in the Bible I should find the message of God's love for individual sinners, and I resolved that the rest of my life should be devoted to finding it there, and making it plain to others. The light that shone upon me that day from the cross of Christ, has been my guide in all my Bible study; wherever I have turned in the Sacred Book, I have found Christ set forth as the power of God, to the salvation of individuals, and I have never found anything else. (1)
When Waggoner died in 1916, his friends found a letter which he had written to his old friend, M. C. Wilcox. In this letter he repeated the account of his remarkable experience in 1882. (2) Apparently it was a profoundly important event in Waggoner's life. It stimulated his deep interest in the subject of justification by faith, on which he wrote and preached incessantly for many years.
In 1883 Waggoner was called to assist his father in editing the Signs of the Times. He met Alonzo Trevier Jones in 1884. They became lifelong friends and shared a passion for justification by faith. In other ways the two men seemed quite different. Jones was tall, awkward, abrupt, aggressive, and a self-taught man who had served in the United States army. Waggoner was short, articulate and much more irenic in temperament.
This same year Waggoner began to manifest his talents as a writer. The Signs of the Times carried numerous articles from his pen during the five crucial years preceding the historic Minneapolis conference of 1888. It was at this conference that he presented the lectures on justification by faith which had such profound repercussions on the young church.
Elder E. J. Waggoner presented a series of sixteen studies on the book of Romans at the 1891 General Conference session held March 5-25, 1891. The presentations were given each evening, except Friday, at 7:00 pm in the Tabernacle where the Conference was being held. This particular sermon, the eight in the series, was presented on Saturday night, March 14, 1891. As printed here, it has been condensed somewhat from the way it was originally published i n the 1891 General Conference Daily Bulletin.
Born in Baraboo, Wisconsin, in 1855, Ellet J. Waggoner was the son of pioneer Adventist evangelist and editor, Elder J. H. Waggoner. Ellet attended Battle Creek College where he met hi s first wife, Jessie Moser. He also attended Bellevue Medical College in New York City where he obtained a medical degree. For a time he served on the staff of the Battle Creek Sanitarium. However, since his heart was really in evangelism, he stopped practicing medicine and we nt full-time into the ministry. In 1883 he became the assistant editor of The Signs of the Times under his father, who was editor. Three years later in 1886, he and Alonzo T. Jones became editors of the paper, a post that Waggoner held until 1891.
In 1888 Elder Waggoner gave a memorable series of sermons on righteousness by faith at the General Conference session held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For a number of years afterward s he specialized in preaching on this important topic. In 1892 E. J. Waggoner went to England where he became editor of The Present Truth. He remained there for ten years. For a brief time after returning to the United States, he was on the faculty of Emmanuel Missionary College (now Andrews University). Because of a divorce and his subsequent remarriage, he became separated from denominational employment. He spent the last few years of his life employed by the Battle Creek Sanitarium. Dr. Waggoner died in Battle Creek in 1916.
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