The W. W. Prescott Armadale Sermons - Fred Bischoff

he reported to W. C. White afterward.10 He was sure the change would be of
much benefit to the church. Six years later the mutual respect and friendship
would bear fruit. After Daniells’ election to the leadership of the General
Conference, he would insist that Prescott be appointed to serve as his
lieutenant.
B. From The Return of the Latter Rain
A historical look at the loud cry and latter rain; unpublished manuscript
by Ron Duffield, pp. 161, 162, 166, 167 (used by permission).
Armadale Campmeeting
Not long after arriving in Australia, Prescott took part in a three-week
campmeeting in Armadale. This campmeeting ran from October 17 through
November 11, 1895. Here Prescott took the heaviest responsibility in
preaching, speaking over 31 times during the campmeeting. He presented all
of his topics "as it is in Christ," including sermons on the Sabbath, the human
and divine nature of Christ, and righteousness by faith. He also shared some
of the same thoughts on Romans 5 that he had shared at the 1895 Ministerial
Institute. EGW [Ellen G. White] and her secretary, Maggie Hare, were
present at the campmeeting and heard Prescott speak. Maggie Hare took
Prescott’s sermons down in shorthand so they could be printed as pamphlets
for the Australian Tract Society to be used in canvassing. Seven of these
sermons can be found in The Bible Echo; two of which have also been found
in pamphlet form. The rest of Prescott’s 31 sermons printed in pamphlet
form have not yet been located and/or released from the General Conference
Archives.
The significance of Prescott’s campmeeting sermons is seen when read
in the light of EGW’s response to them. Several of her letters written about
this campmeeting have never been released from the White Estate. You will
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