The Later Elmshaven Years: 1905-1915 (vol. 6) - Ellen G. White

Chautauqua auditorium. (H. M. J. Richards, in Ibid., October 21, 1909).
During the Sabbath-morning service there was a downpour of rain, about two
inches. The auditorium had a metal roof, and the rain created a steady roar,
which made it difficult for the audience to hear Ellen White's sermon. The
people left the back seats and crowded to the front, many of them standing
close to the platform. Radio Evangelist H. M. S. Richards, who was there as
a teen-ager, gave his testimony that Ellen White's voice rang out above the
storm.
After reading from the seventeenth chapter of John, and some from the
first and second chapters of Acts, she said:
My brethren and sisters, we are not half awake. We do not half
appreciate the precious time that is passing into eternity. We do not realize
the value of the souls for whom Christ gave His precious life. We need to put
on the robe of Christ's righteousness and work in harmony with Him, in
harmony with His ministers, in harmony with all who truly believe the truth
for this time.--Ibid., January 13, 1910.
Before closing her sermon she declared, "Instruction was given me in
the night season that I must bear a decided message to this people. You
greatly need to experience a deeper heart work." And she admonished the
need for earnest prayer, the acceptance of God's promises, and "to learn how
to present the truths of the Word" to those around them "in all their binding
force and in all their encouragement."
Sunday morning she spoke again. The conference president, H. M. J.
Richards, father of the well-known Voice of Prophecy speaker, reported in
the Review and Herald:
At the close of a most clear and inspiring sermon she kneeled down and
prayed with the people, offering one of the most earnest prayers that we ever
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