The Unknown Prophet (1888 Centennial Series) - Hardcover

Delbert W. Baker

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0828004013 ISBN 13: 9780828004015

Publisher: Review & Herald Pub Assn, 1987

Synopsis

Ellen G. White is recognized by Adventists as being signally used by God. Repeatedly she received visions to encourage and instruct God's people following the Great Disappointment and beyond. However, few may know that she was not the only one to receive visions - that she was the third in a series of persons to whom God gave visions during the middle 1800s. Fewer still may know that the first of the three was William Ellis Foy, a young Black man who lived in Boston in 1842. Volumes have been written about Ellen White. Very little has been written about the other two people - William Foy and Hazen Foss. Foss's history is fairly straightforward. He himself admitted that he had refused to relay the messages God had given him, and subsequently he showed no interest in religion. The history of William Foy is different. Until now Foy's background, his ministry, and even his visions have been lost in the shadows of time. What visions did he receive? Did he share them in obedience to the divine command? What were the circumstances that caused Ellen White and Foy to meet, and how did their experience compare? What became of Foy? This book will answer these and other vital questions in a clear, engaging manner. Delbert Baker has done a service to the history of Adventism by researching Foy's story and presenting it here for the first time - nearly 150 years after the fact!

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

The groundbreaking research in The Unknown Prophet did much to clear up misconceptions and set the record straight about William Foy. It told the largely unknown story of this sensitive young man of color. Furthermore, he faced incredible trials and struggles yet faithfully fulfilled his time-specific prophetic commission during the height of the Millerite movement and went on to maintain a quiet and productive ministry until his death in the late 1800s.

About this edition

• Publisher: Review & Herald Pub Assn
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0828004013
• ISBN 13: 9780828004015
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: Raymond H. Woolsey