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Lesson 40Lesson 40““The Midnight Cry”The Midnight Cry”

Lesson 40Lesson 40““The Midnight Cry”The Midnight Cry”

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Two hundred years ago in America, most people kept warm with a fire.

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If your home had several rooms, often there was a fireplace in each

main room.

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In America at this time, people also cooked over a wood-burning fire.

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And many areas of the world still use wood stoves.

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When canopy beds were used, it was mainly to help one stay warmer during

the night.

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By 1914 things were changing. Radiator heat was beginning to be used among the wealthy, and electricity became

available within some cities.

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Everybody loved radiator heat!

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But something still had to heat the water in the radiators. Sometimes it

was coal.

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But at the Pittock Mansion in Portland, Oregon, it was wood!

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To stay warm in the winter and to be able to cook food, you had to plan

ahead.

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In 1843 and 1844, many people were preparing for the second coming of

Jesus--they devoted time and energy to their own personal preparation and to

telling others about it.

They believed they understood Daniel 8:14 correctly and, therefore, had no

reason to harvest their potato crops or do other things normally done at that

time of the year.

They were greatly disappointed, and most people stopped believing in the

soon return of Jesus.

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Joshua Himes, for example, walked away from the Advent believers and

became an Episcopal minister.

William Miller could not understand that the sanctuary to be cleansed

was actually the heavenly sanctuary.

But a few people remained loyal to a soon-appearing Saviour, and from

them grew the Seventh-day Adventist Church.