Nehemiah

The life and work of nehemiah shows us the responsibility of church leadership in context of a revival and reformation among god's people. this collection of articles by ellen white dealing with the work of nehemiah provides leaders and people among the remnant church with study material to help prepare them for the outpouring of the latter rain. ellen gould (harmon)white, co-founder of the seventh-day adventist church, writer, lecturer, and counselor, and one upon whom seventh-day adventists believe the gift of prophecy was bestowed, was born in gorham, maine, november 26, 1827, one of eight children of robert and eunice harmon.during her seventy years of active service to the church, she found time to write voluminously. she is credited with having written 100,000 manuscript pages. this remarkable legacy to the church could alone have occupied ellen white's entire life, had she dedicated her time to little else but writing. however, her service for the church embraces much more than writing. her diaries tell of her public work, her travels, her personal labor, hostessing, contacts with neighbors, as well as of her being a mother and housewife. god blessed her abundantly in these activities. her ambitions and concerns, her satisfactions and joys, her sorrows</br>her whole life</br>were for the advancement of the cause she loved. ellen g white is reputed to be the most translated woman author and the most translated author in american history. after a full life dedicated to the service of god and others, she died on july 16, 1915, confidently trusting in him whom she believed.