S.M.I Henry
Mrs. S. M. I. Henry (1839-1900) became a Seventh-day Adventist in the late summer of 1896 while a patient at Battle Creek Sanitarium, where she was recovering from a heart ailment. Before her contact with Adventism she had been a nationally known figure in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and after her recovery and baptism she continued this work, combining with it a plan for what she called, "woman ministry." Stressing the themes of temperance and the role of the mother in the moral education of society, she lectured before Adventist and non-Adventist groups throughout the United States and Canada. She also contributed many articles for the various publications of the church, as well as books and pamphlets.
A Woman-Ministry (Part II)
The world has a right to expect more from us than from any other people.
My telescope
In the years since our church was founded, many sincere believers have had questions regarding the role of Ellen White as a modern-day prophet and the relationship of her writings to Scripture. Here Mrs. S. M. I. Henry, a contemporary of Mrs. White and a nationally known temperance lecturer prior to her baptism, shares her personal struggle to understand these issues. The result, she says, was a most beautiful experience something like what Galileo must have felt with his first telescope.