Arthur Grosvenor Daniells
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A. G. Daniells
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September 28, 1858 West Union, Iowa |
| Died | March 22, 1935 (aged 76) Glendale Sanitarium, Glendale, CA |
| Occupation | President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Author, Minister/Preacher |
| Predecessor | George A. Irwin |
| Successor | William Ambrose Spicer |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Ellen (Hoyt) |
Arthur Grosvenor Daniells (September 28, 1858 – April 18, 1935) was a Seventh-day Adventist minister and administrator, most notably the longest serving president of the General Conference. He began to work for the church in Texas in 1878 with Robert M. Kilgore and also served as secretary to James and Ellen White for one year, and later worked as an evangelist. In 1886, he was called to New Zealand, and was one of the pioneers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific. Daniells had astounding success through his dynamic preaching and on October 15, 1887, he opened the first Seventh-day Adventist church in New Zealand at Ponsonby. While there he served as president of the New Zealand Conference (1889 to 1891), and of the Australia Conference (1892 to 1895). Later, he became the president of the Australasia Union Conference before becoming president of the General Conference in 1901 and served as president until 1922.
Born in Iowa, he was the son of a Union Army physician and surgeon who died in the American Civil War. At the age of 10 he was converted to the Seventh-day Adventist faith being baptized by pastor George Butler, and in 1875 entered Battle Creek College (now Andrews University), remaining only one year because of ill health. After he and his wife taught in public schools for one year, he received a call to the ministry. Feeling timid and unprepared, he hesitated, but after praying earnestly, he came under conviction. He began his ministry in 1878 with Robert M. Kilgore in Texas. He was then secretary to James and Ellen White for one year, and later an evangelist in Iowa.
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