A. G. Daniells

For the Rugby League player, see Arthur Daniels.
A. G. Daniells
A. G. Daniells
10th President of the General Conference of Seventh day Adventists
In office
1901–1922
Preceded byGeorge A. Irwin
Succeeded byWilliam Ambrose Spicer
Personal details
Born(1858-09-28)September 28, 1858
West Union, Iowa
DiedMarch 22, 1935(1935-03-22) (aged 76)
Glendale Sanitarium, Glendale, CA
Spouse
Mary Ellen (Hoyt)
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(m. 1876)​
OccupationAuthor, minister, missionary and church leader
Known forPresident of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
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Arthur Grosvenor Daniells (September 28, 1858 – April 18, 1935)[1] was a Seventh-day Adventist minister and administrator, most notably the longest serving president of the General Conference.[2] 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.[1] In 1886, he was called to New Zealand,[3] 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.[4][5] 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.[6]

  1. ^ a b Magan, Percy T. (April 18, 1935). "Life Sketch of Arthur Grosvenor Daniells" (PDF). Review and Herald. 112 (16). Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association: 2. Retrieved June 7, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Officers of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists" (PDF). 147th Annual Statistical Report, 2009. Silver Spring, Maryland: General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists: 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2011. Daniells was President for 21 years. The next longest serving was for 14 years. The average length served was 9 years.
  3. ^ Daniells, A. G. (October 5, 1886). "Notice to the Iowa Tract Society" (PDF). Review and Herald. 63 (39). Battle Creek, Michigan: Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association: 16. Retrieved June 8, 2011.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Seventh-day Adventist Church South Pacific | New Zealand Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ See In and Out of the World: Seventh-day Adventists in New Zealand, ed. Harry Ballis, 1985
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2010-09-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)