Ellet J. Waggoner

Ellet Joseph "E.J." Waggoner (January 12, 1855 – May 28, 1916) was a Seventh-day Adventist particularly known for his impact on the theology of the church, along with friend and associate Alonzo T. Jones at the 1888 Minneapolis General Conference Session. At the meeting of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Ellet J. Waggoner along with Alonzo T. Jones presented a message on justification supported by Ellen G. White, but resisted by church leaders such as G. I. Butler and others. He supported theological issues such as the meaning of "righteousness by faith", the nature of the Godhead, the relationship between law and grace, and Justification and its relationship to Sanctification.

Biography

Waggoner was born in Baraboo, Wisconsin on January 12, 1855, to Joseph Harvey and Maryetta Hall Waggoner. He was the sixth of ten children.

His father had joined an Advent group in 1852, which would later become the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Soon thereafter he became a preacher and writer, and remained active until his death in 1889. He was on the committee that adopted the official name – Seventh-day Adventist – that is still in use today.

Ellet Waggoner attended Battle Creek College in 1874 (now Andrews University).

In 1892 Waggoner went to England where he became the editor of The Present Truth magazine. He remained there for ten years, working with W. W. Prescott in the training school in England, and continuing in his writing and studies on Christ and His righteousness.

Upon his return to the United States, he joined the faculty of Emmanuel Missionary College (now Andrews University). Because of a divorce and his subsequent remarriage, he separated from denominational employment. He spent the last years of his life employed by the Battle Creek Sanitarium.

Waggoner experienced a stroke in his sleep and died at home in Battle Creek on Friday, May 28, 1916.

Publications Some of his better known writings include The Glad Tidings (1900 Original) The Everlasting Covenant (1896) The Gospel in Creation (1895) The Gospel in Galatians (1887) Waggoner on Romans (1896) Sermons on Romans (1891) Christ and His Righteousness (1889) The Fathers of the Catholic Church The American Sentinel (1886, listed as editor from 1887-06 until 1890-05-08) Also: Prophetic Lights (DjVu format) The Return of Christ (88 P.); A Witness to All Nations (53 P.); The Law and the Gospel (357 P.); The Great Falling Away (734 P.); Spiritualism (1888; 109 P.); Healing and Temperance (681 P.).