LOMA LINDA TRAIN STATION VISION
by Elmer M. Johnson
Brother Will Ross, now deceased, was a personal friend of mine
for about 45 years. In our church fellowship we very often spent
Sabbath afternoons discussing his experience in the message, and his
conversations with Mrs. Ellen G. White./
About 1908, while living in Loma Linda near Sister White, he
frequently accompanied her in her walks, and would discuss the message
and future events. On one of these occasions, while waiting at the
railroad depot, in company with Sister Mcinterfer and Elder D. E.
Robinson, her granddaughter's husband, Sister White related to the
three of them about the storm of persecution that was to come upon
Seventh-day Adventists. Brother Will related it to me as follows:/
"Sister White told us as we three stood there on the depot
platform, that a terrible storm of persecution was coming like a
windstorm that blew down every standing object. There was not a
Seventh-day Adventist to be seen. They, like the disciples, forsook
Christ and fled. All who had sought positions were never seen again.
"After the storm there was a calm, then the Adventists arose like
a great flock of sheep, but there were no shepherds. They all waited in
earnest prayer for help and wisdom, and the Lord answered by helping
them to choose leaders from among them who had never sought positions
before. They prayed earnestly for the Holy Spirit which was poured out
upon them making them fully ready for service. They then went forth
'fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with
banners,' to give this message to the world.
"I was astonished, and asked if that applied to Loma Linda, as we
were looking in that direction. Sister White replied to my question by
stating that it applied to the entire denominational world. It so
stunned me that I did not ask any more questions."
/--- Will Ross, Boulder, Colorado/
/In the year 1943 when Elder D. E. Robinson was visiting the
churches in Colorado, I was serving on the platform the Sabbath that
Elder Robinson visited the Boulder Church, having with him the large
Bible which Sister White held in her hand and leafing through during
one of her visions./
/At the close of the service Brother Ross spoke with Elder
Robinson about when he, Sister Mcinterfer and Sister White were
standing on the depot platform visiting together, and Sister White
related to him about the terrible storm of persecution that was coming
to Seventh-day Adventists. Elder Robinson replied, "Yes, Brother, Ross,
I remember it."/
/So I documented this reply January 15, 1946, not wishing to
forget this important narration related to me by Brother Ross. I
frequently discussed it with him in later years, and his statement
never varied. - [signed] Elmer M. Johnson/