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Uriah Smith
1832–1903
A key early voice in Seventh-day Adventism, he helped shape the movement through decades of editing, preaching, and prolific religious writing. He is especially remembered for his long connection with the Review and Herald and for books on biblical prophecy that reached a wide readership.
3 Audiobooks
Modern Spiritualism
by Uriah Smith
The state of the dead and the destiny of the wicked
by Uriah Smith
About the author
Born in West Wilton, New Hampshire, in 1832, Uriah Smith grew up in a family touched by the Millerite movement that fed into early Adventism. He later became one of the best-known writers and editors in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, serving for many years with the Review and Herald and gaining a reputation as an influential interpreter of prophecy.
Smith was more than an editor. He was also a minister, teacher, poet, and inventor, remembered in Adventist history for his broad range of interests and abilities. Accounts of his life note that he lost a leg as a young person and later designed an artificial limb, a detail that adds to the picture of someone both practical and resilient.
He died in Battle Creek, Michigan, in 1903. More than a century later, he remains a notable figure in the story of American Adventism because of the lasting reach of his publishing work and the role he played in shaping the denomination's early identity.