Babi na 20 — Sadaukarwa a Farkon Aiki

GSAM 311.1"'KU TATTARA mini shafaffuna, waɗanda suka yi alkawari da ni ta wurin hadaya.' Sammai kuwa sun yi shelar adalcinsa gama Allah kansa alƙali ne."¹

GSAM 311.2A cikin mujallar Review and Herald, 3 ga Yuni, 1902, mun karanta:

GSAM 311.2"Waɗanda suka shiga aikin a yanzu ba su san da yawa game da ƙin kai da sadaukarwar kai na waɗanda Ubangiji ya ɗora musu nauyin aikinsa tun farko ba. Ya kamata a faɗa musu abubuwan da suka faru a baya sau da yawa; domin za su ci gaba da aikin da irin wannan tawali’u da sadaukarwar kai da ya bambanta masu aikin gaskiya a baya."

GSAM 311.3Haka kuma, a cikin Testimonies for the Church, Juz’i na 7, an sami waɗannan kalmomi:

GSAM 311.3"Muna kusantar ƙarshen tarihin wannan duniya, kuma za a ci gaba da aiwatar da fannoni daban-daban na aikin Allah da ƙarin sadaukarwa fiye da yadda aka riga aka nuna."²

GSAM 311.4An riga an ambaci yanayin da aka motsa Fasto Bates a shekarar 1846 domin ya rubuta kuma ya wallafa littafinsa na farko kan batun Asabar. Haka kuma an ambaci mawuyacin halin da Fasto James White ya shiga a shekarar 1849 lokacin da ya fara wallafa mujallar da ake kira The Present Truth.

GSAM 311Wani Taƙaitaccen Littafi kan Buɗaɗɗun Sama

GSAM 311.5Bayan wahayi da aka ba Misis White a Topsham, Maine, a kaka ta 1846, lokacin da aka nuna mata wasu daga cikin duniyoyi, Fasto Bates ya shirya rubutun hannu na wani ɗan littafi mai taken The Opening Heavens. Amma an yi matuƙar bukatar isassun kuɗi don wallafa shi. Don cika wannan bukata, wata ’yar uwa da ke zaune a Massachusetts, wadda kwanan nan ta gama shimfiɗa sabon tabarma da aka yi da tufafi, ta cire ta ta sayar da ita, ta miƙa kuɗin ga Fasto Bates, wanda hakan ya ba shi damar wallafa littafinsa na biyu.

GSAM 312Wani Takardar Bayani kan Aikin Hatimi

GSAM 312.1Bayan wahayin aikin hatimi da aka yi a Dorchester, Massachusetts, a ranar 18 ga Nuwamba, 1848, Fasto Bates ya rubuta takardar wayar da kai ta uku mai taken, A Seal of the Living God. A nan ma, ya sake fuskantar matsalar rashin kuɗi don buga littafi. Wata matashiyar matar mamaci, bayan ta ji labarin wannan hali, ta sayar da ƙaramin gidan da take da shi a karkara, ta kuma ba Fasto Bates rabin kuɗin da ta samu daga sayar da shi. Haka ne ya sake samun damar biyan kuɗin buga littafi.

GSAM 312Bukatun Aikin Buga Littafi

GSAM 312.2A shekarar 1851-52 an buga mujallar Advent Review and Sabbath Herald a Saratoga Springs, N.Y. A nan Mista Thompson ya ba Fasto White da matarsa ɗaki kyauta; kuma da kayan ɗaki na aro suka sake samun damar kafa gidan zama.

GSAM 312.3A wannan lokacin, masu bangaskiya a cikin gaskiyar yanzu suna ƙaruwa, kuma tare da wannan ƙaruwa sai bukatar ayyukan mutum na Fasto da Misis White ta taso. Wannan, tare da aikin gyaran rubutu, ya haifar da bukatar taimako a ofis. A daidai wannan lokacin wasu ma sun ji sha’awar taimakawa a aikin rubuce-rubuce. A matsayin misali na yadda Ubangiji ke aiki bisa amincewar mutanensa, yana kuma tayar da ma’aikata a lokacin bukata, muna gabatar da labarin abin da ya faru da wata ’yar uwa mai sadaukarwa, Misis Rebecca Smith, daga West Wilton, N.H.:—

GSAM 312.4Bayan lokacin ya wuce, ɗanta Uriah da ’yarta Annie R. sun yi matuƙar sha’awar zuwa makaranta, domin su sami kwarewa wajen koyarwa. Uwar ta ji tsoron cewa ’ya’yanta na karkata zuwa ga duniya, kuma a gaskiya, tsoronta ba marar tushe ba ne. Soyayyar uwa ta samu mayar da martani daga ’ya’yanta.

GSAM 313Uriah Smith a Akademiyar Phillips

GSAM 313.1Daga 1848 zuwa 1851 ɗan ya halarci Akademiyar Phillips a Exeter, N.H., inda ake ɗaukar ɗalibai ta shekara ta farko ta karatun jami’a, domin su kasance shekara guda a gaba lokacin da suka shiga jami’a. Wannan kwas ɗin ya kammala. A shekarar 1851 ya yi aiki tuƙuru don samun kuɗi da zai biya makarantar jami’a, amma saboda mai aikinsa ya yi bankirut, ya rasa kuɗinsa, kuma sakamakon haka an watsar da shirin da aka daɗe ana so na karatun jami’a.

GSAM 313Miss Smith a Cibiyar Koyar da Mata

GSAM 313.2Yayin da Uriah yake a makarantar, ’yar uwarsa tana halartar makarantar ’yan mata a Charlestown, Mass. Kwas ɗinta a can kusan ya kammala, kuma tunda ba da jimawa ba za ta bar makaranta, an ba ita da ɗan uwanta tayin koyarwa a wata makaranta a Mt. Vernon, N.H., na tsawon shekaru uku, a kan dala 1,000 a shekara, tare da abinci da masauki.

GSAM 313.3A kusan wannan lokaci mahaifiyarsu ta rungumi "gaskiya ta yanzu." Addu’o’inta yanzu sun fi ƙarfi da ƙwazo fiye da da, idan zai yiwu, domin ’ya’yanta. Fasto Bates ya ziyarci West Wilton, kuma a gabansa Misis Smith ta gabatar da halin da ’ya’yanta suke ciki, kuma an yi addu’a kan juyin halayensu. Fasto Bates yana sa ran cikin ’yan kwanaki zai gudanar da tarurruka a Somerville, Mass., a gidan Paul Folsom, kuma Misis Smith za ta rubuta wa ’yarta wasiƙa, tana gayyatar ta da halartar taron. A halin yanzu, Fasto Bates da mahaifiyar suna addu’a cewa Allah ya motsa zuciyarta ta tafi taron.

GSAM 313Mafarkai Biyu Sun Cika

GSAM 313.4Fasto Bates bai taɓa shiga ɗakin da za a gudanar da taron ba, don haka bai san komai game da yadda yake ba. A daren da ya gabata kafin taron, ya yi mafarki yana cikin ɗakin, kuma kowace kujera ta cika sai ɗaya da ke gefen ƙofa. Ya kuma yi mafarki cewa ya canza batun da ya yi niyyar yi wa magana, ya yi magana ne kan batun wuri mai-tsarki; cewa sun raira waƙar bauta ta farko, sun yi addu’a, sun raira waƙar bauta ta biyu, kuma da ya buɗe Littafi Mai Tsarki ne kawai yana karantawa, "zai ɗauki safiya da yamma 2,300; sa’an nan za a sāke tsarkake wuri mai tsarki," yana nuna siffar wuri mai-tsarki a kan jadawalin, sai ƙofar ta buɗe, wata budurwa ta shigo ta zauna a kujera marar kowa. Ya kuma yi mafarki cewa mutumin ita ce Annie R. Smith, kuma nan take ta fara sha’awa, ta rungumi gaskiya.

GSAM 314.1Taron Fasto Bates ya kasance a ranar Asabar, kuma tunda babu makaranta a ranar, Annie ta ce, "Don kawai in faranta wa mahaifiyata rai, zan je." A daren da ya gabata kafin wannan Asabar ta yi mafarki cewa ta tafi, amma ta makara; cewa da ta isa ƙofar, an riga an raira waƙar bauta ta farko, an yi addu’a, kuma suna kammala waƙar bauta ta biyu; cewa da ta shiga, ta lura cewa kowace kujera cike take sai ɗaya wadda ke kusa da ƙofa; cewa wani mai tsawo, mai daraja, mai daɗin magana yana nuna wani jadawali irin wanda ba ta taɓa gani ba, kuma yana maimaita, "zai ɗauki safiya da yamma 2,300; sa’an nan za a sāke tsarkake wuri mai tsarki." Ta yi mafarki cewa abin da ya faɗa ya ja hankalinta ƙwarai, kuma gaskiya ce.

GSAM 314.2Ta tashi zuwa taron da wuri sosai, amma ta ɓace hanya, don haka ba ta isa ba sai a ƙarshen rera waƙar bauta ta biyu. Da ta shiga, komai ya kasance daidai kamar yadda ta gani a mafarki, kuma mutumin daidai na mafarkinta yana maimaita, daidai haka, rubutun daga Daniyel 8:14. Nan da nan hakan ya tabbatar mata a zuciyarta.

GSAM 314.3Fasto Bates bai yi tunanin mafarkinsa ba har sai da ta shiga ƙofa ta zauna. Ya shirya yin magana kan wani batu daban, amma tunaninsa ya tsaya kan batun wuri mai-tsarki. Yayin da yake maimaita ayar, mafarkinsa ya zo masa a rai, sai ya yi addu’a a cikin zuciyarsa don samun taimako ya yi magana da zukatan masu sauraro. Ya sami ’yanci sosai wajen bayyana wucewar lokacin, abin da Annie ta saba da shi. Sa’an nan ya gabatar da gaskiyar saƙon mala’ika na uku da kuma Asabar.

GSAM 315Annie Smith Ta Amince da Gaskiya

GSAM 315.1Da ya rufe taron, ya ƙarasa ga Annie, ya ce, "Na yi imani ke ce ’yar ’Yar’uwa Smith daga West Wilton. Ban taɓa ganinki ba a da, amma fuskarki ta yi min saba. Na yi mafarki na ganinki daren jiya." Sai Annie ta ba da labarin mafarkinta. Ta bar taron da zuciyarta da muradunta suka canza gaba ɗaya, domin a nan take ta amince da gaskiyar Asabar.

GSAM 315.2Ta koma seminari, ta tattara akwatin kayanta, ta koma gida. Da ta ji labarin damuwar Fasto White game da wallafa littattafai da kuma aikin wa’azinsa, sai ta ji cewa Allah ya kira ta ta tafi ta taimaka masa a aikin ofis. A watan Agusta, 1851, lokacin da aka mayar da ofishin mujallar daga Paris zuwa Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Miss Smith ta tafi can a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ma’aikatan.

GSAM 315Sadaukarwa da Keɓancewa

GSAM 315.3A cikin mujallar Review, Juz’i na 2, No. 7, akwai wasu layuka daga rubutunta da ke bayyana yadda ta ji bayan ta daina tsofaffin shirye-shirye nata don aikin ta mai tawali’u, ba tare da girman kai ba. Ta ce:

GSAM 315.3"Ina fatan na yi watsi da komai don in bi Ɗan Rago duk inda ya nufa. Duniya ta rasa dukkan jan hankalinta. Fata na, farin ciki na, ƙaunata, yanzu duk sun ta’allaka ne ga abubuwan sama da na ubangiji. Ba na bukatar wani wuri dabam face in zauna a ƙafafun Yesu, in koyi daga gare shi—ba wani aiki dabam face in yi hidima ga Uba na sama—ba wani jin daɗi dabam face salamar Allah, wadda ta wuce dukan fahimta."

GSAM 315.4Taimakon ’Yar’uwa Annie a ofis a matsayin mai duba kuskure da sauransu ya zo daidai lokacin da ake bukata. Tsawon shekaru uku ta yi aiki da amana da inganci, tana karɓar abinci da tufafi kawai. A ƙarshen wannan lokaci, cutar tarin fuka ta riga ta zaɓe ta a matsayin wanda za ta halaka. A lokacin barazanar wannan cuta mai ɗaukar lokaci kuma mai kisa, ta rubuta wasu kyawawan waƙoƙi, mafi daɗi daga cikinsu ita ce "Gida Anan da Gida a Aljanna," gabatarwar waƙar, wadda aka rubuta ranar da ta gabata kafin mutuwarta, 26 ga Yuli, 1855, ta bayyana kyawawan halayen sauƙi da tawali’u da suka yi fice a halayenta, har ba za mu iya hana mu bayar da ita gaba ɗaya ba:

GSAM 316Kula da Gida a Cikin Wahalhalu

GSAM 316.3A watan Afrilu, 1852, Fasto White ya koma daga Saratoga Springs zuwa Rochester, N.Y. A wannan birni, a 124 Mt. Hope Avenue, ne suka fara kafa gidan su da kayan da suka siya maimakon na aro. Amma irin wannan damuwa suka yi na ganin aikin wallafa ya yi nasara, domin a buga jaridar akai-akai, ta yadda gaskiya ta bazu, har suka hana kansu yawancin jin daɗin rayuwa na yau da kullum.

GSAM 316.4Hanyar da suka fara gudanar da gida a wannan lokaci, za ku iya karanta shi a cikin wasiƙar sirri da Misis White ta rubuta wa iyalin S. Howland, a ranar 16 ga Afrilu, 1852:—

GSAM 316.5"Muna nan muna fara daidaitawa a Rochester. Mun haya tsohuwar gida a kan dala 175 a shekara. Muna da injin buga a cikin gidan. Da ba don wannan ba, da sai mun biya dala 50 a shekara don ɗakin ofis. Za ku yi murmushi idan za ku iya leƙo mu ku ga kayan mu na gida. Mun sayi gadon katifa tsoho guda biyu a kan senti ashirin da biyar kowanne. Mijina ya kawo mini tsofaffin kujeru guda shida, babu biyu da suka yi kama, waɗanda ya biya dalar Amurka ɗaya, sannan ba da jimawa ba ya kawo mini wasu guda huɗu na tsofaffin kujeru marasa zannuwan zama, waɗanda ya biya senti sittin da biyu ga duka. Tsarin su ya yi ƙarfi, kuma na yi musu zannuwan zama da yadi mai kauri. Man shanu ya yi tsada sosai, don haka ba ma siya, haka nan ba mu da kuɗin sayen dankali. Muna amfani da miya ta ’ya’yan itace maimakon man shanu, da turnip maimakon dankali. Mun fara cin abincinmu ne a kan allo na wuta da aka sanya a kan ganga biyu na fulawa marasa komai. Muna shirye mu jure wahalhalu idan aikin Allah zai ci gaba. Muna imani hannun Ubangiji ya kasance a zuwanmu zuwa wannan wuri. Akwai babban fili na aiki, amma ma’aikata kaɗan ne. A ranar Asabar da ta gabata, taronmu ya kasance mai kyau sosai. Ubangiji ya farfaɗo da mu da kasancewarsa."

GSAM 317Karimcin Masu Bi

GSAM 317.1A cikin lamba ta farko na mujallar Review, da aka buga a Rochester, ranar 6 ga Mayu, 1852, yana magana game da hijira daga Saratoga zuwa Rochester, Fasto White ya ce:

GSAM 317.2"’Yan’uwa sun samar da kuɗaɗen da suka wuce tsammaninmu don tallafa wa jaridar. Kuma ko da yake kuɗaɗenmu na motsawa daga Saratoga Springs da fara wallafa jaridar a wannan birni sun yi yawa, duk da haka ba mu da bashi."

GSAM 317Sadaukarwar Ma’aikata

GSAM 317.3A cikin sanarwar kasuwanci a Lamba ta 12, 14 ga Oktoba, mun karanta:

GSAM 317.3"Ofishin ba shi da bashi, duk da haka, saboda wannan dalili: ’Yan’uwa Belden da Stowell waɗanda suka yi aiki a ofishin cikin watanni shida da suka gabata, sun karɓi kaɗan kaɗan fiye da abin da ake bukata don rayuwarsu. Wasu da suka yi irin wannan aiki ba su karɓi fiye da abin da suka karɓa ba. Lallai zai kasance farin ciki ga dukkan abokan gaskiyar yanzu su taimaka cike gibin karɓa, domin waɗanda suka yi aiki tuƙuru, musamman a lokacin rashinmu, a cikin rashin lafiya, wajen wallafa Review and Herald, su sami tallafi mai daɗi."

GSAM 317Ƙarin Masu Bi a Rochester, N.Y.

GSAM 317.4A lokacin rani na 1852, lokacin da aikin wallafa littattafai ya fara sosai a Rochester, Fasto White da matarsa sun yi tafiya na watanni uku da doki da keken doki, har gabas zuwa Bangor, Maine, suna gudanar da tarurruka da ziyartar masu kiyaye Asabar da suka bazu a hanya. Kafin dawowarsu, tun daga ranar 26 ga Satumba, Fasto J. N. Andrews ya gabatar da jerin wa’azai a 124 Mt. Hope Avenue. A wannan lokacin, Adventistoci na Ranar Farko takwas sun karɓi gaskiyar yanzu, marubucin kuwa ɗaya ne daga cikinsu.

GSAM 318Oswald Stowell Ya Warke

GSAM 318.1Wata yamma ta Juma’a a watan Oktoba, Fasto White da matarsa suka dawo gida daga rangadin gabashinsu. A washe gari (Asabar) mun gan su a karon farko, a taron Asabar. A lokacin wannan taro Oswald Stowell, mai aikin buga littattafai, yana fama da mummunan ciwon haƙarƙari, kuma likitansa ya yi watsi da shi ya ce zai mutu. Likitan ya ce "ba zai iya yi masa komai ba." A lokacin taron, Oswald yana cikin wani ɗaki a gefe, yana cikin tsananin azabar jiki. A ƙarshen taron, ya aiko da bukata a yi masa addu’a. An gayyace ni tare da wasu mu yi wani lokaci na addu’a. Mun yi sujada a bakin gadonsa, kuma yayin da ake yin addu’a, Fasto White ya shafa shi da mai a "cikin sunan Ubangiji." An ji a fili kasancewar Ruhun Allah, kuma nan take aka warkar da shi. Da muka tashi daga addu’a sai ya zauna a kan gadonsa yana buga gefunan jikinsa da suka kasance masu matuƙar ciwo a da, yana cewa, "Na warke gaba ɗaya. Gobe zan iya aiki da na’urar buga takardu ta hannu." Bayan kwanaki biyu daga wannan sai ya yi aiki da ita.

GSAM 318Wahayin Misis White a gaban Ƙungiyar Rochester

GSAM 318.2Irin wannan albarka da ta warkar da Ɗan’uwa Stowell ta sauka cikin kima mafi girma a kan Misis White, kuma da Fasto White ya juya ya kalle ta, sai ya ce, "Ellen tana cikin wahayi; ba ta numfashi yayin da take cikin wannan yanayin. Idan wani daga cikinku na son tabbatar da wannan gaskiya, kuna da ’yancin duba ta." Ta kasance a cikin wahayi na kimanin awa ɗaya da mintuna ashirin. Yayin da take cikin wannan yanayi ta yi magana da kalmomi, kuma wani lokaci jimloli masu ma’ana; duk da haka, ko da an yi mata kallo sosai, ba a ga numfashi a jikinta ba.

GSAM 319Wahayi game da Halin Memba da Bai Halarta Ba

GSAM 319.1Bayan da Misis White ta fito daga wannan wahayin, ta yi shaida game da abin da ta gani. Kafin dawowar Fasto White da matarsa daga tafiyarsu ta gabas, ɗaya daga cikinmu ya bar birnin, yana tafiya aiki a Jihar Michigan. Saboda haka, bai halarci wannan taro ba, kuma bai taɓa ganin Fasto White ko matarsa ba. A yayin da take ba da labarin wahayinta, Misis White ta gaya mana, daga cikin sauran abubuwa, abin da ta gani game da wani mutum wanda, yayin da yake tafiya kuma yana nesa da gida, yana da abubuwa da yawa da zai faɗa game da dokar Allah da Asabar, amma a lokaci guda yana karya ɗaya daga cikin umarnin. Ta ce shi mutum ne da ba ta taɓa haɗuwa da shi ba, duk da haka ta yi imani za ta gan shi a wani lokaci, domin an bayyana mata al’amuransa. Duk da haka, babu kowa daga cikinmu da ya yi tunanin cewa shi ne wani da muka sani.

GSAM 319.2Kusan makonni shida daga lokacin wahayi da aka ambata a sama, ɗan uwarmu namiji da aka ambata a baya ya dawo daga Michigan. Da zaran Misis White ta kalle fuskar sa, sai ta ce wa ɗaya daga cikin ’yan’uwan mata, "Wannan shi ne mutumin da na gani a wahayi, wanda na gaya muku game da shi." Da aka ba wannan ɗan’uwa labarin wahayi a gaban matarsa da wasu mutane da dama, Misis White ta ce masa, "Kamar yadda Natan ya ce wa Dawuda, 'Kai ne mutumin.'" Sa’an nan ya yi abin da Bulus ya ce wasu mutane za su yi idan aka tsawata musu saboda zunubansu ta wurin baiwar annabci: "Amma in wani marar bi, ko jahili ya shigo sa’ad da kowa yana annabci, sai maganar kowa ta ratsa shi, za su shawo kansa yă gane cewa shi mai zunubi ne saboda abin da kowa yake faɗi, asirin zuciyarsa kuma su bayyana a fili. Don haka, zai fāɗi a ƙasa yă yi wa Allah sujada yana cewa, 'Lalle, Allah yana cikinku!'"³ Bayan ya saurari jerin laifukansa da Misis White ta ambata, wannan ɗan’uwa ya faɗi gwiwoyinsa gaban matarsa, cike da hawaye ya ce mata da kuma ’yan kaɗan da ke wurin, "lalle, Allah yana cikinku," sannan ya yi cikakkiyar amincewa da laifukan da ya aikata a Michigan, inda ya karya umarnin bakwai, kamar yadda aka bayyana a lokacin da abin ya faru, a nisan sama da mil ɗari biyar.

GSAM 320.1Don haka, cikin ’yan makonni kaɗan, mun sami ƙarfafawar shaidu mai ƙarfi. Ba wai kawai an jagorance mu mu ce an samar da su ne ta wata ƙarfin al’ajabi ba, har ma mun gane cewa sun fito ne daga tushe wanda a sarari yake yi wa mutane tsawata kan zunubansu.

GSAM 320Uriah Smith Ya Haɗu da Ofishin Review

GSAM 320.2A lokacin wallafa Kundi na 3 na Review ne Uriah Smith ya fara kiyaye Asabar, kuma ya shiga aikin ofishin Review, inda ya kasance marubuci kuma edita na tsawon shekaru da dama. Rubutunsa na farko da aka buga a jaridar wata waƙa ce mai taken, "Muryar Gargaɗi ta Lokaci da Annabci," wadda ta bayyana a ranar 17 ga Maris, 1853.

GSAM 320.3Fasto Smith ya fara jin saƙon mala’ika na uku a wani taro da aka gudanar a Washington, N.H., daga 10 zuwa 12 ga Satumba, 1852. Da ya koma gida West Wilton, ya yi nazari sosai kan abin da ya ji, ya fara kiyaye ranar bakwai, wato Asabar ta farko a watan Disamba, 1852. Ya fara aiki a ofishin Review a Rochester, N.Y., a ranar 3 ga Mayu, 1853, inda shi da ’yar uwarsa Annie suka yi aiki don abincinsu da tufafinsu, maimakon koyarwa a wata makaranta ta gaba da firamare a kan dala 1,000 a shekara da abinci. Waɗannan su ne, a irin wannan salo, wasu daga cikin sadaukarwar da aka yi don kafa aikin saƙon mala’ika na uku a farkon lokacinsa.

GSAM 320An naɗa shi Mai Wa’azi

GSAM 320.4Kusan a shekarar 1863, Fasto Smith ya fara amfani da baiwarsa wajen jawabi a bainar jama’a. A shekarar 1866 an naɗa shi mai wa’azin bishara, bayan haka ya yi aiki sosai a tarukan sansani da taruka a jihohi daban-daban daga Tekun Atlantika zuwa Tekun Pacific, haka kuma a ayyukan makiyayi a cocin Battle Creek, wanda shine cocin gidansa. Bayan buɗe Kwalejin Battle Creek, ya yi koyarwa a sashen Littafi Mai Tsarki na wannan cibiyar. Domin amfanin mujallar Review and Herald, ya ƙetare Tekun Atlantika a shekarar 1894, inda ya ziyarci ƙasashe daban-daban a Turai. Yayin da yake a Siriya, ya kamu da zazzaɓi, daga tasirin sa bai warke gaba ɗaya ba.

GSAM 321Shekaru Hamsin na Aiki ba Gajiya

GSAM 321.1Daga 1853 zuwa 1903, tsawon shekaru hamsin, Fasto Smith ya kasance kusan koyaushe yana aiki a matsayin edita na Advent Review and Sabbath Herald; kuma a mafi yawan wannan lokacin shi ne ya jagoranci dukkan harkokin edita na jaridar. Ko a ranar mutuwarsa, lokacin da ya faɗi saboda bugun jini, yana kan hanyarsa zuwa ofis da wasu rubuce-rubuce da ya shirya don a buga. Haka kuma ya ba da gudunmawar littattafai masu muhimmanci da dama ga adabin mazhabar. Daga cikin waɗannan ayyukan akwai Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation, Nature and Destiny of Man, littafi mai faɗi kan Sanctuary and Twenty-three Hundred Days, The Marvel of Nations, da Modern Spiritualism. An fi rubuta littafi na farko daga cikin waɗannan ne tsakanin ƙarfe tara na dare da tsakar dare, bayan an kammala aikin edita da na ofis na yini.

GSAM 321Mutuwar Fasto Smith

GSAM 321.2Rayuwarsa ta kasance mai amfani kuma an yi amfani da ita yadda ya kamata. Yana huta daga ayyukansa, bayan ya yi barci cikin Kristi a ranar 6 ga Maris, 1903. Amma game da shi za a iya cewa da gaskiya, "Ayyukansa na bin sa," kuma ko da yake ya mutu, har yanzu yana magana.