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Anna Knight's Life And Accomplishments

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Anna Knight was a young black girl, born into a poor family in Mississippi. She learned about Seventh-day Adventistism at an early age and gave her heart to the Lord. After attending nursing school at Battle Creek College in Michigan, Anna began to do missionary work at her home in Mississippi and then later in India. Later in her life she returned back to the United States and worked all over the U.S. Under the employment of the General Conference Anna went, teaching, healing, and influencing young men and women to be medical missionaries for the Lord all over the world. Anna died in 1972 after living a life completely sold out and dedicated to the Lord and His work.

Upbringing

Anna Knight was born in 1874 to a freed slave in Mississippi. …show more content…

One day Anna saw an advertisement for a magazine and begged her mother for the one dollar she needed to subscribe. In this magazine Anna discovered she could get free papers and catalogs and it was through this that she connected with Miss Edith Embree, a Seventh-day Adventist who worked for Signs of the Times. Edith began to send Anna copies of tracts and other SDA books and even wrote to Anna personal letters. After reading the tracts and corresponding with Edith for over six months, Anna Knight decided that she needed to follow and live in accordance with the truths that she had discovered since they were straight from the bible. Anna began to keep Sabbath, but when she told her family, they were very upset and told her that she was crazy. However despite her family's unbelief, Anna prayed every night that they would accept the truth of the …show more content…

She was also very involved in her community, teaching adults how to read, write and live healthfully according to the principles she had learned from the sanitarium. In 1901, Anna was invited by Dr. Kellogg to serve as a delegate for the General Conference in Michigan. While there, she heard some nurses talking about a great need for missionaries in India. After praying and seeking the Lord's will, she decided to go to India and to become a missionary abroad.
Leaving her school in Mississippi under the care of two of her good friends, she departed for India, one of seven missionaries. There in India, Anna served as a teacher, a medical professional, but above all else as an educator for the people in practical and spiritual aspects. "From pulling out natives'teeth to teaching the Bible and English, Anna's experiences made her more dependent on the Lord, as she learned lessons of persevering service, and humility" (Kim,
n. d.). After a time in India, Anna was granted time to return home to Mississippi. She met with the community and urged them to come together to improve their community and she held meetings on Sundays to teach people about the bible. In six months there were nine people ready for baptism. "Among them were Anna's mother, two of her sisters, other relatives,

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