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Alonzo T. Jones, (1850-1923) was a minister, editor, and author. At the age of 20 he enlisted in the Army and for three years served his country. He loved reading, and read large historical works, Seventh-day Adventist publications, and the Bible. After being discharged from the Army in 1873, he was baptized and began preaching on the West Coast for the church. In May 1885 he became assistant editor of the Signs of the Times, and a few months later he and E. J. Waggoner became editors. This position he held until 1889. From 1897 to 1901 he was editor in chief of the Review and Herald. He became recognized as the denomination’s most prominent speaker for religious freedom. His association with Dr. J. H. Kellogg in 1903, who was actively seeking to separate the Battle Creek Sanitarium from denominational control, resulted in separation from denominational employment and, finally, in loss of church membership.
Ellet J. Waggonner, (1855-1916) was an editor, minister, and physician. He attended Battle Creek College in the earliest years of the institution, and obtained a medical degree from the Bellevue Medical College, New York. He served on the staff of the Battle Creek Sanitarium for a few years. Later he left the practice of medicine and entered the ministry. In 1884 he worked at Pacific Press as assistant editor of the Signs of the Times. Two years later (1886) he and A. T. Jones became editors of the paper. This post Waggoner held until May 1891. He became editor of Present Truth in England in 1892, and in 1902 was elected the first president of the South England Conference. He returned to the United States in the summer of 1902, and served briefly on the staff of Emmanuel Missionary College.
