14 Facts About Uriah Smith

Uriah Smith was a Seventh-day Adventist author, minister, educator, and theologian who is best known as the longest serving editor of the Review and Herald for over 50 years.

Uriah Smith patented an artificial leg with a moveable ankle and a school desk with an improved folding seat and several other inventions and improvements.

At the time of the formation of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in 1863, Smith was elected as the first secretary.

Uriah Smith later held this same position again five separate times.

Uriah Smith served a term as General Conference treasurer.

Uriah Smith was one of the most prolific authors of early Adventism.

Uriah Smith's older sister Annie R Smith was an early Seventh-day Adventist poet and hymnist.

Uriah Smith was born in 1832 in West Wilton, New Hampshire.

Uriah Smith's family accepted the Millerite message and in 1844 experienced what has become known as the Great Disappointment.

That same year, Uriah Smith had his left leg amputated due to an infection.

Uriah Smith's main contribution to Adventist theology was a commentary on the prophetic Biblical books of Daniel and the Revelation, but he wrote extensively on conditional immortality and other topics.

Uriah Smith advocated religious liberty, the abolition of slavery, and noncombatancy for Adventists.

Uriah Smith died in Battle Creek, Michigan, in 1903, at the age of 70, from a stroke on his way to the Review office.

Uriah Smith is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Michigan.