Charles Morton Babcock, son of Edward H. Babcock and Emily (Burdick) Babcock, was born June 13, 1878, in New Auburn, Minnesota. He was always active. Swimming was one of his favorite sports. He spent much of his time swimming in a lake near his home. His family moved to Hutchinson, MN, where he received his education. Having finished nine grades of formal schooling, he began to teach in church school at the age of fifteen at Medford, Minnesota. During his teaching experience he was converted to Christianity, and a longing arose within him to become a Seventh-day Adventist minister. So he entered the colporteur work (selling Christian books) in 1900.
He was licensed to preach in 1901 and went to Battle Creek, Michigan for a year of ministerial training. Here his personal commitment to Christ was strengthened by sermons he heard given by Ellen G. White, an early leader and driving inspirational force of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Back in Minnesota, during his internship, young Charles was holding meetings in Spring Valley, MN, where Miss Mabel Thayer accepted Christ and was baptized. They fell in love and were married on his birthday, June 13, 1903. With his new bride, Charles went about holding tent evangelistic meetings at Stillwater, Monticello, Detroit Lakes, and Duluth. He organized a company of believers and built a church in Duluth in 1906. He was elected Home Missionary Secretary of the Minnesota Conference. In 1908, he was ordained to the gospel ministry, and Elder Babcock continued to serve as church pastor in Duluth. He then worked in Staples and Hutchinson, MN where he was laboring when he received a call from the South Dakota Conference to be president.
Elder Babcock became president of the South Dakota Conference in 1910 and led out in the in the building of an academy at Redfield, and a sanitarium at Chamberlain, South Dakota. The school was called Plainview Academy. He also managed the hospital at Chamberlain and served as its chaplain. In 1921 Elder Babcock returned to the classroom with his ministry to teach Bible at Plainview Academy. From 1925 to 1930 he served in the South Dakota SDA Conference administration: Sabbath School Secretary, Missionary Volunteer Secretary, and Education Secretary. He went back to Bible teaching again at Plainview from 1930 to 1935. In 1935 he took a call to pastor the Saint Joseph, Missouri church as well as the Northeast and Central Districts in Missouri, where he served until his retirement in 1958. Just prior to that, he built a new church at Wellsville, Missouri.
During retirement he returned to raise money for the Adventist schools in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Missouri, as well as Union College. He also raised money to start a health food factory at Sunnydale, Missouri, and managed it for a time. He was the founder of Midwest Health Foods, a unified marketing system.
His wife, Mabel, passed away on April 26, 1962, and Elder Babcock moved near his son Roland, in Thousand Oaks, California in July 1962. Here with a young spirit and an aging body of 84, he fell in love again. He married Floy M. Nelson on December 31, 1962. Currently all his children have passed away.
One of his Plainview Academy students said of him, "Elder Babcock always has been a loyal supporter of right principles in word and deed.
He was licensed to preach in 1901 and went to Battle Creek, Michigan for a year of ministerial training. Here his personal commitment to Christ was strengthened by sermons he heard given by Ellen G. White, an early leader and driving inspirational force of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Back in Minnesota, during his internship, young Charles was holding meetings in Spring Valley, MN, where Miss Mabel Thayer accepted Christ and was baptized. They fell in love and were married on his birthday, June 13, 1903. With his new bride, Charles went about holding tent evangelistic meetings at Stillwater, Monticello, Detroit Lakes, and Duluth. He organized a company of believers and built a church in Duluth in 1906. He was elected Home Missionary Secretary of the Minnesota Conference. In 1908, he was ordained to the gospel ministry, and Elder Babcock continued to serve as church pastor in Duluth. He then worked in Staples and Hutchinson, MN where he was laboring when he received a call from the South Dakota Conference to be president.
Elder Babcock became president of the South Dakota Conference in 1910 and led out in the in the building of an academy at Redfield, and a sanitarium at Chamberlain, South Dakota. The school was called Plainview Academy. He also managed the hospital at Chamberlain and served as its chaplain. In 1921 Elder Babcock returned to the classroom with his ministry to teach Bible at Plainview Academy. From 1925 to 1930 he served in the South Dakota SDA Conference administration: Sabbath School Secretary, Missionary Volunteer Secretary, and Education Secretary. He went back to Bible teaching again at Plainview from 1930 to 1935. In 1935 he took a call to pastor the Saint Joseph, Missouri church as well as the Northeast and Central Districts in Missouri, where he served until his retirement in 1958. Just prior to that, he built a new church at Wellsville, Missouri.
During retirement he returned to raise money for the Adventist schools in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Missouri, as well as Union College. He also raised money to start a health food factory at Sunnydale, Missouri, and managed it for a time. He was the founder of Midwest Health Foods, a unified marketing system.
His wife, Mabel, passed away on April 26, 1962, and Elder Babcock moved near his son Roland, in Thousand Oaks, California in July 1962. Here with a young spirit and an aging body of 84, he fell in love again. He married Floy M. Nelson on December 31, 1962. Currently all his children have passed away.
One of his Plainview Academy students said of him, "Elder Babcock always has been a loyal supporter of right principles in word and deed.
Charles Morton Babcock, son of Edward H. Babcock and Emily (Burdick) Babcock, was born June 13, 1878, in New Auburn, Minnesota. He was always active. Swimming was one of his favorite sports. He spent much of his time swimming in a lake near his home. His family moved to Hutchinson, MN, where he received his education. Having finished nine grades of formal schooling, he began to teach in church school at the age of fifteen at Medford, Minnesota. During his teaching experience he was converted to Christianity, and a longing arose within him to become a Seventh-day Adventist minister. So he entered the colporteur work (selling Christian books) in 1900.
He was licensed to preach in 1901 and went to Battle Creek, Michigan for a year of ministerial training. Here his personal commitment to Christ was strengthened by sermons he heard given by Ellen G. White, an early leader and driving inspirational force of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Back in Minnesota, during his internship, young Charles was holding meetings in Spring Valley, MN, where Miss Mabel Thayer accepted Christ and was baptized. They fell in love and were married on his birthday, June 13, 1903. With his new bride, Charles went about holding tent evangelistic meetings at Stillwater, Monticello, Detroit Lakes, and Duluth. He organized a company of believers and built a church in Duluth in 1906. He was elected Home Missionary Secretary of the Minnesota Conference. In 1908, he was ordained to the gospel ministry, and Elder Babcock continued to serve as church pastor in Duluth. He then worked in Staples and Hutchinson, MN where he was laboring when he received a call from the South Dakota Conference to be president.
Elder Babcock became president of the South Dakota Conference in 1910 and led out in the in the building of an academy at Redfield, and a sanitarium at Chamberlain, South Dakota. The school was called Plainview Academy. He also managed the hospital at Chamberlain and served as its chaplain. In 1921 Elder Babcock returned to the classroom with his ministry to teach Bible at Plainview Academy. From 1925 to 1930 he served in the South Dakota SDA Conference administration: Sabbath School Secretary, Missionary Volunteer Secretary, and Education Secretary. He went back to Bible teaching again at Plainview from 1930 to 1935. In 1935 he took a call to pastor the Saint Joseph, Missouri church as well as the Northeast and Central Districts in Missouri, where he served until his retirement in 1958. Just prior to that, he built a new church at Wellsville, Missouri.
During retirement he returned to raise money for the Adventist schools in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Missouri, as well as Union College. He also raised money to start a health food factory at Sunnydale, Missouri, and managed it for a time. He was the founder of Midwest Health Foods, a unified marketing system.
His wife, Mabel, passed away on April 26, 1962, and Elder Babcock moved near his son Roland, in Thousand Oaks, California in July 1962. Here with a young spirit and an aging body of 84, he fell in love again. He married Floy M. Nelson on December 31, 1962. Currently all his children have passed away.
One of his Plainview Academy students said of him, "Elder Babcock always has been a loyal supporter of right principles in word and deed.
He was licensed to preach in 1901 and went to Battle Creek, Michigan for a year of ministerial training. Here his personal commitment to Christ was strengthened by sermons he heard given by Ellen G. White, an early leader and driving inspirational force of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Back in Minnesota, during his internship, young Charles was holding meetings in Spring Valley, MN, where Miss Mabel Thayer accepted Christ and was baptized. They fell in love and were married on his birthday, June 13, 1903. With his new bride, Charles went about holding tent evangelistic meetings at Stillwater, Monticello, Detroit Lakes, and Duluth. He organized a company of believers and built a church in Duluth in 1906. He was elected Home Missionary Secretary of the Minnesota Conference. In 1908, he was ordained to the gospel ministry, and Elder Babcock continued to serve as church pastor in Duluth. He then worked in Staples and Hutchinson, MN where he was laboring when he received a call from the South Dakota Conference to be president.
Elder Babcock became president of the South Dakota Conference in 1910 and led out in the in the building of an academy at Redfield, and a sanitarium at Chamberlain, South Dakota. The school was called Plainview Academy. He also managed the hospital at Chamberlain and served as its chaplain. In 1921 Elder Babcock returned to the classroom with his ministry to teach Bible at Plainview Academy. From 1925 to 1930 he served in the South Dakota SDA Conference administration: Sabbath School Secretary, Missionary Volunteer Secretary, and Education Secretary. He went back to Bible teaching again at Plainview from 1930 to 1935. In 1935 he took a call to pastor the Saint Joseph, Missouri church as well as the Northeast and Central Districts in Missouri, where he served until his retirement in 1958. Just prior to that, he built a new church at Wellsville, Missouri.
During retirement he returned to raise money for the Adventist schools in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Missouri, as well as Union College. He also raised money to start a health food factory at Sunnydale, Missouri, and managed it for a time. He was the founder of Midwest Health Foods, a unified marketing system.
His wife, Mabel, passed away on April 26, 1962, and Elder Babcock moved near his son Roland, in Thousand Oaks, California in July 1962. Here with a young spirit and an aging body of 84, he fell in love again. He married Floy M. Nelson on December 31, 1962. Currently all his children have passed away.
One of his Plainview Academy students said of him, "Elder Babcock always has been a loyal supporter of right principles in word and deed.
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