Ella Robinson. Among the most powerful of the early Adventist pioneers was S.N. Haskell. A self-made man, fearless and endowed with ingenuity, courage and vision. He led out in a number of enterprises that were accepted and established by the denomination such as, around-the-world mission trips, city mission work, and tract and missionary societies, from which developed book, Bible and publishing houses. PB 256 pg.