Sidney Henton Lindt was born  October 18, 1892 in Portland, Oregon.  He was the second son of Milton and Amy Williams Meiklejohn, a Scottish couple who had recently immigrated from New Zealand.

His mother died in 1898 and Sidney along with two younger brothers were placed in an Oregon state orphanage.  He was subsequently adopted by the Lindt family who farmed by the Wishkah River near Aberdeen, Washington.

By the time he got to his late teens, Sidney realized that farming was not the focus of his God-given talents and interests.  Against the advice of his adoptive father, he moved to Laurelwood Academy where he lived with the Holt family.  He worked for board, room, and tuition so that he could get an education.  He graduated as president of the class of 1915.  The only girl in the class was Myrle Judd, who later became Mrs. Sidney Lindt.

His next formal education was at Walla Walla College where he enrolled in the two-year normal course.

He started denominational work as dean of boys at Lodi Academy in California.  There he also assisted in conference evangelistic efforts.

In 1921, Sidney, wife Myrle, and a two-year-old son, Milton, sailed for China.  After a period of language study in Peking, they were sent to Chengtu, Szechuan where he was mission treasurer and evangelist.

In those days, the most commonly used means of transportation to Chengtu was by boat up the Yangtze River.  Bandits patrolled the river banks on a regular basis.  One time while returning to Chengtu from Shanghai, Sidney was carrying a suitcase with enough silver in it to pay for mission building projects.  Fellow workers had suggested that he go “armed” to insure against robbery.  He didn’t feel comfortable with the idea of a gun and so went without that type of protection.  As feared, armed bandits flagged down the sampan.  Sidney sat out of sight under the thatched awning of the boat and listened to the conversation taking place on the shore.  The sampan owner was questioned as to what valuables they had on board.  “Really nothing”, replied the boatman.  “We are only transporting a missionary who is too poor to even own a gun.”  In disgust, the bandits waved them on.

During their stay in Chengtu, a second son, Chester, was born to the family, welcomed by a mortar shell which simultaneously exploded in the hospital compound.

During the 1927 -1928 furlough, Sidney finished a baccalaureate degree at Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska.  He was president of his graduating class.

Back in his homeland during World War II, he completed a Master’s degree in Chinese Language from the University of California in Berkeley.  In connection with work on the degree and subsequent need for literature in the Chinese language, he worked with Pastors Giang and Mung in translating Spirit of Prophecy and other church literature.  He also wrote the first book on S.D.A. Bible Doctrines in the Chinese language.

After the war, Sidney returned to Chaio Tou Tseng, then moved with the school to Hong Kong in 1949.  For several years he worked in China while Myrle stayed home to care for her parents.  During their last term they both lived in Hong Kong, returning to the States in 1957 and retiring in College Place, Washington.  Sidney continued studying and teaching Bible-related Christianity until shortly before his death on May 10, 1979 at the age of 86.

His wife, Myrle, who in addition to teaching had complemented Sidney’s work in many unsung ways, passed away October 8, 1992 shortly after her 97thbirthday.