The Ellen G. White Writings

The Ellen G. White Writings

Ellen G. White

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Ellen G. White (1827-1915) is considered the most widely translated American author, her works having been published in more than 160 languages. She wrote more than 100,000 pages on a wide variety of spiritual and practical topics. Guided by the Holy Spirit, she exalted Jesus and pointed to the Scriptures as the basis of one's faith.

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Contents

Information about this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i A Few Words to the Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Chapter 1--Toward a Factual Concept of Inspiration . . . . . . . viii

Adventists Uniquely Fortunate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x God and the Prophets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Visions and Bearing Testimony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii How the Light Came to the Prophet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Under the Guidance of the Holy Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv The Revelation Infallible--Vehicles of Thought Finite

and Imperfect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii Sources of the Prophet's Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii Ellen White Views History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx Regarding Details of Minor Consequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi History and the Details of History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv An Illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi How Far Can We Depend on Mrs. White? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxix E. G. White Appraisal of History Presented by the

Prophetic Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxi Chronological Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxii Statements in the Field of Science and Geology . . . . . . . . xxxiii Similarity of Concepts No Indication of Source . . . . . . . . xxxiv Further Testimony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxv Recalled by the Aid of the Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxvi The Relation of the Testimony to the Visions . . . . . . . . . xxxviii The Question of What Is Inspired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxix Ellen G. White Biographical Writings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xl Chapter 2--The Authority of the Ellen G. White Writings . . xliii Position of Seventh-day Adventists on the Word of God . . xliii Ellen G. White Statements Bearing on Authority . . . . . . . . xliv What the Church Claims for Ellen G. White . . . . . . . . . . . . xlvi The Justification for This Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xlviii Relation of the Spirit of Prophecy to the Bible . . . . . . . . . . . . . l An Examination of Areas of Authoritative Writings . . . . . . . . li The Holy Ghost Is the Author of the Messages . . . . . . . . . . lviii

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Factors That Tend to Undermine Acceptance of Authority . lxii Does the Evidence Justify the Claim to Authority? . . . . . . . lxiv Factors That May Tend to Undermine Confidence . . . . . . . lxvii Chapter 3--The Integrity of the Prophetic Message, or

"Who Told Sister White?" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lxxiii Dr. Brown and the Visions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lxxiv Charged With Being Influenced by the Brethren . . . . . . . . lxxiv The Bible Prophets and the Question of Influence . . . . . . . lxxv Ellen G. White on the Question of Influence . . . . . . . . . . . lxxvii The Question of Influence and the Early Books . . . . . . . lxxviii The Visions Give Significance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lxxx Salt Provides an Illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lxxxi Attempts to Influence Ellen G. White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lxxxiii Ellen G. White Refrained From Certain Reading . . . . . . lxxxvii A Significant Experience in Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lxxxix Mrs. White's Literary Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xc Does the Expression "I Saw" Give a Clue? . . . . . . . . . . . . . xcii Ellen White's Acknowledgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xcv Chapter 4--Ellen G. White as a Historian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xcvi History Recounted in the Four-Volume Great

Controversy Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xcix The Colporteur Edition of The Great Controversy . . . . . . . . cii Work Done in Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . civ How the Light Came to Ellen White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cv World History as First Portrayed to Ellen White--"I Saw" . cvi The Consistent Witness of Ellen G. White on Sources . . . . cviii Events of Reformation History Presented in Vision . . . . . . . . cx Ellen G. White Approved W. C. White Statements . . . . . . . cxi Further W. C. White Statements Bearing on "Mrs.

White's Sources" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cxiii The 1911 Edition of The Great Controversy . . . . . . . . . . . cxvii The Changes in the 1911 Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cxviii Work Done in Mrs. White's Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cxx A Questionable Use of the Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cxxi Many Printings of the 1911 Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cxxii History and Historical Quotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cxxiv Truths Indelibly Traced by the Holy Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . cxxiv

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