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Selected Messages Book 3

Ellen G. White

1980

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Information about this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i A Word to the Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Section 1--The Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Chapter 1--What Is the Church? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

God Has an Organized Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Chapter 2--Unity in the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Present a United Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Unity Our Creed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Not to Draw Apart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 What Heaven Ratifies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Chapter 3--Independent Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Departing From the Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Strength From Concerted Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Counsel Together--Compare Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Practice in the Early Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Independence a Delusion of Satan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Thorough Organization Essential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Section 2--Principles of Inspiration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Chapter 4--The Primacy of the Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Chapter 5--Experiences in Receiving the Visions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Chapter 6--Glimpses of How the Light Came to Ellen White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Chapter 7--Presenting the Divinely Revealed Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Chapter 8--The Question of Influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Chapter 9--Defining Sister White's Judgment and the Word of the Lord . . . . . . . . . . 47 Sister White's Opinion? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Chapter 10--On Being an Inspired Messenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 After Ellen White's Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Chapter 11--The Reception of the Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Two Typical Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Section 3--The Preparation of the Ellen G. White Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Chapter 12--Literary Assistants in Work of Ellen G. White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 The Work of Marian Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Chapter 13--The Testimonies for the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Ellen G. White Desired Language Correctly Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Letters to Help Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Chapter 14--Initial Steps in Writing and Publishing The Great Controversy Story . . 67 The 1858 Great Controversy Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Spiritual Gifts, Volumes III and IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

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Chapter 15--A Running Account of Ellen G. White's Experience in Writing on the Life of Christ in 1876 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Chapter 16--Expanding the Great Controversy Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 The 1888 Edition of The Great Controversy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Chapter 17--The Experience of E. G. White in Preparing The Desire of Ages . . . . . . 78 Notations From Letters and Diaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Meeting Criticisms of The Desire of Ages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Chapter 18--Comments While at Work on the Conflict Series Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 The Result of Visions Spanning Her Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Constructive Criticisms Appreciated (1885) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Books Sought Giving Order of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Holy Spirit Traced Truths on Ellen White's Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 The 1911 Revision of The Great Controversy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Section 4--The Incarnation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Chapter 19--The Incarnation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 The Completeness of Christ's Humanity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Christ Descended to the Level of Fallen Humanity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Was Christ Capable of Yielding to Temptation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 God Sent a Sinless Being to This World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Man Created With Sinless Moral Nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Sickness of Others Carried Vicariously . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Christ's Sinlessness Disturbed Satan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Our Fallen Human Nature Connected With Christ's Divinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Tempted as Children Today Are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 What the Incarnation Accomplishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Satan Declared That Man Could Not Keep God's Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Real Meaning of the Incarnation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Section 5--Principles of Salvation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Chapter 20--Principles as Set Forth by Ellen White in Her Early Ministry . . . . . . . . . 97 Basic Elements Presented at the 1883 General Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Chapter 21--Ellen G. White Reports on the Minneapolis Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 A Statement Presenting the Historical Backgrounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Precious Promises Versus Gloomy Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Ellen White's Appraisal on the Closing Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Two Excerpts From Minneapolis Sermons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Three Months After Minneapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 The Reception in the Field of the Message of Righteousness by Faith . . . . . . . . . . 119 Need for a Proper Concept of Righteousness by Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Chapter 22--Emphasis on Salvation Theme--1890-1908 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Section 6--Education - The Church School, and Universities of the World . . . . . . . . . . 135

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Chapter 23--Appeal for a Church School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Chapter 24--Counsel Regarding Age of School Entrance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

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Report of Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 The Kindergarten at Battle Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Light Given on "These Things" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 The Kind of Education the Children Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Setting a Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 The Question of Kindergarten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Could the School Constitute a Disservice? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 A School That Makes a Favorable Impression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Chapter 25--General Guiding Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 In Every Place Where There Is a Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Not the Maxims of Men, but God's Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 No Stereotyped Plan in Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 A Definition of True Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Commendable Qualities of the Swiss Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Chapter 26--Attending Colleges and Universities of the Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 The Perils of Listening to the World's Great Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Seventh-day Adventist Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Dropping Seeds of Truth Into Minds and Hearts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Section 7--Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Chapter 27--The Grace of Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Chapter 28--Dress and Adornment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Blessings of Proper Attire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Sound Guiding Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Independence and the Courage to Be Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Refining the Tastes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Simplicity in Dress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Where Are We Drifting? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 "Self, Self, Self, Must Be Served" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 The Clothes Seventh-day Adventist Ministers Wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 On Making the Dress Question a Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Chapter 29--The Sabbath: Guiding Principles in Sabbath Obervance . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 A Few Sabbaths With the White Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Chapter 30--The Propriety of Varying Postures in Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Need Not Always Kneel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Section 8--The Health Reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Chapter 31--Visions That Early Called for Reforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Attention Called to Tobacco, Tea, and Coffee in 1848 and 1851 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Important Principles Revealed in 1854 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Chapter 32--The 1863 Health Reform Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Pointed Questions Answered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 How the Dress Reform Was Revealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Relation of the Vision to Writing and Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Health Writings on June 6, the Day of the Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

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