Early Writings (1882)

1 Early WritingsEllen G. White1882 Copyright 2017 Ellen G. White Estate, about this BookOverviewThis eBook is provided by the Ellen G. White Estate. It is includedin the larger free Online Books collection on the Ellen G. WhiteEstate Web the AuthorEllen G. White (1827-1915) is considered the most widely translatedAmerican author, her works having been published in more than 160languages. She wrote more than 100,000 pages on a wide variety ofspiritual and practical topics. Guided by the Holy Spirit, she exaltedJesus and pointed to the Scriptures as the basis of one s LinksA Brief Biography of Ellen G. WhiteAbout the Ellen G. White EstateEnd User License AgreementThe viewing, printing or downloading of this book grants you onlya limited, nonexclusive and nontransferable license for use solelyby you for your own personal use.

2 This license does not permitrepublication, distribution, assignment, sublicense, sale, preparationof derivative works, or other use. Any unauthorized use of this bookterminates the license granted InformationFor more information about the author, publishers, or how youcan support this service, please contact the Ellen G. White Estateat We are thankful for your interest andfeedback and wish you God s blessing as you about this Book .. iPreface .. vPreface to First Edition of Experience and Views .. viiHistorical Prologue .. viiiThe Great Advent Awakening .. ixThe Reckoning of the Prophetic Periods .. xThe Disappointment and Its Aftermath .. xivA Vision Is Given to Ellen Harmon .. xvTwo Groups of Adventists .. xviDawn of the Light on the Sanctuary .. xviTruths Confirmed by Vision.

3 XviiThe Beginnings of Sabbath Observance .. xviiiSignificance of the Sabbath Revealed .. xixThe Important Sabbath Conferences .. xxThe Pioneers Begin to Publish .. xxiStarting theReview and Herald.. xxiiiThe Publishing Work Grows .. xxiiiBattle Creek Becomes the Publishing Center .. xxivThe Shut Door and the Open Door .. xxivThe Two Ways Out of the Perplexity .. xxviThe Call for church Organization .. xxviiThe Great Controversy Vision .. xxviiiExperience and Views .. 29My First Vision .. 32 Texts Referred to on Preceding Page .. 40 Subsequent Visions .. 48 The Sealing .. 51 God s Love for His People .. 54 Shaking of the Powers of Heaven .. 56 The Open and the Shut Door .. 57 The Trial of our Faith .. 61To the Little Flock .. 64 The Last Plagues and the Judgment.

4 67 End of the 2300 Days .. 69iiContentsiiiDuty in View of the Time of Trouble .. 71 Mysterious Rapping .. 74 The Messengers .. 76 Mark of the Beast .. 79 The Blind Leading the Blind .. 82 Preparation for the End .. 84 Prayer and Faith .. 87 The Gathering Time .. 89 Mrs. White s Dreams .. 93 William Miller s Dream .. 96 Supplement .. 99An Explanation .. 100 Gospel Order .. 109 church Difficulties .. 115 Hope of the church .. 118 Preparation for Christ s Coming .. 121 Faithfulness in Social Meeting .. 124To the Inexperienced .. 128 Self-Denial .. 131 Irreverence .. 132 False Shepherds .. 133 God s Gift to Man .. 136 Spiritual Gifts, Vol. 1 .. 139 Introduction .. 140 The Fall of Satan .. 149 The Fall of Man .. 151 The Plan of Salvation.

5 153 The First Advent Of Christ .. 157 The Ministry of Christ .. 162 The Transfiguration .. 165 The Betrayal of Christ .. 168 The Trial of Christ .. 171 The Crucifixion of Christ .. 176 The Resurrection of Christ .. 181 The Ascension of Christ .. 188 The Disciples of Christ .. 190 The Death of Stephen .. 194 The Conversion of Saul .. 196ivEarly WritingsThe Jews Decide to Kill Paul .. 198 Paul Visits Jerusalem .. 201 The Great Apostasy .. 204 The Mystery of Iniquity .. 207 Death Not Eternal Life in Misery .. 211 The Reformation .. 215 The church and the World United .. 218 William Miller .. 221 The First Angel s Message .. 224 The Second Angel s Message .. 229 The Advent Movement Illustrated .. 232 Another Illustration .. 236 The Sanctuary.

6 240 The Third Angel s Message .. 243A Firm Platform .. 247 Spiritualism .. 250 Covetousness .. 254 The Shaking .. 257 The Sins of Babylon .. 261 The Loud Cry .. 264 The Third Message Closed .. 266 The Time of Trouble .. 269 Deliverance of the Saints .. 271 The Saints Reward .. 274 The Earth Desolated .. 276 The Second Resurrection .. 278 The Second Death .. 280 Appendix .. 283 PrefaceRare indeed it is in these changing times that a book lives onthrough a century in ever-increasing demand and takes its place incurrent reading by the side of books dealing with present such is the enviable record ofEarly Writings of Ellen G. the years there have been many printings of the severaleditions. It now appears in a fifth American popular little volume is rightly named, being a republicationof the first three Ellen G.

7 White books Christian Experience andViews of Mrs. E. G. White, First printed in 1851;A Supplement toExperience and Views, Issued in 1854; andSpiritual Gifts, VolumeI, which appeared in wide and lasting popularity ofEarly Writingsmay be at-tributed to the unwaning desire to possess and study the messagesof information and encouragement which came Early to the Churchthrough the prophetic second printing of this matter was made in 1882 in two smallvolumes Experience and Viewsand theSupplementcomprisingthe first, andSpiritual Giftsthe second. As to certain additions tothe first of these original works and some slight editorial changesmade at that time, the publisher s preface states: Footnotes giving dates and explanations, and an appendix giv-ing two very interesting dreams, which were mentioned but notrelated in the original work, will add to the value of this from these, no changes from the original work have beenmade in the present edition, except the occasional employment of anew word, or a change in the construction of a sentence, to better[iv]express the idea, and no portion of the work has been omitted.

8 Noshadow of change has been made in any idea or sentiment of theoriginal work, and the verbal changes have been made under theauthor s own eye, and with her full approval. The two companion books were also reissued as a single volumein 1882 under the titleEarly Writings . In 1906 the type was reset tovviEarly Writingsmake the third American edition, which has had wide distribution,meeting the ever-increasing demand. The paging of this editionbecame the standard for all reference work and the subsequentlypublished indexes to the Writings of Mrs. fourth edition ofEarly Writingswas published in years of printing and reprinting made necessary new printingplates. As the type was reset the content was held page for pagewith the edition it succeeded. Modern spelling and current forms ofpunctuation were employed and a new preface reviewed briefly thehistory of the fifth edition is characterized by a historical prologue, addedto furnish the reader with a knowledge of the times and circum-stances of the various portions of the book and by several appendixnotes provided to explain expressions and situations not so wellunderstood now as at the time of writing .

9 There has been no changeof the E. G. White text nor change in the paging from the fourthedition which this succeeds, consequently it harmonizes with theComprehensive Index to the Writings of Ellen G. and Viewsis presented Mrs. White s first bio-graphical sketch, briefly tracing her experience through the Adventmovement of 1840-44. Then follow a number of the earlier visions,many of which had first appeared in print in broadside or periodicalarticle certain expressions of the earlier work[v]which had been misunderstood or misconstrued, and gives additionalcounsel to the church . Its publication preceded by one year the firstpamphlet bearing the title ofTestimony for the Gifts, Volume I, being the first published account of thelong-extended conflict between Christ and His angels and Satan andhis angels, is cherished for its vivid descriptions and its compactness,touching as it does only the more salient points.

10 In succeeding yearsthis brief story of the conflict was greatly amplified in the fourvolumes ofThe Spirit of Prophecy, Published 1870-84. After widedistribution, this four-book set was replaced by the well-known andwidely read Conflict of the Ages series, presenting the account instill more detailed form, as it had been presented to Mrs. White inmany revelations. Even though the fuller volumes Patriarchs andProphets, Prophets and Kings, The Desire of Ages, The Acts of thePrefaceviiApostles, andThe Great Controversy Present the conflict story inits more complete form, the initial writing of the account as herepresented in its brief, clear-cut, simple form, will, withExperienceand Views, always be in large Trustees of the Ellen G. White , , 1963 Preface to First Edition of Experience and Views We are well aware that many honest seekers after truth andBible holiness are prejudiced against visions.