Introduction
Statements penned by Ellen G. White, regarding her work as the
messenger of the Lord and concerning the processes by which God
communicates his will to members of the human family, are always
helpful and interesting. Such are presented in this opening section of
Selected Messages.
Although the question of inspiration was touched on at intervals
through her seventy years of ministry, the outstanding presentation
is the author’s introduction to The Great Controversy (not appearing
here) written in May, 1888. An earlier statement, “Objections to
the Bible,” penned in 1886, is published herein, and another, “The
Inspiration of the Word of God,” written in the autumn of 1888, is also
presented here. A fourth major statement, “The mysteries of the Bible
a proof of its inspiration,” was published in 1889 and may be found in
Testimonies for the Church 5:698-711
.
Various explanations about her work, the republication of the 1913
tract “The writing and sending out of the testimonies to the church,”
and Mrs. White’s answers to certain questions and charges concerning
her earlier writings round out the section devoted to “The Light on
Our Pathway.”
White Trustees.
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