Introduction
- As in the year 1933 the General Conference leadership made
plans for strong evangelistic emphasis and effort throughout North
America, it was realized that if large objectives were to be accom-
plished, the ministers who stood before the people must turn from
subjects of minor importance to the presentation of the third angel’s
message in its broad and gripping phases. At the request of the Gen-
eral Conference a sixteen-page pamphlet entitled “Preach the Word,”
containing Ellen G. White counsels, was published. Great good was
accomplished by the many thousands of copies distributed, charg-
ing the ministry anew with the solemn responsibility of proclaiming
the last judgment-hour message to the world. Those portions not
in other E. G. White books are included in permanent form here.
The statements printed do not constitute an exhaustive compilation of
what Ellen White has written on this subject. Additional counsel may
be found in the books Evangelism, Gospel Workers, Testimonies to
Ministers, and Christian Service.
Following the pamphlet items are a few related chapters. “The
Peril of Extreme Views” is a communication addressed to one of our
ministers, containing instruction of great service, which until now
has been available only in Notebook Leaflets. the chapter on “Time
Setting” is pertinent. The section closes with counsels drawn from
Special Testimonies, Series B, No. 2, written during the crisis of
1903 and 1904 when certain pantheistic views were being pressed
upon the denomination as new light which, it was asserted, would
prove a great blessing to the church. The chief blessing that resulted
from this crisis was in the lessons in truth so earnestly communicated
by the Lord’s messenger to the struggling church, found mainly in
Testimonies, Volume 8, and The Ministry of Healing.
White Trustees.
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