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Preface to Third Edition
Among the materials once available but out of print at the time
of Mrs. White’s death in 1915 were a number of special testimony
pamphlets, including a series published in the 1890’s which bore
the title,
Special Testimonies to Ministers and Workers
. This series
of eleven is often referred to as
Special Testimonies
, Series A. In
response to the request that the instruction found in these special
testimonies be again made available,
Testimonies to Ministers and
Gospel Workers
was published in 1923. This was one of the first E.
G. White books of posthumous issuance
.
Testimonies to Ministers
First appeared in a
Testimony
-size vol-
ume. A second edition with larger typeface and page size was
published in 1944. Several printings of both editions have supplied
the field for four decades. For greater ease in handling and reference
this third edition has been issued in the convenient
Testimony
-size
page, but with no change in page content
.
During the decade which followed the 1888 General Conference
session held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, vital messages came from
the messenger of the Lord to the central church at Battle Creek,
to the General Conference Committee, and to other responsible
men at the heart of the work. These messages rang with calls for
regeneration and reformation of life, urging the reader to live by
the vital principles of the word of God and to experience a personal
relationship with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
.
After they had been received and read in Battle Creek, many of
these messages were printed in tract form as
Special Testimonies
to the Battle Creek Church
and
Special Testimonies to Ministers
and Workers
. Copies were furnished by the general conference
[x]
committee to leading ministers and workers throughout the field.
These messages were heart-probing, soul-stirring, faithful in warning
against evil, yet encouraging, as they continually pointed to the great
love of God and the fullness of Christ’s power to save to the uttermost
.
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