iv Supplement to the Christian Experience and Views of Ellen G. White
Dear Christian Friends,
As I have given a brief sketch of my experience and views, pub-
lished in 1851, it seems to be my duty to notice some points in that
little work; also, to give more recent views.
1. On page 17, is as follows:—“I saw that the Holy Sabbath is,
and will be, the separating wall between the true Israel of God and
unbelievers; and that the Sabbath is the great question, to unite the
hearts of God’s dear, waiting saints. I saw that God had children, who
do not see and keep the Sabbath. They had not rejected the light on it.
And at the commencement of the time of trouble, we were filled with
the Holy Ghost as we went forth and proclaimed the Sabbath more
fully.”
This view was given in 1847, when there were but very few of the
Advent brethren observing the Sabbath, and of these, but few supposed
that its observance was of sufficient importance to draw a line between
the people of God and unbelievers. Now, the fulfillment of that view
is beginning to be seen.
“The commencement of the time of trouble,” here mentioned, does
not refer to the time when the plagues shall begin to be poured out;
but to a short period just before they are poured out, while Christ is
in the Sanctuary. At that time, while the work of salvation is closing,
trouble will be coming on the earth, the nations will be angry, yet held
in check, So as not to prevent the work of the third angel. At that
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time the “latter rain,” or refreshing from the presence of the Lord, will
come, to give power to the loud voice of the third angel, and prepare
the saints to stand in the period when the seven last plagues shall be
poured out.
2. The view of the “Open and Shut Door,” on pages 24-27, was
given in 1849. The application of
Revelation 3:7, 8
, to the Heavenly
Sanctuary and Christ’s ministry, was entirely new to me. I had never
heard the idea advanced by any one. Now, as the subject of the Sanc-
tuary is being clearly understood, the application is seen in its beauty
and force.
3. The “false reformations” referred to on page 27, are yet to be
more fully seen. This view relates more particularly to those who have
heard and rejected the light of the Advent doctrine. They are given
over to strong delusions. Such will not have “the travail of soul for
sinners” as formerly. Having rejected the Advent, and being given