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In narrating the experience and views of those carrying forward the
work of reform in our own time, similar use has been made of their
published works.
It is not so much the object of this book to present new truths
concerning the struggles of former times, as to bring out facts and
principles which have a bearing on coming events. Yet viewed as
a part of the controversy between the forces of light and darkness,
all these records of the past are seen to have a new significance; and
through them a light is cast upon the future, illumining the pathway
of those who, like the reformers of past ages, will be called, even at
the peril of all earthly good, to witness “for the word of God, and
for the testimony of Jesus Christ.”
To unfold the scenes of the great controversy between truth and
error; to reveal the wiles of Satan and the means by which he may
be successfully resisted; to present a satisfactory solution of the
great problem of evil, shedding such a light upon the origin and
the final disposition of sin as to make fully manifest the justice and
benevolence of God in all His dealings with His creatures; and to
show the holy, unchanging nature of His law, is the object of this
book. That through its influence souls may be delivered from the
power of darkness and become “partakers of the inheritance of the
saints in light,” to the praise of Him who loved us and gave Himself
for us is the earnest prayer of the writer.
E.G.W.
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