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Foreword
This volume is the fourteenth book of day-by-day devotional readings to be
published from the pen of Ellen G. White. This establishes a new record in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church, and probably is a record also in the Christian world
at large. Ellen White’s writings are at once so voluminous, so Christ-centered, and
so practical that they continue to provide an almost endless source of materials
that are admirably suited for devotional reading.
During her seventy-year ministry the author spoke, through her pen, to young
people, to church members, and to the world in the
Youth’s Instructor, Review
and Herald,
and
Signs of the Times.
Selections for this book have been drawn
from these three periodicals as well as from her books and previously unpublished
manuscripts and letters.
In order to bring each reading within the compass of a single page, frequent
deletions have been necessary. Such omissions are indicated by marks of ellipsis.
In every instance great care has been exercised to preserve without distortion the
thought and intent of the writer.
Reflecting Christ
—the title of this book—is a
theme that recurs constantly through the writings of Ellen White. Loving the Lord
deeply, the author earnestly endeavored to walk in his footsteps herself, and she
ever encouraged others to look to Christ as their example. Underlining the theme
of this book, she wrote: “When those who profess to serve God follow Christ’s
example, practicing the principles of the law in their daily life; when every act
bears witness that they love God supremely and their neighbor as themselves, then
will the church have power to move the world.”—
Christ’s Object Lessons, 340
.
Reflecting Christ—this should be every Christian’s highest goal. The pursuit
of this objective, under the impetus of the indwelling spirit of God and the grace
of Christ, can bring with it only peace and true happiness.
That the meditations in this book may aid and encourage each reader in his or
her walk with the Lord is the fervent prayer of
The Trustees of the ELlen G. White Estate
Washington, D.C.
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