About book

Why I Believe in Mrs. E. G. White

Chapter One—An Unusual People

The Prime Question

Background of Seventh-day Adventists

Chapter Two—Truth, Stranger Than Fiction

Testimony of Captain Bates

No Mass Movement Toward Mrs. White

A Significant Bible Prophecy

A Frank Admission

Chapter Three—Saved, From the Folly of Time Setting

A Pertinent Question

Chapter Four—Streams of Light Around the World

A Hard Question

First Journal Published

Only One Answer

Chapter Five—Saved From the Danger of Disintegration

Life of Church Threatened

Looking Back on a Great Event

A Reasonable Conclusion

Chapter Six—Visions on Healthful Living

Reformers Arise

A Distinctive Position

Her Selection No Accident

Chapter Seven—Visions on Healthful Living-Continued

The Poor “Grass Eaters”

Value of Physical Exercise

Comments on Cancer

Tobacco is a Poison

Chapter Eight—Eminent Testimony on Mrs. White’s Health Teachings

A University Professor Speaks

Summary by Dr. McCay

Chapter Nine—Schools and Foreign Missions Begin

Testimony of Dr. Stratemeyer

Adventist Mission Program

The Inspired Challenger

Chapter Ten—Reading the Thoughts of Men’s Hearts

Testimony of Mrs. White’s Translator

Confession of R. S. Donnell

W. H. Saxby’s Testimony

Chapter Eleven—Mrs. White’s Personal Life

Firmly Believed She Had Visions

The Move to Battle Creek

Her Husband’s Death

She Visits Australia

Chapter Twelve—Mrs. White in Vision

Descriptions of Mrs. White in Vision

Physical Effects

An Eyewitness Speaks

Significance of Physical Manifestations

“In the Night Seasons”

An Inadequate Cause

Chapter Thirteen—Mrs. White Looks Into the Future

Time-setting Rebukes

Rise of Spiritism

A Critic Comments

A Spectacular Forecast

Chapter Fourteen—Questions Some Adventists Ask

Moses at the Burning Bush

Why Set Extrascriptural Standards for Her?

Who Is to Measure Agreement?

Alleged Contradictions

The Obvious Moral

Mrs. White and Church Membership

Mrs. White and Fanatical Excesses

Was Mrs. White a Prophet?

Are Her Writings of Current Importance?

Does She Give Extrascriptural Counsels?

A Specific Situation

Reasons for Questions

Chapter Fifteen—The Price of Spiritual Leadership

Attacks on the Bible

A Strange Claim

The Heaviest Price

Chapter Sixteen—Two Typical Objections Considered

The Record Is Clear

A Second Objection

Chapter Seventeen—Looking Back Over the Record

A Personal Testimony

Some Reasons Why Seventh-day Adventists Believe That Ellen G. White Possessed the Gift of “the Spirit of Prophecy”

<strong><em>Some Reasons Why Seventh-day Adventists Believe That Ellen G. White Possessed the Gift of &ldquo;the Spirit of Prophecy&rdquo;</em></strong>

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