About book

Life Sketches Manuscript

Introduction

Chapter 1—Childhood

The Accident

Life a Burden

A Bitter Lesson

Efforts for an Education

Chapter 2—Conversion

Englishman's Prediction of the End of the World

Announcement of the Second Advent

Prevented from Seeking Advice

Methodist Camp Meeting

Fanaticism

A Little Girl and Her Parasol

The Burden Lifted

Immaculate Children

Change Wrought by Conversion

Uniting with the Methodist Church

Chapter 3—Christian Experiences

Personal Description of Wm Miller

Views of Sanctification

An Eternally Burning Hell

Chapter 4—Beginning Of Public Labor

Dream of Temple and Lamb

Dream of Seeing Jesus

Counsel of Elder Stockman

First Public Prayer

View of the Father's Love

Testimony Borne in Advent Meeting

Testimony in Baptist Church

Laboring for Young Friends

Sympathy of my Brother Robert

Chapter 5—Leaving The Methodist Church

Disapproval Shown in Class-meeting

The Safe Path

Last Testimony in Class-meeting

A Little Missionary Society

Natural Mortality Questioned

The Pastor's Visit

Church Trial

Expelled from the Methodist Church

Chapter 6—Opposition Of Formal Brethren

Young Man Prostrated by Power of God

Opposition Overcome

Chapter 7—Advent Experience

Meetings in Portland, ME

Exhortation of Elder Brown

In the Hours of Waiting for Christ

Our Disappointment

Error in Reckoning

Hope Renewed

Attitude of the Churches

Period of Preparation

Chapter 8—My First Vision

Vision of New Earth

Chapter 9—Call To Travel

Father Pearson's Testimony

Fear of Self-exaltation

Travels in Maine

Arrest of Elder Damman

Chapter 10—Answers To Prayer

Chapter 11—Meeting Fanaticism

Instruction Whom to Trust

Chapter 12—Labors In New Hampshire

Encouragement for Elder Morse

Jonah's Disappointment

A False Report

Chapter 13—Misapprehension of the Message

Disappointment of the First Disciples

The Disappointment in 1844

What Did Take Place in 1844?

Another Message to be Given

Chapter 14—False Sanctification

A Little Ragged Boy

Protected from an Unholy Influence

A Foul Spirit Rebuked

The “Cannot-sin” Theory

Self-distrustfulness the Mark of a True Christian

The Pharisee and the Publican

A Last-day Delusion

Chapter 15—Meeting Fanaticism In Maine

The Journey to Springfield

Return to Portland, ME

Fanciful Doctrines

Visions at Sister Haines's

Comfort for a Broken-hearted Wife

Fanatics Refused a Home at My Fathers

The Fruits of Fanaticism

Promise of Special Help

Vision of the New Earth 

The Better Land

Chapter 16—Resisting The Spirit

Some Erroneous Theories

The Sin of Unfaithfulness

Another Conflict with Mesmerism

Fruits of the No-work Doctrine

An Evidence of God's Care

Chapter 17—Labors In Massachusetts

Meeting in Roxbury

In Dorchester

Kindness of Brother and Sister Nichols

At Carver

A Girl Cured of Fits

Conflict with False Doctrines

Spiritualistic View of Second Advent

Personality of God and Christ

No Work Theory Again

Meeting in Randolph

Description by Otis Nichols

The Open Bible Test

Strange Experiences in Portland

Visit of the Policemen

Anger of Young Men

Fear of Thunder

Chapter 18—Second Visit To Massachusetts

Elder Joseph Bates

The Sanctuary and the Sabbath

Repairers of the Breach

The Work of the Third Angel

Chapter 19—The Sabbath of the Lord

Includes annotations on the original Life Sketches manuscript. A book published in 1915 on the life and ministry of Ellen G. White.

Chapter 18&mdash;Second Visit To Massachusetts

Soon after our meeting in Roxbury, Sarah and I returned to Portland. Later, by invitation of Brother and Sister Nichols, we returned to Massachusetts, and for a time made their house our home.

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Chapter 18—Second Visit To Massachusetts