LIFE INCIDENTS.
Life Incidents,
IN CONNECTION WITH THE
GREAT ADVENT MOVEMENT,
AS ILLUSTRATED BY
THE THREE ANGELS
—OF—
REVELATION XIV.
By ELDER JAMES WHITE.
“And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days, then shallthe sanctuary be cleansed.”—Daniel.
“And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth, lifted up hishand to heaven, and aware by Him that liveth forever and ever, who createdHeaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that thereinare, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be timeno longer.... And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again beforemany peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.”—John.
VOLUME ONE.
STEAM PRESS
OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION,
BATTLE CREEK, MICH.
1868.
PREFACE.
The writer of these pages does not entertain the idea that hehas done justice to the subject upon which they treat. The fieldis a wide one, and to do the subject full justice, would requiremuch time, and many volumes the size of this. And it has beenwhile laboring with the churches in Michigan that these thoughtshave been hastily gathered from personal knowledge and experience,and from the writings of those who were deeply imbuedwith the sweet spirit of revealed truth. More time, undividedattention to the subject, and more pages, would greatly improvethe work. But even such as it is, it is commended to the prayerfulconsideration of the reader, in confidence that it is calculatedto revive the Advent hope and faith in the hearts of thefainting, and to cheer way-worn pilgrims to Mount Zion, and leadthem to take fresh courage in the Lord. And may it not also behoped that this historical sketch of the great Advent movementwill lead some to see the subject clearly in the light of the sacredScripture and Christian experience, and embrace the truth of God.
The writer has passed rapidly over the incidents in his earlylife, and has given only those of later years, which were connectedwith the Advent cause. His object has been to give those factsonly which would serve to honor and magnify the name and powerof God in the exhibition of divine truth. The fact, however, thathe has been connected with the Advent cause since 1842, may[vi]serve as an apology for introducing some incidents of personalSecond-Advent experience into this work.
It has been with great pleasure that the great Advent movementhas been revived in the preparation of these pages. It hasbeen an intellectual and spiritual feast. The fundamental principlesof the glorious doctrine of the soon coming of Christ, neverappeared more firmly established. And the facts in Second-Adventhistory, fulfilling prophecy, never seemed so important tothe people of God, as an anchor in the perilous storms of theselast days, as since examining anew this whole question. MayGod make this work as great a blessing to the reader