Ellen White: Woman of Vision

“Courage In The Lord”

The president of the General Conference, A. G. Daniells, presented Ellen White's second message to the delegates 10 days later at the business session on Tuesday morning, May 27. It opened: WV 538.6

Recently in the night season, my mind was impressed by the Holy Spirit with the thought that if the Lord is coming as soon as we believe He is, we ought to be even more active than we have been in years past (Ibid., 164). WV 538.7

Later in the message she declared: WV 539.1

I long to be personally engaged in earnest work in the field, and I should most assuredly be engaged in more public labor did I not believe that at my age it is not wise to presume on one's physical strength (Ibid.). WV 539.2

There was one part of her message to the session that touched a chord in the hearts of many of the delegates present, such as J. N. Loughborough, who with Ellen White had attended the very first session of the General Conference held in Battle Creek in May, 1863, exactly 50 years before, and G. I. Butler, an associate for many years. Here are her comforting and encouraging words: WV 539.3

I greatly desire that the old soldiers of the cross, those grown gray in the Master's service, shall continue to bear their testimony right to the point, in order that those younger in the faith may understand that the messages which the Lord gave us in the past are very important at this stage of the earth's history (Ibid.). WV 539.4

There was no word of pessimism in Ellen White's farewell message to the leaders of the church in assembly. WV 539.5