W. W. Prescott and the 1911 Edition of The Great Controversy

Chapter 3—The Prescott Report and How Employed

We shall quote all of the 39-page Prescott letter to W. C. White in which he renders his report. In doing so, we shall intersperse his suggestions with the response of Ellen White and the Elmshaven staff. WWPGC 4.1

Prescott refers to W. C. White’s request given orally by W. C. White while he was in Washington in early April. The White Estate files fail to disclose a W. C. White letter to Prescott. For the sake of convenience, the points made by Prescott are numbered. He writes: WWPGC 4.2

My Dear Brother: WWPGC 4.3

In harmony with your urgent request, I have taken a little time to go through The Great Controversy, and to note some of the things which seemed to me to indicate the need of a revision. Inasmuch as the book covers the period beginning with the destruction of Jerusalem, and ending with the coming of the Lord and the new earth, it could hardly be expected that I should be able to deal in any way exhaustively with the facts of history which are treated upon in this book. I can only notice such matters, and make such suggestions, as are within the range of my reading. WWPGC 4.4