The Truth About The White Lie
Apparently A. G. Daniells was criticized in his own time for not being a sufficiently strong supporter of Ellen G. White’s ministry. What was his attitude? 11
Elder Daniells’s faith and confidence were unimpaired to the very hours of his death. At the 1922 General Conference he was indeed criticized by some who believed that Ellen White’s inspiration was both verbal and inerrant, even in the smallest detail. 12 Daniells did not hold this rigid view. He was deeply hurt by what he considered to be false and unfounded criticisms of his position regarding Ellen G. White. TAWL 6.2
Shortly before his death in 1935, he recalled his experience of March, 1903, a day or two before the opening of the General Conference session in Oakland, California. He referred to the Battle Creek crisis and of his agony of soul as he reached out to God for evidence of His support in “the awful battle that was before us.” He told how he wrestled through the hours of the night: TAWL 6.3
Finally, there fell upon me these words, “If you will stand by My servant until her sun sets in a bright sky, I will stand by you to the last hour of the conflict....” I fell on my side, and I couldn’t talk any more with God. I was overcome. And although I have made mistakes, God has stood by me, and I have never repudiated that woman, nor questioned her loyalty, to my knowledge, from that night to this. O, that was a happy experience to me. And it bound me up with the greatest character that has lived in this dispensation. That is all I can say. 13