The Truth About The White Lie
Did Mrs. White make any attempt to conceal from Adventists her literary borrowing? 24
No, she even urged that they read some of the very books from which she borrowed most freely: TAWL 3.12
The Life of St. Paul by Conybeare and Howson, I regard as a book of great merit, and one of rare usefulness to the earnest student of the New Testament History. 25
On another occasion, she wrote: TAWL 3.13
Provide something to be read during these long winter evenings. For those who can procure it, D’Aubigne’s History of the Reformation will be both interesting and profitable. 26
Clearly, Mrs. White was not trying to hide anything or she would not have recommended the very books from which she was at the time choosing material. TAWL 3.14
On the other hand, she did not generally draw particular attention to her use of other authors, except in the Health Reformer in the 1870’s, where, as she wrote her monthly column and selected material for republication for the non-Adventist public, she regularly quoted from other writers, gave credit to them, and even recommended that her readers secure their books. 27 TAWL 4.1