Exhibits Relating to the Writing of The Desire of Ages

Exhibit 45—Wednesday, March 29, 1893, Marian Davis to W. C. White

You will perhaps remember some things I said last spring about the necessity of having the matter from articles and scrapbooks, that might be available for use in the life of Christ, copied, so as to be convenient for reference. Perhaps you can imagine the difficulty of trying to bring together points relating to any subject, when these must be gleaned from thirty scrapbooks [of E. G. White materials], a half-dozen bound volumes, and fifty manuscripts, all covering thousands of pages.... ERWDA 24.4

One thing more as to why so much more is needed for life of Christ than for previous books. The material is much more abundant, the range of subjects much greater; the work demands more in every way. ERWDA 24.5

—White Estate Document File #393a. (Written from St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia.)