Seventh-day Adventism—The Spirit Behind the Church

Resources:

• Herbert E. Douglass, Messenger of the Lord, 1998, pp. 493-495 [masturbation, wigs];

• Francis D. Nichol, Ellen G. White and Her Critics, 1951, pp. 136-160; SDA Encyclopedia, 1996 ed., vol. 10, “Dress,” pp. 475-476; Arthur L. White, The Progressive Years, pp. 177-184 [dress reform];

• Ellen G. White, Counsels on Diet and Foods, 173-178; Arthur L. White, The Progressive Years, Appendix C [2 meals a day].

• For a recent analysis of Ellen White’s health message, see Douglass, The Messenger, 278-342; the real reasons for the health message are summarized on pp. 292-296; the results of the health message as seen in the lives of Adventists after more than a century are summarized on pages 320-342.