Ellen G. White and Her Critics

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• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• To the Reader of this Book
• Chapter 1—Mrs. White and the Seventh-day Adventist Church
• Chapter 2—A Life Sketch of Mrs. WhiteWere Mrs. White’s Visions Due To Nervous Disorders?—Part I
• Chapter 3—Mrs. White, and Bible Prophets, in VisionWere Mrs. White’s Visions due to Nervous Disorders?—Part II
• Chapter 4—Medical Facts Concerning Certain Nervous MaladiesWere Mrs. White’s Visions due to Nervous Disorders?—Part III
• Chapter 5—Certain Nervous-Disorder Proofs ExaminedWere Mrs. White’s Visions Due to Nervous Disorders?—Part IV
• Chapter 6—What Do Adventists Claim for Mrs. White’s Writings?
• Chapter 7—The Astronomy Vision
• Chapter 8—The Predictions of the 1856 Vision
• Chapter 9—The Civil War Predictions
• Chapter 10—The Tower of Babel
• Chapter 11—“No Antidote” for Strychnine
• Chapter 12—The Reform Dress
• Chapter 13—A Sketch of Early Adventist HistoryMrs. White and the Shut Door—Part I
• Chapter 14—The Shut-Door Charge ExaminedMrs. White and the Shut Door—Part II
• Chapter 15—Mrs. White Taught That Probation Still LingersMrs. White and the Shut Door—Part III
• Chapter 16—Time Setting—The Seven-Year Theory
• Chapter 17—Did Mrs. White Suppress Some of Her Writings?
• Chapter 18—The Image Beast and 666
• Chapter 19—Mrs. White’s Attitude Toward Other Churches
• Chapter 20—“Amalgamation of Man and Beast”
• Chapter 21—“Rome Alone”—An Alleged Contradiction
• Chapter 22—The Ignorant Slave—Slavery Until Second Advent
• Chapter 23—Did God Deceive the Advent Movement in 1843?
• Chapter 24—Did Mrs. White Break a Promise?
• Chapter 25—The Time to Begin the Sabbath
• Chapter 26—Did Mrs. White Contradict Herself Regarding Sabbathkeeping?
• Chapter 27—Mrs. White’s Teachings on Healthful Living
• Chapter 28—Mrs. White’s Literary BorrowingsThe Plagiarism Charge—Part I
• Chapter 29—That Threatened LawsuitThe Plagiarism Charge—Part II
• Chapter 30—Literary Borrowings and InspirationThe Plagiarism Charge—Part III
• Chapter 31—Did Mrs. White’s Secretaries Write Her Books?
• Chapter 32—Was Mrs. White “Influenced to Write Testimonies”?
• Chapter 33—Mrs. White’s Financial Affairs
• Chapter 34—In Conclusion
• APPENDIXES
  • Appendix A
    • Brief History of Elder Canright’s Connection With This People
    • A Friend of Canright Reminisces
  • Appendix B: Perpetuity of the Gifts
    • Necessity of Spiritual Gifts
    • Spiritual Gifts in Last Days
    • Prophetic Gift Still With Us
    • Distinguishing Characteristic of “Remnant”
    • The Word “Testimony” in the Bible
    • The Divine Definition
    • Significance of the Genitive Form
    • The Testimony of Jesus Himself
    • The Conclusions of Commentators
    • Spirit of Prophecy
    • An Objection Considered
    • Further Objection Examined
    • Gifts Bestowed by the Lord
    • “Spirit” and “Gift” Intimately Related
    • Comparing Two Vital Passages
    • Equivalent Statements Prevent Misunderstanding
  • Appendix C: A Remarkable Test
  • Appendix D: A Word to the “Little Flock”
    • A Word to the “Little Flock”
  • Appendix E: That Typographical Change in J. N. Loughborough’s Book
  • Appendix F: Mrs. White’s 1883 Statement Regarding Deletions
  • Appendix G: Fanaticism and Sabbathkeeping Adventists
  • Appendix H: From Shut Door to Open DoorA Supplement to Chapter 13
    • Unfolding Picture From 1849 Onward
    • Not Lost, but “Misguided Souls”
    • James White on Door of Mercy
    • Comments on Editor’s Exposition
    • Harmonization of Bates’s Statement
    • Hope for Adventist Children
    • Three Classes Who Have Hope
    • Further Interpretation of Marriage Parable
    • Failure to Accept Further Light
    • No Attempt to Blur Narrow Views
    • “Who May Hear the Truth?”
    • Preachers of an Open Door
    • Story of Growth Throws Light
    • Enlarged View of Sanctuary Service
    • Restricted View of Salvation Surrendered
  • Appendix I: The Spurious Camden Vision, Dated June 29, 1851
  • Appendix J: Deleted Passages Examined
    • 1. “To the Little Remnant Scattered Abroad”
    • 2. “End of the 2300 Days”
    • 3. Time of Jacob’s Trouble
    • 4. Letter to Brother Bates (“Subsequent Visions”)
    • 5. Letter to Eli Curtis
    • 6. “Shaking of the Powers of Heaven”
    • 7. “The Sealing”
    • 8. “God’s Love for His People”
    • 9. “Duty in View of the Time of Trouble”
    • 10. “The Open and the Shut Door”
    • 11. “The Trial of Our Faith”
    • 12. Vision Concerning Brother Rhodes
    • 13. False Reformations
    • 14. “To the ‘Little Flock’”
    • 15. Warning Against Eli Curtis
    • 16. “The Last Plagues and the Judgment”
    • 17. The Shepherds
    • 18. “The Gathering Time”
    • 19. “Time Not Connected With the Message of the Third Angel, Revelation 14, 9-12”
    • 20. Autobiographical Article, “Experience and Views”
    • Additional Material in “Experience and Views”
  • Appendix K: Pictures in “The Great Controversy”
  • Appendix L: The Writing and Sending Out of the Testimonies to the Church
    • A Letter by Mrs. White
    • The Influence of Sister White’s Helpers Over the Testimonies
  • Appendix M: Mrs. White Discusses Inspiration
    • The Inspiration of the Bible
    • Objections to the Bible
  • Appendix N: W. C. White’s Statement Regarding Sister White’s Work
  • Appendix O: Canright Condemns Himself
  • Appendix P: To Those in Doubting Castle
  • Appendix Q: Last Will and Testament of Mrs. Ellen G. White
• Bibliography