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4241 Heralds of New Light

… to James Edson White, December 22, 1894, in Robert W. Olson’s, “How the Desire of Ages Was Written,” unpublished monograph (Washington, D.C.: Ellen G. White Estate, Inc …

4242 Hermeneutics Interpreting a 19th-Century Prophet in the Space Age, p. 11.7 (Roger W. Coon)

James White, in responding to an inquiry from “a brother at Monroe, Wis.,” concerning problems faced by his wife in attempting to counsel and guide the church …

4243 Highlights of the Beginning of the Tithing System, p. 1.4 (Arthur Lacey White)

As churches began to respond to the plan adopted at Battle Creek, a question arose as to the use of the money thus raised. James White, in the Review of March 3, 1859, answers the question:

4244 Highlights of the Beginning of the Tithing System

“Next comes the personal donations. Let the young men who have no taxable property come up nobly here, also the young women.”—James White, The Review and Herald, April 9, 1861, p. 164.

4245 Highlights of the Beginning of the Tithing System, p. 2.5 (Arthur Lacey White)

James White, in 1853 in his first appeal to the Sabbathkeeping Adventists for financial support for the ministry, presents it under the title Gospel Order …

4246 Highlights of the Beginning of the Tithing System, p. 3.3 (Arthur Lacey White)

James White restated the plan in November 1864, and in so doing tied it very closely with the tithe:

4247 Highlights of the Beginning of the Tithing System

… follows: James White, D. M. Canright, S. N. Haskell, J. N. Andrews, Uriah Smith. Systematic Benevolence; or the Bible Plan of Supporting the Ministry.

4248 Highlights of the Beginning of the Tithing System, p. 6.5 (Arthur Lacey White)

James White in the Review of November 29, 1864, argues strongly for all of the systematic benevolence funds to be placed in the local or General Conference treasuries “to support the proclamation of the third angel’s message.”

4249 Highlights of the Beginning of the Tithing System, p. 9.2 (Arthur Lacey White)

By 1880 it was the general understanding that such as funds came from the tithe should be devoted exclusively, or nearly so, to the support of the gospel ministry. Note this from James White:

4250 The History and Use of the Tithe, p. 1.4 (Arthur Lacey White)

As churches began to respond to the plan adopted at Battle Creek, a question arose as to the use of the money thus raised. James White, in the Review of March 3, 1859, answers the question:

4251 The History and Use of the Tithe

“Next comes the personal donations. Let the young men who have no taxable property come up nobly here, also the young women.”—James White, The Review and Herald, April 9, 1861, p. 164.

4252 The History and Use of the Tithe, p. 2.6 (Arthur Lacey White)

James White, in 1853 in his first appeal to the Sabbathkeeping Adventists for financial support for the ministry, presents it under the title Gospel Order …

4253 The History and Use of the Tithe, p. 3.3 (Arthur Lacey White)

James White restated the plan in November 1864, and in so doing tied it very closely with the tithe:

4254 The History and Use of the Tithe

… follows: James White, D. M. Canright, S. N. Haskell, J. N. Andrews, Uriah Smith. Systematic Benevolence; or the Bible Plan of Supporting the Ministry.

4255 The History and Use of the Tithe, p. 6.5 (Arthur Lacey White)

James White in the Review of November 29, 1864, argues strongly for all of the systematic benevolence funds to be placed in the local or General Conference treasuries “to support the proclamation of the third angel’s message.”

4256 The History and Use of the Tithe, p. 9.2 (Arthur Lacey White)

By 1880 it was the general understanding that such as funds came from the tithe should be devoted exclusively, or nearly so, to the support of the gospel ministry. Note this from James White:

4257 The History and Use of the Tithe, p. 26.1 (Arthur Lacey White)

… possess.”—James White in Good Samaritan, January, 1861.

4258 The History and Use of the Tithe, p. 29.1 (Arthur Lacey White)

… when James White, while serving as president of the General Conference, was stricken with paralysis and she had to pull up the carpets from the floor, the rag …

4259 How Ellen White’s Books Were Written, p. 3.1 (William C. White)

… offices, James White was frequently greeted by his wife with the statement, “James, I want you to hear what I have been writing.” Then he would lie down on the sofa …

4260 How Ellen White’s Books Were Written, p. 5.4 (William C. White)

… , Elder James White sold his home on Wood Street and bought an unfinished house and about an acre and a quarter of land on the northeast corner of Washington …