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78401 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1058.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… the Whites, his father having been a teacher of vocal music. This valuable gift James used constantly in his public work. Erelong a thousand people would listen …

78402 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1058.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

White had the happy gift of carrying people along with him. He was enthusiastic, and possessed a grace and a dignity that kept every enterprise with which …

78403 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1058.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… disappeared! White turned to thank his protector, but none was there. He wondered, but was exceedingly grateful.

78404 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1058.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

White went on to the Eastern Maine Christian Conference. This section and this particular group had already been deeply affected by Millerism. Invited …

78405 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1059.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… team. White’s character was cast in the heroic mold and his life was of the patriarchal pattern. His thinking was bold, clear, and logical, and he was an able disputant …

78406 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1059.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… James White and Wife, Vindication of Their Moral and Christian Character (1870, 112 pages).

78407 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1060.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

White had a statesmanlike vision of the future. He was the founder and promoter of most of the early key enterprises. He fostered their first humble printing …

78408 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1060.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… world. White’s writings are therefore thoroughly representative of the early leadership. (On Andrews see p. 1093.)

78409 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1060 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

IV. James White’s Early Convictions on Prophecy

78410 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1060.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… movement, White was one of the earliest investigators and interpreters of prophecy following the Disappointment, with articles appearing first in the …

78411 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1060.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

White was about the first of the group who, in sharp contrast with prevailing views in the Millerite movement and general concept, in both Europe and America, placed the plagues in the future, not the past. On “The Seven Last Plagues” he says:

78412 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1061.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

“For more than one year, it has been my settled faith, that the seven last plagues were all in the future, and that they were all to be poured out before the first resurrection.” James White, A Word to the “Little Flock,” p. 1.

78413 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1061.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… . 9. White consistently held the Papacy to be the power indicated in Daniel 11:45, the same as William Miller. From this position he never changed. See his “Where …

78414 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1061.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

White’s “Thoughts on Revelation 14 ” discusses the sequence and continuity of events in Revelation 13 and 14 .

78415 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1063.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

White stood solidly with Crosier on the heavenly sanctuary as the one trodden underfoot ( Daniel 8:11-14 ) when the “daily” was taken away. And from this he never veered. Because of this, his position is therefore recorded with some fullness:

78416 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1064.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… .” James White, Editorial, “Our Present Position,” Review and Herald, January, 1851, pp. 28, 29. (Brackets in the original.)

78417 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1064.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… James White held the unvarying position that the treading down of the sanctuary and the taking away of the “daily” typified the daring career of the Little …

78418 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1064.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

By 1851 White was convinced” that the second, or two horned, beast of Revelation 13 was a symbol of the United States, with its Protestant and Republican characteristics.

78419 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1064.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… .’” James White, Editorial, “The Angels of Revelation 14 ,” No. 1, Review and Herald, Aug. 19, 1851, p. 12.

78420 The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 4, p. 1065.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

To White the Revelation 18 repetition of the “Babylon” message of Revelation 14:7 was still future, but represents a time of further rejection of truth.