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801 Counsels for the Church, p. 5.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Counsels for the Church Study Guide. A complete chapter by chapter guide with questions to aid in your reading and understanding of the book.
802 Counsels for the Church, p. 9.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… Thessalonians 5:5, with the people of the world.
803 Counsels for the Church, p. 9.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The work of the prophet includes much more than just making predictions. Moses, a prophet of God who wrote six books of the Bible, wrote very little about what …
804 Counsels for the Church, p. 10.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Elder White told the people about the visions given to Mrs. White. He explained that visions had been given to her since she was a young woman of seventeen. He …
805 Counsels for the Church, p. 11.5 (Ellen Gould White)
“In vision her eyes were open. There was no breath, but there were graceful movements of the shoulder, arms, the hands, expressive of what she saw. It was impossible …
806 Counsels for the Church, p. 12.5 (Ellen Gould White)
With these vivid representations before her, Mrs. White, after returning to her home, undertook to write out what she had seen and heard in the vision. About …
807 Counsels for the Church, p. 13.5 (Ellen Gould White)
As Mrs. White's work developed, it could be tested by its results. “By their fruits ye shall know them.” But it takes time for fruit to develop, and the Lord at the …
808 Counsels for the Church, p. 14.5 (Ellen Gould White)
At other times while Mrs. White was praying, speaking, or writing, visions were given to her. Those about her would not be aware of the vision, unless there was a brief pause if she was speaking or praying publicly. At one time she wrote:
809 Counsels for the Church, p. 15.5 (Ellen Gould White)
“The frivolous talk, the foolish jesting, the meaningless laugh, fell painfully on the ear.... I was astonished as I saw the jealousy indulged, and listened to the words of envy, the reckless talk, which made the angels of God ashamed.”
810 Counsels for the Church, p. 16.5 (Ellen Gould White)
She then saw the distressed manager in his attempts to reason with the workers to bring about harmony. She saw patients who overheard these disputes, and …
811 Counsels for the Church, p. 17.5 (Ellen Gould White)
One morning in December 1844, while she was praying with four other women, the power of God rested upon her. At first she was lost to earthly things; then in a figurative …
812 Counsels for the Church, p. 18.5 (Ellen Gould White)
In response to the request of the General Conference, Mrs. White went to Europe in the summer of 1885. There she spent two years in strengthening the newly developed …
813 Counsels for the Church, p. 19.5 (Ellen Gould White)
A few years before her death, Mrs. White created a board of trustees, made up of church leaders, to whom she left her writings with the charge that they should …
814 Counsels for the Church, p. 20.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Mrs. White was not too well at this time, and she often fainted during the day, but this did not deter her from going forward with her work in the home as well as …
815 Counsels for the Church, p. 21.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Then she observed the watchful eyes of the captain and the readiness of the crew to obey his commands, and she commented:
816 Counsels for the Church, p. 22.5 (Ellen Gould White)
“I dried my tears as quickly as possible and said, ‘It is enough. I will not look on the dark side any more. Live or die, I commit the keeping of my soul to him who died for me.’
817 Counsels for the Church, p. 23.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Then, turning to a woman in another part of the audience, she said, “this sister seated by sister Maynard of the Greenville church—I can't speak your name because …
818 Counsels for the Church, p. 24.5 (Ellen Gould White)
A day or so later when Mrs. White was passing through the girl's room, a voice said, “Open that trunk.” Because the trunk was not hers, she did not wish to do so. At the …
819 Counsels for the Church, p. 25.5 (Ellen Gould White)
All through her life Mrs. White kept the word of God before the people. As she closed her very first book she stated:
820 Counsels for the Church, p. 26.5 (Ellen Gould White)
“I saw their countenances brighten, and they began to work on a policy to make the Sentinel a popular success. The whole matter was introduced by men who needed the truth in the chambers of the mind and soul.”