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1501 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 206.2 (Arthur Lacey White)

One discouraging episode followed another. Severe colds that took hold of him on the journey to and from Waterbury settled in James's lungs. Of the result wrote Ellen White:

1502 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 207.2 (Arthur Lacey White)

The next week the Review carried on its back page a message from James White concerning the paper:

1503 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 208.5 (Arthur Lacey White)

In The Review and Herald, August 19, 1851, James White, with the message of the vision of June 21 ringing in his ears, published a well-reasoned article entitled “Our Present Work,” in which he dealt firmly with the time-setting issue:

1504 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 210.1 (Arthur Lacey White)

… Ellen White, and James White's clear-cut statement, Joseph Bates and others who had taken up the time message dropped it in the summer of 1851. It was considered …

1505 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 211.1 (Arthur Lacey White)

When James White began to publish the Present Truth in 1849 the reading audience he addressed was limited to those who had been in the first and second angels …

1506 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 211.2 (Arthur Lacey White)

… that James White recognized as offering a door “open almost everywhere to present the truth,” a time when, as he said. “many are prepared to read the publications …

1507 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 211.3 (Arthur Lacey White)

… prejudice. James White cautiously refrained from publishing the visions in the thirteen issues of volume 1 of the combined journal issued at Paris, Maine …

1508 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 213.1 (Arthur Lacey White)

… by James White in a word to the “little flock ” was the source, from which she left out “a portion.”]— The Review and Herald, Extra, July 21, 1851 .

1509 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 214.2 (Arthur Lacey White)

James White was less optimistic about its early issuance. In a postscript he noted:

1510 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 214.6 (Arthur Lacey White)

As James White closed up volume 1 of the Second Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, in Paris, Maine, he suggested that it would be well to find a more central place …

1511 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 215.3 (Arthur Lacey White)

… the Whites’ 2-year-old Edson who had been in her care. Within days the Whites found a house, borrowed furniture from fellow believers, and set up housekeeping …

1512 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 216.1 (Arthur Lacey White)

… by James White, and in James's and Ellen's correspondence, another feature stands out, namely, the number of believers who came together for these conferences …

1513 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 216.3 (Arthur Lacey White)

… , Massachusetts, James and Ellen White were met by his work.

1514 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 218.3 (Arthur Lacey White)

James White reported November 11 in his general letter that “at Washington we met Brother Smith, hard, hard, full of errors.” “It was a battle.... Sunday, Brother Smith …

1515 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 219.4 (Arthur Lacey White)

The next conference was held at the home of Washington Morse, at Bethel, Vermont. “We anticipated many trials at this meeting,” wrote James White, “but were happily disappointed.” He explained:

1516 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 221.1 (Arthur Lacey White)

… and James White preached. Sunday morning, before the preaching, Mrs. Butler confessed that she had been wrong. Butler himself “talked very well,” wrote Ellen …

1517 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 222.5 (Arthur Lacey White)

… Review James White pointed out that “the meeting was most manifestly led by the Holy Spirit.... It seemed wonderful that a meeting of such intense interest, where …

1518 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 223.7 (Arthur Lacey White)

Soon the back pages of the Review and Herald were carrying notices of conferences through late December and into January, and James and Ellen White would attend some of those in northern and western New York.

1519 Ellen G. White: The Early Years: 1827-1862 (vol. 1), p. 224.7 (Arthur Lacey White)

… 23, James and Ellen White were in Camden for the conference held on December 25 ( The Review and Herald, February 3, 1852 ), and for the next seven weeks visited scattered …