Ellen G. White — Messenger to the Remnant

Mrs. White Very Human

Having met Sister White under varying circumstances, we discover that she is very human. She is not, as some have thought, an austere, sliminess woman, somewhat removed by position and work from the common people with their joys and sorrows. She is one of us. But we have seen her only on a very few occasions. We still want to spend more time in her home and office and join her in her travels, becoming acquainted with her as a homemaker, a neighbor, a counselor, a writer, a speaker, a personal worker, a steward of means, and as God’s messenger. To accomplish this, we turn to more of her diaries, her letters, and her articles in our denominational papers, and through these learn to know Mrs. White as she was known to those around her. The documents we shall draw on for the succeeding articles are, for the most part, not formal statements written for publication. Rather we shall construct our story largely from the informal records. EGWMR 102.9