p. 252 | LIFE SKETCHES

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 1, 1882

LIFE SKETCHES.

Ancestry, Early Life, Christian Experience, and Extensive Labors of ELDER JAMES WHITE, AND HIS WIFE, MRS. ELLEN G. WHITE.

Nearly the last literary labor of the late Elder James White was the production of the above-named work. It comprises a sketch of his life, and his public labors in connection with those of his wife, Mrs. E. G. White, and presents a comprehensive history of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination which he, more than any other man, was instrumental in founding. Almost the entire period of his active public labors having been occupied in the promulgation of the Advent doctrine and kindred subjects, and much of that labor having been devoted to spreading the knowledge of what is now known as the "Third Angel's Message," the work is necessarily to quite an extent a history of that message from its earliest inception to the present time.

The life of a public man is always of interest, even to the general reader, but when that life is closely interwoven with the details of a conspicuous religious movement, it becomes doubly interesting, and especially so to those who have an interest in the movement itself.

The book abounds in interesting incidents, personal sketches, and religious experiences, some of which are quite remarkable, and altogether it forms a volume at once instructive and entertaining.

Printed on tinted paper, 416 pp., with portrait of Mr. and Mrs. White. Muslin bound, price, $1.25. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, OAKLAND, CAL.

TESTIMONIALS.

I have read "Life Sketches" with much interest, and do not hesitate to pronounce it a valuable book. It presents before the reader a review of the life work of two individuals whose untiring energy and faithful devotion to the cause of truth have, through the blessing of God, contributed more to the establishment of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination than any others ever connected with it. Engaged in the great Advent movement of 1843 and 1844, and after the disappointment, among the first to proclaim the Third Angel's Message, their experience is at once interesting and instructive.

This volume cannot fail to be of value as a promoter of spiritual growth, for certainly no one can read of the sacrifices, labors, and keen trials endured by these persons in the cause and not feel his own desires quickened for a larger sphere of usefulness. If one wishes to trace the guiding hand of God in the upbuilding of his cause, as connected with the fulfilment of the prophecy, I know no work better calculated to give the desired information than the book entitled "Life Sketches."

ELDER J. O. CORLISS.

When we see a people, in so short a space of time, coming into the position occupied by Seventh-day Adventists, we at once inquire "Under whose leadership, and by what means have such speedy results been accomplished?" To this question we obtain an answer in the "Life Sketches" of Elder James and Mrs. Ellen G. White. Their life history is interwoven with the rise of this cause, and is an interesting record of victories gained over obstacles met in establishing the institutions of this people upon a permanent basis.

These pages are replete with interest, and contain facts concerning the gradual development, present facilities, and standing of this people, that can be found in no other book.

ELDER J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.

Southampton, Eng.

We have a copy of "Life Sketches," and have examined it with pleasure. It will interest all classes of readers, and will well repay perusal. It gives a good idea of the toils, trials and sacrifices of those whose lives it relates. It also gives many facts in the history of the denomination of Seventh-day Adventists—a denomination which has arisen during the period of the active labors of Elder and Mrs. White, and largely through their instrumentality. This volume will have a wide circulation, and will do much good.

ELDER J. N. ANDREWS.

Basle, Switzerland.