Quotations from the Writings of Mrs. E. G. White by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 2, 1916

Quotations from the Writings of Mrs. E. G. White

By Editor

“WE desire to call the attention of our brethren and sisters who write for the REVIEW, to the necessity of giving definite credit in their articles for quotations which they may make from the writings of Sister White. In articles which we receive, many quotations are made from her writings with no credit whatever, and thus we are unable to verify their correctness. We believe also that these quotations should be confined to extracts from her published works. It does not seem best to publish in the REVIEW quotations which may be made from letters, or manuscript that may be in the possession of the writers of articles, because in such cases we are afforded no opportunity to verify the correctness of the quotations made. If our brethren and sisters will kindly bear these suggestions in mind, it will save much inconvenience to us as well as delay in the publication of their articles.”

A LETTER was received at the General Conference office last week from Sister Salisbury, reporting her interviews with survivors of the “Persia” at Bombay. Brother Salisbury’s roommate was among the survivors, but was injured and had been left in a hospital at Alexandria. As Brother Salisbury’s photograph was shown, several of the passengers remembered having seen him aboard the boat, but did not recall seeing him at the time of the disaster. At last one man, a Mr. Clark, was found who had seen him in the water. The moment Mr. Clark saw the photograph, he said, “Yes, I saw Mr. Salisbury in the water. He was clinging to an oar. He said to me, ‘I haven’t any life belt,’ and as I had a life belt, I gave him a flag locker to which I was clinging. I never saw him after that. This was about fifteen or twenty minutes after the ‘Persia’ sank.” It is thought that Professor Salisbury had provided himself with a life belt, but, as many another man did, gave it to some woman or child. The survivors say that had the boat been able to keep afloat fifteen or twenty minutes, every life might have been saved.