p. 256 | The Great Controversy, Volume Four

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 17, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 16.

The Great Controversy, Volume Four.

By William Clarence White

IT is now expected that the fourth and closing volume of the "Great Controversy between Christ and Satan," by Mrs. E. G. White, will be printed in June, and that it will be ready for delivery in the last of July.

Most of the manuscript is now written, and we can speak confidently of the contents of volume four.

Several chapters are especially devoted to an exposure of the great deceptions by which the arch-rebel has led the world captive, and to a vivid portrayal of his subtlety in introducing these heresies one by one into the church.

The following are a few of the subjects treated in this volume:—

Destruction of Jerusalem—Persecution in the First Centuries—The Waldenses—The Great Reformation—The Two Witnesses—The First Angel's Message—A Tarrying Time—The Midnight Cry—The Sanctuary—An Open and a Shut Door—The Advent Movement Foretold in Prophecy—The Seal of God—Origin of Evil—Agency of Evil Spirits—Spiritualism—Snares of Satan—The Loud Cry—The Time of Trouble—God's People Delivered—The Earth Desolated—The Controversy Ended.

Earnest Christians of all denominations will find in it encouragement and instruction in the delineation of the struggle maintained by men raised up of God in each successive age to preserve the pure and true religion, and they will see that the world has been led to accept one after another of Satan's devices till her teachers are corrupted with false doctrines and with infidelity.

While reading the manuscript of this volume we have been deeply impressed with the importance of placing it, as soon as published, in the hands of thoughtful people of all sects and classes; therefore we have decided to employ agents and sell this with the three preceding volumes on the subscription plan.

We have prepared a prospectus book of 80 pages containing contents, and sample pages of volume four, and a list of the subjects treated in volumes one, two, and three. The two styles in which these volumes are bound are also shown in the prospectus.

For several years volumes one, two, and three have been upon the market, and although highly prized by those who have read them, not one fourth as many have been sold as ought to have been in this time. We hope by the subscription plan to deliver, as many of volume four in the next six months as has been sold of all the other volumes in the last six years.

To accomplish this, we want a faithful agent in every town, city, and village in the land. We shall offer to each State Tract Society the general agency of this work for the territory covered by the society, therefore all desired information about this work may be obtained of the Secretary of your State Tract Society or the Pacific Press, Oakland, Cal.

W. C. WHITE.