Selected Messages, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

Source.—In presenting this, my third little volume
to the public, I am comforted with the conviction
that the Lord has made me his humble instrument
in shedding some rays of precious light upon the
past. Sacred history, relating to holy men of old, is
brief....
Since the great facts of faith, connected with
the history of holy men of old, have been opened to
me in vision; also, the important fact that God has
nowhere lightly regarded the sin of the apostate, I
have been more than ever convinced that ignorance
as to these facts, and the wily advantage taken of
this ignorance by some who know better, are the
grand bulwarks of infidelity. If what I have written
upon these points shall help any mind, let God be
praised.
When I commenced writing, I hope to bring all
into this volume, but am obliged to close the
history of the Hebrews, take up the cases of Saul,
David, Solomon, and others, and treat upon the
subject of health, in another volume. [Spiritual
Gifts, Volume 4, was published in 1864.
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