Selected Messages, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

that the Lord Jesus and his angels have with intense
interest watched the battle against the power of
Satan, who combined his hosts with evil men, for
the purpose of extinguishing the divine light, the
fire of God’s kingdom. They suffered for Christ’s
sake scorn, derision, and the hatred of men who
knew not God. They were maligned and persecuted
even unto death, because they would not renounce
their faith.—Letter 48, 1894.
Shown Ellen White Years Before Visiting
Europe in 1885-1887.—Years ago, the work of the
first message in these countries [Sweden and other
northern countries] was presented before me, and I
was shown circumstances similar to those related
above [Swedish child-preaching].—Ellen G.
White, in historical Sketches of the Foreign
Missions of Seventh-day Adventists (Basel, 1886),
p. 108.
Chapter on Time of Trouble.—We have just
read the matter in regard to the time of trouble.
Brother Smith thinks that chapter by no means
should be left out of Volume 4. He says there is not
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