Selected Messages, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

father. She read to him a large part, if not the
whole, of the five volumes. She has read other
histories of the reformation. This has helped her to
locate and describe many of the events and the
movements presented to her in vision. This is
somewhat similar to the way in which the study of
the Bible helps her to locate and describe the many
figurative representations given to her regarding
the development of the great controversy in our
day between truth and error.
“Mother has never laid claim to verbal
inspiration, and I do not find that my father, or
Elder Bates, Andrews, Smith, or Waggoner, put
forth this claim. If there were verbal inspiration in
writing her manuscripts, why should there be on
her part the work of addition or adaptation? It is a
fact that Mother often takes one of her manuscripts,
and goes over it thoughtfully, making additions
that develop the thought still further.
“The first edition of this book was published in
California in 1884. When Spirit of Prophecy,
Volume III was printed, there was some matter left
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