Selected Messages, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

into German, French, Danish, and Swedish. As
mother considered this proposition, she decided to
make additions to the matter.
“Mother’s contact with European people had
brought to her mind scores of things that had been
presented to her in vision during past years, some
of them two or three times, and other scenes many
times. Her seeing of historic places and her contact
with the people refreshed her memory with
reference to these things, and so she desired to add
much material to the book. This was done, and the
manuscripts were prepared for translation.
“After our return to America, a new edition was
brought out much enlarged. In this edition some of
the matter used in the first English edition was left
out. The reason for these changes was found in the
fact that the new edition was intended for
worldwide circulation.
“In her public ministry, Mother has shown an
ability to select from the storehouse of truth, matter
that is well adapted to the needs of the
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