Selected Messages, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

information concerning the various persons who
helped Sister White in the literary phase of the
work.
It is my conviction, Brother Froom, that you
will never get light regarding the background of the
gift of the Spirit of Prophecy by studying the
characteristics and qualifications of the faithful
copyist and the copy editors, whom Sister White
called to her assistance in preparing for publication
articles for our periodical and chapters for her
books.
The foundation by which to fix faith in the
messages which God has sent to His people, will
be more readily found in the study of his dealings
with His prophets in past ages. It seems to me that
the study of the life and labors and writings of
Saint Paul are more helpful and illuminating than
any other line of study we might suggest, and I do
not think we shall be greatly helped in establishing
confidence in the writings of Paul by searching to
make a list of his helpers and by study into their
history and their experience. It is easy for me to
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