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Ellen G. White and the Loud Cry - Fred Bischoff

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Preface<br />

It was in November 20, 1857 that <strong>Ellen</strong> <strong>White</strong><br />

was given a vision of <strong>the</strong> future shaking, [see<br />

article “The Future” Review <strong>and</strong> Herald, December<br />

31, 1857; also recorded in Early Writings, p. 269-<br />

271].<br />

She describes a tremendous experience that <strong>the</strong><br />

people of God were having, especially being freed<br />

to lay “hold of <strong>the</strong> truth,” <strong>and</strong> she asked <strong>the</strong> angel,<br />

“What had made this great change?” The angel<br />

answered, “It is <strong>the</strong> latter rain, <strong>the</strong> refreshing from<br />

<strong>the</strong> presence of <strong>the</strong> Lord, <strong>the</strong> loud cry of <strong>the</strong> third<br />

angel.” As far as we know this <strong>the</strong> first time she<br />

used <strong>the</strong> term; “<strong>the</strong> loud cry of <strong>the</strong> third angel.”<br />

The next time she used this phrase in <strong>the</strong><br />

Review <strong>and</strong> Herald was November 22, 1892, in an<br />

article “The Perils <strong>and</strong> Privileges of <strong>the</strong> Last<br />

Days.” Here some four years after <strong>the</strong> Minneapolis<br />

conference, she wrote, “The time of test is just<br />

upon us, for <strong>the</strong> loud cry of <strong>the</strong> third angel has<br />

already begun in <strong>the</strong> revelation of <strong>the</strong> righteousness<br />

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