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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