The Later Elmshaven Years: 1905-1915 (vol. 6) - Ellen G. White

carrying through most of chapter 3, she commented:
Nothing in this world is so dear to God as His church. With jealous
care He guards those who seek Him. Nothing so offends God as for the
servants of Satan to strive to rob His people of their rights. The Lord has not
forsaken His people. Satan points to the mistakes that they have made, and
tries to make them believe that thus they have separated themselves from
God. Evil angels seek in every way to discourage those who are striving for
victory over sin. They hold up before them their past unworthiness, and
represent their case as hopeless.
But we have an all-powerful Redeemer. Christ came from heaven in
the guise of humanity to live the principles of righteousness in this world. He
was endowed with power to minister to all who would accept Him as their
Redeemer, to succor the repentant ones who were convinced of the
sinfulness of sin.-- Ibid.
Ellen White understood so well the issues and the bountiful provisions
for salvation that there was no place in her mind for discouragement.
But she needed to get on with her writing, to fill out the books tracing
the controversy between Christ and Satan--yet she needed one on Old
Testament history and one on the early church and the apostles. Both were in
preparation as December gave way to January. When, however, the staff at
Elmshaven late in 1910 learned that the Sabbath school lessons for 1911
were to be on the early Christian church, the New Testament history took
precedence. It was contemplated that materials in preparation, released week
by week in Review and Herald articles, would serve as lesson helps.
But it was with somewhat divided attention that this new work was
entered upon, for the final work on the new edition of The Great Controversy
was still the first priority at Elmshaven and Pacific Press. The completion of
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