Ellen G. White

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born

November 26, 1827 in Maine, The United States

died

July 16, 1915

gender

female

website

http://www.whiteestate.org

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Religion & Spirituality, Health, Mind & Body, Parenting & Families

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In brief, she was a woman of remarkable spiritual gifts who lived most of her life during the nineteenth century (1827-1915), yet through her writings she is still making a revolutionary impact on millions of people around the world. During her lifetime she wrote more than 5,000 periodical articles and 40 books; but today, including compilations from her 50,000 pages of manuscript, more than 100 titles are available in English. She is the most translated woman writer in the entire history of literature, and the most translated American author of either gender. Her writings cover a broad range of subjects, including religion, education, social relationships, evangelism, prophecy, publishing, nutrition, and management. Her life-changing maste...more In brief, she was a woman of remarkable spiritual gifts who lived most of her life during the nineteenth century (1827-1915), yet through her writings she is still making a revolutionary impact on millions of people around the world. During her lifetime she wrote more than 5,000 periodical articles and 40 books; but today, including compilations from her 50,000 pages of manuscript, more than 100 titles are available in English. She is the most translated woman writer in the entire history of literature, and the most translated American author of either gender. Her writings cover a broad range of subjects, including religion, education, social relationships, evangelism, prophecy, publishing, nutrition, and management. Her life-changing masterpiece on successful Christian living, Steps to Christ, has been published in more than 140 languages. Seventh-day Adventists believe that Mrs. White was more than a gifted writer; they believe she was appointed by God as a special messenger to draw the world's attention to the Holy Scriptures and help prepare people for Christ's second advent. From the time she was 17 years old until she died 70 years later, God gave her approximately 2,000 visions and dreams. The visions varied in length from less than a minute to nearly four hours. The knowledge and counsel received through these revelations she wrote out to be shared with others. Thus her special writings are accepted by Seventh-day Adventists as inspired, and their exceptional quality is recognized even by casual readers. As stated in Seventh-day Adventists Believe . . . , “The writings of Ellen White are not a substitute for Scripture. They cannot be placed on the same level. The Holy Scriptures stand alone, the unique standard by which her and all other writings must be judged and to which they must be subject” (Seventh-day Adventists Believe . . . , Ministerial Association, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Washington D.C., 1988, p. 227). Yet, as Ellen White herself noted, “The fact that God has revealed His will to men through His Word, has not rendered needless the continued presence and guiding of the Holy Spirit. On the contrary, the Spirit was promised by our Saviour to open the Word to His servants, to illuminate and apply its teachings” (The Great Controversy, p. vii). The following is a more detailed account of the life and work of this remarkable woman who, meeting all the tests of a true prophet as set forth in the Holy Scriptures, helped found the Seventh-day Adventist church.(less)

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Average rating: 4.26 · 1,715 ratings · 166 reviews · 212 distinct works

	Steps to Christ 4.56 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 1000 — 21 editions	My rating:
	The Desire of Ages (Conflict of the Ages Series) 4.49 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 1940 — 32 editions	My rating:
	The Great Controversy 4.37 avg rating — 236 ratings — published 1858 — 51 editions	My rating:
	Patriarchs And Prophets 4.33 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1958 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Prophets and Kings: 4.35 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Messages to Young People 4.05 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1980 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Christs Object Lessons 4.21 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1941 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing 4.39 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1956 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Acts of the Apostles in the Proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ 4.27 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1998 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Ministry of Healing 4.28 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1942 — 13 editions	My rating:

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Testimonies For The Church (8 books)
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“It is not earthly rank, nor birth, nor nationality, nor religious privilege, which proves that we are members of the family of God; it is love, a love that embraces all humanity. ”
― Ellen G. White

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“Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for us, of which we know nothing.”
― Ellen G. White

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“It is Satan's constant effort to misrepresent the character of God, the nature of sin, and the real issues at stake in the great controversy. His sophistry lessens the obligation of the divine law and gives men license to sin. At the same time he causes them to cherish false conceptions of God so that they regard Him with fear and hate rather than with love. The cruelty inherent in his own character is attributed to the Creator; it is embodied in systems of religion and expressed in modes of worship.”
― Ellen G. White, Great Controversy: Between Christ and Satan

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