"Is The Great Controversy Missing a Chapter?"
Readers
comparing the Spanish edition of The Great Controversy
to the English original may be surprised to learn that the Spanish
version contains an additional chapter—chapter 13. The origin
of this chapter is explained in The Later Elmshaven Years,
[vol. 6 of the Ellen G. White Biography series,] p. 377, as follows:
As
the work of the church was broadening to take in many countries and
many languages, steps were taken to translate the new book so that
the peoples of many tongues might read. One of the first was the Spanish,
undertaken almost immediately. As this work was entered upon, it was
observed that no place had been given to the reformation in Spain.
As counsel was taken with Ellen White, it was decided it would be
well if in the Spanish printing, a supplementary chapter compiled
by competent writers could be added. Thus, the Spanish Great Controversy
carries forty-three chapters in place of the forty-two in other printings.
Chapter thirteen in that book, titled The Awakening in Spain,
is clearly designated as a work of "collaboration"
and has a footnote stating:
This
chapter was compiled by C. C. Crisler and H. H. Hall, and was inserted
in this book with the approval of the author.--Page 252.
Consequently,
there has never been any missing chapter from The Great Controversy.
This non-Ellen White material has always been available in the Spanish
edition, and it was never intended by her to be a part of the original
English edition.
Thought for the Day
Those who are true to their calling as messengers for God will not seek honor for themselves. Love for self will be swallowed up in love for Christ. No rivalry will mar the precious cause of the gospel. They will recognize that it is their work to proclaim, as did John the Baptist, "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." John 1:29. Desire of Ages, pp. 179, 180.