This week’s materials examine how people responded to Ellen White’s prophetic messages. While some accepted her counsel, others were skeptical and chose to reject it. Regardless of their response, Ellen White encouraged giving people time to become familiar with her writings and ministry.
The two chapters from Selected Messages, book 1, provide Ellen White’s own account of the varied reactions to her writings and visions. Following that, you’ll read a letter in which she describes Uriah Smith’s personal struggles with accepting her prophetic messages. The final two resources present personal stories of individuals who received testimonies written specifically for them, offering insight into their experiences with her counsel and bringing them to repentance.
- Ellen G. White, “Attitudes Toward the Testimonies” and “The Writing and Sending Out of the Testimonies to the Church” in Selected Messages, book 1, pp. 40-58.
- Uriah Smith Testimony. From Letter 32, 1891.
- Arthur L. White, “N. D. Faulkhead and the Convincing Testimony,” The Australian Years (EGW Biography, vol. 4), pp. 49-56.
- Merlin D. Burt, “Stephen Smith and the Unread Testimony” in General Conference Executive Committee Newsletter, July-September 2024
- Link: https://whiteestate.org/absg/7