In this concluding volume, the author powerfully points out the principles involved in the impending conflict and how each person can stand firmly for God and His truth.Įllen Gould White was a prolific author and an American Christian pioneer. The fact that Ellen White was the mother of four boysīeginning with the destruction of Jerusalem and continuing through the persecutions of Christians in the Roman Empire, the apostasy of the Dark Ages, the shining light of the Reformation, and the worldwide religious awakening of the nineteenth century, this volume traces the conflict into the future, to the Second Coming of Jesus and the glories of the earth made new. Only the thoughtful and prayerful perusal of the significant counsels ofthisvolumecanrevealthetremendousandfar-reachinginfluenceof training the child properly as God has placed the responsibility with parents. White expressed a desire to bring out a book for Christian parents that would make clear “The Mother’s Duty And Influence Over Her Children.” In the recently issued The Adventist Home and this companion work, that desire is now fulfilled. In these articles and personal testimonies she described the principles which should guide parents, and the procedures they should follow as they were kept before her in vision. In addition to this, she addressed to various families hundreds of personal testimonies in which she dealt specifically with the problems they faced. White set forth a wealth of counsel to parents. In her several books, but more particularly in the articles on practical Christian living which appeared from week to week in the various journals of the denomination, Mrs. The significance of instruction on child guidance is best understood as we note the important place it takes in the word of God and the frequent and detailed references to the subject in the spirit of prophecy writings. ThequestionofManoah of old, “How shall we order the child?” is thoughtfully pondered by parents today as they look into the face of the precious and helpless gift entrusted to their care. The 1884, 1888, and 1911 books incorporate historical data from other authors.įorewordAs marriage unites two hearts and lives in love, and a new home is created, an early concern of its founders is that the children which gracethisnewhomeshallbeproperlyreared. The current, 1911 edition is also one of the five-volume Conflict of the Ages set. Regarding the reason for writing the book, the author reported, "In this vision at Lovett's Grove (in 1858), most of the matter of the Great Controversy which I had seen ten years before, was repeated, and I was shown that I must write it out." The theme of the original small book was expanded first to a four-volume set of books (1870-1884) and then to a separate volume in 1888. In it, White describes the "Great Controversy theme" between Jesus and Satan, as played out over the millennia from its start in heaven, to its final end when the world is destroyed and recreated. White, one of the founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and held in esteem as a prophetess or messenger of God among Seventh-day Adventist members. The Great Controversy is a book by Ellen G.
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