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At the time Ellen White spoke these words—three months before the beginning of hostilities—most Americans believed we were not headed for war. Abraham Lincoln, two days before his Inaugural Address on March 4, 1861, declared, “I have felt all the while justified in concluding that the crisis, the panic, the anxiety of the country at this time is artificial.” During the period following the end of the Civil War, in that gloomy period called Reconstruction (1863-1877) Ellen White wrote, “It is a shame for Christians who profess to be themselves redeemed by the blood of the Lamb to take a position to make these men [colored] feel that the mark of a humiliated race is upon them—men standing in God’s broad sunlight with mind and soul like other men, with as goodly a frame as has the best developed white man.” Historians generally date the beginning of the modern spiritualist movement to the “knocking” or “rapping” on the walls of the home of the Fox family in Hydesville, New York. A few months later, Mrs. White received a vision at Topsham, Maine, and wrote, “I saw that the mysterious knocking in New York and other places was the power of Satan, and that such things would be more and more common.” These are but a few of the historical events about which Ellen White received messages from the Lord. Whether writing about war, segregation, spiritualism, healthful living, or the great controversy, God’s messenger boldly spoke unpopular truths to those who needed to hear them. Today we need to listen once again. Herbert E. Douglass, has skillfully compiled an arresting variety of examples of messages that were ridiculed at the time they were spoken but were proved true in retrospect. This book will rekindle your faith in the Spirit of Prophecy and inspire you to look carefully at those predictions yet to be fulfilled |
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Herbert E. Douglass Herb Douglass, as a college teacher and administrator, has been focused on youth as well as their parents for more than fifty years and writes out of his experience as to what works and what doesn’t. His theological studies have focused on the God-man relationship in the plan of salvation, especially as unfolded in the Great Controversy Theme. Author of more than 13 books and numerous magazine articles, his wide range of interests have included last-day events, making the plan of salvation simple, and the role of Ellen G. White in the development of Seventh-day Adventist thought and organization. His latest book, Messenger of the Lord, is referred to as the definitive work on Ellen G. White’s life and thought. His earned doctorate was conferred in 1964 at the Pacific School of religion after his A.B., from Atlantic Union College, 1947; M.A., and B.D., from Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, 1956, 1957. He is deeply indebted for the opportunity to have been a pastor in Illinois, teacher at Pacific Union College, head of the Bible Department, Dean of the College, and President of Atlantic Union College; Associate Editor, Adventist Review, Vice-president, Pacific Press® Publishing Association; and President of Weimar Institute. When they can squeeze in vacation weeks, Herb and Norma have spent seven years (one week each year) in a condo in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, two trips through the Panama Canal, plus eight cruises to Alaska, Mexico, and the Caribbean. On most of those vacations he kept writing books or editing them, just for fun! Leisure time at home means landscape maintenance and the annual garden. His favorite authors, other than the Bible and anything Ellen White wrote, are C.S. Lewis, Philip Yancey (they exchange each other’s books since 1985), and Ken McFarland. |
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