PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION
Among the materials once available but out of print at the time
of Mrs. White’s death in 1915 were a number of special testimony
pamphlets, including a series published in the 1890’s which bore the
title, Special Testimonies to Ministers and Workers. This series of
eleven is often referred to as Special Testimonies, Series A. In response
to the request that the instruction found in these special testimonies
be again made available, Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers
was published in 1923. This was one of the first E. G. White books of
posthumous issuance.
Testimonies to Ministers First appeared in a Testimony-size volume.
A second edition with larger typeface and page size was published in
1944. Several printings of both editions have supplied the field for four
decades. For greater ease in handling and reference this third edition has
been issued in the convenient Testimony-size page, but with no change
in page content.
During the decade which followed the 1888 General Conference
session held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, vital messages came from the
messenger of the Lord to the central church at Battle Creek, to the
General Conference Committee, and to other responsible men at the
heart of the work. These messages rang with calls for regeneration and
reformation of life, urging the reader to live by the vital principles of the
word of God and to experience a personal relationship with our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ.
After they had been received and read in Battle Creek, many of these
messages were printed in tract form as Special Testimonies to the Battle
Creek Church and Special Testimonies to Ministers and
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Workers. Copies were furnished by the general conference committee
to leading ministers and workers throughout the field. These messages
were heart-probing, soul-stirring, faithful in warning against evil, yet
encouraging, as they continually pointed to the great love of God and
the fullness of Christ’s power to save to the uttermost.
As to the selection of material for this volume, drawn as it was from
the pamphlet testimonies, the publisher’s preface to the first edition
issued in 1923 informs us that:
“The committee having it in charge have been limited by the size
of the volume decided upon, and by the large number of these tracts
of small circulation. Therefore not all that was contained in the eleven
specials has been placed in this volume. The reasons are that (1) some
portions have been reprinted in volumes issued since the specials were
printed; (2) other portions pertained to matters that were purely local, or
that are past and gone; (3) still other things are more fully and strongly
covered in other documents reprinted in this volume.”
The source of each article, with date of first publication, is indicated
in footnote references. Some “fillers” are credited at the close. In this
third edition the lists of items “for further study” Have been somewhat
expanded to include references to related material appearing in E. G.
White compilations published subsequent to 1923.
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Certain of the counsels and reproofs from the pen of Ellen G. White
can be better understood if the reader is in possession of a knowledge
of the circumstances which prevailed at the time of the messages were
written. Certain details of denominational h