Living Water - LL Testimonies for the Church

Testimonies for the Church

Volumes 1 - 9

Author: Ellen G. White

Counsel from Ellen White containing spiritual guidance of a general nature and covering a wide variety of situations-including many letters written personally to members of the church.

			Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 Volume 1 comprises Testimonies Numbers 1-14, written from 1855 to 1868, and a 100-page biographical sketch of the author. Publish date: 1885 The Background of Volume 1 The nine volumes of testimonies for the church, aggregating 4,738 pages of text, consist of articles and letters written by Ellen G. White, containing instruction to, and pertaining to the welfare of, the Seventh - day Adventist church. A sixteen-page pamphlet, issued in December of 1855, marked the beginning of the series of such counsels which from time to time appeared in consecutively numbered pamphlets and books. These messages naturally dealt with issues that were current, but in most cases we are today confronted by the same problems, perils, and opportunities which faced the church in earlier years. Read more... Request this book

			Testimonies for the Church Volume 2 Comprises Testimonies Numbers 15-20 Written from: 1868 to 1871. The Times of Volume 2 While volume I of the testimonies presents counsel having to do largely with the inception and development of the teachings, experiences, and enterprises of the newly established remnant church, volume 2 is devoted almost entirely to the personal piety of its members. During the thirteen years paralleled by the fourteen testimony pamphlets now forming volume I, the publishing work was solidified, the church was organized, its system of finance was established, and it had launched into a great health program. Read more... Request this book

			Testimonies for the Church Volume 3 Comprises Testimonies Numbers 21-25, written from 1872 to 1875. The Times of Volume 3 In 1872, when the first testimony of Volume 3 was written, the entire denominational effort of Seventh-day Adventists was in the United States, and largely concentrated in the central and northeastern states. There were eighty-six ordained and licensed ministers preaching the message and supervising the work. We owned and operated one publishing house and one small medical institution, both at Battle Creek, Michigan. For a quarter of a century God had led his people as rapidly as they could advance intelligently and in unison, first into a clear understanding of the doctrines taught in the word, then into a sense of their responsibility to publish the message, then to organization of the church, and then to better ways of living. But there were new experiences and great opportunities for advance before the church. The counsels of Volume 3 pave the way for these. Read more... Request this book

			Testimonies for the Church Volume 4 Comprises Testimonies Numbers 26-30, written from 1876 to 1881 Publish date: 1885 The Times of Volume 4 A seven-year period of 1875 to 1881 was spanned by the five pamphlets which now make volume 4 of testimonies for the church. These were the last seven years of James white's life. The work of the denomination had entered a period of rapid expansion. Elder and Mrs. White were traveling extensively and laboring tirelessly in public ministry, in personal interviews, and in writing. They were wrestling with the problems of an expanding institutional work. The mission in Europe was making good progress, other workers being sent to join Elder Andrews in 1876. The comprehensive vision of January 3, 1875, given at Battle Creek, which formed the basis of much of the first half of volume 4, led to a better understanding of the world-wide nature of our work. Read more... Request this book

			Testimonies for the Church Volume 5 Comprises Testimonies Numbers 31, 32, and 33, originally published in 1882, 1885, and 1889. Publish date: 1889 Request this book

			Testimonies for the Church Volume 6 Designated Testimony Number 34. Published: 1900 Request this book

			Testimonies for the Church Volume 7 Designated Testimony Number 35. Includes a major section on the publishing work. Published: 1902 Request this book

			Testimonies for the Church Volume 8 Designated Testimony Number 36. Published to meet the false teachings of pantheism. Published: 1904 The Times of Volume 8 Volume 8 was published to meet a crisis--The greatest crisis which the Seventh-day Adentist church has ever faced. The urgency of the matter is evidenced in that the book came from the press in March, 1904; fifteen months after Volume 7 was published. At the time of its issuance it was not known how the tide would turn. Today, we can look back and see that its steadying instruction was a large factor in averting threatened disaster. Read more... Request this book

			Testimonies for the Church Volume 9 Designated Testimony Number 37 Published: 1909 The Times of Volume 9 "On one occasion, when in New York City, I was in the night season called upon to behold buildings rising story after story toward heaven. These buildings were warranted to be fireproof, and they were erected to glorify their owners and builders. Higher and still higher these buildings rose, and in them the most costly material was used. Those to whom these buildings belonged were not asking themselves: "How can we best glorify God?" The Lord was not in their thoughts...." "The scene that next passed before me was an alarm of fire. Men looked at the lofty and supposedly fire-proof buildings and said: "They are perfectly safe." But these buildings were consumed as if made of pitch. The fire engines could do nothing to stay the destruction. The firemen were unable to operate the engines." Note: This portion's chapter begins on page 11 and is viewed by many Adventists that the author saw the events of September 11, 2001 in a vision. Request this book

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