Editions of Great Controversy--THE WRITING OF THE BOOK'THE GREAT CONTROVERSY'Vance Ferrell READ THE STORY OF HOW IT WAS WRITTEN
Read how Satan attempted to take the life of the author to prevent this book from being written- and how he has worked tirelessly ever since to cast reproach on it and prevent its messages from being given to the world! 1
- Introduction - The great controversy theme was the first to be
revealed to Ellen White in vision 2
- The Most Important Book of Our Time - Great Controversy is the
most important of all the Spirit of Prophecy books 3-
The 1848-1849 Visions - The 1848-1849 cluster of visions, provided a
basic overview of final great controversy truths. 4
- From 1848 to 1858 - Why Heaven waited until 1858 to give Ellen the
major great controversy vision 5
- The 1858 Vision - The story of this panoramic great controversy
vision 6
- The Attempt on Ellen White's Life - Satan began his warfare
against Great Controversy by trying to slay the author before it could
be written. Why God permitted this 7
- The 1858 Edition: Spiritual Gifts, Vol. 1 - The writing of the
first edition of Great Controversy 8
- Preparation for the 1884 Edition - Work on the second edition,
which began in January 1879 9
- The Death of James White - Why James White passed away in 1881 10
- Satan Changes the Method of Attack - Failing in the first two
tactics, Satan switched to the primary method of attack he is still
using 11
- The 1884 Edition: Spirit of Prophecy, Vol. 4 - The writing of the
second edition of Great Controversy 12
- The Trip to Europe (1885-1887) - Providence provided for this
European writing tour, so Ellen would immediately begin work on a much
larger edition of Great Controversy 13
- The 1888 Edition: "Volume Four" - The writing of the
third edition of Great Controversy 14
- The Attempt to Stop the 1888 Edition - Battle Creek decides to
keep the 1888 edition from being circulated 15
- Post 1888: The Need for a Revision - Although the complete text
had been written, a strong need existed for grammatical and
typographical correction 16
- Preparation of the 1911 Edition - The many details of how this,
mission was carried out 17
- Type of Changes Made In the 1911 Edition- Examples of word changes
in the fourth edition 18
- Historical Research for the 1911 Edition - The extensive
international search carried out 19
- The 1911 Edition: The Great Controversy- Ellen White's
appreciation of the newly-published fourth edition 20
- Ellen White Speaks about all the Editions- Her statement about
each of the four editions 21
- Books Written Before and After 1885 -Almost none of her books Were
written before 1885 22
- People Helped by Great Controversy -Over the years, she considered
it one of the first books to be shared with those not of our faith 23
- The Purpose of the Book- Her own writings reveal seven objectives
of the book 24
- The Most Valuable Book of All- More quotations about the
importance of this book 25
- The 1907 Dream - The very important March 1907 dream 26
- Basic Sections and Principles In the Book- Searching for the
divisions and principles in the book 27 - In Conclusion- Her attitude toward the book ought to be ours! |
