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# 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!

Preface -

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!

CONTINUE

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