I have read "Life Sketches" with much interest, and do not hesitate to pronounce it a valuable book. It presents before the reader a review of the life work of two individuals whose untiring energy and faithful devotion to the cause of truth have, through the blessing of God, contributed more to the establishment of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination than any others ever connected with it. Engaged in the great Advent movement of 1843 and 1844, and after the disappointment, among the first to proclaim the Third Angel's Message, their experience is at once interesting and instructive.
This volume cannot fail to be of value as a promoter of spiritual growth, for certainly one can read of the sacrifices, labors, and keen trials endured by these persons in the cause and not feel his own desires quickened for a larger sphere of usefulness. If one wishes to trace the guiding hand of God in the upbuilding of his cause, as connected with the fulfillment of the prophecy, I know no work better calculated to give the desired information than the book entitled "Life Sketches."
ELDER J. O. CORLISS.
When we see a people, in so short a space of time, coming into the position occupied by Seventh-day Adventists, we at once inquire "Under whose leadership, and by what means have such speedy results been accomplished?" To this question we obtain an answer in the "Life Sketches" of Elder James and Mrs. Ellen G. White. Their life history is interwoven with the rise of this cause, and is an interesting record of victories gained over obstacles met in establishing the institutions of this people upon a permanent basis.
These pages are replete with interest, and contain facts concerning the gradual development, present facilities, and standing of this people, that can be found in no other book.
ELDER J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.
Southampton, Eng.
We have a copy of "Life Sketches," and have examined it with pleasure. It will interest all classes of readers, and will well repay perusal. It gives a good idea of the toils, trials and sacrifices of those whose lives it relates. It also gives many facts in the history of the denomination of Seventh-day Adventists—a denomination which has arisen during the period of the active labors of Elder and Mrs. White, and largely through their instrumentality. This volume will have a wide circulation, and will do much good.
ELDER J. N. ANDREWS.
Basle, Switzerland.
This question has developed the people known as Seventh-day Adventists, and is the pivotal doctrine upon which their applications of prophecy largely depend. It explains the past Advent movement, shows why those who looked for the Lord in 1844 were disappointed, reveals the fact so essential to be understood, that no prophetic period reaches to the second coming of Christ, and shows where we are, and what we are to expect in the future.
But the greatest beauty of the subject is seen in the light it throws upon the progressive steps of the remedial system, the types and shadows of the former dispensation, and the position and work of our Lord in the present. It determines absolutely the question of the nearness of the second coming of Christ, the perpetuity of the law of God, the nature and time of the atonement, and the work of Judgment that precedes Christ's coming. A knowledge of this subject is indispensable to a correct application of the more important prophecies pertaining to the present time. 352 pp. $1.00. Condensed edition, paper, 224 pp., 30 cents.
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