| Abbreviations | 7 |
| FOREWORD | 9 |
| 1.(1876) A Whirl of Activity | 11 |
| 2.(1876)Writing on the Life of Christ | 21 |
| 3.(1876)The Camp Meetings | 36 |
| 4.(1876-1877)A Winter of Writing and Publishing | 48 |
| 5.(1877)In the East Again | 59 |
| 6.(1877-1878)Priority One—James White's Health | 72 |
| 7.(1878)The Tide Turns | 84 |
| 8.(1878-1879)The Winter in Northern Texas | 98 |
| 9.(1879)From the Red River to Battle Creek | 109 |
| 10.(1879)Surging to a High Point in Ministry | 121 |
| 11.(1880)Difficult Times | 130 |
| 12.(1880)The Changing of the Guard | 144 |
| 13.(1881)Wrestling With the Problems of Retirement | 154 |
| 14.(1881)The Tired Warrior at Rest | 168 |
| 15.(1881-1882)So Alone—Yet Not Alone | 181 |
| 16.(1882)The Year Battle Creek College Closed | 187 |
| 17.(1883)Immersed in Book Production | 206 |
| 18.(1883)The Spirit of Prophecy Challenged | 220 |
| 19.(1883)A Changing Battle Creek—the College Opens | 230 |
| 20.(1884)Completing the Work on The Great Controversy | 240 |
| 21.(1884)Reversing the Tide in the Pacific Northwest | 250 |
| 22.(1884)The Eastern Camp Meetings and D. M. Canright | 260 |
| 23.(1885)Invitation to Visit Europe | 287 |
| 24.(1885)The Meeting of the European Missionary Council | 299 |
| 25.(1885)A Visit to Scandinavia | 316 |
| 26.(1885-1886)In Italy and Switzerland | 330 |
| 27.(1886)Second Trip Through Scandinavia | 344 |
| 28.(1887)Ellen White's Last Year in Europe | 359 |
| 29.(1887-1888)Back Home in America | 374 |
| 30.(1888)The Potential of the 1888 General Conference Session | 385 |
| 31.(1888)Minneapolis and Its Diverse Fruits | 398 |
| 32.(1888-1889)Taking the Message of Minneapolis to the Churches | 416 |
| 33.(1888-1889)Advances in Book Production | 434 |
| 34.(1889-1890)The 1889 General Conference Session and Beyond | 448 |
| 35.(1890-1891)Five Months of Arduous Labor Yields Fruit | 463 |
| 36.(1890-1891)The Last Year Before Australia | 476 |
| Appendix | 493 |
| CDF | Counsels on Diet and Foods |
| CWE | Counsels to Writers and Editors |
| DF | Ellen G. White Estate Document File |
| EGW | Ellen G. White |
| EW | Early Writings |
| GC | The Great Controversy |
| GCB | General Conference Bulletin |
| HS | Historical Sketches |
| JW | James White Letter |
| EGW | Ellen G. White letter |
| LS | Life Sketches |
| MKW | Mary K. White |
| MS | Ellen G. White manuscript |
| RH | Review and Herald |
| 1SM | Selected Messages, book 1 (2SM, etc., for books 2, 3) |
| ST | Signs of the Times |
| 1T | Testimonies, vol 1 (2T, etc., for vols. 2-9) |
| WCW | William C. White |
| 1WCW | William C. White letter file, volume 1 (2WCW for volume 2, etc.) |