- Preface
- Preface to First Edition of “Experience and Views”
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- The Great Advent Awakening
- The Reckoning of the Prophetic Periods
- The Disappointment and Its Aftermath
- A Vision Is Given to Ellen Harmon
- Two Groups of Adventists
- Dawn of the Light on the Sanctuary
- Truths Confirmed by Vision
- The Beginnings of Sabbath Observance
- Significance of the Sabbath Revealed
- The Important Sabbath Conferences
- The Pioneers Begin to Publish
- Starting the Review and Herald
- The Publishing Work Grows
- Battle Creek Becomes the Publishing Center
- The “Shut Door” and the “Open Door”
- The Two Ways Out of the Perplexity
- The Call for Church Organization
- The Great Controversy Vision
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- Subsequent Visions
- The Sealing
- God's Love for His People
- Shaking of the Powers of Heaven
- The Open and the Shut Door
- The Trial of our Faith
- To the “Little Flock”
- The Last Plagues and the Judgment
- End of the 2300 Days
- Duty in View of the Time of Trouble
- “Mysterious Rapping”
- The Messengers
- Mark of the Beast
- The Blind Leading the Blind
- Preparation for the End
- Prayer and Faith
- The Gathering Time
- Mrs. White's Dreams
- William Miller's Dream
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- Introduction
- The Fall of Satan
- The Fall of Man
- The Plan of Salvation
- The First Advent Of Christ
- The Ministry of Christ
- The Transfiguration
- The Betrayal of Christ
- The Trial of Christ
- The Crucifixion of Christ
- The Resurrection of Christ
- The Ascension of Christ
- The Disciples of Christ
- The Death of Stephen
- The Conversion of Saul
- The Jews Decide to Kill Paul
- Paul Visits Jerusalem
- The Great Apostasy
- The Mystery of Iniquity
- Death Not Eternal Life in Misery
- The Reformation
- The Church and the World United
- William Miller
- The First Angel's Message
- The Second Angel's Message
- The Advent Movement Illustrated
- Another Illustration
- The Sanctuary
- The Third Angel's Message
- A Firm Platform
- Spiritualism
- Covetousness
- The Shaking
- The Sins of Babylon
- The Loud Cry
- The Third Message Closed
- The Time of Trouble
- Deliverance of the Saints
- The Saints’ Reward
- The Earth Desolated
- The Second Resurrection
- The Second Death
- Appendix
Two Groups of Adventists
At first only a few were identified with this group who were moving forward in advancing light. By the year 1846 they reckoned their numbers as about fifty.EW xvii.1
The larger group who turned from confidence in the fulfillment of prophecy in 1844 numbered approximately thirty thousand. Their leaders came together in 1845 in a conference in Albany, New York, April 29 to May 1, at which time they restudied their positions. By formal action they went on record as warning against those who claim “special illumination,” those who teach “Jewish fables,” and those who establish “new tests” (Advent Herald, May 14, 1845). Thus they closed the door to light on the Sabbath and the Spirit of Prophecy. They were confident that prophecy had not been fulfilled in 1844, and some set time for the termination of the 2300-day period in the future. Various times were set, but one after another they passed by. These people, held together by the cohesive element of the Advent hope, at first aligned themselves in several rather loosely knit groups with considerable variation in certain doctrinal positions. Some of these groups soon faded out. The group that survived became the Advent Christian Church. Such are identified in this book as the “first day Adventists” or “nominal Adventists.”EW xvii.2