Publishing of the Advent Review

In the summer of 1850, Elder White laid plans for a new publication. He announced his expectations in a letter still preserved on file.EGWMR 49.8

“The Lord has shown Ellen that I must publish the testimonies of those who acknowledge the work done and the advent move of God after 1844. Now this is my first work. I expect to get out a paper called the Advent Review, sixteen pages, the size of the Present Truth.... The cause calls for it. I hope to get out six numbers, 3,000 copies each will cost $250. I shall move as the means comes in.... My way is onward. Men of Israel, help. Now is the time to work for God.”—Id., p. 75.EGWMR 49.9

The undaunted couple were warned of difficulties and trials before them in this enterprise. Note these words written at the time:EGWMR 49.10

“The Lord showed me some weeks ago that as James would begin to republish what the leaders had written in '44 [in Advent Review] upon the truth, Satan would try to hinder us, but we must struggle for the victory and go on. It has been just so. He knows this work will hurt his cause and save some jewels; that is why he rages so, but he is driven back.”—Ellen G. White Letter, August 15, 1850. Record Book I, p. 178.EGWMR 49.11

Four numbers of the paper were published in August and September, 1850. They were issued by a publishing committee comprised of Hiram Edson, David Arnold, George W. Holt, S. W. Rhodes, and James White. The leading articles were republished in September, in a forty-eight-page combined number. In November, the fifth and last number of the series appeared.EGWMR 49.12