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- Dr. Lay and the Health Reform Movement
- Active Teachers of Health Reform
- Plans for Health Publications
- Ellen White's Appeal to Mothers
- An Expeditiously Timed Movement
- Life in the White Home
- Sabbath Readings, Compiled by Ellen G. White
- Preparing People to Meet Jesus
- Testimony for the Church No. 10
- Supplementary Income Aided White Family Finances
- Satan's Intent to Destroy James White
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- The Reform Dress
- Vital Principles of Inspiration Disclosed
- Ellen White Begins to Wear the Reform Dress
- Arriving at Style and Length
- The Final Outcome
- Skills in Public Speaking Acquired by Ellen White
- Farming in Greenville
- Thoughts on Revelation
- Getting in the Hay
- Meetings at Bushnell
- The Unforgettable Meeting the Next Sabbath
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- Invited to a Four-Day September Convocation in Wisconsin
- Preparing for the Confrontation
- The Crucial Weekend at Battle Creek
- The Wholesome Response
- Modest Plans Announced
- The Wisconsin Convocation
- The Disclosure of Strange Criticism
- The Iowa Convocation
- Testimony No. 12, and Battle Creek
- Significant Changes in Battle Creek
- “In This I Did Wrong”
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- Lessons Gained From Dreams
- The Difficult Position of a Messenger for God
- Loughborough's Dream
- The Glorious Fulfillment in Battle Creek
- Off on the Eastern Tour
- Labors in Maine
- J. N. Andrews and the Visions
- At Washington, New Hampshire, on the Homeward Journey
- Continued Evidences
- On to Vermont and West
- Back Home in Battle Creek
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- The Almost Fatal Accident of Seneca King
- Ellen White's Continued Ministry as God's Messenger
- The 1868 General Conference Session
- The Decision to Publish Personal Testimonies
- The Vision of June 12, 1868
- Impressions of Other Eyewitnesses
- Ellen White Overwhelmed
- The Broad Field Reached By Personal Testimonies
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- An Annual Camp Meeting
- Seventh-day Adventist Benevolent Association
- The Mission to California
- Work on Life Incidents
- Ellen G. White Busy Writing
- The Camp Meeting at Wright, Michigan
- The Hasty Trip to Battle Creek, and a Dream
- The Camp Layout
- Activities and Speakers
- Two More Camp Meetings Planned for 1868
- Involved Again in Important Interests at Battle Creek
- An Eastern Tour
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- Churches without Pastors
- Residing Again in Beloved Battle Creek
- The 1869 General Conference Session
- A Trying Time for Ellen White
- Camp Meetings Take Hold in Earnest
- “A Delightful Kind of Labor”
- Europe Looms as an Important Field of Labor
- Testimonies Published in 1869
- The Continued Buffetings of Satan
- Acquaintance With Ellen White Allayed Prejudice
- In Defense of James and Ellen White
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- A Full Financial Disclosure Promised
- James White's Real Estate Transactions
- The Sale of Writing Paper and Envelopes
- The Many Responses
- Wild Rumors Concerning Ellen White
- James and Ellen White in Battle Creek
- J. N. Andrews on the Visions
- The Searching Messages of Testimony No. 18
- Preparation for the 1870 General Conference Session
- James and Ellen White Entrenched Anew in Battle Creek
- Camp Meeting Again
- Camp Meeting Travel Vignettes
- On to the Kansas Camp Meeting
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- Problems in Adopting the Vegetarian Diet
- A Pamphlet on Raising and Canning Small Fruits
- Meeting Problems in the Midwest
- Failure to Promote Health Reform Devastating
- The Dietary Program in the White Home
- Extremes Taught in the Health Reformer Bring Crisis
- Ellen White's Moderate Positions
- Back in Battle Creek for the Winter
- Lifesaving Therapy for the Health Reformer
- Mrs. White's Department
- Struggling with Copy Preparation
- The Journal Revived
- A Marriage in the White Family
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- The “Hygienic Festival” of July 27, 1871
- The New Review and Herald Building
- Special Healing Blessings Signal God's Power
- The September Michigan Camp Meeting
- The Tour Through New England
- Vision at Bordoville, Vermont
- The Tenth Annual Session of the General Conference
- Young Men Called to the Ministry
- George I. Butler Replaces James White
- Seventh Day Baptist Delegate
- The Dedication of the New Review Building
- The Seventh-day Adventist School
- Eyes to the West
- An Encouraging Word for Wives Whose Husbands Must Travel
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- James White Declares His Relation to the Visions and the Testimonies
- Forgiven and Accepted
- The Picture in the Summer of 1874
- The Three Sensitive Letters, July 2, 8, and 10
- Putting the Finger on the Basic Cause
- A Second Candid Letter
- Another Straightforward Letter
- James White's Potential
- The James White Letters Take on a Positive Tone
- James White Arrives in Battle Creek
- A Relapse During the Ensuing Years
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- An Unexpected and Significant Turn in Affairs
- Facing Large Responsibilities
- The Eastern Camp Meetings
- California and the Publishing Interests
- Concern for the Most Effective Work in California
- The Winter—Michigan or California?
- The Pressing Need for a Well-Trained Ministry
- Planning for a Biblical Institute
- 150 Attend the Institute
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- The Fourteenth Annual Session of the General Conference
- The Remaining Eastern Camp Meetings
- The New York Camp Meeting
- A Call for Colporteur Ministry Evangelism
- Unexpected Revival in Battle Creek
- Hastening to the West Coast
- The California Publishing House
- The San Francisco Tent Meeting
- A Dedicated Working Force in the Oakland Office
- The Angel's Special Message for James White
- The Call for a Day of Fasting and Prayer
- Looking Ahead
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Forgiven and Accepted
Finally, as he pondered these matters he went to the barn, feeling that all he could do was to submit himself to God and “fall into the hands of Christ” and in agony plead his case with God. He declared:2BIO 428.1
It was then that I had a view of how terrible was the sin of those who profess to believe that God speaks to them through vision, yet from heedlessness receive no lasting impression when reproved, but go on as before, making no changes in those things wherein they are reproved. I felt that such a course was a fearful insult to the Holy Ghost, and that I was in a degree guilty of this sin.— Ibid., 9.2BIO 428.2
White described the very meaningful and personal experience he had had, of forgiveness and acceptance with God:2BIO 428.3
I have been able to make the full surrender of all to God, and as I have confessed my sins to God and those with me, and united with them in prayer for pardon, and restoration to peace of mind, faith, hope, and physical strength and health, the Spirit of God has come upon us in a wonderful degree. At one time, while we were knelt in prayer [in the Loughborough home in Santa Rosa], and Mrs. White took my arm and bade me rise and go free, as I arose, the Holy Ghost came upon us in such a measure that we both fell to the floor.2BIO 428.4
I now feel sure that God has forgiven my sins, so far as I have seen them, and confessed them in the spirit of true repentance. My sins do not longer separate me from God. And as I have made a determined effort to draw nigh to God, He has come very nigh to me. That terrible weight of discouragement and gloom that has been upon me much of the time for the past two years is gone from me, and hope, courage, peace, and joy have taken its place.— Ibid.2BIO 429.1
Our seasons of prayer in Brother Loughborough's family, but especially when Mrs. White and I pray by ourselves, are very precious. Sometimes the Holy Spirit fills the place, and we are made to feel the presence of God as we have not witnessed for a long time.... We see a great work to be done, and we believe that God will raise us up to bear some part in it.— Ibid., 11, 12.2BIO 429.2
The Lord did raise him up, and he was again engaged in important positions in the cause of God. The insights into his own experience marked by the shortcomings he mentioned led him to think of his fellow ministers, some no less guilty of the neglect of the light God had given, and then of the church members generally. He was led to reach out beyond his own experience. In the closing pages of the little pamphlet, he gave full meaning to the title he had chosen, “A Solemn Appeal to the Ministry and the People.” He hoped to warn others to take care as to how they related to the visions and the testimonies.2BIO 429.3
This recital provides helpful insights into some phases of James White's life and work. He confessed to his “love of labor while seeing so much to do” (Ibid., 8), but he easily forgot the effects on his body and mind of four paralytic strokes. How well this described his repeated experiences of zeal and overwork, followed by depression and suspicion of those about him. Soon after this confession he started publishing the Signs of the Times, with the attendant problems and pressures—and history repeated itself in discouragement, despondency, and gloom.2BIO 429.4
Ellen White, writing to W. H. Littlejohn in November, 1874, in reference to her husband's experience stated:2BIO 429.5
It is the crowding in of so many things, one upon another, that taxes the mind and brings on sleeplessness and indigestion, and then the way looks blue and discouraging.—Letter 61, 1874.2BIO 430.1