23. The Problem of Confidentiality
- 1. Experience of Ellen White in Receiving the Visions
- 2. Call Established in Own Mind—1845
- 3. Understanding of Binding Claims of Testimonies
- 4. Why Given in Our Day
- 5. E. G. White Work Not Unlike Bible Prophets
- 6. Relationship of E. G. White Writings to Bible
- 7. Not for the Purpose of Giving New Light
- 8. To Correct Error and Specify what is Truth
- 9. Was Ellen G. White a Prophet—A Messenger with a Message?
- 10. The Work of a Prophet and More
- 11. Experiences of Ellen White While in Vision
- 12. Mind Illuminated by the Visions
- 13. Bearing Testimony—Instruction to Ellen White
- 14. Bearing Testimony—Aided by the Spirit of God
- 15. Bearing Testimony—“I Stand Alone, Severely Alone”
- 16. The Visions—Not Controlled by Man
- 17. The Question of Influence
- 18. The Question of Ellen G. White’s Opinion
- 19. When There was no “Thus Saith the Lord”
- 20. Sister White’s Judgment
- 21. The Integrity of Her Message
- 22. E. G. White Guarded Against a Misuse
- 23. The Problem of Confidentiality
- 24. Visions Paul Could Not Tell Molded His Messages
- 25. E. G. White Understanding of Her Writings
- 26. The Visions and Their Relationship to Mrs. White’s Testimony
- 27. Not Always a Special Vision
- 28. Testimony Expressed in Her Own Words
- 29. The Question of Infallibility
- 30. Are There E. G. White Writings Which Are Not Inspired?
- 31. “I Saw” and “I was Shown”
- 32. E. G. White Benefited by the Message Given
- 33. Giving Up Faith in Testimonies
- 34. E. G. White Writings to Speak to the End
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23. The Problem of Confidentiality
“I bore my testimony, and related things which had been shown me in the past history of some present, warning them of their dangers and reproving their wrong course of action. I stated that I had been placed in most disagreeable positions. When families and individuals were brought before me in vision, it was frequently the case that what was shown me in relation to them was of a private nature, reproving secret sins. I have labored with some for months in regard to wrongs of which others knew nothing. As my brethren see these persons sad, and hear them express doubts in regard to their acceptance with God, also feelings of despondency, they have cast censure upon me, as though I was to blame for their being in trial.EGWATHW 12.1
“Those who thus censured me were entirely ignorant of what they were talking about. I protested against persons’ sitting as inquisitors upon my course of action. It has been the disagreeable work assigned me to reprove private sins. Were I, in order to prevent suspicions and jealousy, to give a full explanation of my course, and make public that which should be kept private, I should sin against God and wrong the individuals. I have to keep private reproofs of private wrongs to myself, locked in my own breast. Let others judge as they may, I will never betray the confidence reposed in me by the erring and repentant, or reveal to others that which should only be brought before the ones that are guilty.”—Life Sketches of Ellen G. White, 177.EGWATHW 12.2