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    A WORD ABOUT THESE DOCUMENTS

    This compilation of documents is issued as an adjunct to the four-volume set of books titled The Ellen G. White 1888 Materials. Unlike that publication, this collection is drawn exclusively from non-E. G. White sources. But, like that publication, each document included deals with the General Conference Session held by Seventh-day Adventists in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the autumn of 1888. Most of the writers cited were delegates to that conference. Others, such as G, I. Butler and O. A. Olsen, did not attend the meeting but had a deep interest in its proceedings and its decisions.MMM 3.1

    The materials in this collection include selections from personal and official correspondence, eyewitness accounts written in later years, notes made during the conference by two delegates, accounts of the meeting which appeared in Adventist publications, newspaper reports, and portions of several articles and pamphlets relating to the law-in-Galatians controversy.MMM 3.2

    No attempt has been made to include all materials relating to such topics as righteousness by faith, the human nature of Christ, eschatology, the ten kingdoms, or other theological issues which may have been discussed at the 1888 conference. Nor is this a comprehensive collection of everything our church leaders wrote at that time concerning the Minneapolis meeting. The letters incorporated here have been drawn exclusively from the files of the Ellen G. White Estate. Letters which may have been exchanged by Elders Butler and Olsen, for example, will not be found in this collection, as such correspondence is housed in the General Conference Archives, not the White Estate.MMM 3.3

    Only the pertinent portions of the various documents have been used. The words, “Selection Ends Here,” printed at the lower right-hand corner of a page, indicate that the next page is from a different letter or document.MMM 3.4

    Nearly all the manuscripts and letters have been copied directly from the file drawers where they are housed, hence misspellings have not been corrected, nor have the documents been improved in any other way for publication. While sections of some of the documents may be illegible as they come from the files, most of these source materials will be clear enough to read. Every effort has been made in the printing process to obtain as clear a reproduction as possible.MMM 3.5

    In making these source materials available, it is our hope that they will enable the reader to obtain a clearer historical perspective on one of the most significant meetings ever held by Seventh-day Adventists.MMM 3.6

    The Trustees of
    The Ellen G. White Estate

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