Ellen G. White
Ellen G. White
Ellen Gould Whitewas a prolific author and an American Christian pioneer. Along with other Sabbatarian Adventist leaders such as Joseph Bates and her husband James White, she formed what became known as the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The Smithsonian magazine named Ellen G. White among 100 Most Significant Americans in an acknowledgement of her influence on religion...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth26 November 1827
CountryUnited States of America
godly simple true-woman
A modest, godly woman will dress modestly. . . The one who is simple and unpretending in her dress and in her manners shows that she understands that a true woman is characterized by moral worth.
sight people darkness
False religion may prevail, iniquity may abound, the love of many may wax cold, the cross of Calvary may be lost sight of, and darkness, like the pall of death, may spread over the world; the whole force of the popular current may be formed to overthrow the people of God; but in the hour of greatest peril the God of Elijah will raise up human instrumentalities to bear a message that will not be silenced.
ambition sacrifice self
Remember that you will never reach a higher standard than you yourself set. Then set your mark high, and step by step, even though it be by painful effort, by self-denial and sacrifice, ascend the whole length of the ladder of progress.
pulpit should heard
The words of the Bible, and the Bible alone, should be heard from the pulpit.
imperfection influence truth-of-god
As we lay hold upon the truth of God, its influence must affect us. It must elevate us. It must remove from us every imperfection.
leaving care littles
There are orphans that can be cared for; but this some will not venture to undertake, for it brings them work more than they care to do, leaving them but little time to please themselves.
confusion church lasts
The existing confusion of conflicting creeds and sects is fitly represented by the term "Babylon," which prophecy (Revelation 14:8) applies to the world-loving churches of the last days.
cities looks path
Look up, look up, and let your faith continually increase. Let this faith guide you along the narrow path that leads through the gates of the city into the great beyond, the wide, unbounded future of glory that is for the redeemed.
agony might kingdoms
The Saviour would have passed through the agony of Calvary that one might be saved in His kingdom. He will never abandon one for whom He has died.
dying legacy miserable
Dying legacies are a miserable substitute for living benevolence.
chains sentences written
There is one straight chain of truth without one heretical sentence in that which I have written.
surrender come-up serving-god
God requires you individually to come up to the point, to make an entire surrender. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
individual-effort people church
Ministers should impress upon the people the necessity of individual effort. No church can flourish unless its members are workers. The people must lift where the ministers lift.