This article is based on a paper first presented at the Ellen G. White Estate Historical/Theological Consultation held June 17-19, 1998, at the Seventh-day Adventist General Conference office in Silver Spring, Maryland. The term Adventist in this article refers to the wider body of those who had been a part of the Millerite movement, in distinction from the later- emerging “Seventh-day Adventist” denomination.
1EGWLM 917Merlin D. Burt*Merlin D. Burt, Ph.D., is director of the Center for Adventist Research and the Ellen G. White Estate Branch Office at Andrews University. 1EGWLM 917
During the years immediately preceding the 1844 disappointment, and to a lesser degree in the next few years, Ellen (Harmon) White2 Ellen Harmon married James White on August 30, 1846. Her maiden name is sometimes used in this article when referring to her pre-1846 experiences.