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The Spirit of Prophecy in the Advent Movement

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    Chapter 7—By Method Out of the Ordinary

    These writings of the Spirit of prophecy are literature. But they were not produced by ordinary literary method.SPIAM 49.1

    The writer was called from early youth to give to others what had been revealed to her; and along with the thoughts presented to her came a gift of expression befitting the themes. It was not that she was told word by word the language by which to express the thought. Views, scenes, were caused to pass before her, and a burden of conviction laid upon her as to Bible truths and counsels needed. In early years she explained it thus:SPIAM 49.2

    “Although I am as dependent upon the Spirit of the Lord in writing my views as I am in receiving them, yet the words I employ in describing what I have seen are my own.”—The Review and Herald, October 8, 1867.SPIAM 49.3

    Thus she would tell and retell the message, seeking to make it clearer and more complete in detail when that might be helpful. A new edition of a book might be enlarged, portions omitted to give place to more complete presentation in other portions, or changes in expression made to render the thought clearer. The small book of an early edition sometimes grew into a large book in later times as circumstances might call, or as new and fuller views were imparted by the Spirit.SPIAM 49.4

    Really, the first little book, “Early Writings,” contains the outline of all the “Great Controversy” series.SPIAM 49.5

    From earliest years opposers were ready to charge “suppression” or change of view if a later edition varied from an earlier. But the work of passing on the volumes of counsel and Bible exposition went forward for seventy years, the agent in the exercise of the gift pursuing her way in the spirit of obedience to that first counsel of 1844: “Said the angel, ‘If you deliver the messages faithfully, and endure unto the end, you shall eat of the fruit of the tree of life, and drink of the water of the river of life.’”SPIAM 49.6

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