Chapter 4—C. C. Crisler’s Expressions Of Approval And Satisfaction With The 1888 Edition Of The Great Controversy

The historical work connected with the resetting of The Great Controversy is nearly finished. We are finding nearly all the quoted matter, and proper references are being given in the margins at the foot of the pages. The quotations are all being verified. When we learn from you what translation of D’Aubigne should be followed in the quotations taken from his History of the Reformation, we will act accordingly....WWPGC 38.1

The Great Controversy will bear the severest tests. When it was prepared years ago, thorough work was done. This is more and more evident, the more the book is examined.WWPGC 38.2

It would have been better, of course, if the historical references had been given in the first editions: but this is a minor matter that can easily be adjusted at the present time, when new plates are being made. We are copying our historical extracts to file away with our various publishing houses who are publishing The Great Controversy, so that if anyone should ever question statements that you have made in The Great Controversy, our brethren at these publishing houses will have matter to place before others, demonstrating that the positions you have taken in The Great Controversy and the historical statements you have made, are in harmony with the best historical records.WWPGC 38.3

The Great Controversy has already had a great sale; and our bookmen who have much to do with pushing its sale into new fields, feel as if the new edition, giving proper credits to the historical extracts that are quoted in the book, will be all the better and stronger, and will meet with the full approval of all concerned. They rejoice to learn that the historical statements you have made in the book are in harmony with the best histories, and can be fully vindicated.—C. C. Crisler to E. G. White, August 1, 1910.WWPGC 38.4