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    Introduction

    Ellen White as an individual—a wife, mother, neighbor, and friend—was not deprived of thinking ordinary thoughts or speaking ordinary words with no connotation of inspiration. There was clearly in her life and ministry the common and the sacred.CUW 1.1

    To her son Edson and his wife Emma, Ellen White, on September 10, 1903, wrote:CUW 1.2

    “I think that I shall write you a family letter, telling you about my household and place.”—Letter 201, 1903.

    In her letter to the same people, written the next day, she stated:CUW 1.3

    “This morning I found your letter under my door. I was glad to hear from you. Yesterday I wrote you a letter on common, everyday topics. This letter will be sent to you today. I have written a long letter on the subject spoken of in your letter and have given it out to be copied. This will be sent to you soon.”—Letter 202, 1903.

    Then she presents counsel on a point of concern to workers in the South which opens:CUW 1.4

    “It is Satan’s plan to call minds to the study of the color line”—words found near the opening of the chapter in Testimonies, volume 9, titled “The Color Line” (pp. 213-222). On the opening pages, pages 213-215, 24 lines of counsel sent in the letter to Edson were used in building the chapter. Other communications in which Ellen White dealt with the same sensitive matter were drawn upon for the chapter.CUW 1.5

    The tone of the letter and the subject matter presented make it clear that this was counsel based on the light God had given her. Elsewhere in the letter she introduces a paragraph with the words, “From the instruction that the Lord has given me from time to time, I know,” et cetera.—Letter 202, 1903.CUW 1.6

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