Value of the Personal Testimonies

Some individuals prefer one of Mrs. White’s books and some another; even certain countries choose one rather than another. That is human, and we are not to judge. We do, however, consider it extremely important that Adventists keep and read all her writings. There is now here and there a tendency to pass by the personal testimonies found in the first four or five volumes of the nine-volume set. Such works as The Great Controversy, Patriarchs and Prophets, Christ’s Object Lessons, and many others are, of course, marvelous books that contain blessed light for all. But the individual testimonies occupy a unique place all their own. Religious writers today state again and again that the outstanding spiritual weakness of our day is the “lack of repentance.” The nations blame each other for world troubles, just as individuals are ever ready to condemn others and excuse themselves. This unwillingness to repent, world wide today, stems from the inability of modern man to acknowledge the innate wickedness of the human heart. Those who object to or neglect these personal testimonies are always those who need them the most.FSG 397.5