Messenger of the Lord is a new, extensively documented study of Ellen White's life, teachings, and major related issues. The first part provides the reader with comprehensive insights about the person in her own time. The author also develops successive major areas of concern, namely on the Seventh-day Adventist Church organization and its theological tensions in general, as well as health and education issues in particular. Sections on internal and external criticism are extensively dealt with, endeavoring to help the student to a better understanding of the role of Ellen White during the early years of the present Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Dr. Herbert E. Douglass has chosen an apologetic approach to his study, intended to be a manual to be used by Seventh-day Adventist colleges in America and elsewhere. It is enriched by an introduction to the study of Bible prophets and prophecy, as well as a comprehensive display of Who's Who in the Adventist world of Ellen G. White. An appendix section on relevant issues and a selected bibliography, close the 586-page manual.
Teofila V. Ferreira, Associate Director, Ellen G. White Estate, Silver Spring, Maryland
