A Preview of
Testimonies for the Church
Volume Eight
By Mrs. Ellen G. White
A Spirit of Prophecy Book

 
 

Contents


 





The Times of Volume Eight
 
 

Section One

Present Opportunities


 





Chapter 1 Our Work.....9
Chapter 2 The Commission .....14
Chapter 3 An Unchanging Promise .....16
Chapter 4 The Power Promised .....19
Chapter 5 Our Responsibility .....24
Chapter 6 The Work at Home and Abroad .....30
Chapter 7 The Work in Europe .....38
Chapter 8 A View of the Conflict .....41
 
 

Section Two

Counsels Often Repeated


 




Chapter 9 Warnings and Counsels Given to the Battle Creek Church .....48
Chapter 10 The Time of the End .....49
Chapter 11 Help in Time of Trouble .....50
Chapter 12 A Failure to Honor God .....50
Chapter 13 Our Duty to the World .....53
Chapter 14 How to Gain Success .....55
Chapter 15 Missionary Work at Home and Abroad .....56
Chapter 16 An Illustration of the Work We Are to Do .....57
Chapter 17 A Neglected Work .....59
Chapter 18 The Holy Spirit in Our Schools .....61
Chapter 19 The Will of God Concerning Us .....63
Chapter 20 Working Against the Holy Spirit .....65
Chapter 21 A Departure From Right .....66
Chapter 22 Look to God for Help .....69
Chapter 23 Medical Missionary Work .....70
Chapter 24 A Word of Caution .....74
Chapter 25 An Appeal to the Brethren in Battle Creek .....76
Chapter 26 A Neglected Warning .....81
Chapter 27 The Result of Reformation .....87
Chapter 28 A Solemn Warning .....90
Chapter 29 The Review and Herald Fire .....97
Chapter 30 What Might Have Been .....104
Chapter 31 Forgetfulness .....107
Chapter 32 A Hymn of the Promised Land .....107
Chapter 33 A Hymn of the Captivity .....109
Chapter 34 Song of the Redeemed .....112
Chapter 35 "Call to Remembrance the Former Days" .....113
Chapter 36 "Written for Our Admonition" .....115
Chapter 37 The Message for This Time .....116
Chapter 38 The Opposition of the Enemy .....117
Chapter 39 The Loud Cry .....118
Chapter 40 "And Hast Forgotten" .....118
Chapter 41 "Choose You This Day Whom Ye Will Serve" .....120
Chapter 42 The Shield of Omnipotence .....120
Chapter 43 Jehovah Reigneth .....121
 
 

Section Three

Letters to Physicians


 




Chapter 44 The Value of Trial .....123
Chapter 45 Paul's Experience .....125
Chapter 46 Resting in God's Love .....126
Chapter 47 The Danger of Self-Sufficiency .....126
Chapter 48 Our Burden Bearer .....127
Chapter 49 Looking Away From Men .....129
Chapter 50 An Eternal Weight of Glory .....130
Chapter 51 Centering Too Much in Battle Creek .....133
Chapter 52 Unselfishness in Service .....135
Chapter 53 Helping Those Who Need Help .....136
Chapter 54 What One Institution Can Do for Another....137
Chapter 55 A Reformation Needed .....138
Chapter 56 The Living Principle of Brotherhood .....139
Chapter 57 The Only Safe Course .....140
Chapter 58 The Danger From Enlargement .....141
Chapter 59 The Question of Wages .....142
Chapter 60 Go Forth Into Many Places .....145
Chapter 61 The Need of Broader Plans .....147
Chapter 62 Build Up New Centers .....150
Chapter 63 A Failure to Appreciate God-Given Responsibilities .....151
Chapter 64 God's Purpose for His Institutions .....153
Chapter 65 God's Purpose for the Sanitarium .....155
Chapter 66 The Value of a Study of God's Word .....156
Chapter 67 God's Purpose in Medical Missionary Work .....158
Chapter 68 Educate Medical Missionaries .....158
Chapter 69 Our Work for Today .....159
Chapter 70 No Change in God's Cause .....160
Chapter 71 Words of Caution .....161
Chapter 72 A Word of Caution .....163
Chapter 73 A Danger to Be Guarded Against .....163
Chapter 74 A High Standard .....164
Chapter 75 Teaching and Healing .....165
Chapter 76 Uphold the Medical Work .....166
Chapter 77 The Need of Caution .....167
Chapter 78 The Importance of Medical Missionary Work .....168
Chapter 79 The Cause of Dearth in the Church .....169
Chapter 80 To Every Man His Work .....170
Chapter 81 Unity of Effort .....172
Chapter 82 God's Building .....173
Chapter 83 A Temple of Living Stones .....173
Chapter 84 Different Instrumentalities .....174
Chapter 85 Truth a Unit .....174
Chapter 86 Words of Cheer .....175
Chapter 87 Christ the Medium of Prayer and Blessing .....177
Chapter 88 Words of Encouragemen .....180
Chapter 89 God's Purpose in Establishing the Sanitarium .....181
Chapter 90 A World-Wide Work .....182
Chapter 91 A Word of Caution .....183
Chapter 92 Helping or Hindering the Lord .....185
Chapter 93 God's Purpose for His Workers .....186
Chapter 94 The Need of Wise Counselors .....187
Chapter 95 A Divine Helper .....187
Chapter 96 Burdens That the Lord Has Not Given .....189
Chapter 97 The Value of the Word of God .....192
Chapter 98 The Reward of a Faithful Study of the Word....193
Chapter 99 The Work for This Time .....195
Chapter 100 Our Message .....197
Chapter 101 The Sign of Our Relationship to God .....198
Chapter 102 A Broader View .....201
Chapter 103 Christ's Victory Over Unbelief .....202
Chapter 104 A Warning Against Centralization .....204
Chapter 105 A Neglected Field Near Us .....205
Chapter 106 Christ Our Example .....206
Chapter 107 Self-Sacrifice .....208
Chapter 108 A Firm Stand for the Right .....210
 
 

Section Four

Be on Guard


 




Chapter 109 Lessons From the Past .....213
Chapter 110 An Educational Center .....217
Chapter 111 How Shall Our Youth Be Trained? .....221
Chapter 112 Words of Warning .....223
Chapter 113 No Time for Delay .....229
Chapter 114 A Division of Responsibility .....231
Chapter 115 Leadership .....236
Chapter 116 Early Experiences .....237
Chapter 117 God Our Leader .....238
Chapter 118 One With Christ in God .....239
Chapter 119 Lay Members to Go Forth .....244
Chapter 120 Shall We Be Found Wanting? .....247
Chapter 121 God's Purpose for His People .....247
Chpater 122 "Repent, and Do the First Works" .....248
Chapter 123 A Failure to Honor God .....249
Chapter 124 A Call for Reformation .....250
Chapter 125 Homeward Bound .....252
 
 

Section Five

The Essential Knowledge


 




Chapter 126 God in Nature .....255
Chapter 127 Results of Sin .....255
Chapter 128 A Divine Teacher .....256
Chapter 129 Nature Testifies of God .....256
Chapter 130 Man's Failure to Interpret Nature .....257
Chapter 131 The Work of Creation .....258
Chapter 132 Laws of Nature .....259
Chapter 133 Mysteries of Divine Power .....261
Chapter 134 A Personal God .....263
Chapter 135 Nature Is Not God .....263
Chapter 136 A Personal God Created Man .....264
Chapter 137 God Revealed in Christ .....265
Chapter 138 Christ's Revelation of God to the Disciples .....266
Chapter 139 Testimony of Scripture .....268
Chapter 140 "The Everlasting God" .....270
Chapter 141 His Loving-Kindness .....271
Chapter 142 His Providential Care .....272
Chapter 143 His Long-Suffering Mercy .....275
Chapter 144 A False and a True Knowledge of God .....279
Chapter 145 The Greatness of Our God .....281
Chapter 146 Warnings Against Presumption .....283
Chapter 147 Christ's Revelation of God .....286
Chapter 148 The Glory of the Cross .....287
Chapter 149 The Knowledge That Works Transformation.....289
Chapter 150 Danger in Speculative Knowledge .....290
Chapter 151 Last-Day Deceptions .....290
Chapter 152 Pantheistic Theories .....291
Chapter 153 Fanaticism After 1844 .....292
Chapter 154 Past Experiences to Be Repeated .....293
Chapter 155 Beware of a Sensational Religion .....294
Chapter 156 A Warning Against False Teaching .....295
Chapter 157 Diverting Minds From Present Duty .....296
Chapter 158 A Renewal of the Straight Testimony .....297
Chapter 159 Seek the First Love .....298
Chapter 160 The Word of God Our Safeguard .....299
Chapter 161 Study the Revelation .....301
Chapter 162 To the Church in Sardis .....302
Chapter 163 Message to the Philadelphia Church .....303
Chapter 164 The Laodicean Message .....304
Chpater 165 The False and the True in Education .....305
Chapter 166 Philosophical Speculation .....305
Chapter 167 Infidel Authors .....306
Chapter 168 Historical and Theological Lore .....307
Chapter 169 Myths and Fairy Tales .....308
Chapter 170 A Purer Fountain .....308
Chapter 171 Heart Education .....311
Chapter 172 mportance of Seeking True Knowledge .....312
Chapter 173 The Work That Requires Our Thought .....312
Chapter 174 The Science to Be Mastered .....314
Chapter 175 No Time to Lose .....314
Chapter 176 The Need for Self-Renunciation .....315
Chapter 177 The Highest Interests Demand Attention .....616
Chapter 178 A Personal Knowledge of Christ .....316
Chapter 179 The Knowledge Received Through God's Word .....319
Chapter 180 To Be Given to Our Children .....320
Chapter 181 An Experimental Knowledge .....321
Chapter 182 Wonderful Possibilities .....321
Chapter 183 Results of Receiving God's Word .....323
Chapter 184 An Aid in the Study of Nature .....324
Chapter 185 Nature a Key to Divine Mysteries .....326
Chapter 186 A Lesson of Obedience .....327
Chapter 187 Education in the Life to Come .....328
Chapter 188 Our Great Need .....329
Chapter 189 The Experience of Enoch .....329
Chapter 190 Experience of John the Baptist .....331
Chapter 191 God's Promises .....335
 
 
 

 
 
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