FOREWORD
WITH THE PUBLICATION OF THIS
BOOK, GOD'S AMAZING GRACE, WE NOW HAVE TEN ELLEN G. WHITE DEVOTIONAL VOLUMES.
THE FACT THAT A WORLDWIDE CHURCH WOULD PUBLISH TEN SUCH VOLUMES FROM ONE
AUTHOR IS SIGNIFICANT. NO OTHER WRITER HAS BEEN SO HONORED. WHILE ALL OF
THE MORNING WATCH VOLUMES HAVE BEEN DEEPLY SPIRITUAL, REFLECTING THE DEDICATION
OF THE NUMEROUS AUTHORS AND THEIR LITERARY SKILLS, NONE COULD WRITE WITH
THE DEEP INSIGHTS OF THIS ONE UNIQUE WRITER. AND WHAT IS THE EXPLANATION?
IT CERTAINLY WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO GIVE CREDIT TO ELLEN WHITE, THE PERSON.
DOUBTLESS, IF SHE WERE ALIVE, SHE WOULD MAKE THIS HUMBLE EXPLANATION:
"SISTER WHITE IS NOT THE ORIGINATOR
OF THESE BOOKS. THEY CONTAIN THE INSTRUCTION THAT DURING HER LIFEWORK GOD
HAS BEEN GIVING HER. THEY CONTAIN THE PRECIOUS, COMFORTING LIGHT THAT GOD
HAS GRACIOUSLY GIVEN HIS SERVANT TO BE GIVEN TO THE WORLD. FROM THEIR PAGES
THIS LIGHT IS TO SHINE INTO THE HEARTS OF MEN AND WOMEN, LEADING THEM TO
THE SAVIOUR."--REVIEW AND HERALD, JAN. 20, 1903.
AND PERHAPS THOUSANDS WHO READ
THE INSPIRED MESSAGES OF THIS VOLUME WILL BE LED INTO A MORE INTIMATE EXPERIENCE
WITH JESUS CHRIST. THUS THEY WILL PARTAKE OF HIS AMAZING GRACE WHICH ELLEN
WHITE DESCRIBED AS "AN ATTRIBUTE OF GOD SHOWN TO UNDESERVING HUMAN BEINGS.
WE DID NOT SEEK AFTER IT," SHE EXPLAINED, "BUT IT WAS SENT IN SEARCH OF
US."
THE STATEMENTS ON THIS SUBJECT
OF GRACE PERMEATE THE MANY PRINTED SPIRIT OF PROPHECY VOLUMES. THESE RICH
SOURCES HAVE YIELDED THE PRIME SELECTIONS. THE PERIODICALS SUCH AS THE
REVIEW AND HERALD, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, AND THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR, ALSO
PROVIDE HELPFUL FACETS FOR STUDY.
WHEN ONLY PART OF A REFERENCE
IS USED, THE OMISSIONS IN THIS BOOK ARE RECOGNIZED IN THE USUAL WAY. IN
MANY CASES THE READING FOR THE DAY CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF CHOICE QUOTATIONS
GROUPED TOGETHER AS A COMPOSITE STATEMENT. AT THE CLOSE OF THE VOLUME THE
INDIVIDUAL SOURCE CREDITS WILL BE FOUND, AND ALSO A SCRIPTURE INDEX.
GOD'S AMAZING GRACE WAS COMPILED
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ELLEN G. WHITE TRUSTEES, WHO CARRY THE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR PUBLISHING THESE PRODUCTS OF MRS. WHITE'S PEN. IT SHOULD BE RECALLED
THAT COMPILATIONS FROM THIS WRITER ARE MADE BY THE TRUSTEES IN HARMONY
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF HER WILL, WHICH CALL FOR SUCH SELECTIONS TO BE GATHERED
TOGETHER AND PRINTED IN BOOKS AS THE NEED MIGHT ARISE.
IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THESE BRIEF DAY-BY-DAY COUNSELS AND THOUGHTS WILL ENCOURAGE THE READER TO DRAW MORE HEAVILY UPON THE INFINITE RESOURCES OF GOD'S GRACE, AND REACH THAT PERFECTION REQUIRED FOR TRANSLATION TO HEAVEN. THIS IS THE URGENT PREPARATION NEEDED BY ALL ADVENTISTS TODAY, AND IT IS OUR PRAYER THAT THIS BOOK WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A REVIVAL EXPERIENCE AND TRUE REFORMATION IN THE CHURCH.
THE TRUSTEES OF THE
ELLEN G. WHITE ESTATE