THIS VOLUME IS THE FOURTEENTH
BOOK OF DAY-BY-DAY DEVOTIONAL READINGS TO BE PUBLISHED FROM THE PEN OF
ELLEN G. WHITE. THIS ESTABLISHES A NEW RECORD IN THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
CHURCH, AND PROBABLY IS A RECORD ALSO IN THE CHRISTIAN WORLD AT LARGE.
ELLEN WHITE'S WRITINGS ARE AT ONCE SO VOLUMINOUS, SO CHRIST-CENTERED, AND
SO PRACTICAL THAT THEY CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AN ALMOST ENDLESS SOURCE OF
MATERIALS THAT ARE ADMIRABLY SUITED FOR DEVOTIONAL READING.
DURING HER SEVENTY-YEAR MINISTRY
THE AUTHOR SPOKE, THROUGH HER PEN, TO YOUNG PEOPLE, TO CHURCH MEMBERS,
AND TO THE WORLD IN THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR, REVIEW AND HERALD, AND SIGNS
OF THE TIMES. SELECTIONS FOR THIS BOOK HAVE BEEN DRAWN FROM THESE THREE
PERIODICALS AS WELL AS FROM HER BOOKS AND PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS
AND LETTERS.
IN ORDER TO BRING EACH READING
WITHIN THE COMPASS OF A SINGLE PAGE, FREQUENT DELETIONS HAVE BEEN NECESSARY.
SUCH OMISSIONS ARE INDICATED BY MARKS OF ELLIPSIS. IN EVERY INSTANCE GREAT
CARE HAS BEEN EXERCISED TO PRESERVE WITHOUT DISTORTION THE THOUGHT AND
INTENT OF THE WRITER. REFLECTING CHRIST--THE TITLE OF THIS BOOK--IS A THEME
THAT RECURS CONSTANTLY THROUGH THE WRITINGS OF ELLEN WHITE. LOVING THE
LORD DEEPLY, THE AUTHOR EARNESTLY ENDEAVORED TO WALK IN HIS FOOTSTEPS HERSELF,
AND SHE EVER ENCOURAGED OTHERS TO LOOK TO CHRIST AS THEIR EXAMPLE. UNDERLINING
THE THEME OF THIS BOOK, SHE WROTE: "WHEN THOSE WHO PROFESS TO SERVE GOD
FOLLOW CHRIST'S EXAMPLE, PRACTICING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW IN THEIR
DAILY LIFE; WHEN EVERY ACT BEARS WITNESS THAT THEY LOVE GOD SUPREMELY AND
THEIR NEIGHBOR AS THEMSELVES, THEN WILL THE CHURCH HAVE POWER TO MOVE THE
WORLD."--CHRIST'S OBJECT LESSONS, P. 340.
REFLECTING CHRIST--THIS SHOULD
BE EVERY CHRISTIAN'S HIGHEST GOAL. THE PURSUIT OF THIS OBJECTIVE, UNDER
THE IMPETUS OF THE INDWELLING SPIRIT OF GOD AND THE GRACE OF CHRIST, CAN
BRING WITH IT ONLY PEACE AND TRUE HAPPINESS.
THAT THE MEDITATIONS IN THIS
BOOK MAY AID AND ENCOURAGE EACH READER IN HIS OR HER WALK WITH THE LORD
IS THE FERVENT PRAYER OF
THE TRUSTEES OF THE ELLEN G.
WHITE ESTATE
WASHINGTON, D.C.