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Foreword
When Ellen G. White laid aside her pen after seventy busy years
of ministry, she left to us a rich legacy of ever timely instructions, in-
spired counsels, and earnest admonitions touching almost every phase of
practical Christian experience.
Our High Calling
is made up of choice
selections from this vast treasury as found in Ellen G. White articles
that appeared week by week in the journals of the church, her public
discourses, her manuscripts, and letters of counsel to individuals, many of
them Seventh-day Adventist youth
.
It is clear that Mrs. White contemplated the use of these messages in
the production of books, for she indicated in a statement written in 1905
that “I am endeavoring by the help of God to write letters that will be a
help, not merely to those to whom they are addressed, but to many others
who need them.” Although written many years ago, these counsels speak
to our hearts today, to encourage, instruct, and inspire us in victorious
practical everyday Christian living and witnessing, particularly in view of
the imminence of our Lord’s return
.
To make the reading for each day complete within the limits of a
single page, it has been necessary at times to make deletions in order to
bring the reading to the right length. All deletions are indicated in the
usual manner. Likewise, in many instances material on a page has been
drawn from more than one source. Great care has been exercised to avoid
any distortion of meaning, and that which appears clearly presents the
intent of the author. Proper source references for each quotation are given,
whether article, pamphlet, manuscript, or book
.
Our High Calling
, presenting a devotional reading for each day intro-
duced by an appropriate Bible text, has been prepared as an enrichment of
the Morning Watch devotional plan and appears simultaneously in several
languages. That this volume, comprised of messages inspired by the Spirit
of God, will be treasured as other like volumes have been in the past, and
will be the means of encouraging all who read to “press toward the mark
for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” is our sincere
wish
.
The Trustees of the Ellen G. White Estate
Washington, D.C
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