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An Appeal To The Working Men And Women In The Ranks Of Seventh-Day Adventists, James White Dec 1871

An Appeal To The Working Men And Women In The Ranks Of Seventh-Day Adventists, James White

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By 1872 the Adventist Tract and Missionary Societies were being organized around the country to distribute the literature produced by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In order to help with the organization and operation of these various Societies, James White wrote this book as a manual to help understand the constitution, operation and financial aspects of running these societies.


Hymns For Second Advent Believers Who Observe The Sabbath Of The Lord, James White Dec 1851

Hymns For Second Advent Believers Who Observe The Sabbath Of The Lord, James White

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Music was crucially important for early Adventists it was the place where beliefs could find musical expression in corporate worship settings. Accordingly, the first hardcover book published by James White was a hymnal in 1849. However, it was a very small book only containing 53 hymns accordingly more hymn books would soon follow. This hymnbook published in 1852 contained not only 139 hymns but also a supplement that contained an additional 38.


Second Advent Review, And Sabbath Herald, Vol. 1, No. 1, Joseph Bates, S. W. Rhoads, J. N. Andrews, James White Oct 1850

Second Advent Review, And Sabbath Herald, Vol. 1, No. 1, Joseph Bates, S. W. Rhoads, J. N. Andrews, James White

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The first issue of the Second Advent Review. The publishing committee included the namesake of Andrews University and the James White Library.


The Present Truth, James White Jun 1849

The Present Truth, James White

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In 1848 Ellen White received a vision at the home of Otis Nichols in Dorchester MS. In it she was shown that James White should begin printing a little paper that would be small at first but would grow to be like streams of light going around the world. In July 1849 James White published the first edition of Present Truth which would continue under that name for about year and be renamed in November of 1850.