Description
 Type: Hardcover (new edition)
 Foreword
 This collection of the Early Writings of Mrs. E. G. White is composed of two small works: "Findings and Views," which appeared in the year 1851, and "Spiritual Gifts," published in the year 1858.
 The small editions which were printed were sold out in a few years; but as many of the subjects had been treated at greater length in later works, these First Writings were not published again until the year 1882. The two books were then bound together in one volume.
 The goodwill with which this booklet has been received, and the sale of more than ten thousand copies, have made the publishers decide to have a Dutch edition printed.
 To this first edition are added two very interesting dreams, which were mentioned in the original English work, but not included. Notes are given at the bottom of the pages, giving dates and explanations.
 No further change has been made in the original text, except that now and then a new word has been used, or a change made in a sentence, to express the thought better. No change has been made in the thoughts or feelings expressed in the original work, and the alterations in the words have been made under the supervision of the author herself, and with her full approval.
 In "Spiritual Gifts" a brief but clear outline is given of the great controversy between Christ and Satan, pointing out the rebellion in heaven as the origin of that conflict, describing the temptation and fall of man, the institution of the plan of redemption, the life and death of Christ, and the subsequent findings of the church; ending with the final establishment of Christ's kingdom.
 The comprehensive view of the interesting subjects treated of in this book will excite many readers to desire to read more fully upon them. This they will find in the author's later works, "Patriarchs and Prophets," or the Controversy of Good and Evil as Seen in the Lives of the Holy Men of Old, and "The Great Controversy" between Christ and Satan during the Christian Dispensation.