1919 Bible Conference Collection (24 vols.)

by General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Publisher:

General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

, 1919

Overview

The 1919 Bible Conference was a landmark event in SDA history with implications that linger nearly a century later. Sixty-five Adventist administrators, theologians, educators, and editors wrestled with prophetic interpretation in the aftermath of World War I, while confronting issues related to fundamentalist vs. modernist debates at the dawn of the 1920s. The core of the discussion, with profound implications for SDAs in the twenty-first century, was the ongoing theological authority of the recently deceased Ellen G. White. Perhaps because of the controversial and explosive nature of the discussion that ended unresolved, the official transcripts that comprise this collection lay buried in the SDA headquarters’ vault until discovered by the church’s archivist in the 1970s. Any serious student of Adventism or early-twentieth-century American church will find a trove of historical and theological treasure in the 24 transcripts that comprise the 1919 Bible Conference Collection, which includes the subsequent Bible and History Teachers’ Council.

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Key Features

• Firsthand look at the SDA’s discussion of Ellen G. White’s ongoing theological authority
• Historical look at Seventh-day Adventist prophetic interpretation during a turbulent time in world history
• Primary source documents on a perennial issue within the SDA church

Contents

Top Highlights

“But what I want to emphasize is that the message that we are to proclaim is the everlasting gospel.” (Page 29)

“I found it out, and I read it with Brother Palmer when he found it, and we got Conybeare and Howson, and we got Wylie’s ‘History of the Reformation,’ and we read word for word, page after page, and no quotations, no credit, and really I did not know the difference until I began to compare them. I supposed it was Sister White’s own work. The poor sister said, ‘Why, I didn’t know about quotations and credits. My secretary should have looked after that, and the publishing house should have looked after it.’” (Page 1244)

“W. W. PRESCOTT: If I should speak my mind frankly, I should say that I have felt for years that great mistakes were made in handling her writings for commercial purposes.” (Page 1253)

“May we accept the explanations of scripture that she gives? Are those dependable?” (Page 1194)

“Now you know something about that little book, ‘The Life of Paul.’ You know the difficulty we not into about that. We could never claim inspiration in the whole thought and makeup of the book, because it has been thrown aside because it was badly put together. Credits were not given to the proper authorities, and some of that crept into ‘The Great Controversy,’—the lack of credits; and in the revision of that book those things were carefully run down and made right. Personally that has never shaken my faith, but there are men who have been greatly hurt by it, and I think it is because they claimed too much for these writings.” (Page 1203)

Product Details

• Title: 1919 Bible Conference Collection
• Publisher: General Conference of SDA
• Volumes: 24
• Publication Date: 1919
• Pages: 1,263