A Word to the Little Flock - James S. White

"In the year 1844, I accepted the doctrine we
now hold, concerning the nonimmortality of the
soul, as may be seen by reference to Life Sketches,
pp. 170, 171 [1880 ed. See also 1915 ed., p. 49;
Testimonies, Vol. I, pp. 39, 40], and I have never,
by voice or pen, advocated any other. Had we
suppressed this passage on account of its teaching
the immortality of the soul, we would have found it
necessary to suppress other passages.
"In relating my first vision, page 13 of Early
Writings [1882 ed.; present ed., p. 17], I speak of
having seen brethren who had but a short time
previous fallen asleep in Jesus, and on page 14
[present ed., p. 18] I state that I was shown a great
company who had suffered martyrdom for their
faith.
"The immortality of the soul is no more taught
in the 'suppressed' passage than in the two last
cited.
"The fact in the case is, that in these visions I
was carried forward to the time when the
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