A Word to the Little Flock - James S. White

not a part of the vision, but was inserted by Joseph
Bates, the first publisher, as were the scripture
references by James White, and reflects the view
held by him at that time.
In addition to Mrs. White's brief 1851
statement, referred to above, as to why omissions
were made when her first book was published, she,
in 1883, wrote at length dealing with most of these
omitted portions. Her explanation follows.
Mrs. White's Explanation
"My attention has recently been called to a
sixteen-page pamphlet published by ---- of Marlon,
Iowa, entitled Comparison of the Early Writings of
Mrs. White With Later Publications. The writer
states that portions of my earlier visions, as first
printed, have been suppressed in the work recently
published under the title Early Writings of Mrs. E.
G. White, and he conjectures as a reason for such
suppression that these passages teach doctrines
now repudiated by us as a people.
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