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