A WORD TO THE READER

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UNDER THE GENERAL TITLE OF "SANCTIFICATION" THERE APPEARED IN THE EARLY ISSUES OF THE REVIEW AND HERALD FOR 1881 A SERIES OF ARTICLES FROM THE PEN OF ELLEN G. WHITE. WRITING FROM A DEEP EXPERIENCE IN THE THINGS OF GOD AND FROM A MIND AND HEART ILLUMINATED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, SHE CAREFULLY EXAMINED THE ELEMENTS OF TRUE SANCTIFICATION AND CONTRASTED THESE WITH VARIOUS UNSOUND, BUT POPULAR, THEORIES ON THE SUBJECT.

IN THE SAME DECADE THESE ARTICLES WERE DRAWN TOGETHER AND PUBLISHED AS A PAMPHLET BEARING THE TITLE BIBLE SANCTIFICATION, AND APPEARING IN JANUARY, 1889, AS NUMBER ONE OF THE BIBLE STUDENTS' LIBRARY.

IN 1937 UNDER THE FAMILIAR TITLE OF THE SANCTIFIED LIFE, THIS MATERIAL WAS AGAIN REISSUED IN ITS ENTIRETY AND WITH THE ADDITION OF ONE PARAGRAPH FROM PROPHETS AND KINGS TO MAKE THE PRESENT VOLUME. IN THIS FORM AND IN MANY PRINTINGS THE LITTLE BOOK HAS ENRICHED THOUSANDS OF LIVES.

IN NEW FORMAT, BUT WITH NO CHANGE IN TEXTUAL MATTER, THIS DEEPLY SPIRITUAL AND LONG-LIVED BOOK IS REISSUED FOR STILL WIDER DISTRIBUTION. FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE READER SCRIPTURE AND SUBJECT INDEXES HAVE BEEN ADDED.

IT IS THIS PRESENT PRINTING THAT IS RECOGNIZED IN THE REVISED AND ENLARGED INDEX TO THE WRITINGS OF MRS. E. G. WHITE AND IN THE REFERENCES TO THIS WORK FOUND IN THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST BIBLE COMMENTARY.

THE TRUSTEES OF THE ELLEN G. WHITE PUBLICATIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
JULY, 1956