凡熟悉怀爱伦的著作且珍视以往出自她灵感之笔的灵修书籍的人，将会欢迎出自同一富源的这本新书。这本书会特别受重视，因为它主要由一般读者无法从别处得到的材料构成。在现有怀爱伦著作中，只有少许重复。本书多半内容取自怀爱伦长期服务的一生中发表在《评论与通讯》、《青年导报》和《时兆》上的文章，约有三分之一的内容取自怀爱伦著作托管委员会所保管的未发表的文稿和信函，本书是根据怀爱伦的指示预备的。这些未发表的资料有许多是来自寄给个人的坦诚信息，这些信息今日临到我们，所发出的恳切呼吁、温柔告诫与鼓励与当初写作时是一样的。有几页特别有趣，摘自怀爱伦日记中清晨的记录，使读者能有效地瞥见她个人的祈祷生活。
为了使各篇内容限于一页的篇幅，常有必要进行删减，这些删减通常作了标示。极其小心地保留了愿意，没有扭曲作者的思想和意图。应该注意的是，书中出现的赞美诗句是怀爱伦本人引用的。每日所选的存心节与每天的信息相符。
我们希望并祈祷《使我认识祂》的发表能真诚地帮助读者更好地了解我们的主和救主，更深刻地感激祂为失丧人类做出的惊人牺牲，更清楚地看见祂品格的美好与完全，更好的理解我们在自己品格的发展上可以达到的高度，我们既披上祂的义袍，就努力在祂里面得以完全。
Those who are familiar with the Ellen G. White writings and who have treasured the devotional books from her inspired pen in the past will welcome this new volume from the same rich source. It will be particularly prized because it consists largely of material not otherwise available to the average reader. Only a few pages duplicate what is found in the current Ellen G. White books. More than half of the book is drawn from the wealth of inspired material in the articles from her pen that appeared during her long lifetime in such periodicals as the?Review and Herald,?Youth’s Instructor, and?Signs of the Times. About one third is drawn from unpublished manuscripts and letters in the custody of the Trustees of the Ellen G. White writings, under whose direction the volume has been prepared. Many of these unpublished items are from personal heart-to-heart messages sent to individuals—messages that come to us today with the same earnest appeal, the same tender admonition and encouragement, as when they were written. Of special interest are several pages which contain extracts from early morning entries in Ellen White’s diary, and give the reader significant glimpses into her personal prayer life.?{TMK 5.1}[1] In order to bring each reading into the compass of a single page, frequent deletions have been necessary, and these are indicated in the usual way. Great care has been exercised to preserve without distortion the thought and intent of the writer. It should be noted that when lines from a hymn or a poem appear they were quoted by Ellen White herself. The daily memory verses have been chosen to harmonize with the message of each day.?{TMK 5.2}[2] “That I May Know Him” goes forth with our hope and prayer that it may truly help its readers to become better acquainted with our Lord and Saviour, to have a deeper appreciation of His amazing sacrifice for lost mankind, to gain clearer views of the beauty and perfection of His character, and to understand better the heights we may reach in our own character development, as clothed in the garments of His righteousness we strive to become “complete in Him.”?{TMK 5.3}[3] The Trustees of the Ellen G. White Estate?Washington, D.C.[4] “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.... That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.”—Philippians 3:7-11.?{TMK 6.1}[5] “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”—John 17:3.?{TMK 6.2}[6]
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