怀爱伦是谁？为何千百万的人认为她的著作特别有价值和意义呢？{YRP 5.1}
简言之，她主要生活在十九世纪（1827-1915），是一个拥有显著属灵恩赐的女人，可是她的著作和公开传道服务已对二十世纪世界各地上千万人的生活造成了革命性的影响。{YRP 5.2}
她一生写了五千多篇期刊文章和26本书；然而时至今日，加上从她5.5万页的文稿所汇编的书籍，她的英文著作已经有一百多本了。根据有效的信息，她很可能是整个文学史上其作品被翻译最多的女作家，且是美国男女作家中作品被翻译最多的人。她的著作题材广泛，包括教育、健康、预言、营养学、文化和民族语言学问题、创造论以及生命的起源。她改变人生的杰作《拾级就主》，论述成功的基督徒生活，已经以135种以上的语言发表。{YRP 5.3}
安息日复临信徒认为怀夫人不仅是一位有恩赐的作家；而且是上帝所指定的特使，要吸引世人注意圣经，并且为基督的复临预备百姓。从她17岁直到七十年后去世，上帝赐给她约两千个异象和异梦。异象的长度不等，从不到一分钟到近四个小时。她把通过这些启示得到的知识和忠告写了出来，分享给他人。她特别的著作就这样被安息日复临信徒接纳为上帝的默示，其超卓品质甚至为随便的读者所承认。{YRP 5.4}
如《安息日复临信徒信仰》所述，“怀爱伦的著作并不取代圣经。不可将之放在与圣经同等的水平。圣经独自站立，是用来判断她的作品和其他一切作者作品的惟一标准”（第227页）。就如怀爱伦自己所说明的：“上帝虽已藉着圣经将祂的旨意启示给人，但这并不是说，人不再需要圣灵常与他们同在，引导他们了。况且我们的救主曾应许赐下圣灵，为要向祂的仆人解释圣经，发挥和应用其中的教训。再者，圣经既是上帝的灵所默示的，圣灵的教训就不会与圣经的教训相抵触”（《善恶之争》第7页）。{YRP 6.1}
这本灵修书由这位卓越女性著作中精选的内容构成，她满足圣经中所提出真先知的一切检验标准，帮助建立了基督复临安息日会。{YRP 6.2}
Who was Ellen G. White, and why do millions consider her writings of special value and significance??{YRP 5.1}[1]
In brief, she was a woman of remarkable spiritual gifts who lived most of her life during the nineteenth century (1827-1915), yet through her writings and public ministry has made a revolutionary impact on millions of people around the world in the twentieth century.?{YRP 5.2}[2]
During her lifetime she wrote more than 5,000 periodical articles and 26 books; but today, including compilations from her 55,000 pages of manuscript, more than 100 titles are available in English. From the information available, she may well be the most translated woman writer in the entire history of literature, and the most translated American author of either gender. Her writings cover a broad range of subjects, including education, health, prophecy, nutrition, cultural and ethno-linguistic issues, creationism, and the origin of life. Her life-changing masterpiece on successful Christian living,?Steps to Christ, has been published in more than 135 languages.?{YRP 5.3}[3]
Seventh-day Adventists believe that Mrs. White was more than a gifted writer; they believe she was appointed by God as a special messenger to draw the world’s attention to the Holy Scriptures and help prepare people for Christ’s second advent. From the time she was 17 years old until she died 70 years later, God gave her approximately 2,000 visions and dreams. The visions varied in length from less than a minute to nearly four hours. The knowledge and counsel received through these revelations she wrote out to be shared with others. Thus her special writings are accepted by Seventh-day Adventists as inspired, and their exceptional quality is recognized even by casual readers.?{YRP 5.4}[4]
As stated in?Seventh-day Adventists Believe, “The writings of Ellen White are not a substitute for Scripture. They cannot be placed on the same level. The Holy Scriptures stand alone, the unique standard by which her and all other writings must be judged and to which they must be subject” (p. 227). “Yet,” as Ellen White herself noted, “the fact that God has revealed his will to men through his word has not rendered needless the continued presence and guiding of the Holy Spirit. On the contrary, the spirit was promised by our Saviour, to open the word to his servants, to illuminate and apply its teachings” (The Great Controversy, vii).?{YRP 6.1}[5]
This devotional book consists of choice selections from the writings of this remarkable woman who, meeting all the tests of a true prophet as set forth in the Holy Scriptures, helped found the Seventh-day Adventist Church.{YRP 6.2}[6]
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