在怀爱伦的一生中(1827-1915)，生理学这门涉及心智及其能力与功用的学科尚处于初级阶段。然而在她的著作中却到处显出独特的观点，清楚地描述了心理学的指导方针和心理健康问题。
本书的目的是汇集怀爱伦在这个广博、重要、时有争议的领域所作的陈述，以便于研究。安息日复临信徒和其他确信怀爱伦是在上帝之灵的影响下写作的人，都珍视主在这个领域的指导，在心理学思想流派多样化而且不断改变的时代，这个领域对一切人类来说都是非常重要的。
怀爱伦在心理学、营养学和教育及其它领域所发表之观点的正确性已经得到了证明。毫无疑问，随着在心理学和心理健康方面所作研究的进展，她必因阐明纯正的心理原则而声誉日隆。对于虔诚的复临信徒，《心理、品格和个性》这本书会提供许多答案。我们确信，随着真理的展开，本书所取的立场会越来越吸引凡有思想的读者。
既然这样，偶尔出现的诸如“我看见，”“我蒙指示看见，”“我蒙指示”等表达方式就不仅可以理解，而且受到欢迎，因为这种保证所描述的观念来自那位造成人心的主。
在怀爱伦著作托管委员会办公室汇集这些材料时，编者们没有试图选择那些支持教育和心理学领域不同权威所提倡之观点的段落。本书中也没有编者们预想的观点，而是努力让怀爱伦自由地提出她的观点。这是藉着从她已发表著作的大量贮备中提取材料来完成的——就是她在六十年中所写的材料，曾发表在她现有或绝版的书籍、小册、她数千篇期刊文章和她多卷文稿和信函中，收藏在怀爱伦著作托管委员会的储藏室里。
《心理、品格与个性》的大量内容阐述一般的指导原则。还有许多记录实际警告和劝勉的材料，涉及教师与学生、传道人与信徒、医师与病人或父母与儿女的关系。
在不少对管理人员、传道人、医师、教师、编辑、丈夫、主妇或青少年的劝勉中，可能透露了背景和具体的忠告，带有个人经历的色彩，因此需要注意相关的原则。
怀爱伦显然不是作为一名心理学者来写作。她也没有使用现今心理学领域常用的术语。事实上，读者甚至必须谅解她对“心理学，”“颅相学”等术语的用法。然而，有见识的读者会因这些著作所表明的她对心理学基本原则的非凡洞察力而深受感动。怀爱伦就心智的不同方面、其在人类经验中的重要地位、其潜能、以及使它有最佳机能的各种因素的论述，以合理的顺序汇编在一起，使本书成了怀爱伦逝世后所出版之著作中的上好选本。这两卷书帮助我们理解人是什么，了解人与其现世的环境、与上帝和宇宙的关系。
十年前开始编辑本书时，曾以为它会最吸引那些在心理健康领域进行特别研究的人。因此作出了便于那些考虑分类领域的人查考材料的安排。爱研究的人应该明白，虽然尽可能多地努力避免不必要的重复，在不同章中的少数关键语句还是有重复，学者会发现在不同的适当标题之下会有少许重复。如今这本书显然对所有复临信徒及其朋友们都有至关重要的利害关系，因为我们都卷入了争夺人心的战斗。
编辑们的工作只限于选择材料，将这些材料以看似合理的顺序编排，以及提供标题，包括介绍所选内容的副标题。本书试图包括怀爱伦在积极服务的年间所写的有关这些主题的所有重要论述，因此利用了从各个角度分析一个既定要点的方法，并且尽可能地涵盖最广泛的内容。在这么做时，到处会有一般基本思路上的重复，可能会令肤浅的读者觉得有点恼火。然而细心的学者却会欢迎有助于所讨论问题的每一句话。这样，《心理、品格和个性》有点象百科全书。
每段引文都有来自怀著的明确出处，使读者在许多情况下都可以查考想要的完整的原文背景。为了节省空间，引文出处的参考书目使用了普遍接受的怀爱伦著作的缩写。这些缩写列在前言之后。每一引文都提供了写作日期或初次发表日期。原始资料一般作为主要的参考，若有当前可得到的书籍中的内容，便提供了适当的参考书目。摘自《基督复临安息日会圣经注释》中的内容指在每卷注释结尾或SDA圣经注释卷7A中的怀爱伦注释。
由于篇幅所限，本书没有收录与心智有关的一些题目，如“精神错乱”等，建议读者在《怀爱伦著作全面索引》中查阅这些题目。
本书是怀爱伦著作托管委员会办公室在怀爱伦遗嘱中所授权的理事会的指导之下编辑的。与大多数怀著的汇编不同，本书是以临时的形式发行的，标题是《心理健康的指导方针》，用作课堂测验和复临教会教育家、心理学者和精神病医师的重要读物。怀爱伦著作托管委员会希望能确定与主题有关的所有著名论述都得到重视，也希望材料的编排能被读者所接受。
来自课堂使用和他人的良好反应确保了本书在怀爱伦去世后发表的许多著作中的地位。本书如今以两卷的形式发行
前言
在怀爱伦的一生中(1827-1915)，生理学这门涉及心智及其能力与功用的学科尚处于初级阶段。然而在她的著作中却到处显出独特的观点，清楚地描述了心理学的指导方针和心理健康问题。
本书的目的是汇集怀爱伦在这个广博、重要、时有争议的领域所作的陈述，以便于研究。安息日复临信徒和其他确信怀爱伦是在上帝之灵的影响下写作的人，都珍视主在这个领域的指导，在心理学思想流派多样化而且不断改变的时代，这个领域对一切人类来说都是非常重要的。
怀爱伦在心理学、营养学和教育及其它领域所发表之观点的正确性已经得到了证明。毫无疑问，随着在心理学和心理健康方面所作研究的进展，她必因阐明纯正的心理原则而声誉日隆。对于虔诚的复临信徒，《心理、品格和个性》这本书会提供许多答案。我们确信，随着真理的展开，本书所取的立场会越来越吸引凡有思想的读者。
既然这样，偶尔出现的诸如“我看见，”“我蒙指示看见，”“我蒙指示”等表达方式就不仅可以理解，而且受到欢迎，因为这种保证所描述的观念来自那位造成人心的主。
在怀爱伦著作托管委员会办公室汇集这些材料时，编者们没有试图选择那些支持教育和心理学领域不同权威所提倡之观点的段落。本书中也没有编者们预想的观点，而是努力让怀爱伦自由地提出她的观点。这是藉着从她已发表著作的大量贮备中提取材料来完成的——就是她在六十年中所写的材料，曾发表在她现有或绝版的书籍、小册、她数千篇期刊文章和她多卷文稿和信函中，收藏在怀爱伦著作托管委员会的储藏室里。
《心理、品格与个性》的大量内容阐述一般的指导原则。还有许多记录实际警告和劝勉的材料，涉及教师与学生、传道人与信徒、医师与病人或父母与儿女的关系。
在不少对管理人员、传道人、医师、教师、编辑、丈夫、主妇或青少年的劝勉中，可能透露了背景和具体的忠告，带有个人经历的色彩，因此需要注意相关的原则。
怀爱伦显然不是作为一名心理学者来写作。她也没有使用现今心理学领域常用的术语。事实上，读者甚至必须谅解她对“心理学，”“颅相学”等术语的用法。然而，有见识的读者会因这些著作所表明的她对心理学基本原则的非凡洞察力而深受感动。怀爱伦就心智的不同方面、其在人类经验中的重要地位、其潜能、以及使它有最佳机能的各种因素的论述，以合理的顺序汇编在一起，使本书成了怀爱伦逝世后所出版之著作中的上好选本。这两卷书帮助我们理解人是什么，了解人与其现世的环境、与上帝和宇宙的关系。
十年前开始编辑本书时，曾以为它会最吸引那些在心理健康领域进行特别研究的人。因此作出了便于那些考虑分类领域的人查考材料的安排。爱研究的人应该明白，虽然尽可能多地努力避免不必要的重复，在不同章中的少数关键语句还是有重复，学者会发现在不同的适当标题之下会有少许重复。如今这本书显然对所有复临信徒及其朋友们都有至关重要的利害关系，因为我们都卷入了争夺人心的战斗。
编辑们的工作只限于选择材料，将这些材料以看似合理的顺序编排，以及提供标题，包括介绍所选内容的副标题。本书试图包括怀爱伦在积极服务的年间所写的有关这些主题的所有重要论述，因此利用了从各个角度分析一个既定要点的方法，并且尽可能地涵盖最广泛的内容。在这么做时，到处会有一般基本思路上的重复，可能会令肤浅的读者觉得有点恼火。然而细心的学者却会欢迎有助于所讨论问题的每一句话。这样，《心理、品格和个性》有点象百科全书。
每段引文都有来自怀著的明确出处，使读者在许多情况下都可以查考想要的完整的原文背景。为了节省空间，引文出处的参考书目使用了普遍接受的怀爱伦著作的缩写。这些缩写列在前言之后。每一引文都提供了写作日期或初次发表日期。原始资料一般作为主要的参考，若有当前可得到的书籍中的内容，便提供了适当的参考书目。摘自《基督复临安息日会圣经注释》中的内容指在每卷注释结尾或SDA圣经注释卷7A中的怀爱伦注释。
由于篇幅所限，本书没有收录与心智有关的一些题目，如“精神错乱”等，建议读者在《怀爱伦著作全面索引》中查阅这些题目。
本书是怀爱伦著作托管委员会办公室在怀爱伦遗嘱中所授权的理事会的指导之下编辑的。与大多数怀著的汇编不同，本书是以临时的形式发行的，标题是《心理健康的指导方针》，用作课堂测验和复临教会教育家、心理学者和精神病医师的重要读物。怀爱伦著作托管委员会希望能确定与主题有关的所有著名论述都得到重视，也希望材料的编排能被读者所接受。
来自课堂使用和他人的良好反应确保了本书在怀爱伦去世后发表的许多著作中的地位。本书如今以两卷的形式发行，成了基督徒家庭藏书室受欢迎的部分。
本书现在的版本在内容选择上稍有修正，也在次序编排上有所改进。增添了题为《人类经验中的爱与性》那一章。一些章中的内容也有添加，删掉了一些不必要的重复。两卷书的页码是连贯的，经文和主题索引在全书结尾。
怀爱伦著作托管委员会诚盼善恶两大势力争取控制人心之大斗争的清晰画面，能警告和光照所有的读者，提供建议和指示，帮助他们选择今日的安全指导和来生基业的可靠保证。
怀爱伦著作托管委员会
1977年3月22日
于美国首都华盛顿
，成了基督徒家庭藏书室受欢迎的部分。
本书现在的版本在内容选择上稍有修正，也在次序编排上有所改进。增添了题为《人类经验中的爱与性》那一章。一些章中的内容也有添加，删掉了一些不必要的重复。两卷书的页码是连贯的，经文和主题索引在全书结尾。
怀爱伦著作托管委员会诚盼善恶两大势力争取控制人心之大斗争的清晰画面，能警告和光照所有的读者，提供建议和指示，帮助他们选择今日的安全指导和来生基业的可靠保证。
怀爱伦著作托管委员会
1977年3月22日
于美国首都华盛顿
In Ellen G. White’s lifetime (1827-1915) psychology, the science which treats of the mind and its powers and functions, was in its infancy. Yet there emerges throughout her writings a distinctive philosophy in which guidelines in this science and to mental health are clearly portrayed.?{1MCP iii.1}[1]
The purpose of this compilation is to bring the Ellen G. White statements in this broad, important, and sometimes controversial field together for convenient study. Seventh-day Adventists and others with their conviction that Ellen G. White wrote under the influence of the spirit of God treasure guidance in a field so vital to all humanity at a time when schools of psychological thought are varied and changing.?{1MCP iii.2}[2]
The soundness of Ellen White’s views in the areas of physiology, nutrition, and education, as well as in other fields, has already been demonstrated. There is no doubt that as research in psychology and mental health progresses, her reputation for setting forth sound psychological principles will be still more firmly established. To the devout Adventist this work,?Mind, Character, and Personality,?will supply many answers. We are certain that as truth unfolds, the positions taken here will appeal more and more to all thoughtful readers.?{1MCP iii.3}[3]
In these circumstances the occasional appearance of such expressions as “I saw,” “I was shown,” “I have been instructed,” are not only understood, but are welcomed for the assurance they give that the concepts portrayed originated with Him who shaped the human mind.?{1MCP iii.4}[4]
In assembling this material in the White Estate offices there has been no attempt to select passages that support views advocated by various authorities in the fields of education and psychology. No preconceived views held by the compilers are represented here. Rather, an effort has been made to allow Ellen White to freely propound her views. This has been accomplished by drawing from the vast store of her published writings, penned through six decades, as they appear in current or out-of-print books, pamphlets, her thousands of periodical articles, and in her voluminous manuscript and correspondence files housed in the White Estate vault.?{1MCP iv.1}[5]
A large portion of?Mind, Character, and Personality?presents general guiding principles. This is interspersed and supplemented with materials setting forth practical admonitions and counsels in the setting of the relationship of the teacher and the student, the minister and the parishioner, the physician and the patient, or the parent and the child.?{1MCP iv.2}[6]
The counsels in scores of instances addressed to an executive, minister, physician, teacher, editor, husband, housewife, or youth, may in their revelation of circumstances and advice given, partake somewhat of the form of case histories. Attention should be directed to the principle involved.?{1MCP iv.3}[7]
Obviously Ellen White did not write as a psychologist. She did not employ terminology in common usage in the field of psychology today. In fact, the reader must even approach her uses of the words “psychology”, “phrenology,” etc., with understanding. The knowledgeable reader, however, will be deeply impressed by her unusual insight into basic principles of psychology, which these writings evince. The Ellen G. White statements on the various aspects of the mind, its vital place in the human experience, its potentials, and the factors that lead to its optimum functioning as drawn together in a logical sequence yield a choice addition to the Ellen G. White books issued posthumously. These help us to comprehend what man is and to understand his relationship to his earthly environment, to God, and to the universe.?{1MCP iv.4}[8]
Ten years ago, when work was begun on this compilation, it was thought that it would have its widest appeal to those studying particularly in the field of mental health. Hence, an arrangement has been followed that would make statements readily available to those considering classified areas. The researcher should understand that while an attempt has been made to avoid redundancy as much as possible, a few?key statements are repeated in different chapters because the student would expect to find them under different appropriate headings. It is now clear that this compilation is of vital interest to all Adventists and to their friends as well, for all of us are involved in the battle for the mind.?{1MCP iv.5}[9]
The work of the compilers has been confined to the selection of the materials, placing these in what seemed to be a logical sequence, and supplying the headings, including the side headings that introduce the items chosen. An attempt has been made to include, on the subjects presented, all essential statements penned through the years of Ellen White’s active service, thus taking advantage of approaching a given point from all angles and presenting the widest possible coverage. In so doing there is here and there repetition of thought in general basic lines that the casual reader may find somewhat irritating. The careful student, however, will welcome each phrase that makes a contribution to the subject under discussion. Thus?Mind, Character, and Personality?is somewhat encyclopedic.?{1MCP v.1}[10]
Each quotation carries a specific credit to its source in the Ellen G. White materials, making it possible for the reader in many cases to turn to the full original context if desired. In the interest of conserving space, the commonly accepted abbreviations to the E. G. White writings are employed in the source references. A key to these abbreviations follows in the introductory pages. In all cases the date of writing or of first publication is supplied. The original sources are given as primary references, and if currently available in book form, the appropriate current published references appear. Credits to the?Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary?are to the E. G. White supplementary statements appearing at the close of each of the?Commentary?Volumes, or in Volume 7a of the?Seventh-day Adventist?Bible Commentary.?{1MCP v.2}[11]
Limitation of space has precluded the inclusion in these volumes of some mind-related topics as “insanity”, etc., for which the reader is referred to the?Comprehensive Index to the Writings of Ellen G. White.?{1MCP v.3}[12]
This compilation has been prepared in the offices of the Ellen G. White Estate under the direction of the Board of Trustees as authorized by Ellen White in her will. Unlike most compilations of Ellen G. White materials it was first released in temporary form under the title of?Guidelines to?Mental Health,?for classroom testing and for critical reading by Adventist educators, psychologists, and psychiatrists. It was the desire of the White Estate to make certain that all known statements relevant to the topics represented were taken into account and that the arrangement of materials was acceptable.?{1MCP v.4}[13]
The favorable response from the classroom use and of others ensures the place of this work with the many other Ellen G. White books of posthumous publication. As now issued in two parts, it becomes a segment of the popular Christian Home Library.?{1MCP vi.1}[14]
In its present from it represents somewhat of a revision in the selection of items and an improvement in the order of their appearance. A chapter titled “Love and Sexuality in the Human Experience” has been added. Additions have rounded out certain chapters, and some deletions have eliminated unnecessary repetition. Paging is continuous through the two parts, and the scripture and subject indexes to the entire work are at the close.?{1MCP vi.2}[15]
That the clearly traced picture of the great controversy between the forces of good and evil for the control of the human mind may warn and enlighten all readers and provide suggestions and direction for choosing that which will give safe guidance today and ensure a future inheritance in the life to come is the earnest hope of?{1MCP vi.3}[16]
The Board of Trustees of the，Ellen G. White Estate，Washington, D.C.,March 22, 1977.[17]
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