《文稿发布》第926号
范妮·博尔顿的故事
范妮·博尔顿的故事：源文件汇编
前 言
1887年，范妮·博尔顿28岁时，怀爱伦初次遇见她。博尔顿小姐对伊利诺斯州帐篷大会的新闻报导给怀夫人留下了深刻的印象，她不久就聘请了这位年轻的女人作文字助理。{MR926 1.1}
接下来的十年，博尔顿小姐大部分时间为怀夫人工作。正如这些文件所显明的，怀夫人从一开始就在博尔顿小姐身上感觉到一种不确定性和灵性的不成熟。在后来的几年中范妮好几次出言批评怀爱伦并对文字助理的工作没有得到更多公众认可的事实表示不满。{MR926 1.2}
知道博尔顿小姐的抱怨是一回事;在她与怀爱伦的全部经验的背景中阅读这些怨言则是另一回事。感受就是这样，认真的研究者会赏识并受益于阅读关于范妮·博尔顿经验的文件合集。{MR926 1.3}
这本源文件汇编阐述了范妮·博尔顿故事的每一细节。与博尔顿的情况有关的第一手源文件一个也没有省略。甚至连诽谤和没有根据的指控也被收录进来了。这样读者可以根据全部的证据判断博尔顿小姐的控告。文件中删掉的内容保持到最低限度，除了完全无关的内容，什么也没有省略。我们若是发现遗漏了任何有关的资料，就会在后来的印本中收录进去。
怀爱伦著作托管委员会
1982年4月{MR926 1.4}
Fannie bolton was 28 years old when Ellen White first met her in 1887. Miss Bolton’s newspaper reports of the Illinois camp meeting had impressed Mrs. White, who soon hired the younger woman as a literary assistant.{MR926 1.1}[1]
For most of the next decade, Miss Bolton worked for Mrs. White. As these documents make clear, from the very beginning Mrs. White sensed a certain instability and spiritual immaturity in Miss Bolton. Several times in the years to come fannie voiced criticisms of Ellen White and dissatisfaction with the fact that the literary assistants did not get more public recognition for their work.{MR926 1.2}[2]
To know of Miss Bolton’s complaints is one thing; to read them in the context of her total experience with Ellen White is quite another. Thus it has been felt that serious researchers would appreciate, and profit from, reading a complete collection of documents pertaining to Fannie Bolton’s experience.{MR926 1.3}[3]
This collection of source documents sets forth every detail of the Fannie Bolton story. No primary source document relevant to the Bolton case has been omitted. Even scurrilous and unsupported allegations have been included. Thus readers can judge Miss Bolton’s charges in the light of the total evidence. Deletions in the documents have been kept to a minimum and nothing has been omitted unless it was completely irrelevant. If we discover we have omitted any relevant source, we will include it in later printings.E.G. White Estate,April, 1982.{MR926 1.4}[4]
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