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  The Second Coming Of Christ: A Brief Exposition Of Matthew Twenty-Four

  James White

  Matthew 24 is Christ's anchor point discussion of the events leading up to His second coming. As a crucial chapter in the understanding of Bible prophecy it is very important for Adventists. In 1880 James White published this 64 page pamphlet on the subject to assist in explaining these prophetic passages in an easy to understand way for distribution.

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  An Appeal to the Working Men and Women in the Ranks of Seventh-day Adventists

  James White

  By 1872 the Adventist Tract and Missionary Societies were being organized around the country to distribute the literature produced by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In order to help with the organization and operation of these various Societies, James White wrote this book as a manual to help understand the constitution, operation and financial aspects of running these societies.

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  Hymns for Second Advent Believers who Observe the Sabbath of the Lord

  James White

  Music was crucially important for early Adventists it was the place where beliefs could find musical expression in corporate worship settings. Accordingly, the first hardcover book published by James White was a hymnal in 1849. However, it was a very small book only containing 53 hymns accordingly more hymn books would soon follow. This hymnbook published in 1852 contained not only 139 hymns but also a supplement that contained an additional 38.

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  Second Advent Review, And Sabbath Herald, vol. 1, no. 1

  Joseph Bates, S. W. Rhoads, J. N. Andrews, and James White

  The first issue of the Second Advent Review. The publishing committee included the namesake of Andrews University and the James White Library.

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  The Present Truth

  James White

  In 1848 Ellen White received a vision at the home of Otis Nichols in Dorchester MS. In it she was shown that James White should begin printing a little paper that would be small at first but would grow to be like streams of light going around the world. In July 1849 James White published the first edition of Present Truth which would continue under that name for about year and be renamed in November of 1850.