*The Great Controversy* Between Christ and Satan The Conflict of the Ages in the Christian Dispensation By Ellen G. White Review & Herald Publishing Association Washington, D.C. Copyright 1888, 1907, 1911, by Mrs. E. G. White CONTENTS Preface Introduction. 1. The Destruction Of Jerusalem. 2. Persecution In The First Centuries. 3. The Apostasy. 4. The Waldenses. 5. John Wycliffe. 6. Huss and Jerome. 7. Luther’s Separation From Rome. 8. Luther Before The Diet. 9. The Swiss Reformer. 10. Progress Of Reform In Germany. 11. Protest Of The Princes. 12. The French Reformation. 13. The Netherlands And Scandinavia. 14. Later English Reformers. 15. The Bible And The French Revolution. 16. The Pilgrim Fathers. 17. Heralds Of The Morning. 18. An American Reformer. 19. Light Through Darkness. 20. A Great Religious Awakening. 21. A Warning Rejected. 22. Prophecies Fulfilled. 23. What Is The Sanctuary? 24. In The Holy Of Holies. 25. God’s Law Immutable. 26. A Work Of Reform. 27. Modern Revivals. 28. The Investigative Judgment. 29. The Origin Of Evil. 30. Enmity Between Man And Satan. 31. Agency Of Evil Spirits. 32. Snares Of Satan. 33. The First Great Deception. 34. Spiritualism. 35. Aims Of The Papacy. 36. The Impending Conflict. 37. The Scriptures A Safeguard. 38. The Final Warning. 39. “The Time Of Trouble.” 40. God’s People Delivered. 41. Desolation Of The Earth. 42. The Controversy Ended. Appendix. Index of Scripture References. General Index. Footnotes PREFACE [Illustration: Preface.] This book, reader, is not published to tell us that there is sin and woe and misery in this world. We know it all too well. This book is not published to tell us that there is an irreconcilable controversy between darkness and light, sin and righteousness, wrong and right, death and life. In our heart of hearts we know it, and know that we are participators, actors, in the conflict. But to every one of us comes at times a longing to know more of the great controversy. How did the controversy begin? or was it always here? What elements enter into its awfully complex aspect? How am I related to it? What is my responsibility? I find myself in this world by no choice of my own. Does that mean to me evil or good? What are the great principles involved? How long will the controversy continue? What will be its ending? Will this earth sink, as some scientists tell us, into the depths of a sunless, frozen, eternal night? or is there a better future before it, radiant with the light of life, warm with the eternal love of God?