Did Mrs. Whites Predictions Always Come to Pass?
When we study this first test, fulfilled predictions, we should ask ourselves in all sincerity and honesty, [89] Did Mrs. White ever make any predictions that were not fulfilled? May I say frankly, and at the very outset, that we are frequently asked the question, What about Ellen G. White’s statement made in 1856 at the conclusion of a workers’ meeting, or conference, when she said, There are some here who will be alive to see the coming of the Lord, and there are some here who will be food for worms ? That statement was made in the year 1856, one hundred years ago. Since many have been trying by various means to figure out when Christ will return, it is to be expected that some good people would use this statement as a possible way of finding out the exact time. They have been disappointed of course, for, so far as we know, every one whose name was listed as having been present at that meeting in 1856 has now passed away. The White Publications office has received many letters asking
