E. J. Waggoner (1855–1916)

In the autumn of 1888, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a young man delivered a series of lectures on the book of Galatians to a group of Seventh-day Adventist ministers and church leaders.That young man was an evangelist, a medical doctor, and coeditor of the signs of the times. His name was Elliot J. Waggoner. In his audience that Ellen G. White."Dr. Waggoner has spoken to us in a straightforward manner. There is precious light and what he has said," she wrote about his meetings. "I want to receive every get ray of light that God shall send me, though it should come through the humblest of his servants."Waggoner's message rocked the newly organized church at his foundations. His message of righteousness by faith in the grace of Jesus Christ alone, which Ellen G. White champion from the beginning, set off a revival and Reformation within the church that is still going on. And his penetrating commentary the glad tidings on the apostle Paul's difficult letter to the Galatians has become an Adventist classic. Here it is.Included in this revised edition is an introduction by Pastor R. J. Wielandt, who writes, "Until I found the glad tidings I had never understood but Paul's letter to the Galatians really meant."… (meer)