This is a unique work, one of a kind, whose reading will captivate the reader from beginning to end. All the messages included in this edition were presented to real audiences, to specific people. Mrs. White was a very versatile speaker; she could deliver a message at a youth graduation as easily as at a ministerial council. As Ellen White delivered her presentation, she would recite dozens of biblical quotations from memory, without explicitly citing the texts. The 42 sermons published in this book are arranged chronologically, from 1873 to 1909. Therefore, most of these messages belong to the latter half of Ellen White's ministry.