Steps to Christ
Foreword
Few books attain a distribution reckoned in millions or exert so great
an influence in the uplifting of humanity as has Steps to Christ.
In countless editions, this little volume has been printed in more than
seventy languages, bringing inspiration to hundreds of thousands of men
and women throughout the world, even those who dwell in the remote corners
of the earth. From the appearance of the first edition in 1892, the
publishers have been called upon to add printing to printing to meet the
immediate and sustained demand from the reading public.
The author of this work, Ellen G. White (1827-1915), was a religious
speaker and writer, well known on three continents. Born near Portland,
Maine, she spent her early life in the New England States, and then her
travels and labors led her to the rapidly expanding central and western
areas of the United States. The years 1885 to 1887 she devoted to work in
the leading countries of Europe, where she often addressed large
audiences, and continued her writing. Subsequently she spent nine active
years in Australia and New Zealand. From her pen have come forty-five
volumes, large and small, in the fields of theology, education, health,
and the home, and practical Christianity, several with a distribution
exceeding the million-copy mark. Of these, Steps to Christ is the
most popular and widely read. The title of the book tells its mission. It
points the reader to Jesus Christ as the only One who is able to meet the
needs of the soul. It directs the feet of the doubting and halting to the
pathway of peace. It leads the seeker after righteousness and wholeness of
character, step by step, along the way of Christian living, to that
experience where he can know the fullness of blessing which is found in
the complete surrender of self. It reveals to him the secret of victory as
it unfolds in simplicity the saving grace and the keeping power of the
great Friend of all mankind.
This edition marks a forward step in standardizing the paging of the
book in forthcoming English-language printings. With no change in the
text, but with a format, spelling, and capitalization in keeping with the
times, this little compendium of devotion will continue on its mission,
but now in such form, regardless of the size of the type or page, as to
conform to the new Index to the writings of Ellen G. White.
Jacob of old, when oppressed with the fear that his sin had cut him off
from God, lay down to rest, and "he dreamed, and behold a ladder set
up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven." The connection
between earth and heaven was thus revealed to him, and words of comfort
and hope were spoken to the wanderer by Him who stood at the top of the
shadowy stairs. That the heavenly vision may be repeated to many as they
read this story of the way of life, is the sincere wish of the publishers,
and--
The Trustees of the Ellen G. White Publications .
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