1962 . . .

The first edition of Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers came in 1923 and the second in 1944, but neither included the special treatment found in the current 1962 edition. 

This has a 22-page “Historical Foreword” not found in either of the previous two. It closes on page xxxvi with the true and self-evident statement: “It is not the work of the custodians of the Ellen G. White Writings to explain or interpret the counsels which have been given.” No other Ellen White book, up to this time, had such an extended explanatory foreword with the dedicated purpose to influence the minds of readers of our 1888 history.

Added to this “Historical Foreword” is a 14-page Appendix, which means this edition has 36 extra pages not in the first two editions. Notwithstanding the denial to “explain or interpret,” there is an added five-page “Preface to Third Edition,” which proclaims on page xi: “These notes will aid the reader in ascertaining correctly the intent of the author in the messages here presented.” Do church members need help in understanding what Ellen White says, when it has been denied that such help is needed?

(Quoted from article: "Do We Love the Truth About "1888"? by Donald K. Short, September / October 2004).