Publisher's Synopsis
This volume 4 of 4 contains some eight books and booklets, two sermons at a General Conference session, four pamphlets, and some one hundred-sixty articles. There are nearly 7,000,000 recorded words of A. T. Jones available to us. In choosing the material for the planned four volumes, consideration was given to the tendency of placing one's most important material in the most permanent form-books and pamphlets. Thus, the four volumes will contain largely books and pamphlets, plus all of the recorded General Conference sermons, and some selected journal articles. A few booklets and pamphlets that are duplicated in the retained publications are not included. The materials are presented in chronological order as closely as possible.Jones, Alonzo Trevier (1850-1923) -. Editor, author, preacher. Jones became an SDA in 1874 while in the Army at Fort Walla Walla. He soon became involved in evangelism in the Northwest. He was called in 1885 to assist with periodical editorial work at the Pacific Press, where Ellet J. Waggoner was also working as editor. Jones' knowledge of history enabled him quickly to become the church's expert on the fulfillment of prophecy in the realm of religious liberty. With Waggoner, he pushed the frontiers of understanding the righteousness of Christ in relation to liberty and salvation. May of 1888 Senator Blair brought a national Sunday bill to the U. S. Senate, with Jones appearing later that year before a Senate committee to oppose that legislation on behalf of the church, the first of many testimonies he would give in those settings.The 1888 General Conference Session brought to a head the differences between some leaders and Jones and Waggoner. The issues were prophecy and salvation. Ellen White endorsed the urgency of the crisis in relation to religious liberty and prophecy highlighted by Jones. She later would call the salvation message Jones and Waggoner were presenting "most precious" and prophesied against those who called them "fanatics, extremists, and enthusiasts" (1888 1336.2 & 1341.2). Next to Ellen White, Jones is undoubtedly the most prolific writer the SDA denomination has ever had. Over the years, he did editorial work for a number of our publications. In 1897 he became editor of the Review and Herald for a few years.Ellen White repeatedly, at least through 1899, spoke of Jones as a messenger of God with a special work to do (1888 1455.2), and warned of the "fatal delusion" of rejecting the message, especially if either Waggoner or Jones were to lose their way (1888 1455.2). As the church entered into the period when it would "remain here in this world because of insubordination many more years" (Lt 184, 1901), Jones departed from church membership, but remained active in publishing the last 20 years of his life, and kept the Sabbath until his death in 1923. - Adapted from the Adventist Pioneer LibraryPublications Included In Vol 4:1901 The Great Nations of Today, 257 page book; 1902 We Would See Jesus, 16 page book; 1901 General Conference Bulletin,2 sermons;1903 Is Sunday the True Sabbath of God?67 page book;1903 One-Man Power, 21 page pamphlet; 1903 The Place of the Bible in Education, 246 page book; 1904 The Empires of the Bible from the Confusion of Tongues to the Babylonian Captivity, 410 page book; 1905 The Consecrated Way to Christian Perfection, 129 page book;1906 The World's Greatest Issues: Military, Diplomatic, Religious, 180 page book; 1908 The Divine Right of Individuality In Religion, book of unknown page count; 1910 Partial Report of Hearing on Johnston Sunday Bill, S. 404, 20 page pamphlet; 1912 Judicial Religious Legislation Exposed, 4 page pamphlet; 1912 Urge Separation Church and State, 4 page book; 1913 Are There Any Protestants? 4 page pamphlet; Typical Article Writing of One Year:1888 (91 articles);1903-1907 Selected Articles- The Medical Missionary Journal (some 60 articles, with a broad spectrum of topics)
