Get a taste of "Millerism," watch spiritualism grow, define "Sanitarium," get arrested for working on Sunday, weep with Dudley Canright, build a school system from the ground up, watch sneaky tricks fail to trap God's messenger, weigh the pros and cons of academic accreditation, see Adventism through Walter Martin's eyes—all with the advantage of Hindsight.

They say hindsight is always 20/20. Well, maybe. But as you will find in the pages of this book the issues faced by Seventh-day Adventists through the decades have not always been simple ones. We have had our success. We have had our failures. Now we have the opportunity to learn from both.

• Seventh-day Adventist History in Essays and Extracts
  

This book offers its insights based on two simple ideas: We really can learn something from our history if we try, and it is fitting for us who enjoy the advantage of looking back on the issues, to be charitable in our evaluation of those who have faced the challenges of earlier years.