The Desire of Wages

First Edition (2026), 19 Chapters and 5 Appendices

SDAs are taught that The Desire of Ages is the finest life of Christ ever written, the fruit of a prophet’s visions. Ellen White herself said the book was not of human production. However, the evidence tells a very different story. The book was mined from the books in Ellen White’s library, put together by Marian Davis, and created for a singular purpose: to raise money for Ellen White's Australian building projects. It was sold as something it was not, dishonoring the Person the book described so eloquently. In the end, it wasn't about the desire of Jesus. It was about the desire of wages.