Messenger of the Lord, by Herbert E. Douglas - Pacific Press. The Prophetic Ministry of Ellen G. White. "Early in my youth  was asked several times, Are you a prophet? I have ever responded, I am athe Lord's messenger." Selected Messages, book 1,p.32 God called a seventeen-year-old girl, frail and in poor health, to proclaim His Word and guide His people. For the next seventy years Ellen White served as the Lord's messenger - writing, preaching, counseling, traveling, warning, and encouraging - as she faithfully delivered the communications God gave her for His curch and the world. ...