FIRST COUNTRY LIVING ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Through inspired counsel, Ellen G. White points readers to the importance of leaving the congested cities, establishing homes and institutions in healthier surroundings, educating the youth amid the works of God in nature, and carrying forward the work of warning the world from faithful outpost centers.

This illustrated edition has been designed to help the reader reflect deeply on the spiritual principles behind country living: obedience, discernment, self-denial, mission, and trust in God's providence. Each page combines inspired instruction with elegant visual storytelling, creating a wonderful reading experience that is both beautiful and solemn.

More than a call to a different location, this book is a call to a different preparation of heart-one that looks beyond earthly security and seeks the better country, even a heavenly.

Contents

Foreword

Chapter 1-A Call to Leave the Cities

Chapter 2-Avoiding Labor Conflicts

Chapter 3-An Appeal to Parents

Chapter 4-Occupations in Rural Locations

Chapter 5-Preparing for the Sunday Law Crisis

Chapter 6-Colonizing at Institutional Centers

Chapter 7-Guided by God's Providences

Chapter 8-Our Institutional Centers to Be Away From Congested Areas

Chapter 9-Emergency Flight in Closing Conflict