In Ellen White's very first vision in Early Writings she used the personal pronouns ("I",  "we",  "us", "my", "me", or "our") a total of 83 times.   This should be evidence that Ellen SAW HERSELF as one of the sealed 144,000.    She was included in that group.  Also in Early Writings page 19 she saw herself as part of the 144,000. 

    In 2 Selected Messages 263  we have an instance where the prophet testifies that a certain individual was "sealed, and...would be with the 144,000."   This testimony was given in 1850. 

    While Sr. White was in Australia Elder G.B. Starr, who labored with her for a time in that continent,  went to her and asked,  "Did you see yourself as one of the sealed 144,000?"  Her answer was: "YES THAT IS WHAT I WAS SHOWN." 

    The 144,000  will  be comprised not only of those living  today who are sealed, but also those who died giving the "Midnight Cry" of the three angels messages of 1844, which is the equivalent of today's loud cry.  This would, of course, include Ellen White.  Her experience appears to be a direct parallel to that of Moses.   Because of the sins of the people, like him, she had to first die before she can be resurrected and enter the promised land. 

  In 1916  Elder J. N.  Loughborough wrote an article for the Review and Herald which had in it the following testimony: 

    "QUESTIONS ON THE SEALING MESSAGE,  (published 1916) -- In 1909, Elder G.A. Irwin had a stenographer accompany him in a call upon Sister White.   He wished to have an exact copy of the exact words of his questions, and the exact words of her replies.  Among the questions was this one:  'Will those who have  died in the message be among the 144,000?'  In  reply, Sister White said, 'Oh yes, those who have died in the faith WILL  BE  among the 144,000.   I  am clear on that  matter.' These  were  the  exact words of question  and  answer, as Brother  Irwin  permitted me to copy from his stenographer's report." 

    What does this mean to us today?  Just this:  If there are only 144,000 who are  the  Bride,  and  a good share of them were  the  "Midnight Cryers" of yesteryear, this leaves a smaller number, indeed, living here and  now who proclaim  the  message for this hour.   The actual number of Loudcriers  will probably be much smaller than anticipated.   This reminds us of Gideon when the Lord chose such a small number of men for his army. 

    This also means all those who were, like Ellen White, sealed at the time of the Midnight Cry and were chosen by God to be part of 144,000 of that day, will not  go through the time of Jacob's Trouble with today's living  saints.  For they are raised up at the time of the deliverance,  which comes after the  time of  Jacob's  trouble.    (EW  285)    Like Moses, they will be  raised  up in immortality,   before any other group.   To be raised after the time of Jacob's trouble may be God's way of compensating them for having to first die and also for having to go through times of great disappointment when the promises of the Lord could not be fulfilled.  Certainly another blessed benefit is to be raised with glorified bodies. 

    Some may become confused with the idea that because these risen dead  are part of the 144,000, they are part of the present day Loudcriers.   This is not the case, for these sleeping ones were the Midnight Cryers of their day and were faithful  to  the calling of their time in proclaiming the  three  angels messages.  Their resurrection is long after the loud cry has been given and the harvest gathered.   Can one imagine the confusion they would face if they were raised up in this time to spread the message to an entirely different age?

    "In visions of the  night, representations passed before me of a great reformatory movement among God's people.  Many
were   praising  God....Hundreds  and  thousands  were  seen visiting families and  opening  before them the word of God. Hearts were convicted by the power of the Holy Spirit, and a spirit  of  genuine conversion was manifest.   On every side doors were thrown open to the proclamation of the truth....I heard voices of thanksgiving and praise, and there seemed to be a reformation such as we witnessed in 1844.      9 Testimonies 126.

    'Every  one  is  to hear the last call to  the  MARRIAGE SUPPER of the Lamb.   From town to town, from city to city, from country to country,  the message of present truth is to be proclaimed, NOT WITH OUTWARD DISPLAY, BUT IN THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT."  Gospel Workers 27. 

    In Volume One,  Chapter Four, we showed that the three angels of Revelation 14:6-12 and the angel of the loud cry (Revelation 18:1) ARE NOT LITERAL ANGELS, but  rather  men  doing the work of God under the power and might of  the  Holy Spirit.  Angels three and four then represent the Loudcriers, the 144,000 going forth throughout the earth. 

    Concerning the third angel,  Mrs.  White explains that his message includes those of the preceding two. 

    "It is represented as being given with a loud voice; that is, WITH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT."  7BC p.980.

    "The  most  solemn warning...ever addressed to mortals is that  contained in the third angel's message...Is the world to be left in  darkness as to the nature of this sin?   Most assuredly not.  God does not  deal  thus with His creatures. His wrath is never visited upon sins of ignorance.    Signs of the Times,  Nov.1, 1899.

     "GOD'S  REMNANT PEOPLE ARE TO FILL THE EARTH WITH THE CRY OF THE THIRD ANGEL.   Review & Herald,  July 16, 1901.

     "Another angel unites his voice with the third angel, and  the earth is lighted with its glory.  The light increases....It will be attended with great power, until its golden  beams have fallen upon every tongue,  every  people, and every nation upon the face of the whole earth."   Review & Herald, Aug. 18, 1885. 

    "The  Lord  has shown me that the message  of  the  third angel must go,  and be proclaimed  to the SCATTERED CHILDREN of  the Lord...I saw that this message can stand on its own foundation and needs not time to strengthen it;  and that IT WILL GO IN MIGHTY POWER, and do its work, AND WILL BE CUT SHORT IN RIGHTEOUSNESS.  Early Writings 75. 

    "Souls that were scattered all  through the religious bodies answered the call,  and the precious were hurried out of the doomed churches.  Early Writings 297. 

     "It  is the union of the Holy Spirit and the testimony of the living witness that is to warn the world."       6BC 1053

    These  quotations from inspiration clearly show one part of the work of the Loudcriers, the Bride of Christ. 

    On page 118 of Early Writings Ellen White saw another work of the 144,000.
 

    "I then saw the third angel.  Said my accompanying angel, 'Fearful is his work.   Awful is his mission.   He is the angel that is to SELECT THE WHEAT FROM THE TARES,  AND SEAL, OR BIND,  THE WHEAT FOR THE HEAVENLY GARNER.'   These things should engross the whole mind, the whole attention." 

    The "accompanying angel"  directly states what part of the work this  group will be doing.   By comparison,  Jesus said in the parable of the wheat and the tares  angels would do the binding and separating.   As pointed out  in  Volume One,  the Holy Spirit's work is actually Michael's Spirit at work,  guiding the spiritual events of these last days.   Angels in turn have been  recognized  as "ministering Spirits" or extensions of God's Holy Spirit. 

    When the 144,000  are filled with the Spirit so that they fully reflect the character of God,  they are in fact the embodiment of Michael,  the Holy Spirit Himself.   It  will be less confusing in understanding how the 144,000  are the embodiment of Michael and the Holy Spirit if one remembers we are talking about the different roles Jesus assumes to do His work,  as discussed in Volume  One. This spiritual work of the 144,000  is then the result of spiritual intercourse between the Bride and Jesus'  Holy Spirit, as already experienced by Pilgrim II and  described  in Monograph Seventeen.   There is far more  to  this  intimacy
between Jesus and His Bride than has heretofore been  suspected.   Let us share with you our Lord's revelation about this.