What is 7th day adventism

WHAT IS 7TH DAY ADVENTISM?
Sami Wilberforce

1Timothy 3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou
mayest know how thou oughtest to behave
thyself in the house of God, which is the
church of the living God, the pillar and
ground of the truth.
Pillar and ground of the truth.

Ephesians 2:18: For through him we both
have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
19: Now therefore ye are no more strangers
and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the
saints, and of the household of God; 20: And
are built upon the foundation of the apostles
and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the
chief corner stone; 21: In whom all the
building fitly framed together groweth unto
an holy temple in the Lord: 22: In whom ye
also are builded together for an habitation of
God through the Spirit.

Acts 7:38: This is he, that was in the
church in the wilderness with the angel
which spake to him in the mount Sina,
and with our fathers: who received the
lively oracles to give unto us:

1Peter 2:1: Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and
hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2: As newborn
babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow
thereby: 3: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 4:
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of
men, but chosen of God, and precious, 5: Ye also, as lively
stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to
offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
6: Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay
in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that
believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7: Unto you
therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be
disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same
is made the head of the corner, 2:8: And a stone of stumbling,
and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word,
being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 9: But
ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation,
a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him

Ephesians 1:18: The eyes of your understanding
being enlightened; that ye may know what is the
hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory
of his inheritance in the saints, 19: And what is the
exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who
believe, according to the working of his mighty
power, 20: Which he wrought in Christ, when he
raised him from the dead, and set him at his own
right hand in the heavenly places, 21: Far above all
principality, and power, and might, and dominion,
and every name that is named, not only in this world,
but also in that which is to come: 22: And hath put all
things under his feet, and gave him to be the head
over all things to the church, 23: Which is his body,
the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

A congregation may be the poorest in the
land. It may be without the attraction of
any outward show; but if the members
possess the principles of the character
of Christ, they will have His joy in their
souls. Angels will unite with them in
their worship. The praise and
thanksgiving from grateful hearts will
ascend to God as a sweet oblation. {COL
298.3}

"From the beginning, faithful souls have
constituted the church on earth. In every age the
Lord has had His watchmen, who have borne a
faithful testimony to the generation in which they
lived. These sentinels gave the message of warning;
and when they were called to lay off their armor,
others took up the work. God brought these
witnesses into covenant relation with Himself,
uniting the church on earth with the church in
heaven. He has sent forth His angels to minister to
His church, and the gates of hell have not been able
to prevail against His people." {AA 11.2}

THE ASSEMBLY OF BRETHREN
Heb 10:25
Rev 12:17
Rev 14:12
Mathew 12:47-50 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy
mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to
speak with thee. But he answered and said unto him
that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my
brethren? And he stretched forth his hand toward
his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my
brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my
Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother,
and sister, and mother.

God has a church. It is not the great cathedral,
neither is it the national establishment, neither is it the
various denominations; it is the people who love God and
keep His commandments. "Where two or three aregathered
together in My name, there am I in the midst of them."
Where Christ is, even among the humble few, this is Christ's
church, for the presence of the High and Holy One who
inhabiteth eternity can alone constitute a church. Where two
or three are present who love and obey the commandments
of God, Jesus there presides, let it be in the desolate place
of the earth, in the wilderness, in the city, [or] enclosed in
prison walls. 17MR 81.4}

The glory of God has penetrated the
prison walls, flooding with glorious
beams of heavenly light the darkest
dungeon. His saints may suffer, but their
sufferings will, like the apostles' of old,
spread their faith and win souls to Christ
and glorify His holy name. The bitterest
opposition expressed by those who hate
God's great moral standard of
righteousness should not and will not
shake the steadfast soul who trusts fully

The Reformers on The Church
Heb 12:22-24 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the
living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of
angels, (23) To the general assembly and church of the firstborn,
which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the
spirits of just men made perfect, (24) And to Jesus the mediator of the
new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things
than that of Abel.
The bible say’s regarding the Church that “God is the judge”. Therefore it
is not left up to Popes or religious leaders to decide who the church
consists of. I cannot judge that, and neither can anyone, except the spirit
reveals it.
Men may have a piece of paper saying they are members of so and so
church, however it is only God who is the judge of this, and their names
are “written in heaven” by God Himself, “the judge of all.”

What did the reformers understand of the
Church?
Wycliffe: “There is one only universal
Church: consisting of the whole body of
the predestinate…All who shall be saved
in the bliss of heaven are members of
Holy Church, and no more.”
Wycliffe did not believe that those who were
not saved were members of God’s Holy

Matthias of Janow: “The Church is the body of Christ,
the community of the elect. All Christians who possess
the Spirit of Jesus the Crucified, and who are impelled
by the same Spirit, and who alone have not departed
from their God, are the one Church of Christ: His
beautiful bride, His body. ……..
John Huss was burnt at the stake for this truth of The
Church. The name Catholic means Universal and John
Huss gives his view about the one true Universal or
Catholic Church.

And this is what he held–“Two righteous persons congregated together in
Christ’s name constitute, with Christ as the Head, a particular holy
church: and likewise three or four, and so on to the whole number of the
predestinate without admixture…But the holy catholic–that is, universal–
Church, is the totality of the predestinate–all the predestinate in the
universe: all the predestinate, present, past, and future.
The universal Church is one, praising God from the beginning of the world to
the the holy angels are a part of the holy catholic Church…. The holy Church is
made up of two parts: those who have not sinned, and those who have ceased
to sin.
The catholic Church is the bride of our Lord Jesus Christ–bride, I say, chaste,
incorrupt, and never capable of being corrupted. Christ is the Individual, the true
God and man, imparting spiritual life and motion to The Church and every one
of its members, and without whose influence it could not live or feel. “

Martin Luther replied regarding Huss’s view of the Church in agreement:
“Certain of the tenets of John Huss and the Bohemians are perfectly
orthodox. This much is certain. For instance, ‘that there is only one
universal Church’; and again, ‘that it is not necessary to salvation to believe
the Roman church superior to all others.’ Whether Wycliffe or Huss has said
it, I care not, It is the truth… There is no other Church than the assembly of
those who have the Word of God and are purified by it.”
Zwingle:
“In every nation whosoever believeth with the heart in the Lord Jesus Christ,
is saved. This is The Church out of which no man can be saved. “The
Church universal is diffused over the whole world wherever there is faith in
Jesus Christ–in the Indies as well as in Zurich.
And as for particular churches, we have them–at Berne, at Shaffhausen,
here also. But the Popes, their cardinals, and their councils, are neither the
Church universal, nor the church particular.”

God’s Church is not Confined to an Earthly Organization
The Charge of Heresy- Leaving the True Church – Faith Delivered to
the Saints
The "mystery of iniquity" began to work in the church in Paul's day. It finally
crowded out the simplicity of the gospel, and corrupted the doctrine of
Christ, and the church went into the wilderness. Martin Luther, and other
reformers, arose in the strength of God, and with the Word and Spirit, made
mighty strides in the Reformation. The greatest fault we can find in the
Reformation is, the Reformers stopped reforming. Had they gone on, and
onward, till they had left the last vestige of Papacy behind, such as natural
immortality, sprinkling, the trinity, and Sunday-keeping, the church would
now be free from her unscriptural errors. {February 7, 1856 JWe, ARSH
148.22}
Protestants and Catholics are so nearly united in sentiment, that it is not difficult to
conceive how Protestants may make an image to the Beast. The mass of
Protestants believe with Catholics in the Trinity, immortality of the soul,
consciousness of the dead, rewards and punishments at death, the endless torture
of the wicked, inheritance of the saints beyond the skies, sprinkling for baptism, and

Hooper, of England, who was burnt at the stake in 1555:
“‘The general assembly and Church of the Firstborn, which are written in
heaven.’ I believe and confess one only catholic and universal Church:
which is an holy congregation of believers, which are chosen and
predestinate unto everlasting life before the foundations of the world were
laid. I believe that this Church is invisible to the eye of man, and is only to
God known; and that the same Church is not set, compassed, and limited,
within a certain place of bounds, but is scattered and spread abroad
throughout all the world: but yet coupled together in heart, will, and spirit, by
the bond of faith and charity.
I believe that this invisible Church is the field of the Lord God, wherein is
neither darnel nor cockle. It is the house and dwelling-place of the Holy
Ghost; and within that Church is neither Cain, Judas, neither the wicked rich
glutton.
The same Church is the body of Christ wherein there is never a rotten,
corrupt, or infected member. It is the spouse of Christ, which is pure and
clean, without wrinkle and without spot. It is holy and without blame,
cleansed and sanctified in the blood and by the Word of her Head and well-

John Wesley:
“As where two or three are met together in His name, there is Christ; so where two or
three believers are met together, there is a church. “Thus it is that St. Paul, writing to
Philemon, mentions ‘the church which is in his house’: plainly signifying that even a
Christian family may be termed a church. Several of those whom God hath called out (so
the original word properly signifies), uniting together in one congregation, formed a larger
church: as the church at Jerusalem. That is, all those in Jerusalem whom God had so
called.
He frequently uses the word in the plural number. So, Gal. 1:2, ‘Paul an apostle…unto
the churches of Galatia’: that is, the Christian congregation dispersed throughout that
country. There is one God and Father of all ‘that has the Spirit of adoption which crieth in
their hearts. Abba Father’, which ‘witnesseth’ continually ‘with their spirits’ that ‘they are
the children of God’ ‘who is above all’– pervading all space, filling heaven and earth; ‘and
in you all’–in a peculiar manner living in you that are one body by one Spirit: Making your
souls His loved abode, The temples of indwelling God.” Here, then, is a clear
unexceptionable answer to that question, What is The Church?–The catholic or universal
Church is all the persons in the universe whom God hath so called out of the world as to
entitle them to the preceding character: “As to be ‘one body’, united by ‘one Spirit’, having
‘one faith’, one hope, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and
through all, and in them all. Certainly if these things are so, the church of Rome is not
so much a part of the catholic Church.”

William Miller of the great Advent movement:
“I should oppose our being called, in an associated capacity, a church with
any name. To call any denomination the Advent Church, the Church of
God, or any other name, I regard as contrary to the usage of the
apostles… A church, according to the Scriptures, is a religious
assembly, selected and called out of the world, by the doctrine of the
Gospel, to worship the true God according to His Word.”
“Is it asked, Do you repudiate the name of Adventists? In reply, I do,
when it is applied to The Church; but not when it is applied to those
who compose The Church.”
Ellen G. White:
“God has a church. It is not the great cathedral, neither is it the national
establishment, neither is it the various denominations; it is the people who
love God and keep His commandments. “
“From the beginning, faithful souls have constituted the church on earth.”

Where do we go if
Refused to Proclaim
Truth

Matthew 10:16-25 King James Version (KJV)
16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as
serpents, and harmless as doves. 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up
to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 18 And ye shall be
brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and
the Gentiles. 19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall
speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. 20 For it is not
ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. 21 And the brother
shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall
rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. 22 And ye shall be
hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto
you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. 25 It is enough
for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have
called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his
household?

John 16:1: These things have I spoken
unto you, that ye should not be offended.
2: They shall put you out of the
synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that
whosoever killeth you will think that he
doeth God service. 3: And these things
will they do unto you, because they have
not known the Father, nor me.

I was shown the necessity of those who believe that we are having the
last message of mercy, being separate from those who are daily
imbibing new errors. I saw that neither young nor old should attend their
meetings; for it is wrong to thus encourage them while they teach error that
is a deadly poison to the soul and teach for doctrines the commandments of
men. The influence of such gatherings is not good. If God has delivered us
from such darkness and error, we should stand fast in the liberty
wherewith He has set us free and rejoice in the truth. God is
displeased with us when we go to listen to error, without being obliged
to go; for unless He sends us to those meetings where error is forced
home to the people by the power of the will, He will not keep us. The
angels cease their watchful care over us, and we are left to the buffetings of
the enemy, to be darkened and weakened by him and the power of his evil
angels; and the light around us becomes contaminated with the darkness.
{EW 124.3}

Sins of Priests Caused Some to Offer Own Sacrifices.--As
the men of Israel witnessed the corrupt course of the
priests, they thought it safer for their families not to come
up to the appointed place of worship. Many went from
Shiloh with their peace disturbed, their indignation aroused,
until they at last determined to offer their sacrifices
themselves, concluding that this would be fully as
acceptable to God, as to sanction in any manner the
abominations practiced in the sanctuary (ST Dec. 1.
1881). {2BC 1010.4}

During the life of Christ on earth he had sought to lead the
Jews out of their exclusiveness. The conversion of the
centurion, and of the Syrophenician woman, were
instances of his direct work outside of the acknowledged
people of Israel. The time had now come for active and
continued work among the Gentiles, of whom whole
communities received the gospel gladly, and glorified God
for the light of an intelligent faith. The unbelief and malice
of the Jews did not turn aside the purpose of God; for a
new Israel was grafted into the old olive-tree. The
synagogues were closed against the apostles; but
private houses were thrown open for their use, and
public buildings of the Gentiles were also used in

The woman fled into the wilderness:
“But of those who resisted the encroachments of
the papal power, the Waldenses stood foremost.
... They were determined to maintain their
allegiance to God and to preserve the purity
and simplicity of their faith. A separation took
place. Those who adhered to the ancient faith
now withdrew; some, forsaking their native
Alps, raised the banner of truth in foreign
lands; others retreated to the secluded glens
and rocky fastnesses of the mountains, and
there preserved their freedom to worship God.”
GC 64.

What was their Life
Purpose?
To be guardians and promulgators of truth
“The church in the wilderness," and not the
proud hierarchy enthroned in the world's
great capital, was the true church of Christ,
the guardian of the treasures of truth which
God has committed to His people to be given
to the world.” GC 64

Nathaniel
It was enough. The divine Spirit that had
borne witness to Nathanael in his solitary
prayer under the fig tree now spoke to him in
the words of Jesus. Though in doubt, and
yielding somewhat to prejudice, Nathanael had
come to Christ with an honest desire for truth,
and now his desire was met. His faith went
beyond that of the one who had brought him to
Jesus. He answered and said, "Rabbi, Thou
art the Son of God; Thou art the King of
Israel." {DA 140.4}

If Nathanael had trusted to the rabbis
for guidance, he would never have
found Jesus. It was by seeing and
judging for himself that he became a
disciple. So in the case of many today
whom prejudice withholds from good. How
different would be the result if they would
"come and see"! {DA 140.5}

While they trust to the guidance of human
authority, none will come to a saving
knowledge of the truth. Like Nathanael, we
need to study God's word for ourselves, and
pray for the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit.
He who saw Nathanael under the fig tree will see
us in the secret place of prayer. Angels from the
world of light are near to those who in humility
seek for divine guidance. {DA 141.1}

With the calling of John and Andrew and Simon, of
Philip and Nathanael, began the foundation of the
Christian church. John directed two of his disciples to
Christ. Then one of these, Andrew, found his brother,
and called him to the Saviour. Philip was then called, and
he went in search of Nathanael. These examples should
teach us the importance of personal effort, of making
direct appeals to our kindred, friends, and neighbors.
There are those who for a lifetime have professed to be
acquainted with Christ, yet who have never made a
personal effort to bring even one soul to the Saviour.
They leave all the work for the minister. He may be well
qualified for his calling, but he cannot do that which God

John the Baptist
The preaching of John had taken so deep a hold on the
nation as to demand the attention of the religious
authorities. The danger of insurrection caused every
popular gathering to be looked upon with suspicion by
the Romans, and whatever pointed toward an uprising of
the people excited the fears of the Jewish rulers. John
had not recognized the authority of the Sanhedrin
by seeking their sanction for his work; and he had
reproved rulers and people, Pharisees and
Sadducees alike. Yet the people followed him
eagerly. The interest in his work seemed to be
continually increasing. Though he had not deferred to
them, the Sanhedrin accounted that, as a public teacher,
he was under their jurisdiction. {DA 132.2}

After a long and severe conflict, the faithful few decided to
dissolve all union with the apostate church if she still
refused to free herself from falsehood and idolatry. They
saw that separation was an absolute necessity if they
would obey the word of God. They dared not tolerate
errors fatal to their own souls, and set an example which
would imperil the faith of their children and children's
children. To secure peace and unity they were ready to
make any concession consistent with fidelity to God;
but they felt that even peace would be too dearly
purchased at the sacrifice of principle. If unity could
be secured only by the compromise of truth and
righteousness, then let there be difference, and even
war. {GC 45.3}

As was his custom, Paul had begun his work at
Ephesus by preaching in the synagogue of the
Jews. He continued to labor there for three
months, "disputing and persuading the things
concerning the kingdom of God." At first he met
with a favorable reception; but as in other
fields, he was soon violently opposed. "Divers
were hardened, and believed not, but spake
evil of that way before the multitude." As they
persisted in their rejection of the gospel,
the apostle ceased to preach in the
synagogue. {AA 285.2}

Acts19:9
The Spirit of God had wrought with and through Paul
in his labors for his countrymen. Sufficient evidence
had been presented to convince all who honestly
desired to know the truth. But many permitted
themselves to be controlled by prejudice and unbelief,
and refused to yield to the most conclusive evidence.
Fearing that the faith of the believers would be
endangered by continued association with these
opposers of the truth, Paul separated from them and
gathered the disciples into a distinct body, continuing
his public instructions in the school of Tyrannus, a
teacher of some note. {AA 285.3}

As the light and life of men was rejected by the ecclesiastical
authorities in the days of Christ, so it has been rejected in
every succeeding generation. Again and again the history of
Christ's withdrawal from Judea has been repeated. When the
Reformers preached the word of God, they had no thought of
separating themselves from the established church; but the
religious leaders would not tolerate the light, and those that
bore it were forced to seek another class, who were longing for
the truth. In our day few of the professed followers of the
Reformers are actuated by their spirit. Few are listening for the
voice of God, and ready to accept truth in whatever guise it may be
presented. Often those who follow in the steps of the
Reformers are forced to turn away from the churches they
love, in order to declare the plain teaching of the word of God.
And many times those who are seeking for light are by the
same teaching obliged to leave the church of their fathers, that
they may render obedience. {DA 232.2}

The Spirit of God had wrought with and through Paul in
his labors for his countrymen. Sufficient evidence had
been presented to convince all who honestly desired to
know the truth. But many permitted themselves to be
controlled by prejudice and unbelief, and refused to yield
to the most conclusive evidence. Fearing that the faith
of the believers would be endangered by continued
association with these opposers of the truth, Paul
separated from them and gathered the disciples into
a distinct body, continuing his public instructions in
the school of Tyrannus, a teacher of some note. {AA
285.3}

Said our Saviour: "Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be
overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so
that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them
that dwell on the face of the whole earth"--upon all whose interests are
centered in this world. "Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be
accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to
stand before the Son of man." Luke 21:34-36. {PP 166.2}
Before the destruction of Sodom, God sent a message to Lot, "Escape for thy
life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the
mountain, lest thou be consumed." The same voice of warning was heard by
the disciples of Christ before the destruction of Jerusalem: "When ye shall see
Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is
nigh. Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains." Luke 21:20, 21.
They must not tarry to secure anything from their possessions, but must make
the most of the opportunity to escape. {PP 166.3}
There was a coming out, a decided separation from the wicked, an
escape for life. So it was in the days of Noah; so with Lot; so with the
disciples prior to the destruction of Jerusalem; and so it will be in the
last days. Again the voice of God is heard in a message of warning,
bidding His people separate themselves from the prevailing iniquity. {PP
166.4}

The Millerites
Those who preached the first message had no purpose
or expectation of causing divisions in the churches, or of
forming separate organizations. "In all my labors," said
Wm. Miller, "I never had the desire or thought to establish
any separate interest from that of existing
denominations, or to benefit one at the expense of
another. I thought to benefit all. Supposing that all
Christians would rejoice in the prospect of Christ's coming,
and that those who could not see as I did would not love any
the less those who should embrace this doctrine, I did not
conceive there would ever be any necessity for separate
meetings.

My whole object was a desire to convert souls to
God, to notify the world of a coming Judgment, and
to induce my fellow-men to make that preparation of
heart which will enable them to meet their God in
peace. The great majority of those who were
converted under my labors united with the
various existing churches. When individuals
came to me to inquire respecting their duty, I
always told them to go where they would feel at
home; and I never favored any one
denomination in my advice to such." {4SP
236.2}

For a time many of the churches welcomed his
labors; but as they decided against the Advent
truth, they desired to suppress all agitation of the
subject. Those who had accepted the doctrine
were thus placed in a position of great trial and
perplexity. They loved their churches, and
were loth to separate from them; but as they
were ridiculed and oppressed, denied the
privilege of speaking of their hope, or of
attending preaching upon the Lord's coming,
many at last arose and cast off the yoke which
had been imposed upon them. {4SP 237.1}

In the days of the Reformation, the gentle and
pious Melancthon declared, "There is no other
church than the assembly of those who have
the word of God, and who are purified by it."
Adventists, seeing that the churches rejected the
testimony of God's word, could no longer regard
them as constituting the church of Christ, "the
pillar and ground of the truth;" and as the
message, "Babylon is fallen," began to be
proclaimed, they felt themselves justified in
separating from their former connection. {4SP
237.2}

As his work tended to build up the churches, it was for a time
regarded with favor. But as ministers and religious leaders
decided against the advent doctrine and desired to suppress all
agitation of the subject, they not only opposed it from the pulpit,
but denied their members the privilege of attending preaching
upon the second advent, or even of speaking of their hope in the
social meetings of the church. Thus the believers found
themselves in a position of great trial and perplexity. They loved
their churches and were loath to separate from them; but as they
saw the testimony of God's word suppressed and their right to
investigate the prophecies denied they felt that loyalty to God
forbade them to submit. Those who sought to shut out the
testimony of God's word they could not regard as
constituting the church of Christ, "the pillar and ground of
the truth." Hence they felt themselves justified in separating
from their former connection. In the summer of 1844 about
fifty thousand withdrew from the churches. {GC 376.1}

There was a solemn, searching power in his
words that struck home to many hearts. He
sometimes expressed a fervent desire to live
until he should welcome the Saviour coming in
the clouds of heaven. Under his ministration
the Spirit of God convicted many sinners and
brought them into the fold of Christ. Meetings
were still held at private houses in different
parts of the city with the best results.
Believers were encouraged to work for their
friends and relatives, and conversions were
multiplying day by day. {1T 48.3}

Home Churches
A grand priviledge that God has given us is that of gathering in our houses. The early Church did
this same thing, and as we follow the pattern laid out for us by God realizing that there is nothing
new under the sun, we will see the light on this matter.
Colossians 4:15 “ and the church which is in his house.”
Philemon 1:2 “, and to the church in thy house:”
1 Corinthians 16:19 “ the church that is in their house.”
Romans 16:5 “ the church that is in their house.”
The church is not the house, but the people in the house. And the church gathered in the
house. The church has been gathering in homes and secluded places, rocks, caves, mountains,
throughout the centuries. The remnant 7000 in Elijah’s day were hid in a cave.
We can go back to Adam and Eve, Enoch, Abraham, all of whom setup the family altar. We need
to recognize that the General Conference is not the church, but it is a missionary field in which God
will command us to go and share the words of this life. He is very careful however on just how his
people are sent forth.
”You who profess to love God, take . . . Jesus with you wherever you go; and, like the patriarchs of
old, erect an altar to the Lord wherever you pitch your tent. A reformation in this respect is
needed,–a reformation that shall be deep and broad.”—(Ellen White Testimonies, vol. 5, pp.
320, 321)

HOME CHURCHES
Some say home churches are from the devil?
Let us test this proposition by the Word of God:
Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved Epaenetus, who is the
firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ. (Rom 16:5)
The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church
that is in their house. (1 Cor 16:19)
Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
(Col 4:15)
And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
(Philemon 1:2)
The Word of God is plain here. These home churches were from Christ and thus they are included
in the apostolic salutation here. Thus to issue a generic statement such as home churches are of
the devil is ridiculous. We must consider the circumstances and the teachings occurring in whatever
home church is in question. To reach an a priori conclusion that home churches are from the devil is
actually the type of statement that the devil himself is well pleased with.

 I saw that God has honest children among the
nominal Adventists and the fallen churches, and
before the plagues shall be poured out, ministers
and people will be called out from these churches
and will gladly receive the truth. Satan knows this;
and before the loud cry of the third angel is given,
he raises an excitement in these religious bodies,
that those who have rejected the truth may think
that God is with them. He hopes to deceive the
honest and lead them to think that God is still
working for the churches. But the light will shine,
and all who are honest will leave the fallen

 Romans 2:25: For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law:
but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made
uncircumcision. 26: Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the
righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for
circumcision? 27: And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if
it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost
transgress the law? 28: For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly;
neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29: But he
is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart,
in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of
God.

 The last church to which John was bidden
to send a message was Laodicea. The
messages to Sardis and to
Philadelphia, separately cover a period
extending to the second coming of
Christ; but in addition to the experiences
portrayed in the fifth and sixth messages,
that which is directed to Laodicea is also
applicable…….. {1905 SNH, SSP 86.2}

James white, Volume 1 of The Second Advent Review
and Sabbath Herald, July 9, 1851,
 “‘Behold I set before thee an open door.’ This
door Christ opens, while He shuts another. As
the Philadelphia church applies to no other
period than the time of the termination of
the 2300 days, when Christ closed His work
for the world in the Holy, and opened the
door of the Holiest of all, the conclusion
seems irresistible that the open and shut door
of Revelation 3:7, 8, refers to the change in the
position and work of our great High Priest in
the heavenly sanctuary.” {ND JW, PARA 18.2}

 The 144,000 were all sealed and perfectly united. On
their foreheads was written, God, New Jerusalem,
and a glorious star containing Jesus' new name. At
our happy, holy state the wicked were enraged, and
would rush violently up to lay hands on us to thrust us
into prison, when we would stretch forth the hand in the
name of the Lord, and they would fall helpless to the
ground. Then it was that the synagogue of Satan knew
that God had loved us who could wash one another's
feet and salute the brethren with a holy kiss, and they
worshiped at our feet. {EW 15.1}

 Revelation 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb
stood on the mount Sion, and with him an
hundred forty and four thousand, having his
Father’s name written in their foreheads.

 Hebrews 12:22-23 But ye are come
unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the
living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to
an innumerable company of
angels, (23) To the general assembly and
church of the firstborn, which are written in
heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to
the spirits of just men made perfect,

ANOTHER GROUP COMING TO VIEW
 Revelation 3:9 Behold, I will make them of the
synagogue of Satan, which say they are
Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will
make them to come and worship before thy
feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

 “The 144,000 were all sealed and perfectly
united. On their foreheads was written, God, New
Jerusalem, and a glorious star containing Jesus’
new name. At our happy, holy state the wicked were
enraged, and would rush violently up to lay hands on
us to thrust us into prison, when we would stretch
forth the hand in the name of the Lord, and they
would fall helpless to the ground. Then it was
that the synagogue of Satan knew that God had
love us who could wash one another’s feet and
salute the brethren with a holy kiss, and they

 September 1850 article by the Advent Review
Publishing Committee, which was composed
of Hiram Edson, David Arnold, George W. Holt,
Samuel W. Rhodes, and James White
 “Now just as sure as the Philadelphia
church is the true church of the last days,
just so sure the 144,000 are sealed, just
before the coming of the Lord.” The Advent
Review, volume 1, 1850.


 The history and description of the 144,000 apply to
those who are to be changed at the coming of the
Lord, and to no other class. First, 'having his
Father's name written in their foreheads.' Said the
true Witness to the Philadelphia church, 'Him that
overcometh, will I make a pillar in the temple of my
God, and he shall go no more out and I will WRITE
UPON HIM THE NAME OF MY GOD.' Where? 'In
their FOREHEADS,' just where John saw the 'Father's
name.' Now just as sure as the Philadelphia church is
the true church of the last days, just so sure the
144,000 are sealed, just before the coming of the

 {Rev 14:1-5 quoted}. This Scripture represents the
character of the people of God for these last days.
The everlasting gospel is to be preached, and it is to
be practiced in true missionary work carried forward
not after the wisdom that men may devise, but after
the wisdom of God. All who walk in safe paths are to
understand that the third angel's message is of
consequence to the whole world, and must be carried to
the world in clear, straight lines, and in its distinctive
features, as Christ revealed it to John. {18MR 28.1}

Letter to Bro. Snow from J. D. Pickands.
Akron, Ohio, June 9
 Dear Bro. Snow:--I have frequently thought I would write to you---your paper is
received here and read with much pleasure and profit, and at length I am
obliged to decide in what company I will be found. I did hope, when I visited the
Eastern bands last winter that the differences, which I could not but see, would
soon end, and peace be restored. I became convinced the time of consolidation
had passed by, and the power of God's people was scattered. Still I hoped the
brethren would continue to love each other, and stand firm in the truth. But a
great change has come over our affairs. In spite of every effort to prevent it, a
separation has occurred. The attempt made at Albany to heal the breach has
but consummated the division. God's, Word cannot be broken: you know we
have in the 2nd and 3rd chapters of Rev a series of letters addressed to the
seven churches, showing seven successive eras or stages of the people of
God. The last in order is the Laodicean state. It has generally been supposed
by Adventists that the Philadelphia church came out of the Sardis church about
1840, and the mass that remained behind we called … that same body
'Babylon. I have no doubt we called the nominal church by her true name
'Babylon,' in accordance with Scripture. The evidences on that point are
overwhelming. {June 19, 1845 SSSe, JUBST 119.9}

Akron, Ohio, June 9
 ..the Laodicean church is to follow after and come out of
the Philadelphia church. Can this be possible? Why if it is
so we can see clearly some things which before were more
or less obscured. If the Laodicean state is the last before
the actual coming of the son of Man, well may he ask, 'shall
he find faith on the earth?' {June 19, 1845 SSSe, JUBST
119.10}
 I have said the Laodicean church comes out of the
Philadelphia state... I know we are severely blamed for our
incredulity on this subject. {June 19, 1845 SSSe, JUBST
119.11}

Akron, Ohio, June 9
 We are to look for a people who will not be opposed to Christ's coming--not of Babylon,
and yet not 'extravagant', nor 'fanatical,' nor 'ultra,' a people who will be full of self-
sufficiency, 'rich, and increased in goods, and having need of nothing,' yet ignorant of
the fact that they are in reality wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked---objects of
compassion, and exciting pity in the minds of God, and of all who sympathize with Him.
Where will you find that people? or have they not yet made their appearance? Say, my
brother, where are they? There is to be a church of this description, not a few scattered
back-sliders from the Philadelphia church, but a body,---shall I say an organized body?
We know that organization is not essential to a church, for there was a church in the
Apostles' days without organization, and we have called ourselves the Church of
Philadelphia, while having no organization for many months. But there must be a body;
and organization, though not necessary, will not hinder nor nullify their claim. Perhaps
we should not expect that church to come out at once, and in a body; or at least not
afford some note of preparation. The members of that church are in a back-slidden or
lukewarm state. That state is not reached at one leap. A series of steps usually leads to
such a condition; and in the meantime repeated indications will show to the careful
observer something of the process going on. A variety of causes must be in operation to
bring about such extensive results. Perhaps we may see the mystery of certain
occurrences in the Advent ranks, explained by the results. How wonderful are God's
ways,--how sure his Word---how glorious his truth! We will rejoice and be glad in the
Lord always! {June 19, 1845 SSSe, JUBST 120.2}

Akron, Ohio, June 9
 It is astonishing to me that any Adventist can think of making terms with the world or the
nominal church. We have long since passed that line, beyond which there is for us no
hope of mercy from them, except upon the shameful, awful, fatal condition of apostacy! I
fully agree with my dear Bro. Matthias, that we either have been led by the Spirit of God,
and have had His divine approbation;--are right in our views and conduct, or we are the
most wicked of all this ungodly generation! Our offences against the professed ministry
and church of Christ are indeed of no common character. There is no middle ground,--
there never was any middle ground between truth and falsehood, between God and the
devil! {June 19, 1845 SSSe, JUBST 120.3}
 I presume you are by this time well aware that all the power of the Laodicean church will
go against you and your paper You need not be surprised to find yourself in a very 'lean
minority,' nor to find your successful opponents rejoicing in their numbers and strength.
I recommend for your consolation Jer. ix. 23, 24. {June 19, 1845 SSSe, JUBST 120.4}

 As the storm approaches, a large class who have
professed faith in the third angel's message, but have
not been sanctified through obedience to the truth,
abandon their position and join the ranks of the
opposition. By uniting with the world and partaking of its
spirit, they have come to view matters in nearly the
same light; and when the test is brought, they are
prepared to choose the easy, popular side. Men of talent
and pleasing address, who once rejoiced in the truth,
employ their powers to deceive and mislead souls. They
become the most bitter enemies of their former brethren.
When Sabbathkeepers are brought before the courts to
answer for their faith, these apostates are the most
efficient agents of Satan to misrepresent and accuse

Those who have sinned against great light are
not left without a message of warning and
mercy. God says to them: [Revelation 3:15-22,
quoted]. {16MR 12.1}
Literal Laodicea

 This is the testimony borne concerning the
church at Laodicea. This church had been
faithfully instructed. In his letter to the
Colossians, Paul wrote: "Epaphras, who is
one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you,
always laboring fervently for you in prayers,
that ye may stand perfect and complete in
all the will of God. For I bear him record, that
he hath a great zeal for you, and them that
are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis."

 Much excellent labor was bestowed upon the
Laodicean church. To them was given the
exhortation, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as
your Father which is in heaven is perfect." But
the church did not follow up the work
begun by God's messengers. They heard,
but they failed to appropriate the truth to
themselves, and to carry out the instruction
given them. The result that followed is the
result always sure to follow the rejection of the
Lord's warnings and entreaties. {16MR 12.3}

Manuscript 129, 1905.
“We cannot now step off the foundation
that God has established. We cannot now
enter into any new organization; for this
would mean apostasy from the truth.—”

Who are Laodicea and
what is their End?
?

FOOLISH VIRGINS,
LAODICEA“The state of the Church represented by the
foolish virgins, is also spoken of as the
Laodicean state.” Review and Herald, August 19,
1890.
If the church of God becomes lukewarm, it does
not stand in favor with God any more than do the
churches that are represented as having fallen and
become the habitation of devils, and the hold of
every foul spirit, and the cage of every unclean and
hateful bird. {Lt35-1898}

“The message to the
Laodiceans is applicable
to SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS who have
great light and have not
walked in the light.” (2
Selected Messages p. 66

I ask the church, Will you remain
in the condition of the Laodicean
church, or will you change your
position? In the name of the Lord I
call upon every family to show its
true colors. Reform the church in
your own home. Let your
conversation be pure and
elevating. {Ms119-1901}

If God is not in her Presence what is
she?
 Cleansing of the Camp. We must as a people arouse
and cleanse the camp of Israel. Licentiousness, unlawful
intimacy, and unholy practices are coming in among us
in a large degree; and ministers who are handling
sacred things are guilty of sin in this respect. They are
coveting their neighbors' wives, and the seventh
commandment is broken. We are in danger of becoming
a sister to fallen Babylon, of allowing our churches to
become corrupted, and filled with every foul spirit, a
cage for every unclean and hateful bird; and will we be
clear unless we make decided movements to cure the
existing evil? {TSB 188.3}

Did the Jewish church ever become a
harlot
It was by departure from the Lord,
and alliance with the heathen, that the
Jewish church became a harlot; and
Rome, corrupting herself in like
manner by seeking the support of
worldly powers, receives a like
condemnation. {GC88 382.2}

What do you do with a
harlot?
Matthew 5:32: But I say unto you, That
whosoever shall put away his wife,
saving for the cause of fornication,
causeth her to commit adultery: and
whosoever shall marry her that is
divorced committeth adultery.

The people whom God had called to be the pillar and ground
of the truth had become representatives of Satan. They were
doing the work that he desired them to do, taking a course to
misrepresent the character of God, and cause the world to look
upon Him as a tyrant. The very priests who ministered in the
temple had lost sight of the significance of the service they
performed. They had ceased to look beyond the symbol to the
thing signified. In presenting the sacrificial offerings they were as
actors in a play. The ordinances which God Himself had
appointed were made the means of blinding the mind and
hardening the heart. God could do no more for man through
these channels. The whole system must be swept away. {DA
36.2}

The enemy of souls has sought to bring in the supposition that a great
reformation was to take place among Seventh-day Adventists, and that this
reformation would consist in giving up the doctrines which stand as the pillars
of our faith, and engaging in a process of reorganization. Were this reformation
to take place, what would result? The principles of truth that God in His wisdom
has given to the remnant church, would be discarded. Our religion would be
changed. The fundamental principles that have sustained the work for the last
fifty years would be accounted as error. A new organization would be
established. Books of a new order would be written. A system of intellectual
philosophy would be introduced. The founders of this system would go into the
cities, and do a wonderful work. The Sabbath of course, would be lightly
regarded, as also the God who created it. Nothing would be allowed to stand in
the way of the new movement. The leaders would teach that virtue is better than
vice, but God being removed, they would place their dependence on human
power, which, without God, is worthless. Their foundation would be built on the
sand, and storm and tempest would sweep away the structure. {1SM 204.2}

“In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the
wilderness of Judea, and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken of by the
prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the
wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths
straight.... But when he saw many of the Pharisees and
Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O
generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the
wrath to come?” The Pharisees were very strict in regard to the
outward observance of forms and customs, and were filled with
haughty, worldly, hypocritical self-righteousness. The
Sadducees denied the resurrection of the dead and the
existence of angels and were skeptical in regard to God. This
sect was largely composed of unworthy characters, many
of whom were licentious in their habits. By the word
“vipers” John meant those who were malignant and
antagonistic, bitterly opposed to the expressed will of God.
{Ms112-1901}

By the rebellion of the Jewish people against God,
by their neglect to search the Scriptures as His
messengers entreated them to, they reached a
point where it was impossible for them to be
convinced. Therefore God saw fit to draw a
line, placing them on the side of the disloyal,
fallen angels who rebelled against Him in the
heavenly courts. If after receiving sufficient
evidence and light the sinner does not change his
attitude of stubborn resistance, he is numbered
with transgressors for time and for eternity. He
brings upon himself his final ruin. {Ms112-1901}

Matthew 23:37: O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the
prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often
would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen
gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 38:
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
The Lord Jesus will always have a chosen people to serve Him.
When the Jewish people rejected Christ, the Prince of life, He took
from them the kingdom of God and gave it unto the Gentiles. God
will continue to work on this principle with every branch of His work.
When a church proves unfaithful to the word of the Lord, whatever
their position may be, however high and sacred their calling, the
Lord can no longer work with them. Others are then chosen to bear
important responsibilities. But, if these in turn do not purify their lives
from every wrong action, if they do not establish pure and holy
principles in all their borders, then the Lord will grievously afflict and
humble them and, unless they repent, will remove them from their
place and make them a reproach. . . . {UL 131.3}

A People Unchurched
When and what caused the Unchurching?
“When Christ cried out, ‘it is finished,’ the Holy Watcher that was an unseen guest at
Belshazzar’s feast pronounced the Jewish nation to be a nation unchurched. The
same hand that traced on the wall the characters that recorded Belshazzar’s doom and
the end of the Babylonian kingdom, rent the veil of the temple from top to bottom,
opening a new and living way for all, high and low, rich and poor, Jew and Gentile. From
henceforth people might come to God without priest or ruler.” 5BC 1109
“They cried out for the crucifixion of Christ and, as representatives of the Jewish
nation,placed themselves under the Roman jurisdiction, which they despised,
by saying ‘We have no king but Caesar.’ When they said this they unchurched
themselves.” MR 999-4
The unchurching happened when the church fornicated with the Kings of the earth as we
learned above. “When she united with the state, she fell and, as an organization, was
the body of Christ no longer.” The call to “come out of her my people” was made and
approximately 50 days later we have this recorded:
Act 2:41 …the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

Matthew 23:13: But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against
men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them
that are entering to go in.
Luke 11:52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the
key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that
were entering in ye hindered.
Not going through

Revelation :3:1: And unto the angel of the
church in Sardis write; These things saith he
that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the
seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a
name that thou livest, and art dead.
Just a name

Revelation 2:9: I know thy works, and tribulation, and
poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy
of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are
the synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 3:9: Behold, I will make them of the
synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are
not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and
worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved
thee.
Synagogue of Satan

You think, that those who worship before the saint's feet,
(Revelation 3:9), will at last be saved. Here I must differ with
you; for God shew me that this class were professed Adventists,
who had fallen away, and "crucified to themselves the Son of God
afresh, and put him to an open shame." And in the "hour of
temptation," which is yet to come, to show out every one's true
character, they will know that they are forever lost; and
overwhelmed with anguish of spirit, they will bow at the saint's
feet. {WLF 12.2}
Not going through

“The enemy of souls has sought to bring in the supposition
that a great reformation was to take place among Seventh-
day Adventists, and that this reformation would consist in
giving up the doctrines which stand as the pillars of our
faith, and engaging in a process of reorganization. Were
this reformation to take place, what would result? The
principles of truth that God in His wisdom has given to
the remnant church, would be discarded. Our religion
would be changed. The fundamental principles that have
sustained the work for the last fifty years would be
accounted as error A new organization would be
established. Books of a new order would be written.
Selected Messages Book 1-Page 204, 205

…A system of intellectual philosophy would be
introduced. The founders of this system would go into the
cities, and do a wonderful work. The Sabbath of course,
would be lightly regarded, as also the God who created
it. Nothing would be allowed to stand in the way of the
new movement. The leaders would teach that virtue is
better than vice, but God being removed, they would
place their dependence on human power, which, without
God, is worthless. Their foundation would be built on the
sand, and storm and tempest would sweep away the
structure.”
Selected Messages Book 1-Page 204, 205

Finishing the Reformation
 Thus the Waldenses witnessed for God centuries
before the birth of Luther. Scattered over many
lands, they planted the seeds of the Reformation
that began in the time of Wycliffe, grew broad and
deep in the days of Luther, and is to be carried
forward to the close of time by those who also are
willing to suffer all things for "the word of God, and
for the testimony of Jesus Christ." Revelation 1:9.
{GC 78.1}

The Reformation did not, as many
suppose, end with Luther. It is to be
continued to the close of this world's
history. …From that time to this,
new light has been continually
shining upon the Scriptures, and
new truths have been constantly
unfolding. {GC 148.4}

 Christ was a protestant. He protested
against the formal worship of the Jewish
nation, who rejected the counsel of God
against themselves. He told them that they
taught for doctrines the commandments of
men, and that they were pretenders and
hypocrites. Like whited sepulchers they were
beautiful without, but within full of impurity and
corruption. {RH, June 1, 1886 par. 14}

Continued
 The Reformers date back to Christ and the
apostles. They came out and separated
themselves from a religion of forms and
ceremonies. Luther and his followers did
not invent the reformed religion. They
simply accepted it as presented by Christ
and the apostles. The Bible is presented to
us as a sufficient guide; but the pope and his
workers remove it from the people as if it were
a curse, because it exposes their pretensions
and rebukes their idolatry. {RH, June 1, 1886
par. 14}

If the physical heart is healthy, the blood that
is sent from it through the system is also
healthy; but if this fountain is impure, the
whole organism becomes diseased by the
poison of the vital fluid. So it is with us. If the
heart of the work becomes corrupt, the whole
church, in its various branches and interests,
scattered abroad over the face of the earth,
suffers in consequence. {4T 210.4}

The Lord Jesus will always have a chosen people to serve Him. When the Jewish
people rejected Christ, the Prince of life, He took from them the kingdom of God and
gave it unto the Gentiles. God will continue to work on this principle with every branch of
His work. When a church proves unfaithful to the word of the Lord, whatever their
position may be, however high and sacred their calling, the Lord can no longer work with
them. Others are then chosen to bear important responsibilities. But, if these in turn do
not purify their lives from every wrong action, if they do not establish pure and holy
principles in all their borders, then the Lord will grievously afflict and humble them and,
unless they repent, will remove them from their place and make them a reproach. . . .
{UL 131.3}

The leaders in the Jewish nation had signally
failed of fulfilling God's purpose for his chosen
people. Those whom the Lord had made the
depositaries of truth had proved unfaithful to their
trust, and God chose others to do his work. {RH,
February 9, 1911 par. 4}

Brethren, if you continue to be as idle, as worldly, as selfish as you have been,
God will surely PASS YOU BY, and take those who are less self-caring, less
ambitious for worldly honor, and who will not hesitate to go, as did their Master,
without the camp, bearing the reproach. The work will be given to those who
will take it, those who prize it, who weave its principles into their everyday
experience. God will choose humble men who are seeking to glorify His name
and advance His cause rather than to honor and advance themselves. He will
raise up men who have not so much worldly wisdom, but who are connected
with Him, and who will seek strength and counsel from above. {5T 461.1}

The Lord does not now work to bring many souls
into the truth, because of the church members
who have never been converted, and those who
were once converted but who have backslidden.--
Testimonies, vol. 6, p. 371. (1900) {Ev 110.2}

The great and wonderful work of the last gospel
message is to be carried on now as it has never
been before. The world is to receive the light of truth
through an evangelizing ministry of the word in our
books and periodicals. Our publications are to show
that the end of all things is at hand. I am bidden to
say to our publishing houses: "Lift up the standard;
lift it up higher. Proclaim the third angel's message,
that it may be heard by all the world. Let it be seen
that 'here are they that keep the commandments of
God, and the faith of Jesus.' Revelation 14:12. Let
our literature give the message as a witness to all
the world." {9T 61.1}

There is enough wealth in your
conference to carry forward this work
successfully; and shall the prince of
darkness be left in undisputed
possession of our great cities because
it costs something to sustain missions?
Let those who would follow Christ fully
come up to the work, even if it be over
the heads of ministers and president.
{5T 369.2}

The medical missionary workers are doing the long-neglected work
which God gave to the church in Battle Creek --they are giving the
last call to the supper which He has prepared. {8T 71.1} My
brethren, why do you keep so many things bound up in Battle Creek?
Why do you not take the tract and missionary work into other cities,
where there is much missionary work to be done? {8T 71.2} The
many interests centering in Battle Creek should be divided and
subdivided, and placed in other cities. You who think you are wise
men may say: "It will cost too much. We can do the work here in
Battle Creek at less expense." Well, does not the Lord know all this?
Is not He a God who understands all the unbelieving reasoning that
holds so many interests in Battle Creek? He has revealed to you that
centers should be made in all the cities. This would call many out of
Battle Creek to work in other places. {8T 71.3} In order to be carried
forward aright, the medical missionary work needs talent. It requires
strong, willing hands, and wise, discriminating management. But can
this be while those in responsible places--presidents of conferences
and ministers --bar the way? {8T 71.4} The Lord says to the
presidents of conferences and to other influential brethren: "Remove

Time is short, and there is a great work
to be done. If you feel no interest in the
work that is going forward, if you will
not encourage medical missionary work
in the churches, it will be done without
your consent; for it is the work of God,
and it must be done. My brethren and
sisters, take your position on the Lord's
side and be earnest, active,
courageous co-workers with Christ,
laboring with Him to seek and save the

Let not those who preach the word lay
their hands upon the humblest worker
and say: "You must labor in this
channel or not work at all." Hands off,
brethren. Let everyone work in his own
sphere, with his own armor on, doing
whatever he can do in his humble way.
Strengthen his hands in the work. This
is no time for pharisaism to control. Let
God work through whom He will. The
message must go. {5T 461.2}

State conferences may depend upon
the General Conference for light and
knowledge and wisdom; but is it safe
for them to do this? Battle Creek is not
to be the center of God's work. God
alone can fill this place. When our
people in the different places have their
special convocations, teach them, for
Christ's sake and for their own soul's
sake, not to make flesh their arm. {TM
375.2}

Jesus sends his people a message of warning to prepare them for
his coming. To the prophet John was made known the closing work in
the great plan of man's redemption. He beheld an angel flying "in the
midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them
that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue,
and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to
him; for the hour of his Judgment is come; and worship him that
made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters."
[Revelation 14:6, 7.] {4SP 199.2}
The angel represented in prophecy as delivering this message,
symbolizes a class of faithful men, who, obedient to the promptings
of God's Spirit and the teachings of his word, proclaim this warning to
the inhabitants of earth. This message was not to be committed to
the religious leaders of the people. They had failed to preserve their
connection with God, and had refused the light from Heaven;
therefore they were not of the number described by the apostle Paul:
"But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake
you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the

The Lord has not placed any one of His human
agencies under the dictation and control of those
who are themselves but erring mortals. He has
not placed upon men the power to say, You shall
do this, and you shall not do that. But there is a
power exercised in Battle Creek that God has not
given, and He will judge those who assume this
authority. They have somewhat of the same spirit
that led Uzzah to lay his hand on the ark to
steady it, as though God was not able to care for
His sacred symbols. Far less of man's power and
authority should be exercised toward God's
human agencies. Brethren, leave God to rule.
{TM 347.3}

Time is short, and our forces must be organized
to do a larger work. Laborers are needed who
comprehend the greatness of the work and who
will engage in it, not for the wages they receive,
but from a realization of the nearness of the end.
The time demands greater efficiency and deeper
consecration. Oh, I am so full of this subject that I
cry to God: "Raise up and send forth messengers
filled with a sense of their responsibility,
messengers in whose hearts self-idolatry, which
lies at the foundation of all sin, has been
crucified." {9T 27.2}

God wants minute-men. He will have men who, when
important decisions are to be made, are as true as the
needle to the pole; men whose special and personal
interests are swallowed up, as were our Saviour's, in the
one great general interest for the salvation of souls.
{GW92 377.2}
The greatest want of the world is the want of men,--men
who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost
souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call
sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true
to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for
the right though the heavens fall.--Education, p. 57.
(1903) {CM 54.4}

Shall the "regular lines", which say that
every mind shall be controlled by two or
three minds at Battle Creek, continue to
bear sway? The Macedonian cry is coming
from every quarter. Shall men go to the
"regular lines" to see whether they will be
permitted to labor, or shall they go out and
work as best they can, depending on their
own abilities and on the help of the Lord,
beginning in a humble way and creating an
interest in the truth in places in which
nothing has been done to give the warning

"God calls for a revival and a reformation. The 'regular
lines' have not done the work which God desires to see
accomplished. Let revival and reformation make
constant changes. Something has been done in this line,
but let not the work stop here. No; let every yoke be
broken. Let men awaken to the realization that they have
an individual responsibility. {GCB, April 11, 1903 par. 5}
"The present showing is sufficient to prove to all who
have the true missionary spirit that the 'regular lines'
may prove a failure and a snare. God helping His
people, the circle of kings who dared to take such great
responsibilities shall never again exercise their
unsanctified power in the so-called 'regular lines.' Too
much power has been invested in unrevived,
unreformed, human agencies." {GCB, April 11, 1903

It is not the Lord's will that the work in
the South shall be confined to the set,
"regular lines." It has been found
impossible to confine the work to these
lines and gain success. Workers daily
filled with zeal and wisdom from on
high must work as they are guided by
the Lord, waiting not to receive their
commission from men. {SW,
December 15, 1903 par. 14}

The situation was again presented, and the urgency of
occupying the fields that were presented to me, then
being worked under the supervision of God, using Edson
White as His agency to open the field. But there were no
others that would think of touching that portion of the
field or would engage in working it. Those who should
have rejoiced to see something done were determined
to give no recognition to Edson White or the work,
because he did not work in the regular lines. God has
presented before you how He regarded the regular lines.
The regular lines had need to be broken as a potter's
vessel is broken, and reconstructed.--Ms 29, 1903, pp.
1, 3. (General manuscript, "The Southern Work,"
Undated.) {3MR 264.3}

It is time that church members understood that
everywhere there is a work to be done in the
Lord's vineyard. No one is to wait for a regular
process before they make any efforts. They
should take up the work right where they are.
There should be many at work in what are called
"irregular lines." If one hundred laborers would
step out of the "regular lines," and take up self-
sacrificing work, such as Brother Shireman has
done, souls would be won to the Lord. And the
workers would understand by experience what it
means to be laborers together with God. {SpM
195.5}

"Over and over again men have said, 'The voice of the Conference is the voice
of God; therefore everything must be referred to the Conference. The
Conference must permit or restrict in the various lines of work.' As the matter
has been presented to me, there is a narrow compass, and within this narrow
compass, all the openings to which are locked, are those who would like to
exercise kingly power. But the work carried on all over the field demands an
entirely different course of action. There is need of the laying of a foundation
different from the foundation which has been laid in the past. We have heard
much about everything moving in the regular lines. When we see that the
'regular lines' are purified and refined, that they bear the mold of the God of
heaven, then it will be time to endorse these lines. But when we see that
message after message given by God has been received and accepted, yet no
change has been made, we know that new power must be brought into the
regular lines. The management of the regular lines must be entirely changed,
newly organized. There must be a committee, not composed of half a dozen
men, but of representatives from all lines of our work, from our publishing
house, from our educational institutions, and from our sanitariums, which have
life in them, which are constantly working, constantly broadening. {GCB, April
10, 1903 par. 3}

Thus the message of the third angel will be proclaimed. As the time
comes for it to be given with greatest power, the Lord will work through
humble instruments, leading the minds of those who consecrate
themselves to His service. The laborers will be qualified rather by the
unction of His Spirit than by the training of literary institutions. Men of
faith and prayer will be constrained to go forth with holy zeal, declaring
the words which God gives them. The sins of Babylon will be laid open.
The fearful results of enforcing the observances of the church by civil
authority, the inroads of spiritualism, the stealthy but rapid progress of
the papal power--all will be unmasked. By these solemn warnings the
people will be stirred. Thousands upon thousands will listen who have
never heard words like these. In amazement they hear the testimony
that Babylon is the church, fallen because of her errors and sins,
because of her rejection of the truth sent to her from heaven. As the
people go to their former teachers with the eager inquiry, Are these
things so? the ministers present fables, prophesy smooth things, to
soothe their fears and quiet the awakened conscience. But since many
refuse to be satisfied with the mere authority of men and demand a plain
"Thus saith the Lord," the popular ministry, like the Pharisees of old,
filled with anger as their authority is questioned, will denounce the

My sons, I would have you firmly united as brothers in the flesh and as brothers in Christian fellowship. I
have a work to do, and I am now making decisions. I must remain away from conference meetings. I must
not attend camp meetings. The spirit of drawing apart, as the result of judging one another, has become
so common, and the churches are becoming so leavened with this spirit, that I have no desire to attend
these meetings. After returning from them, it is often weeks before I am able to take up my neglected
work. Because those in positions of responsibility have for years left the Southern field unworked,
notwithstanding the most decided testimonies urging them to take up this work; because they continue to
neglect this field and use every manner of device in trying to uproot the confidence of the people in those
who have done the hardest and most self-sacrificing work in the South, I have but very little confidence
that the Lord is giving these men in positions of responsibility spiritual eyesight and heavenly discernment.
I am thrown into perplexity over their course; and I desire now to attend to my special work, to have no
part in any of their councils, and to attend no camp-meetings, nigh nor afar off. My mind shall not be
dragged into confusion by the tendency they manifest to work directly contrary to the light that God has
given me. I am done. I will preserve my God-given intelligence. My voice has been heard in the different
conferences and at camp meetings. I must now make a change. I cannot enter the atmosphere of strife
and then have to bear testimonies that cost me much more than those to whom they are sent can
imagine. When I attend the different meetings, I am compelled to deal with men, standing in responsible
places, who I know are not exerting an influence that God can endorse. And when I bear a testimony in
reference to their course of action, advantage is taken of this testimony. These men have not clear
understanding. Should I say the things that I know, they would not, with their present experience, use this
instruction wisely, and would bring upon me inconceivable burdens. I shall, therefore, leave them to
receive word from the Bible, in which the principles upon which they should work are laid down in straight
lines. There are those who look upon themselves as the Lord's servants, but who, as shown by the way
in which the Southern work has been handled, are working away from the light that God has for years
been giving. I have pity for them, but I cannot be forever pointing out for them the way of righteousness.
They are brought no nearer right actions by what I say than if the words were never spoken. So long as
those in responsible positions see things through a false medium, they will put a wrong construction on my
work. The light I have for our ministers is: Seek God; stop your whisperings and your evil surmisings
instigated by Satan, and see if the love of God will not fill heart and soul. And I will go on with my writing.

Let me tell you, if your heart is in the work, and you have faith in
God, you need not depend upon the sanction of any minister or
any people; if you go right to work in the name of the Lord, in a
humble way doing what you can to teach the truth, God will
vindicate you. If the work had not been so restricted by an
impediment here, and an impediment there, and on the other side
an impediment, it would have gone forward in its majesty. It would
have gone in weakness at first, but the God of heaven lives; the
great Overseer lives, the One who knew where Cornelius lived,
and who appeared to him as an angel, and declared to him, Your
prayers and your alms have come up as a memorial before God.
And now do you send men for one Simon, whose surname is
Peter, who lives with one Simon a tanner. And he told him the very
place where Simon the tanner lived. Then the angel of the Lord
went to Peter, and prepared his mind for the reception of the men.
{1888 1746.2}

I saw that we have no time to throw away in
listening to fables. Our minds should not be
thus diverted, but should be occupied with
the present truth, and seeking wisdom that
we may obtain a more thorough knowledge
of our position, that with meekness we may
be able to give a reason of our hope from
the Scriptures. While false doctrines and
dangerous errors are pressed upon the
mind, it cannot be dwelling upon the truth
which is to fit and prepare the house of
Israel to stand in the day of the Lord. {EW

The Spirit of God had wrought with and through
Paul in his labors for his countrymen. Sufficient
evidence had been presented to convince all who
honestly desired to know the truth. But many
permitted themselves to be controlled by
prejudice and unbelief, and refused to yield to the
most conclusive evidence. Fearing that the faith
of the believers would be endangered by
continued association with these opposers of the
truth, Paul separated from them and gathered the
disciples into a distinct body, continuing his public
instructions in the school of Tyrannus, a teacher
of some note. {AA 285.3}

The recreant priests added licentiousness to the dark
catalogue of their crimes; yet they still polluted by their
presence the tabernacle of the Lord, and, laden with sin,
dared to come into the presence of a holy God. As the
men of Israel witnessed the corrupt course of the priests,
they thought it safer for their families not to come up to
the appointed place of worship. Many went from Shiloh
with their peace disturbed, their indignation aroused,
until they at last determined to offer their sacrifices
themselves, concluding that this would be fully as
acceptable to God, as to sanction in any manner the
abominations practiced in the sanctuary. {ST, December
1, 1881 par. 13}

Dangers of Sensational Religion.--
There is no safety, much less benefit,
for our people in attending these
popular holiness meetings; let us rather
search the Scriptures with much
carefulness and earnest prayer, that we
may understand the ground of our faith.
Then we shall not be tempted to mingle
with those who, while making high
claims, are in opposition to the law of
God. {Ev 364.3}

As members of the Church of England, they were
strongly attached to her forms of worship, but the
Lord had presented before them in his Word a
higher standard. The Holy Spirit urged them to
preach Christ and him crucified. The power of the
Highest attended their labors. Thousands were
convicted and truly converted. It was necessary
that these sheep be protected from ravening
wolves. Wesley had no thought of forming a new
denomination, but he organized them under what
was called the Methodist Connection. {GC88
257.1}

As the light and life of men was rejected by the ecclesiastical
authorities in the days of Christ, so it has been rejected in
every succeeding generation. Again and again the history of
Christ's withdrawal from Judea has been repeated. When the
Reformers preached the word of God, they had no thought of
separating themselves from the established church; but the
religious leaders would not tolerate the light, and those that
bore it were forced to seek another class, who were longing
for the truth. In our day few of the professed followers of the
Reformers are actuated by their spirit. Few are listening for
the voice of God, and ready to accept truth in whatever guise
it may be presented. Often those who follow in the steps of
the Reformers are forced to turn away from the churches
they love, in order to declare the plain teaching of the word of
God. And many times those who are seeking for light are by
the same teaching obliged to leave the church of their
fathers, that they may render obedience. {DA 232.2}

I was confirmed in all I had stated in Minneapolis,
that a reformation must go through the churches.
Reforms must be made, for spiritual weakness
and blindness were upon the people who had
been blessed with great light and precious
opportunities and privileges. As reformers they
had come out of the denominational churches,
but they now act a part similar to that which the
churches acted. We hoped that there would not
be the necessity for another coming out. While
we will endeavor to keep the "unity of the Spirit"
in the bonds of peace, we will not with pen or
voice cease to protest against bigotry.--EGW'88
356, 357 (1889).

Before the destruction of Sodom, God sent a message to
Lot, "Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay
thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be
consumed." The same voice of warning was heard by the
disciples of Christ before the destruction of Jerusalem:
"When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then
know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which
are in Judea flee to the mountains." Luke 21:20, 21. They
must not tarry to secure anything from their possessions, but
must make the most of the opportunity to escape. {PP
166.3}
There was a coming out, a decided separation from the
wicked, an escape for life. So it was in the days of Noah;
so with Lot; so with the disciples prior to the destruction
of Jerusalem; and so it will be in the last days. Again the
voice of God is heard in a message of warning, bidding

We cannot serve God and the world at the same time. We must
not center our affections on worldly relatives, who have no desire
to learn the truth. We may seek in every way, while associated
with them, to let our light shine; but our words, our deportment,
our customs and practices, should not in any sense be molded by
their ideas and customs. We are to show forth the truth in all our
intercourse with them. If we cannot do this, the less
association we have with them, the better it will be for our
spirituality. If we place ourselves among associates whose
influence has a tendency to make us forgetful of the high claims
the Lord has upon us we invite temptation and become too weak
in moral power to resist it. We come to partake of the spirit and
cherish the ideas of our associates and to place sacred and
eternal things lower than the ideas of our friends. We are, in short,
leavened just as the enemy of all righteousness designed we
should be. {5T 543.1}

We should beware of treating lightly God's gracious provisions for
our salvation. There are Christians who say, "I do not care to be
saved unless my companion and children are saved with me."
They feel that heaven would not be heaven to them without the
presence of those who are so dear. But have those who cherish
this feeling a right conception of their own relation to God, in view
of His great goodness and mercy toward them? Have they
forgotten that they are bound by the strongest ties of love and
honor and loyalty to the service of their Creator and Redeemer?
The invitations of mercy are addressed to all; and because our
friends reject the Saviour's pleading love, shall we also turn
away? The redemption of the soul is precious. Christ has paid an
infinite price for our salvation, and no one who appreciates the
value of this great sacrifice or the worth of the soul will despise
God's offered mercy because others choose to do so. The very
fact that others are ignoring His just claims should arouse us to
greater diligence, that we may honor God ourselves, and lead all
whom we can influence, to accept His love. {PP 162.1}

Example of the Israelites
Just before the firstborn were slain in Egypt, the Lord instructed the Israelites to
gather their children into their houses with them, and to strike the lintel and the
two side posts of their doors with blood, so that when the destroying angel went
through the land, he would recognize the houses thus marked as the dwelling
places of Christ's followers, and pass over them. {PCP 29.3} Today we must
gather our children about us, if we desire to save them from the destructive
power of the evil one. The conflict between Christ and Satan will increase in
intensity until the end of this earth's history. We are to have faith in the blood of
Christ, in order that we may pass safely through the perilous times just before
us. {PCP 29.4
Some think it strange that I write, "Do not send your children to Battle Creek." I
was instructed in regard to the danger of the worldly influence in Battle Creek. I
have written hundreds of pages regarding the danger of having so large a
sanitarium, and of calling so many people together in one place. The young
people in Battle Creek are in danger. They will come in contact with error. Years
ago I did not think that they would meet these errors right in the sanitariums; but
when "Living Temple" came out, and some of our ministers told me that there
was in it nothing but what I had been teaching all my life, I saw how great the
danger was. I saw that blindness had fallen upon some who had long known
the truth. I pray that the Lord will open the eyes of these ministers, that they

The destroying angel is soon to go forth again, not to destroy the
first-born alone, but "to slay utterly old and young, both men,
women and little children" who have not the mark. Parents, if you
wish to save your children, separate them from the world,
keep them from the company of wicked children; for if you
suffer them to go with wicked children, you cannot prevent
them from partaking of their wickedness and being
corrupted. It is your solemn duty to watch over your children,
to choose the society at all times for them. Learn your children
to obey you, then can they more easily obey the commandments
of God, and yield to his requirements. Don't let us neglect to pray
with, and for our children. He that said, "Suffer little children to
come unto me, and forbid them not," will listen to our prayers for
them, and the seal, or mark, of believing parents will cover their
children, if they are trained up in the nurture and admonition of the
Lord. E. G. White. {RH, September 19, 1854 par. 13}

Complete separation.--The command found in
revelation 18:4, "come out of her, my people," means
to come out of those institutions which will place in
the minds of our young people, principles which are
apt to make them join the class of worshipers of
which we read in 2 timothy 3:5: "having a form of
godliness, but denying the power thereof." As faithful
watchmen, we should be just as desirous of getting
our children out of the popular schools as we are to
call the older people out of the popular churches.
The popular churches are only a product of worldly
education, so to get at the root of the matter, we
must separate ourselves from that which creates
the condition in which all the religious world, at
present, finds itself. {Ph081 38.1}

I saw that those who profess the truth should hold the standard high, and
induce others to come up to it. I saw that some would have to walk the
straight path alone. Their companions and children will not walk the self-
denying pathway with them. Patience and forbearance should ever characterize
the lives of those lone pilgrims, following the example of their blessed Master.
They will have many trials to endure, but they have a hope that makes the soul
strong, that bears them up above the trials of earth, that elevates them above
scorn, derision and reproach. Those who possess a hope like this should never
indulge a harsh, unkind spirit. This will only injure their own souls, and drive
their friends farther from the truth. Treat them tenderly. Give them no occasion
to reproach the cause of Christ; but never yield the truth to please any one. Be
decided, be fixed, be established, be not of a doubtful mind. {2SG 266.1}
But if your companions and children will not come, if you cannot win them to
yield to the claims of truth, make their lives here as pleasant as possible; for all
they will ever enjoy will be this poor world. But let not your duty to them
interfere with your duty to God. Pursue a straight-forward course. Let nothing
they may do or say provoke an angry word from you. You have a hope that will
yield you consolation amid the disappointments and trials of life. Your
companions and children who will not be induced to tread the narrow, cross-
bearing pathway with you, have not this divine consolation. They should have
your pity, for this world is all the heaven they will have. {2SG 266.2}

The time is coming when we shall be separated
and scattered, and each one of us will have to
stand without the privilege of communion with
those of like precious faith; and how can you
stand unless God is by your side, and you know
that He is leading and guiding you? Whenever we
come to investigate Bible truth, the Master of
assemblies is with us. The Lord does not leave
the ship one moment to be steered by ignorant
pilots. We may receive our orders from the
Captain of our salvation.--Review and Herald,
March 25, 1890. {CW 42.1}

Landmarks Removed
 Proverb:22:28: Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have
set.
 Psalms:74:1: O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? ….. 2: Remember
thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine
inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast
dwelt. 3: Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the
enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. 4: Thine enemies roar in the
midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. 7: They have
cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling
place of thy name to the ground. 8: They said in their hearts, Let us destroy
them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
9: We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there
among us any that knoweth how long.
 Those who seek to remove the old landmarks are not holding fast; they are
not remembering how they have received and heard. Those who try to
bring in theories that would remove the pillars of our faith concerning the
sanctuary or concerning the personality of God or of Christ, are working as

Landmarks Removed
Psalms:11:3: If the foundations
be destroyed, what can the
righteous do?

 I was confirmed in all I had stated in Minneapolis, that a
reformation must go through the churches. Reforms
must be made, for spiritual weakness and blindness
were upon the people who had been blessed with great
light and precious opportunities and privileges. As
reformers they had come out of the denominational
churches, but they now act a part similar to that
which the churches acted. We hoped that there
would not be the necessity for another coming out.
While we will endeavor to keep the "unity of the Spirit" in
the bonds of peace, we will not with pen or voice cease
to protest against bigotry.--EGW'88 356, 357 (1889).

 O, my very soul is drawn out in these things!
Men who have not learned to submit themselves
to the control and discipline of God, are not
competent to train the youth, to deal with human
minds. It is just as much an impossibility for
them to do this work as it would be for them to
make a world. That these men should stand
in a sacred place, to be as the voice of God
to the people, as we once believed the
General Conference to be,--that is past. What
we want now is a reorganization. We want to
begin at the foundation, and to build upon a

 I am thankful that there is to be a time when the mists will be
cleared away. I hope that this time has begun here. We want
the mists here to be cleared away. I want to say that from the light
given to me by God, there should have been years ago
organizations such as are now proposed. When we first met in
Conference, it was thought that the General Conference should
extend over the whole world. But this is not in God's order.
Conferences must be organized in different localities, and it will be
for the health of the different Conferences to have it thus. This does
not mean that we are to cut ourselves apart from one another,
and be as separate atoms. Every Conference is to touch every
other Conference, and be in harmony with every other
Conference. God wants us to talk for this, and he wants us to act
for this. We are the people of God, who are to be separate from the
world. We are to stand as representatives of sacred truth. {GCB,
April 5, 1901 par. 3}

The Faithful Hearkened
 Jeremiah 6:16: Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and
see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk
therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We
will not walk therein.
 Malachi 4:5: Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the
coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 6: And he shall turn
the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to
their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
 Malachi 3:16: Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to
another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of
remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD,
and that thought upon his name. 17: And they shall be mine, saith the
LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare
them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. 18: Then shall ye
return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him
that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

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