FBOH RIGHTEOUSNESS TO HOLY FLESH:

DISUElITI ABD TEE PERVERSION OF T X 1888 WSSAGE

A Documentary Study o f

the Tramition From Rlghteousnes8 by Faith to Boly Flesh Theology

Bert Haloriak

A p r i l , 1983

INTRODUCTION

Within t h e pas t s e v e r a l years , t h e General Conference Archives has pursued l e a d s t h a t r e s u l t e d i n t h e discovery of a number of previously-unavailable "r ighteousnessn sermons by A T Jones and E J Maggoner. Those sermons were given s h o r t l y a f t e r 1888 when Mrs White accompanied Jones and Waggoner t o var ious oampmeetings. Analysis o f t h e sermons l eads t o ques t ions regarding unqual i f ied use o f o t h e r wr i t ings of Jones and Waggoner as t h e s o l e b a s i s f o r theo log ica l oonclusions regarding t h e essence o f t h e message o f t888. Such a n a l y s i s a l s o has impl ioat ions regarding t h e endorsement o f El len White of t h a t message, f o r i t becomes apparent t h a t both Jones and Waggoner maintained a kind o f "dua l i tyn wi th in t h e i r theo log ica l framework: 1 ) r ighteousness as a f r e e g i f t and not t h e oonsequence of obedience t o t h e moral law; 2) r ighteousness as not fo rens ic f o r t h e l a s t genera t ion , bu t t h e r e s u l t of a l i teral, corpora l indwell ing of Chr i s t w i t h i n t h e be l iever . This dual plan of s a l v a t i o n beuame foundational f o r the movement known as "holy f l e s h n and also fundamental t o t h e theology found i n t h e writings o f J H Kellogg t h a t Hrs White defined a s "pantheis t io ."

The dual p lan o f s a l v a t i o n held by Jones and Waggoner and a mult i tude of o t h e r s wi th in t h e denomination held t h a t if one d ied p r i o r t o t h e l a a t genera t ion , Christls r ighteousness would be imputed t o him and would r e s u l t i n h i s s a l v a t i o n ; t h e l a s t genera t ion , however, had t o be l i v i n g above s i n and i n s o doing "could n o t d ie , " and t hus would, i n add i t ion t o possessing s p i r i t u a l r ighteousness, a l s o possess physica l r ighteousness. Such terms as "God incarnated i n H i s people," n t r a n s l a t i o n f a i t h , " "so much o f Christ 's d iv ine nature i n u s t h a t we oannot d ie , " wtull c leans ing o f t h e tendencies o f s i n f u l f l e s h , " "holy f l e s h , " " l iv ing temples," were used t o desc r ibe the concepts t h a t t h i s movement held.

Hrs White, on numerous oocasions i n t h e 18908, addressed h e r s e l f t o t h e oonclusions held by t h i s group o f church o f f i c i a l s . Such ooncepts in t h e i r emphasis and t h r u s t n u l l i f i e d t h e fundamental teachings o f Seventh-day Adventis ts , and E l l e n White f requent ly made t h a t observation. I n e f f e c t , such teachings , in focus ing e n t i r e l y upon a period wwithout a mediator," n u l l i f i e d t h e sanctuary b e l i e f s o f SDAs by deemphasizfng t h e med ia to r i a l funct ions o f Chr i s t . The theology, i n its focus upon a phys ica l ly and s p i r i t u a l l y perfec ted last genera t ion t h a t oould no t d i e , deemphasized Chr i s t and t h e need f o r H i s r e tu rn . The foous o f t h i s group of theologians s h i f t e d away from a Mediator i n heaven t o a "divine inunanenoen wi th in man as t h e baa i s f o r sa lva t ion .

E l l en White, throughout t h e 18908, had warned about t h e oonsequences o f t h e d i s u n i t y r e s u l t i n g f r o m t h e Minneapolis General Conference. She had c l e a r l y warned o f t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f an abe r ran t theology developing within auch an atmosphere. I r o n i o a l l y , it appears t h a t each o f t h e camps needed the balancing wisdom o f t h e o ther . Such npioneersw a s George But l e r and Uriah Smith oould have o f fe red a use fu l perspect ive t h a t would have d i l u t e d the extreme tendencies o f t h e last genera t ion theology o f Jones and Maggoner. Both B u t l e r and Smith had seen t h e r e s u l t s of such theology i n t h e pas t . T rag ica l ly , however, t h e i r npharisaismn over t h e impl ioat ions t o t r a d i t i o n a l teachings sp r ing ing from Jones' and Waggoner's emphasis upon r ighteousness as a g i f t n u l l i f i e d t h e oontr ibut ion they could have made i n ste- t h e f a n a t i o a l teachings t h a t developed. I n a d i sun i t ed church, those seeds a l ready p resen t i n 1888 grew and developed and were met by E l l en White during t h e E R Jones, Stanton, "Receive Ye t h e Holy G h o ~ t , ~ holy f l e s h , RLiving Temple," and Ballenger o r i s e s .

The obse rva t ions o f t h e theo log ica l soene wi th ln t h e United S t a t e s by

Stephen Haakell dur ing t h e l a t t e r p a r t of the 18908, while oouohed in t h e grammar of an unsohooled ind iv idua l , provide a perspeotive t h a t t h e ohuroh despera te ly needed. Haakell had been absent f r o m t h e oountry f o r s e v e r a l years and oould thereby obJeot ive ly analyze some o f t h e abe r ran t teachings of t h e 1890s. He had earlier seen f a n a t i o a l teaohings and saw a l m i l a r r o o t s in muoh o f t h e theology o f t h e 1890s. H i s l e t t e r s t o E l l en White and his desc r ip t ions of t h e pervaaivenesa of t h e theology provide use fu l i n s i g h t i n t o t h e roots of holy f l e s h teaohing. I n addi t ion , he o f f e r s explanat ions as t o how such aber ran t teaching oould beoome s o widespread: misuse o f E l l en White wr i t ings by those espousing suoh teaohings, d i s u n i t y o f t h e period, assumption by many t h a t E l l en White's endorsement o f Jones and Waggoner meant t h a t she endorsed t h e i r last genera t ion presupposi t ions.

A s one looks b r i e f l y a t t h e theo log ica l soens wi th in t h e United S t a t e s during t h e 18908, it becomes apparent t h a t t h e key t o understanding t h e holy f l e s h movement is no t a s tudy of varying p o s i t i o n s on t h e ques t ion o f t h e na tu re o f C h r i s t , bu t r a t h e r a s tudy of what El len White would term "false views of s a n o t i f i ~ a t i o n , ~ i.e., a oenter ing upon t h e s t a t e of s a n c t i f i o a t i o n many assumed an ind iv idua l l i v i n g in t h e last genera t ion muat reach. The thrust of t h e theology o f t h e 1890s w a s not upon C h r i s t , but r a t h e r upon t h e individual l i v i n g in t h e last generat ion.

It must be emphasized t h a t t h e essence o f t h e holy f l e s h theology as taught i n Indiana by R S Donne11 and S S Davis was widespread wi th in t h e denomination and would have subverted t h e e s s e n t i a l message o f Adventism were it not f o r t h e messages given E l l en White. Evidence seems t o i n d i o a t e t h a t E l l en U t e ' s oounael throughout t h e 18908, and h e r s ta tements regarding t h e holy f l e s h movement in 1901 oould have prevented t h e "Living Templeu oontroversy o f 1903 and t h e A F Ballenger theology o f perfeotionism o f 1905. A 1 1 had a h a l l a r theo log ioa l r o o t s , r o o t s t h a t E l l en White observed were "oarried away by a s p i r i t u a l i s t i o d e l u s i ~ n , ~ and all were d e s t r u o t i v e o f fundamental Adventism.

The material t h a t fo l lows provides documentary evidenoe i n support o f t h e above asse r t ions .

JONES IDENTIFIES THE "IEUu HESSAOE

I n h i s initial wrighteousnessu s e m n at t h e Ottawa, Kansas, I n s t i t u t e and Campmeeting, May 11, 1889, A T Jones quoted R o w s 6:23: "For t h e wages o f s i n is death; b u t t h e g i f t o f God is e t e r n a l l i f e through Jesus Chr ia t our Lord, and affirmed:

We have always o la iaed e t e r n a l l i f e t o be a g i f t , but we have not claimed the same f o r r ighteousness aa being a g i f t through J e s u s Christ. . . . Christ oame t o be t h e purpose o f t h e law t o everyone t h a t be l ieveth . low we want t o see what r ighteousness t h e m is in t h e law f o r us, and we w i l l become oon- vlnoed i t is o u r own, which is t h e very b e s t we o m e v e r get o u t o f t h e law. If I take t h e h ighes t and m a t oomprehensive view o f t h e law I oan, and l i v e up t o it, is t h a t a s a t i s f y i n g o f t h e law? l o , beoauae It is no t a high enough view o f it, because t h e mind is all darkened by sin, and man's oomprehension is no t broad enough t o g r a s p t h e height and breadth o f i t , and s o does not meet t h e requirements o f t h e lav. It is o u r own r ighteousness then, and not God's we see i n t h e law. . . . Therefore r ighteousness is t h e g i f t o f God as s u r e l y a s is l i f e , and i f we try t o get it in any o t h e r way we s h a l l f a i l . . . . It is Christls obedience that a v a i l s and not o u r s t h a t br ings r ighteousness t o us."

I n h i s seoond r ighteousness sermon, Jones r e i t e r a t e d t h a t point: "We are accounted r igh teous f r e e l y by H i s graoe and t h a t no t of works. . . . Chr i s t is made unto u s r ighteousness and s a n c t i f i o a t i o n , and we g lo ry

i n Chr i s t and not ourselves. If we bel ieve on Hi83 our f a i t h is oounted t o us f o r r i g h t e o u s n e s ~ . ~

ELLEN WHITE IDENTIFIES THE CENTRAL lZESSAGE OF 1888

E l l en Yhite i d e n t i f i e d t h e "newn i n s i g h t s coming f r o m t h e Mnneapol is meetings upon a number o f occasions fol lowing 1888.

Apr i l , 1889: RThe r e l i g i o n of J e s u s C h r i s t . . . is a c l ing ing t o Christ, aocepting t h e r ighteousness of C h r i s t a s a f r e e g i f t . . . . Through f a i t h in t he r ighteousness of Christ is sa lva t ion . . . . [Many] had been c l ing ing t o t h e i r own r i g h t e o ~ s n e s a . ~

A p r i l 7 , 1889, E l l en White made observat ions f r o m her experienoe a t t h e Chicago oampmeeting: uBow hard it [is] t o eduoate t h e people t o look away f r o m themselves t o Jesus and t o His righteousness. . . . The people acknowledge t h a t they were obta in ing an education i n f a i t h which they had never had before. . . . A l l regret t h a t they have been s o long ignorant o f what oons t i tu ted t r u e r e l i g i o n . They a r e s o r r y t h a t they have not known t h a t it waa true r e l i g i o n t o depend e n t i r e l y upon Christls r ighteousness and not upon worka o f merit. . . . I think t h a t Elder A T Jones should a t t end our large campmeetings, and g i v e t o o u r people and t o o u t s i d e r s as w e l l t h e prec ious s u b j e c t of f a i t h and t h e r ighteousness of Chr is t . . . . Let t h e o u t s i d e r s understand t h a t we preach t h e gospel as well a s t h e law and they w i l l f e a s t upon t h e s e t r u t h s , and many w i l l t a k e t h e i r s tand f o r t h e t ru th ."

J u l y 23, 1889: "It is not because we are r ighteous , but because we are dependent, f a u l t y , erring, and h e l p l e s s o f ourse lves , t h a t we must r e l y upon Christ's r ighteousness, and not upon o u r own. . . . It is not our doings and deservings t h a t w i l l save us."

December 21, 1889 [Diary]; 'Oh, t h a t t h e s i n n e r a h t s e e and understand t h a t i f h i s r ighteousness is based upon any o t h e r than t h e r ighteousness of C h r i s t , he has missed h i s golden oppor tuni ty and i s l o s t . . . . [ Ins tead] H i s f a i t h meets i n t h e r ighteousness o f Christ, whioh he aocepts as a f r e e g i f t . A 1 1 t h a t he needs, as a g u i l t y and l o s t s i n n e r he f i n d s i n Jesus Christ. C h r i s t ' s r ighteousness f i l l y a c q u i t s u s f r o m t h e condemnation o f the law.""

1890 [ h a 361: 'The danger has been presented t o me again and again o f e n t e r t a i n i n g as a people, false i d e a s o f j u s t i f i c a t i o n by f a i t h . . . . L e t t h e s u b j e c t be made d i s t i n c t and p l a i n t h a t it is not poss ib le t o e f f e c t anything i n our s tanding before Ood o r in t h e g i f t o f God t o u s through c r e a t u r e merit. . . . It is wholly a f r e e g i f t . J u s t i f i c a t i o n by f a i t h is placed beyond controversy. . . . The l i g h t given me of God p laces t h i s important sub jec t above any ques t ion in my mind. J u s t i f i o a t i o n is wholly o f grace and not prooured by any works t h a t f a l l e n man can do. . . . A 1 1 b l e s s ings must come through a Mediator. . . . A 1 1 must be l a i d upon t h e f i r e o f C h r i s t ' 8 r ighteousness t o c leanse it f r o m its e a r t h l y odor before it rises i n a cloud of f r a g r a n t incense t o t h e g r e a t Jehovah and is acc2pted as a sweet savor. . . . If you would ga the r toge the r everything t h a t is good and holy and noble and love ly i n man, and then present t h e sub jec t t o t h e angels of God a s a c t i n g a p a r t in t h e s a l v a t i o n o f t h e human soul o r in merit, the proposi t ion would be r e j e c t e d as t reason. . . . Any works t h a t aan can render t o God w i l l be f a r l e s s than nothingness. Hy r eques t s are made acoeptable only because they are l a i d upon Christ's r ighteousness. . . . There is danger

i n regarding J u s t i f i c a t i o n by f a i t h a s p lac ing merit on f a i t h . Yhen you take t h e r ighteousness o f Chr ia t a s a free g i f t you are j u s t i f i e d f r e e l y through the redemption o f Christ. "

"DIVINE IHMANENCE" STATEMENTS OF JONES AND WAOOONER THAT EVENTUALLY LEAD TO nPANTHEISIn

Waggoner, Ootober 15, 1888, a t Hinneapolis: nChrist J u s t i f i e s u s by g iv ing u s Els l i f e . "

Jones a t Ottawa, Kansas, Hay 7, 1889: "Now we s e e by t h e expressions i n 2 Corinthians 6:16 and 1 Corinthians 3:16 t h a t we are t h e dwell ing o f C h r i s t , s o then Chr ia t dwell ing i n us and we i n harmony wi th Him, Chr i s t dwells among u s by Hls s p i r i t [sic.]. . . . L e t us , then, never again have a common view of God's bu i ld ing and habi ta t ion ." [i.e., o u r bodies]

Jones, Hay 15, 1889: "Shall we look upon our church as t h e house of God. That we a r e temples o f t h e Holy Ghost. W i l l you c a r r y t h e f e e l i n g home and cheer each o t h e r in this way?"

Jones, 2d r ighteousness sermon, May 12, 1889: When we bel ieve i t pu t s C h r i s t in p lace o f t h e sin and when Satan oomes t o a t t a c k ua he Pinds only Chr i s t , and then we have t h e v i c t o r y over Satan, not d e l i v e r i n g us f r o m temptat ion, but g iv ing u s power t o conquer temptat ion, and gain ing t h e v ic to ry t h a t p a r t i c u l a r temptat ion never oomes again. Ve are oonquerors t h e r e forever.

Jones, 3d r ighteousness sermon, May 13, 1889: wHow s h a l l we be good? Have t h e s p i r i t o f God i n our hear ts . . . . C h r i s t may dwell with u s by our f a i t h . . . . The Lord says He w i l l do a l l we ask o r think. Do we be l i eve i t ? Then we can get f r o m H i m a l l we ask o r th ink, f u r t h e r exceedingly abundantly beyond what we oan ask f o r o r think, aocording t o what power? The power working wi th in us. . . . Our obedience comes i n after we have f a i t h , and God's s p i r i t is dwell ing w i t h i n us. Do you not see now t h a t we have t o be made good before we can do good? I f then you want t o do better g e t more o f Jesus C h r i s t i n your hear t .

Jones, regarding t h e woman who touched Christ 's garment: "The touch o f t h e woman waa t h e touch o f f a i t h and drew v i r t u e f r o m Him. P a l t b reaches ou t to C h r i s t and v i r t u e comes in response as s u r e l y a s it d id on t h a t woman. . . . If we want t o be good l e t our f a i t h touoh him, and goodnesa oomes t o us and makes u s good; i f we want t o be r ighteous , i n answer t o o u r f a i t h , power comes t o u s and makes us r ighteous. I n answer t o our f a i t h a s it grows, more and mre o f h i s power and goodness w i l l come t o us , and j u s t before probation c l o s e s we s h a l l be like h b indeed, and then we s h a l l be keeping t h e oommandments o f God i n f a c t , because t h e r e w i l l be s o auch o f hlm i n us t h a t t h e r e w i l l be none o f ourse lves there ." [ ibid.]

Jones, 5 t h r ighteousness sermon; "Are o u r a c t s r igh teous a s far aa they go and is h i s r ighteousness applied t o f i n i s h o u t t h e work? Ilo. Christ's r ighteousness starts a t t h e beginning and makes the ao t ion what i t ought t o be. Romans 1:16. Is not our f a i t h g r e a t e r than when we oame here? Do we not s e e more o f H i s righteousnesrr than we d id? How is i t we have m r e f a i t h and s e e more o f His righteousness? Uhy our f a i t h has grown. So it is day by day. Ve came d a i l y f o r g r e a t e r s u p p l i e s of f a i t h . And we f i n a l l y have s o much of Christfs d i v i n e na tu re i n u s t h a t we oan draw t h e bow s t rong ly enough t o hit t h e mark, and then we w i l l be keeping t h e oommandments o f God. . . . Where, then, do o u r works oome In? lowhere. Uhy then do we s t r i v e s o hard t o

keep the crommandments, if it a v a i l s not? It is only by f a i t h i n Christ t h a t w e oan say we are Chr is t ians . It 18 only through being one wi th H i m t h a t we oan be Chr is t ians , and only through Christ wi th in u s t h a t we keep t h e oommandments--it being a11 by f a i t h i n C h r i s t t h a t we do and say t h e s e th ings . Uhen the day comes t h a t we a c t u a l l y keep t h e oormPandments o f Qod, we w i l l never d i e , because keeping t h e oommandments is righteousness, and r ighteousness and l i f e are inseparable--80, 'here are they t h a t keep the oommandments of God and f a i t h of Jesus , ' and what is the r e s u l t ? These people a r e t r ans la ted . L i f e , then , and keeping t h e oommandments go together . If we d i e now, Christ's r ighteousness w i l l be imputed t o us and we w i l l be r a i sed , bu t those who l i v e t o t h e end are made s i n l e s s before R e oomes, having s o much o f Chr i s t ' s being i n them t h a t they I h i t t h e markt every time, and s tand blameless without an i n t e r c e s s o r , because C h r i s t l eaves t h e sanctuary sometime before Re oomes t o ea r th .

[It should be observed t h a t th i s dual concept o f s a l v a t i o n was a b a s i c presupposi t ion o f t h e holy f l e s h movement.]

June 13, 1889, sermon by e i t h e r A T Jones o r E J Yaggoner a t Rome, New York, campmeeting: NIf we oan get r ighteousness by keeping t h e law, t h e r e is no need of a Saviour. But as l i f e oomes only through Christ, s o r ighteousness oomes through him also. The law condemns us. Christ saves u s f r o m t h a t condemnation. Uhen we sin, t h e law says we are g u i l t y , but Christ, by His own precious s a o r i f i o e , imputes I N T O [emphasis supplied] u s His righteousness--the r ighteousness o f God through C h r i s t , and we have j u s t i f i c a t i o n through His grace. a

June 14, 1889, Rome, New York, Waggoner r ighteousness sermon: V h r i s t healed a wman who had been bound wi th a s p i r i t of i n f i r m i t y f o r e ighteen years. 'Thou art loosed from this in f i rmi ty .1 She waa not loosed f o r a day only, o r f o r a year only, but she was loosed forever . So Christ w i l l l oose u s f r o m being s l a v e s t o ourse lves , o r s l a v e s t o any e v i l h a b i t s o r thoughts , if we, l i k e t h e woman, w i l l -me t o Him in f a i t h . Ee w i l l no t 10089 u s today f o r u s t o go back i n t o t h e s e r v i o e o f sin tomorrow, but w i l l g ive u s a freedom whioh is free indeedom

E R JONES EXPERIENCE

There were a number o f Ins tances throughout t h e 1890s when E l l en Uhite c l e a r l y warned o f t h e dangers o f an abe r ran t theology developing as a consequence o f t h e d i s u n i t y t h a t was generated f r o m t h e ~ e a p o l i s experience. One suoh movement began under E R Jones I n 1889 and was addressed by El len Vhite In 1890. In its stress upon a perfected last genera t ion f r e e f r o m t h e power o f indwell ing s i n , Jones exh ib i t ed a theology t h a t became q u i t e oommon wi th in Adventlam In t h e 1890s. k t e some o f his s ta tements t h a t were published in t h e wReviewN and E l l en Yhitets r e a c t i o n s t o them:

E R Jones, "The Law of Sin,' RE, Haroh 12, 1889: "Sin p e r t a i n s t o two things: F i r s t , t h e personal v i o l a t i o n s o f t h e law o f God; and, seoond, t h e p r i n c i p l e o f r e b e l l i o n , o r l a v o f sin, born in every man. Even s o oonversion i s oomposed o f two g r e a t p a r t s ; is oontained in two great s t eps . F i r s t , t h e forgiveness o f a l l personal t r ansgress ions o f t h e law o f God;--this is on f u l l and fe rven t repentance;--and, seoond, t h e oomplete o leans ing f r o m t h e power t h a t oompelled u s t o t r ansgress . The first p laces us before t h e law in t h e exact condi t ion in which we were born,--with no personal guilt ,--and is oa l l ed j u s t i f i c a t i o n . The seoond r e s t o r e s u s t o t h e moral Image o f C h r i s t . . . f r e e f r o m both t h e g u i l t and f r o m t h e power o f sin. . . . C h r i s t ' s work w a s t o

take away t h e oa rna l na ture , and implant his own divine nature. T h i s is regenerat ion, and t h i s it is t o be born o f t h e S p i r i t , and beoome sons and daughters o f t h e Lord Almighty. I n t h i s g l o r i o u s l i b e r t y h i s ohi ldren w i l l sh ine a s l i g h t s i n t h e world, f o r Christ has oa l l ed them ou t o f darkness i n t o h i s marvelous l i g h t . Then in t h e s p i r i t u a l house w i l l they be l i v i n g s tones l i k e unto t h e g r e a t l i v i n g s tone which is t h e head o f t h e oorner. 1 Pe te r 2:l-9. Then w i l l be accomplished t h e purpose o f God toward u s i n C h r i s t , I t h a t we should be holy and without blame before him in l o v e O t Eph. 424."

E R Jones, "Born o f God," RH, J u l y 9, 1889: "True conversion is composed o f two parts: first, t h e forgiveness o f a l l personal sins; t h i s is oa l l ed j u s t i f i c a t i o n ; seoond, t h e complete de l iverance from a l l i n h e r i t e d o r indwell ing s in . . . . J u s t i f i c a t i o n , o r forgiveness o f s i n s , ohanges t h e i n d i v i d u a l l s r e l a t i o n t o t h e law, but does not produce any r a d i c a l change i n him. By it t h e g u i l t o f s i n Is taken away. But when t h e S p i r i t o f God works in a man t o d e l i v e r him f r o m t h e power o f sin, t h e i n h e r i t e d e v i l , t o make him a new c rea tu re in Christ--how g r e a t and marvelous t h e ohange now wrought1 Is not t h i s change w h a t i t is t o be born o f t h e S p i r i t , o r born o f God? Can it be s a i d in t r u t h t h a t a person has reoeived t h e new b i r t h , till he has reached th i s experience? Ye th ink not. . . . I n view o f t h e s c r i p t u r e s c i t e d and t h e testimony quoted, can it be maintained f o r a moment t h a t t o be born o f God is anything l e s s than t h e oomplete t ransformation o f v i l e man i n t o t h e image of Jesus C h r i ~ t ? ~

ELLEN WHITE REACTIONS, HAY 19, 1890 11% 176-841: "1 saw t h a t your mind was a t times unbalanced f r o m trying very hard t o s tudy i n t o and exp la in t h e mystery o f godliness. . . . Lead t h e people t o look t o Jesus as t h e i r only hope and helper. . . . It is not e s s e n t i a l f o r you t o know and t e l l o t h e r s a l l t h e whys and wherefores as t o what o o n s t i t u t e s t h e new h e a r t , o r as t o t h e pos i t ion they oan and must reaoh s o as never t o sin. . . . You w i l l t a k e passages i n t h e Testimonies that speak o f t h e c l o s e o f probation, o f t h e shaking among Godls people, and you w i l l t a l k o f a coming o u t f r o m t h i s people o f a purer , h o l i e r people t h a t w i l l a r i s e . . . . Should many aocept t h e views you advance, and t a l k and a c t upon them, we would see one o f t h e greatest f a n a t i c a l exci tements t h a t has eve r been witnessed among Seventh-day Adventists. This is what Satan wants. . . . There is a time o f t r o u b l e coming t o t h e people o f God, but we are no t t o keep t h a t cons tan t ly before t h e people, and r e i n them up t o have a t ime o f t r o u b l e beforehand. There is t o be a shaking among Qodts people, bu t this is not t h e present t r u t h t o c a r r y t o t h e ohurches. . . . For Christts 8ake do not present before [God's people] i d e a s t h a t w i l l d isaourage them, t h a t w i l l make t h e way t o heaven seem very d i f f i o u l t . Keep a l l t h e s e overs t r a ined i d e a s t o yourse l f . . . . Some workers in t h e cause o f God have been t o o ready t o h u r l denunciat ions a g a i n s t t h e sinner; t h e grace and love of t h e Fa the r in g iv ing His Son t o d i e f o r t h e s i n f u l r ace have been put i n t h e background. . . . You cannot ga in an ent rance by penance nor by any works t h a t you can do. No, God Himself has t h e honor o f providing a way, and i t is s o complete, s o p e r f e c t , t h a t man cannot, by any works he may do, add t o its p e r f e c t i ~ n . ~

ELLEN WHITE YARHINGS OF A DEVELOPING APOSTASY RESULTING FROM THE DISUNITY OF THE 1890s

E l l en White de tea ted a s p i r i t o f pharisaism f r o m t h e very commencement o f

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t h e 1888 General Conferenoe session. A s she saw the animosity generated by the themlogioal d i spu te , she ref leoted upon a v i s ion given while s h e was in Europe in t h e mid-1880s. An angel then t o l d E l l en Uhiter 'The church needed t h e 'energy o f Christ1--all must o l h g c l o s e t o t h e Bible f o r i t alone can g ive a oor rec t knowledge of Clod's w i l l . A tima o f t r i a l was before us, and great e v i l s would be t h e result of t h e Phariaairm which ha8 i n a l a r g e degree taken possession o f those who oocupy important p o s i t i o n s in t h e work of God. . . . [The angel] sa id that t h e work of C h r i s t upon t h e e a r t h w a s t o undo t h e heavy burdens and l e t t h e oppressed go f ree ; t o break every yoke, and the work o f his people must oorrespond wi th t h e work of Christ. He s t r e t ched out his arms toward E J Waggoner and George I But ler , and s a i d i n substance a s followsr--Neither have a l l t h e l i g h t upon t h e law, n e i t h e r pos i t ion is perfect.' IB21, Ootober 14, 18881

I n e f f e c t , t h e angel s e e m t o be emphasizing t h a t each needed t h e o t h e r t o perceive the f u l l t r u t h . A s El len Uhite saw t h e s p i r i t of pharisaism in those t h a t opposed Maggoner, she warned: 'The ohurohes have been cher ish ing a s p i r i t which God oannot approve and unless they humble their 8ouls before God and possess a d i f f e r e n t s p i r i t , THEY WILL REJECT GOD'S LIGHT AND FOLLOW SPURIOUS LIGHTS t o t h e ruin of t h e i r own and many o t h e r 8 0 ~ 1 s . ~ [Ib id . , emphasis added. 1

El len Uhite, Letter l f , 1890: uThe Lord haa presented before me t h a t those who have been i n any measure blinded by t h e enemy, and who have not f u l l y recovered t h e m e l v e a from t h e snare o f Satan, w i l l be in p e r i l beoause they oannot d isoern l i g h t f r o m heaven, and w i l l be i n c l i n e d t o accept a falsehood. . . . They aooept t h e opinions of men, but oannot d i s c e r n t h e voice o f t h e t r u e Shepherd, and t h e i r influenoe w i l l l ead many - tray, though evidence is piled upon evidenoe befom t h e i r eyes, t e a t i t y i n g t o t h e t r u t h t h a t Oodls people should have f o r t h i n t imeen

E l l en White, 'Our Constant Heed o f Divine Enlightenment,* 1890: *There haa been among t h e be l i eve r s , d issens ion, unbel ief , and jealousy, and, on t h e p a r t of some, a f i r m r e s i s t a n c e o f l i g h t from heaven. . . . Satan is now working wi th al l his ins inuat lona , deoeiving power, t o lead men away f r o m t h e work o f t h e third angel ' s message, which is t o be proclaimed with mighty power. If Satan sees t h a t t h e Lord is bless* his people and preparing them t o d i s c e r n h i s de lus ions , he w i l l work wi th h i s master ly power t o b r ing i n f ana t i c i sm on t h e one hand, and oold formalism on t h e o ther . . . . Some w i l l no t make a r i g h t use o f t h e d o c t r i n e o f j u s t i f i a a t i o n by f a i t h . They w i l l p resent i t in a one-sided manner. Others w i l l seize t h e ideas t h a t have not been c o r r e c t l y presented, and w i l l go o l e a r over t h e mark, Ignoring works a l l together . Now, genuine f a i t h always works by love. . . . Those who are l a b o r e r s toge the r wi th Ood must work wi th pen and voice t o meet t h e wrong tendencies , t o a o r r e o t t h e e r r o r s , t h a t have been coming in among us. . . . I have been warned t h a t henaeforth we s h a l l have a constant contes t . Science, s o o a l l e d , and r e l i g i o n w i l l be placed I n opposi t ion t o each o t h e r because f i n i t e men do not comprehend t h e power and g r e a t n e s s o f God. These words o f Holy Writ were presented to me ' O f your own s e l v e s s h a l l men arise, speaking perverse things, t o draw away d i s o i p l e s a f t e r theme1 T h i s w i l l s u r e l y be seen among t h e people o f God, and t h e r e w i l l be those who a r e unable t o peroeive t h e most wonderful and Important truths f o r this t-, t r u t h s t h a t are e s s e n t i a l f o r t h e i r own s a f e t y and s a l v a t i o n , whi le ma t t e r s t h a t a r e in comparison as t h e merest a t o m , matters i n which t h e r e is sca rce ly a graln of t r u t h , a r e dwelt upon and are magnified by t h e power of Satan s o t h a t they appear as of t h e utmost importanoe, The moral s i g h t o f t h e s e men i s d i seased , they do not feel t h e need o f t h e heavenly anoint ing , t h a t they m y d i s c e r n s p i r i t u a l things. They th lnk themselves too v i s e t o err. Hen who have not a

d a i l y experienoe in t h e things of God w i l l not move wisely in dea l ing w i t h sacred r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s . They w i l l mistake l i g h t f o r error, and specious rrmrs they w i l l pronounoe l i g h t , mistaking phantoms f o r realities, and r e a l i t i e s f o r phantoms, o a l l i n g a world an atom and an atom a world. They w i l l f a l l i n t o deoeption and delus ions , t ha t Satan has prepared as oonoealed n e t s t o entangle t h e feet o f those who th ink they oan walk in t h e i r human wiadom without t h e s p e c i a l graoe of Christ. Jesus wants men t o see, not men as trees walking, but a l l t h i n g s c l e a r l y . There is only one remedy f o r t h e s i n h l soul , and un less this is reoeived, men w i l l aocept one delus ion after another , u n t i l t h e i r senaes are perverted. . . . We [should] have a oont inual sense o f our veakness and f r a i l i t y and Eshouldl look t o Jesus i n ea rnes t prayer f o r his wisdom and e f f i c i ency . There w i l l be t i m a of despondency as we r e a l i z e our unl ikeness t o Chr is t . . . . False views o f God, and henoe of Christ, are l a r g e l y e n t e r t a i n e d today." [Mas. 16, 0 . Deoember, 18901

Ellen Uhite t o Uriah Smith, 824, 1892: V h e many and oonfused i d e m in regard t o C h r i s t ' s r ighteousness and J u s t i f l o a t i o n by f a i t h are t h e r e s u l t o f t h e pos i t ion you have taken toward t h e men and t h e message s e n t o f God."

STANTON MOVEMENT AND OTHER HINTS OF ABERRANT THEOLOGY

Uriah Smith t o A T Robinson, September 21, 1892: 'It would s u r p r i s e you if you knew what views were being evolved in Borne quar te r s . Almost everyone seems t o be inol ined t o go o f f on a tangent , stretching o u t after t h a t which is novel and sensa t iona l . For ins tanoe , it was preaohed i n a a e r t a i n p lace no t long s ince t h a t when we reae ive Christ aa we should, he w i l l be J u s t as r e a l l y inoarnated i n u s as he w a s in t h e Virgin l Iary l lw

The thrmst o f t h e 1893 movement l e d by A Y Stanton, SDA min i s t e r , fooused upon a call f o r a o leans ing movement t h a t would prepare f o r t r a n s l a t i o n without see ing death. He believed t h a t suoh p u r i f i c a t i o n was then lmpoasible wi th in t h e churoh and bel ieved that t h e * s t r a i g h t testimony t o t h e Laodiceansn c a l l e d f o r a ncoming ou tn o f t h e organized ohuroh. He amaased many E l l en Yhite s ta tements in a 64-page pamphlet and by removing those statements from t h e i r o r i g i n a l con tex tua l setting, bel ieved t h a t t h e El len White writings supported his mvement. E l l en Uhlte reac ted to his mvement in a series of a r t i o l e s i n t h e re vie^,^ c e n t r a l ooncepts o f whioh are h e m presented:

"The m a s a g e oontained in t h e pamphlet oa l l ed t h e 'Loud Cry,' is a deception. Suoh messages w i l l O O ~ , and i t w i l l be olaimed f o r them t h a t they are s e n t o f God, b u t t h e claim w i l l be false; f o r they are not f i l l e d wi th l i g h t , but wi th darkness, There w i l l be messages of aocusat ion a g a i n s t t h e people o f God, similar t o t h e work done by Satan ln aocuaing God's people. . . . It w i l l be found that those who bear f s l a e messages will no t have a high sense o f honor and i n t e g r i t y . They w i l l deceive t h e people, and lix up wi th t h e i r error t h e Testimonies o f Sister Yhite, and use he r name t o g i v e inf luenoe to t h e i r work. They make suoh s e l e o t i o n s fmm t h e Testimonies as they think they om t w i s t t o support t h e i r pos i t ions , and p lace them i n a settiDg o f falsehood, s o t h a t t h e i r e r r o r may have weight, and be acoepted by t h e people. . . . By this misusing o f t h e Testimonies s o u l s are placed i n pe rp lex i ty , because they oannot understand t h e r e l a t i o n o f t h e Teatimonies t o suoh a pos i t ion a s i s taken by those i n e r r o r ; f o r God intended t h a t t h e Testimonies should always have a setting in t h e framework of t r u t h . . , .

"Tares and wheat are t o grow toge the r till t h e harvest . . . . The ohurch

o f Christ on e a r t h w i l l be imperfeot, but God does not des t roy his churoh because of its imperfeotion. There have been and w i l l be those who a m f i l l e d with m a 1 not aoording t o knowledge, who would pur i fy t h e ohuroh, and uproot t h e tares from t h e midst o f t h e wheat. . . . F i n i t e man is l i k e l y t o misjudge oharacter , bu t God does not leave t h e work of Judgment and pronouncing upon oharac te r t o those who a m not f i t t e d for it. We are not t o say what oona t i tu tea t h e wheat, and what t h e tares. The time o f t h e harves t w i l l f u l l y determine t h e oharaoter o f t h e two classes spec i f i ed under t h e f i g u r e of t h e tares and t h e wheat. The work o f sepa ra t ion is given t o t h e angels o f God, and not committed i n t o t h e hands o f any man. . . . Although t h e r e are e v i l s e x i s t i n g In t h e ohurch, and w i l l be u n t i l t h e end o f t h e world, t h e ohurch in these l a s t days is t o be t h e l i g h t o f t h e world that 38 pol lu ted and demoralized by sin. The ohuroh, enfeebled and de feo t ive , needing t o be reproved, warned, and oounseled, is t h e on ly o b j e c t upon e a r t h upon which Christ bestows his supreme regard.w

EUEN WHITE WARNINGS TO A T JONES BECAUSE OF HIS INVOLVEMENT IN ANNA PHILLIPS [RICE] FANATICISM

January 14, 1894: "1 beseech you t o weed o u t o f your teachings every extravagant expression, everything that unbalanced minds, and those who a m inexperienoed w i l l c a t ch up, and make wi ld , immature mvements. It Is necessary f o r you t o o u l t i v a t e aaut ion in every s ta tement you make, lest you start some on a w r o n g t r aok , and make oonfusion, that w i l l r equ i re much sorrowful l a b o r t o set in order , t h u s d i v e r t i n g t h e s t r e n g t h and work of t h e l a b o r e r s i n t o lines which God does no t des ign s h a l l be entered. One f a n a t i o a l s t r e a k exhibited among us, w i l l c l o s e many doors against t h e soundest p r i n o i p l e s of t r u t h . . . . Ood has i n a s p e c i a l manner used you and Brother Waggoner to do a s p e c i a l work, and I have known t h b . I have given a l l my in f luence in with yours, because you were doing a work of Qod f o r this time. I have done a l l t h a t it w a s poss ib le f o r me t o do i n Jesus C h r i s t t o s tand o lose t o you and he lp you i n every way; b u t I am very sorrowful when I s e e things t h a t I can no t endorse, and I feel pained over t h e matter. I begin to be a f r a i d .

wShould you be l e d i n to any error, r e f l e o t i o n s would be o u t upon t h e work Qod has given nte to do, es well sa upon t h e work you have both been doing, which has always been held i n susp ic ion and oppos i t ion by a o e r t a i n o lass . Should you fa l l i n t o any . i s take , they w i l l feel j u s t i f i e d in t h e i r paat i d e a s and j ea lous ies , t h e i r watohings and suspioions. It beoomes you both, s h o e God has l e d you and given you a work t o do, t o mlngle caut ion wi th every nove you make. Be sure t h a t t h e enemy does n o t l e a d e i t h e r of you [ L a . , Jones o r Waggoner] i n t o any false path. I w a s shown your dangers, and I write t h i s because I dare no t withhold it.

W H y s o u l is much burdened; f o r I know what is before us. Every oonoeivable deoeption w i l l be brought t o bear upon those who have not a d a i l y , l i v i n g oonnection wi th God. Zn o u r work no s i d e i s s u e s r u s t be advanoed u n t i l t h e r e has been a thorough examination of t h e i d e a s en te r t a ined , t h a t i t may be asoer ta ined from what source they have o r ig ina ted . Satan ' s angels are wise t o do e v i l , and they w i l l o r e a t e t h a t whioh some w i l l claim t o be advanced l i g h t , w i l l proclaim as new and wonderfbl t h i n g s , and y e t while in some respec t s t h e message is t r u t h , y e t it w i l l be mingled wi th men's invent ions , and w i l l t each f o r d o c t r i n e t h e oommandments o f men. If t h e r e e v e r was a time when we should

watoh and pray in real ea rnes t , i t is now. There may be supposable things t h a t appear as good things, and y e t they need t o be o a r e f u l l y oonsidered with ruoh prayer; f o r they are speoious devioes o f t h e enemy t o lead sou l s in a path whioh l ies s o a loee to t h e pa th of t r u t h t h a t it w i l l be soaroely d i s t ingu i shab le f r o m t h e pa th whioh l e a d s t o ho l iness and heaven. But t h e eye o f f a i t h may d i soe rn t h a t i t is diverging f r o m t h e r i g h t path, though almost imperoeptibly. A t first i t may be thought p o s i t i v e l y r i g h t , but a f t e r a l i t t l e while i t is seen t o be widely d ivergent f r o m t h e pa th o f s a f e t y , f r o m t h e path t h a t l e a d s t o ho l iness and heaven. )Iy bre thren , I wern you t o make s t r a i g h t pa ths f o r your feet, lest t h e lame be turned o u t o f t h e way."

Harch 15, 1894; '1 have been made t o tremble f o r some things t h a t have been urged upon me by t h e S p i r i t o f God in regard t o your work. Yes, I have apprehensions f o r you. Satan is a t work, weaving his s n a r e s f o r your feet. . . . Row is t h e most dangernus p a r t of your l i f e . Our people genera l ly do not hold you in suspioion; on t h e oontrary, they accept anything you present before them as t r u t h . Be c a r e f u l t o oonaider t h a t Chr i s t has given u s warning t h a t in these last days t h e false w i l l t a k e t h e f i e l d wi th t h e t r u e , t h e spur ious with t h e genuine. . . . Rot a s t o n e w i l l be l e f t unturned, not a plan o r devioe but w l l l be set i n opera t ion t o deoei re , t o hold i n error and s t rong delus ions every mind t h a t [Satan] oan o o n t r o l m m

[El len Uhite then went on t o warn Jones t h a t his support o f t h e Anna P h i l l i p s fanat io ism waa support of a movement similar t o t h e a s p i r i t u a l i s t i o , ~ false s a n o t i f i o a t i o n fanat io ism faoed by E l l e n Uhi te i n t h e earliest s t a g e s of he r mission t o t h e ohuroh. She t o l d Joneal t

"I know what I am talk- about, f o r most solemn nsslges were given re t o oorreot this e v i l t h a t was growing to l a r g e proportions among those who had s o g r e a t a burden t o set people r Q h t in regard t o pur i ty . The s t a t e o f things w a s t e r r i b l e . . . , You am g iv ing to t h e work a mold whioh It w i l l t a k e preoious time and vea r ing s o u l l a b o r t o oor reo t , t o save t h e oause o f God f r o m another spasm o f fanaticism. These unadvised movements tend t o a demoralized s t a t e o f thiags whioh w i l l g i v e unbel ievers an oppor tuni ty t o reproach t h e precious o a u e o f Qod. May Qod in U s infinite mercy g i v e you c l e a r s p i r i t u a l eyes ight , t h a t you may see d i s t i n o t l y t h e dangers whioh t h r e a t e n u s as a people. . . . Do you not th ink I know something about these matters? A l l along our pathway t o t h e heavenly Canaan we s e e man^ mu18 that have made shipwreak o f f a i t h . . . . Satan ia ever aeeking to in t roduce spur ious material i n t o the work. . . . The oommandpents o f God and t h e t e s t i m n y o f Jesus is the message we have to bear t o t h e world."

E l l en Yhite t o Brethren and Sisters, h ~ o h 15, 1894: "The Lord has no t oommissioned Bro A T Jones t o p resen t Anna P h l l l i p l s r eve la t ions t o o u r people. The t r u t h of t h e word o f God is s u f f l o i e n t a u t h o r i t y and power. It bea r s its o m oreden t i a l s . The testf.onies given rre fmm God are designed t o c a l l t h e a t t e n t i o n o f t h e people to a thus s a l t h t h e Lord. B r o Jones i s in p o s i t i v e danger and h i s b m t h r e n do not see t h a t danger. They are plaoiag t h e se rvan t where God should be. The Lord ha8 given Bro Jones a message t o prepare a people t o s tand in t h e day o f Qad. But when t h e people s h a l l look t o Xld Jones ina tead o f God, they w i l l beoome weak ins tead o f strong."

Apr i l 14, 1894, J38-94: mlhny are s o weak i n f a i t h and experienoe that they w i l l look t o A T Jones, and w h a t ~ o u say and do, they w l l l say and do; f o r they w i l l no t look beyond you t o Jesus , who is the Author and F i n i s h e r o f o u r f a i t h . . . . Always, a t a l l tlmes, and i n all plaoes, teaoh t h e word. l o t h i n g e l s e o m take its plaoe. This is t r u t h a g a i n s t error.

"You were never s t and ing in g r e a t e r p e r i l than a t t h e p resen t t h e . You are g iv ing t h e last message of warning t o o u r world, and Satan w i l l weave his

n e t s to entangle your feet i f you are not praylag, and watohing, and r e l y i n g every mment upon Ood t o keep you and s t rengthen you to resist temptation. Tour m u 1 is ~JI p e r i l . Should I speo i fy t h e p a r t i c u l a r temptatlonu, Satan would shift h i s opera t ions , and prepare some temptation you are not expeoting. Therefore watoh."

Apr i l 16, 1894, t o A T Jones and W Y Presoot t r wPanaticism w i l l appear i n the very midst o f us. . . . It i s because of the many and var ied dangers t h a t would a r i s e , t h a t this warning is given. The reason why I hang o u t t h e danger s i g n a l is, t h a t through t h e enlightenment of the S p i r i t of God I oan s e e t h a t which my bre thren do not disoern. It may not be a p o s i t i v e neoess i ty f o r me t o point out a l l these p e o u l i m phases of deception t h a t they w i l l need t o guard wainat. It la enough f o r me t o t e l l you, be on your guard."

ILLUSTRATIONS OF ABERRANT THEOLOGY BECOHING WIDESPREAD WITHIN THE CHURCE DURING 1898-99 HAVING ROOTS SIHILAR TO BOLT FLESH TEACHING

June 23, 1898, J H Kellogg t o E l l e n White: 'Those who meet t h e Lord when he comes w i l l be above t h e power o f d i s e a s e a s wel l as above t he power o f s i n and they w i l l reach this oondi t ion by obedience t o t h e t r u t h ; t h e hea l ing o f d i sease is simply t h e oompletion o f t h e work o f forgiveness whioh t h e Lord begins even before t h e sinner r e p e n t s j u s t as t h e r e s u l t i n g moral c h a r a c t e r i s t h e f r u i t o f t r u e repentanoe and ia t h e evidence of G d l a forgiveness and moral healing. It seems t o me very o l e a r t h a t t h e s e a l i n g t h e oannot be very far in the f u t u r e and t h a t t h e s e a l i n g of God is a physioal and moral change which takes place I n t h e man as t h e r e s u l t o f t r u t h and which showa i n h i s very oountenanoe t h a t it is t h e s e a l o f God, and t h a t t h e mark o f t h e beaat is t h e mark of t h e work o f t h e b e a s t in t h e h e a r t and it changes t h e body aa well as t h e oharac ter and also showa in t h e countenance. . . . The service of the beaat o o n s i s t s o f a great d e a l mre than keeping Sunday and t h e mark o f t h e beas t i t seem to m, whioh shows in t h e faoe and in t h e hand, is simply t h a t change o f cha rac te r and body whfch oomes f r o m the s u r r e n e r o f t h e w i l l t o Satan while t h e s e a l o r mark o f God is t h a t ohange o f cha rac te r and body which oomes from surrender o f t h e w i l l t o Clod and the PERFECT OBEDIENCE which follows. I have der ived muoh s a t i a f a o t i o n in th inking of t h e b e a u t i h l tbought you have expressed i n one paragraph quoted in t h e l i t t l e book, IHealtml Living1 to t h e a f f e o t t h a t WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL YIELDS TO GOD COMPLETE OBEDIENCE, BVERI FUHCTIOI OF THE BODY U I U BE A FACULTY OF THE DIVINE HIND. I T IS THE LIFE OF GOD AND THE INTELLIGENCE OF GOD THAT RULES EVERYTHING I N THE BODY OF THE RIGJ3TEOUS XAN AND I F THE MILL IS COMPLETELY SURRENDERED TO GOD AND THE INDIVIDUAL I S ABSOLUTELY CONSECRATED, THE POWER OF GOD YHICH IS I N THE HAN MUST RESTOBE ALL THE FACULTIES ARD FUNCTIONS TO THEIR DIVINE PERFECTION. . . . I CAB SKE THAT BXOCH WAS TRANSLATED BECAUSE DISEASE AND DEATH HAD 10 POYER OVER EM. BE WAS ABOVE THE IIPLWUCE AND TEE POUER OF DEATH SIWLY BECAUSE RE COMPLETELY SURRENDERED BMSELF--GOD'S WILL RULED HM. HIS FACULTIES AD FUNCTIONS [WERE] OF TEE DIVINE HIND AND NO EVIL POWER COULD PREVAIL AGAINST HIM; SO WITH ELIJAH. THE SAME MUST BE TRUE OF THOSE VBO ARE TO BE TRANSLATED UHEN THE SAVIOUR COMES. TEE OREATER GOSPEL WHICH INCLUDES =LING FOR THE BODY AND MIND AS YBU AS FOR TIIE s o a TEROUGR OBEDIENCE, OUR PEOPLE DO NOT SEW TO APPRECIATE. . . . YE ARE DOING ALL YE CAN TO GET THIS TRUTH BEPORE TEE PEOPLBmn [Emphaaia supplied.]

November 22, 1898, A T Jones, 'Saving Health," BB: "This t h i n g o f p e r f e c t ho l iness can not be a t t a i n e d without heal th . . . . Do you ques t ion t h e

statentent t h a t p r f e o t holiness oan not be a t t r i a e d without health? Bow aan you, when the very root idea of heal th is holiaess? . . . Perfeot holiness embraoea t h e f l e s h as well as t he s p i r i t ; i t inoludes the body aa well as the soul. Themfore, aa parfeat holiness aan not be a t ta ined without holiness of body, and aa holiness of body is expressed in the word 'health, ' so perfeat holiness aan not be a t ta ined without bealth. And 'without holiness no pran s h a l l see the Lord.' Heb. 12t14. Sinoe t h i s is e t e rna l ly so, and as perfeot holiness include8 the body, and holiness of body is expressed in the word 'health, ' do you not see In t h i a t he whole philosophy of health reform? Do you not see by a l l t h i s t h a t in t he pr inoiples of heal th fo r the body, and righteousness f o r the aoul, both Inwrought by the Boly S p i r i t of God, the Lord is preparing a people unto perfeot holiness, so that they o m meet the Lord i n peace, and bee BF. b b ~ l i n e s s ? ~

SERMONS AT 1899 GEl?BRAL CONFERENCE SESSION; J A Brunson, *Preparation f o r Translationm: Wore is required of the

aandidates f o r t rans la t ion than from any other people, Ye a r e to l i ve , you know, without a mediator. . . . Did you ever stop t o t h i n k why we a r e t o l i v e without a mediator?--Beoause there is no neceasity f o r one. . . . Therefore i f t he tlme is t o oome i n t he h i s to ry of our re l ig ious experienae when we are prepared t o l i v e before Ood without a mediator, i t is simply beoause we have been aleansed from a l l defilement of t he f l e s h and s p i r i t , and stand before God holy and righteous, and therefore need not the work of a mediator. . . . Ye who expeot t o see the Lord when he a o m s are t he only real aandidates fo r t r ans l a t i on w h o have ever ye t been on this ear th; and being the only r e a l aandidates, Qod has given l i g h t espeoial ly applioable f o r us, t o prepare us f o r t rans la t ion .

"Now oonsider t he dif ference between one who is t o be t ransla ted and one who died i n Chri8t years before. T h a t individual a t t h e time of death had not reached t h e s t a t e where he oould l i v e before God without a nrediator. . . . He had not developed su f f io i en t ly f o r t rans la t ion , so he died in h i s f l esh ly imperfection, ye t with a gu i l e l ea s s p i r i t . . . . A t t he day of h i s death there was one t o mxliats in h i s behalf, You and I are to get beyond that point. . . . The one thought today, t he one w e a t d e a h of my hear t , is t h a t we l ~ a y be f i l l e d with Ood'a S p i r i t . Bow oan we ever hope t o be t r a m l a t e d without It? Bow can we ever hope t o p m a through the tlae of t rouble and tr ial t h a t i s i n advanoelfi

A F Balleager, .The Laud Cryn; "Brother, I have gone i ron Hassaohusetts t o Cal i fornia , and from Canada t o Texaa, and I hare to ld our people to e i t h e r c lean up o r get out f r o m the ohuroh of God. Brother, I dare do t ha t ; I dare talk j u s t t h a t p la in to .y people, urd tbaalr the Lord, -me w e ge t t i ng olean, and some are ge t t i ng out. . . . I must have a alean ohuroh t o i n v i t e t he people Into , before I aan rtand before t he people t o give the loud ory in a l l its glory. . . . Let UB oosnmsnce t o pray that Qod w i l l olean the unalean b-s ou t of t h e ohurah, t o r it -8 t h e loud ory. . . . The Lord says we oan not have t h e baptism of t he Boly Qhost u n t i l we ge t t h e viotory over every bese t t ing sin.*

B J Waggonert '1 thank God, brethren, t h a t t he Lord has taught me something in t he lest few mnths , and enabled ma t o teaoh bomething of how t o l i v e forever. . , . Ue have talked about t r8nalat ion, and have not understood what It meant; and so one bas been workin& on one line, and another on another; we have assumed that we have one l i n e of work, and the doctor8 another. . . . When I say the Lord is teaohlng na something about how t o l i v e forever, some ray th ink t h a t is fanatlaism. . . . [God] says that the l i f e of Jesus sbould be rraaiiested in our wrtal f l e sh ; 8nd when t h a t l i f e is dwelling

in our mrtal f leah, m r t a l i t y does no t have my hold on it. That is not fanatloism; it is a f a o t , beoause t h e r e are some men who have J u s t t h a t thing. . . . *But, ' somebody says , 'have you never been siok?'--Yes; but oan I not preaoh sa lva t ion and fmedom from s i n beoause I have been a s inner? Can I not preaoh t h e gospel o f l i f e , s m l y beoause I have been a i d ? Voioet Do you ever expeat t o be s iok? B J Uaggonerl Ho; I expeot t o l i v e forever. . . . Christ was a man o f sorrows and aoquainted wi th g r i e f , and he bore our siaknesses. They were a l l on him. Every d i s e a s e t h a t he oured, he took upon himaelf; and he oured a l l manner o f d i sease , and every weakness. Uhen t h e woman oame t o him wi th an i s s u e o f blood, t h e r e w a s a laak in her aystem. That l a & w a s s ickness , d i sease , t h e absenae of l ife. Uhat d i d Chr i s t g ive her?--He f i l l e d up t h a t g r e a t ohasm by g iv ing her new blood. Uhere d i d t h e l i f e t h a t she reaeived oome from?--As large amount o f l i f e oame o u t o f him aa was needed t o f i l l her. So when he took suoh a p a r t o f his own l i f e t o fill her, he had a l l t h e l a & t h a t she had before; but it w a s f i l l e d , never theless . So he took t h e d i sease , aa tua l ly , l i t e r a l l y . Every d i s e a s e t h a t he oured, he took upon himself. Now t h a t is what t h e Lord expeots you and me t o have, when d i sease is seeking t o g e t hold o f us, and making u s be l i eve t h a t we w i l l go under. He w i l l g i v e u s power t o rise above t h a t . Uhen you and I g e t it, and know how we get i t , we oan preaoh t h e gospel of heal th ; and we do not have t o take a medical course i n o rder t o do it. . . . It ought not t o be oonceivable o f Seventhday Adventists1 l o s i n g a day's work from sickness. Be p a t i e n t , and you w i l l f ind t h a t t h e r e is nothing e r r a t i c i n t h i s . Uhat I want you t o th ink o f l a t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f t h e l i f e o f Christ being manifest in mrtal f l e s h , and what t h e r e s u l t o f t h i s would be. What is t h e l i f e o f Jesus? Has he two l i v e s . If not , then t h e l i f e o f J e s u s in mrtal f l e s h w i l l do in u s what it d i d i n Him. The l i f e o f Jesus is i n mortal f l e s h , resisting m r t a l i t y , y e t mortal still. Then i f t h e l i f e o f Jesus is manifest in our mortal flesh, we s h a l l be in t h i s world t h e same as He w a s . Disease w i l l be around us, but it w i l l not bold us. . . . The Lord is teaohing us. Uhen a brother i s siak we should not uondenm him. His siakness is no evidenoe t h a t t h e Lord does not love hlm. But still t h e Lord wants u s to l e a r n t h e p o s s i b i l i t i e s of t h e gospel to f i t u s f o r t r a n e l a t i ~ n . ~

E J Waggoner, 'True Educationm: wYhen I come here s o d o s e t o Brother Cor l i sa , and t a l k wi th him, he feels 4 brea th upon his oheek, don' t you? [Elder Corl isa: Yes, sir.] Uhen I get s o nea r that I oan whisper in his ear, and he feels my b r e a t h on his oheek, t h a t i n very o lose oommunion, is it not? Eow near t h e Lord is, then, t o every one of us1 Eow near?--So near t h a t we oan f e e l his b rea th fanniag our oheeka every m m n t . And t h e i n s p i r a t i o n of t h e Almighty g i v e s understanding. . . . I b w t h e r e is suoh a th ing, such a p o s s i b i l i t y , as t h e S p i r i t o f God tak ing possession o f ban, and using t h a t man, and th inking through t h a t man; f o r t h e s a r i p t u r e says,--and you o f ten quote i t , - - 'Le t t h e wiaked forsake his way, and t h e unrighteous man h i s thoughts. . . . How, when t h e Lord J e s u s C h r i s t tbinks in you and me , t h a t thought w i l l be worth something, w i l l i t not?"

E J Waggoner, 'The Water o f Lifew: "0 , I d e l i g h t in dr inking water, as I never have befors ; I d e l i g h t in bathing. Uhy, I o o w r i g h t t o t h e throne o f Cod. A man may g e t r ighteousness in bathing, when he knows where t h e water o o m s f r o m , and reoognhea t h e souroe. The world is o good d e a l nearer t h e gospel than i t knows anything about when it says t h a t f o l e a n l i n e s s is next t o g ~ d l l n e a s . ~ . . . Every t h e we g e t hungry we oome to him and e a t ; every time we feel t h i r s t y , we oome t o hip! and dr ink; and every time we take in an i n s p i r a t i o n o f a*, we are breathing t h e b rea th of t h e Almighty."

h F Ballenger, "Power f o r W i t n e s s i n g , ~ p 66; "The del iveranoe from an

lmperfeotion whioh t h e Lord ha8 revealed is not a progressive but an instantaneous work.m

pp 77-8: When tempted to depar t rrom t h e path o f hol iness , t h e r e passea before me t h e ~Inn lng, ~ ) r r o w l n g mult i tude f o r whioh I w i l l have no word of hope, no oomforting message, if I fall under s i n . For un less I am kept f r o m f a l l i n g , I s h a l l be unable t o t e l l wi th power any t r u t h o f t h e Word whioh is not made f l e s h and beoome a p a r t of ny l i fe . . . . Forever remember, when you are i n trial, t h a t t h e t r i a l is not a lone f o r your good, t h a t you may be a pa r t ake r o f His hol iness , but that you are su f fe r ing f o r t h e s a l v a t i o n of t h e whole s inning w ~ r l d . ~

pp 79-85: We o m no t have 8 ohuroh of apos to l lo power u n t i l we have a ohuroh o f apos to l io pur i ty . A ohuroh must be found o r framed o u t o f whioh a l l t h e Achans and Ananiases have been oleansed. If one Aohan drove t h e power o f God f r o m ' t h e ohuroh I n t h e ~ i l d e r n e s s , ~ many Aohans w i l l s u r e l y keep t h e 'power from on high1 away from t h e ohuroh o f today. F i r s t seek t h e Lord f o r Elis S p i r i t t o c leanse you, and then t o we you t o witness a g a i n s t t h e unoleannesa o f t h e ohuroh. By this meam you w i l l e i t h e r o leanse t h e ohuroh o r hear a o a l l from t h e S p i r i t , saying, 'Come ou t o f her , My people, that ye be not pa r t ake r s o f h e r u ins , and that ye reoeive not o f he r plague^.^. . . I f you are olean, o r w i l l i n g t o be cleansed, f r o m a l l t h e sins whloh f i l l t h e churah, God w i l l f i l l you wi th His S p i r i t , and make pou a mlghty wi tness a g a i n s t sin. . . . It in posaib le f o r you t o be s o f i l l e d wi th t h e S p i r i t as t o burn s o warmly and s h l n e s o b r i g h t l y as t o oause t h e s l n n e r s i n Zion t o g e t r i g h t , o r to get o u t , o r to g e t you out . In any uase the r e s u l t w i l l be a blessing. There w i l l be a separa t ion f r o m sin. . . . Ood w i l l have a olean ohumh, whether it be one oleansed o u t as t h e r e s u l t o f oonfession o r ua l l ed o u t aa t h e r e s u l t o f oppression.*

p 99: mTour body wan bought f o r t h e very purpose o f be* a temple of t h e Holy Ghoat. . . . He bought you f o r a well-spring o f El8 S p i r i t .

p 100: "He purohased u s and purohaned ua t o l i v e in u s by E b Boly S p i r i t . "

p 147: mIt is o l e a r t h a t our Lord took o u r infirmities and bare o u r s ioknessea t h a t we might not have t o bear then; t h a t we might be loosed f r o m them; t h a t they might d e p a r t f r o m us. Jesus bore them the re fo re , that He mlght bear them away f r o m w, t h a t we mlght bear them no mre. A 1 1 th is proves t h a t t h e gospel inoludes s a l v a t i o n f r o m s i akness as well as nalvat ion from lb."

p 149; "The time wan when I had no real f a i t h in r i r a o l e s o f heal ing. I had no t experienoed God's l i r a o u l o u s saving and keeping power. But when th i s miraole appeared in my l i fe , immediately t h e r e fol loved f a i t h i n Oodls power t o hea l t h e rriok. I reasoned thus: God harp wrought a mighty miracle in my l i fe , in d e l i v e r i a g me f r o m my b e s e t t i n g sins which have enslaved me a l l my l i i e . It w i l l r e q u i r e no greater r i r a c l e t o hea l t h e s iok than He is manifeat ing i n ry l i f e In keeping me f r o m falling into my o l d sins. Thus arose my f a i t h in Ood1a healing power f o r t h e body. And 88 I reoeirttd it, so must I w a l k i n it. If t h e r e o o m s a shadow o f a failure in y personal experienoe touohlng my na lvat ion f r o m sfrmlng, t h e r e is a oormspondiag f a i l - u r e in my f a i t h and p r a o t i s e ooncerming t h e heal- o f t h e s i ck . There are oondi t ions , o f oourse, whioh must be met in o r d e r to realite s a l v a t i o n both from sin and sickness. . . . But we must no t await t h e aond i t ions before aocepting t h e s o r i p t u r a l t r u t h t h a t t h e gospel inc ludes h e a l t h f o r t h e body a s well aa f o r t h e 8 0 ~ 1 . ~

p 160: mYho will begin t o o ry to Qod f o r o leans ing both f o r himself and t h e ohurah, 'and g ive EIim no m a t , till He establish, and till He make Jerusalem a p r a i s e in t h e e a r t h ' ? To this t h e writer has dedicated every

power of body and 8ind. l ad I o m bear test i .ony h m personal experienoe to the fao t t h a t Ood w i l l mapond with His witnessing power jus t M fast a s minis ters and people are purged from t h e i r rim, wbioh separate them f r o m the power of Ood."

p 162; 'The h e a l i w of t he s ick must, therefore, follow the preaohing of the Uord. . . . If there is, therefore , any f a i l u r e in the preaohing of the Uord, there rust inevi tably follow a f a i l u r e in the signs following.*

p 169t .I want t o witness r i g h t here, with 8ll the earnestness of my being, to t he t r u t h t h a t I ar unable t o apeak with power f r o m on high any words but those of the Soriptures o f t r u t h , and no words m m the Soriptures o f t r u t h except tbose words whioh have been made f l e s h and dwelt in my life."

p 1768 "The gospel Includes s ano t i f i oa t i on of the body. . . . Sanct i f icat ion is oomplete aalvat ion f r o m sin. . . . The salvat ion of Jesus, therefore , includes the aalvat ion of t he s p i r i t , w u l , and body f r o m sin. . . . Cbd rust, therefom, rave us from @inning .gainst o r d e f i l i n g the body, s lnce our bodies must be presented bla~leless a t the oomlag of our Lord Jesus C h r i s t . . . . Ood oan not sanc t i fy a sinner while t he sinner oontinues sinnFng. H e aan not aanotify s ln . A 1 1 this appliea to the sanot i f ioa t ion of t he body. Ood can not sanct i fy the body, o r save the body f r o m sin, oan not heal it o r m s t o r e i t t o a blameleas body, without first pointing out those phyaioal sins which defile o r destroy t h e body.w

p 198-99s *Many men and women in t he ohuroh t o whioh I belong have oas t themselves i n t o the purifying furnooe o f Oodt8 Boly S p i r i t ; and I have seen the great Refiner of a i l v e r wipe from t h e i r darkened faoee t he w r i n k l w d m s a of sin, and leave them shining with holy oonseoration. l a d this holy shining is throwing its s e a r o b l i g h t upon those who a m base and r i le w i t h i n t he ohuroh, and they can not endure t he glory; f o r t he separating time haa oome, because the Boly Obost has oom.'

R S Domell, president of Indiana Conference, request for uampmeeting speakers f o r Indiana sess ion of 1899, to L A Boopes, July 6, 18998 'Am sorry, however, t h a t Elder Ballenger oan not oome but would be glad if it oould be arranged even yet that he might be with m. This not being so, who else oould come to take t he same kind of work t h a t Elder Ballenger generally does? Could A T Jones be with usTW

OBSERVATIOAS OF STEPBEI USKELL AND OTHERS CONCERNING ~~ TEBOLOOT DEVELOPIHO UITHIN THE UNITED STATES

I n l a t e 1899, Stephen Hank011 returned t o t he United S t a t e s after an absence of nearly four years. Be was horrified by t he oontent and pervasiveness o f theologioal thought t h a t he oonsidered fanat ioal . Hia desor ipt ions to Ellen Yhlte o f this theology beoarrs a p a r t i a l b u i s f o r her reaot ions to that tbo logy . Soon after he l e f t Alusralia, Ellen Uhite wrote the following to Ea8kellz '1 awake a t 11 olclook, unable t o r leep. U e were assembled in a meeting, i t s e d i n Stanmre , and ve were l i s t e n i n g t o one of au thor i ty who seemed to be oounselling one and another of the ministers. He sa id to you, 'The Lord has a work f o r you t o do in Aaerica.'. . . [Ellen White then oounsels] Show a firm, undeviating trmst i n Oad. Be'erer t r u e to prlnoiple. Waver not; speak deoidedly t h a t whioh you know.to be t r u t h , and leave t he oonsequenoes with Ood. . . . You are t o meet with people of perverted j~dgxaent .~

Stephen Haakell t o El len Vhite, October 3, 1899: 'Sinoe I hare aow over in t h i s oountry and f i n d suoh queer doo t r ines preaohed by some of t h e leading min i s te r s of t h e risiag generat ion, and they are doo t r i aes whioh are s o subtle and t h e Testimonies and Bible is quoted t o prove it t h a t one not grounded in t h e p r i ao ip les o f t h e messages would be oa r r i ed avay wi th them. . . . Some of t h e ~ t r a n g e s t doo t r lnes I have heard is t h e Seal of God oannot be plaoed on any person of gray hairs, o r any deformed person, f o r in t h e olosing work, we would reaoh auah a a t a t e o f perfeot ion both physioal ly and s p i r i t u a l l y , where we would be freed f r o m a l l physioal deformity, and then oould not d i e , e t a . I s a i d to Brother Breed and 8 l s o t o t h e bre thren in rep ly t h a t I expeoted t h e next I would hear, we oould get a new set of t e e t h in this l i fe , e tc . Y e l l , Bro Breed s a l d t h a t uaa preached by mne. After Brother [Luther] Ywren had preaohed t h i s he had i n a t e n t a l l t h a t waa siok and deformed t o met and they would oonsult as t o what to do. One w o w s a i d how oonvlnoiag it would be t o he r f r i e n d s t o see h e r r e t u r n home with he r h a i r s a l l r e s to red and believed i t would be soon. She wept aa she spoke. Another deaf man I n one ear s a i d t h e hearing w a s r e tu rn ing back even then. So an hour o r two uos spent in teat imonies o f l ike nature. I was a s t o n i ~ h e d a t t h e s ight and =re rstonished that suoh preaohing should have any e f f e o t on t h e people. And still more astonished to hear suoh preaohing f r o m a mission of suoh repute and from one that stood a t t h e head o f a mission.

"The next morning all o f t h e r i n i s t e r a were t o meet i n t h e uoods t o pray and humble themselves together preparatory f o r a still another meeting a t e i g h t t o pray f o r t h e s e r i a k people. I w a s 80 t roubled a t n ight I oould not s t In t h e morning I arose e a r l y and g o t toge the r a l l of t h e bre thren and sisters, minis tere inaluded, and read a testimony you aen t me severa l yea r s .go at t h e time Brethren Jones and Uesgoner was oarrying t h e praying f o r t h e s i c k t o an extreme and it f u l l y desoribed t h e meeting o f t h e s iok we had t h e n igh t before. Ye t o l d them o f t h e na tu re o f t h e testimonies how it had ever oome to oorreot errors and auppress fanatioisms, @to. . . . One a r i e d o u t as an unanswerable argument, what would have been t h e w l o r o f t h e h a i r if ran had not sinned. I at onoe answered 'YBITE' as that w a s the oolor o f C h r i s t ' s and Ood the Fathers , and in this l i fe a hoary head waa t h e nea res t to it if found in the way of rQhteousnee8. It would be made WHITE by t h e g lory of God, e tc . Yell it removed t h e p ressum t h a t was on many aa they f e l t re l i eved even i f they were no t healed beoawe they had learned they oould be sealed even i f they were no t healed. . . . X then ~lought a pe rmna l interview w i t h Brother Warren and he s a i d t h e lead- min i s te r s , t eaahers and dootora believed it. I t o l d hia that made no di f ferenoe wi th m e i f everybody believed i t , Well thin is only 8 sample o f vhat is going around here. I hare had moh freedom i n speaking. But t h e t r u t h i a t h e r e is l i g h t whioh is g r e a t l y perverted. [Written from Battle Creek. 1

Haakell t o E l l e n U t e , October 25, 1899 [Deaoribes meting8 he at tended In Oakland, Kansas, Hebraaka and B a t t l e Creek] : "Ye have found var ious doo t r ines a f l o a t over here epringlng up around among our brethren. These are not oonfiaed t o our l a y b r s th ren bu t rinisters preach boldly what t o .e appear gmvious errors. I w i l l mention a few. There w i l l be probation u n t i l t h e s i x t h plague. The seal oannot be plaoed on any who are diseased, orippled o r even have gray ha i r s . So i t beaomes a l l who ever expeot t o be sea led i n t h e Third Angella message t o have their h a i r t u r n blaak o r t o its n a t u r a l w l o r . Then t h e r e is another view and t h a t is understood q u i t e universally believed amng t h e leading fraternity [sio.] the 144,000 are t b a e who l i r e through t h e thm o f t roub le and does not iaolude those who d i e i n t h e third angel ' s message. There w i l l be a p a r t i a l r e s u r m o t i o n of oourse o f those who d i e in t h e message but they do not ina lude t h e 144,000. [The thruat seemed to be

that these 144,000 muat be f i l l y r ighteous s p i r i t u a l l y , and, i f so, would oonsequently have no physioal lmperfeotions.]

Haskell t o Ellen whlte, Hovember 10, 1899r nI never have seen suoh a time oa now, when there s e e m t o be a spec ia l burden on the minds of so many of the people to ge t nomething new1 . . . CJ H Kelloggl to ld me t h e o ther day t h a t he d i d wish t h a t myself and wife would oome and s top a t the Sanitarium, and save them f r o m going t o extremes; t h a t he knev t h a t he was on the f ight ing s ide against opposition, and he had always been there; and t h a t it w a s natural f o r him t o go too far, and he w a s sorry fo r it; and he wishes t h a t some one would oome t h a t oould oaution them against extremes wben he met with opposition. . . . I w u l d be the most unpopular man t h a t there w a s in Bat t le Creek in a few weeks, if I was oonnected with this ahuroh here; f o r I should have no f a i t h o r sympathy in these dootr ines t h a t were 'popping up1 a l l the time, which were In suoh d i r s c t opposition to t h e old landmarks. There is a queer s o i l i n Ba t t l e Creek. Anything and everythiqg grows t h a t is e v i l , and some t h a t is good."

Hankell t o Bllen Uhite, Yovenber 23, 1899: #I think I m o t e you some par t icu la rs about t he queer dootr ines around here in t h i s oountry. I spoke twice t o the teachers a t [Ba t t l e Creek] College. The f i r a t time uaa on oorreotly i n t e rp re t i ng the Soriptures. It w a s to guard them against some extreme views they had had i n the past. The second time was on the subjeot of k i l l l a g inseots. . . . I uaa asked if i t was not the l i f e of God t h a t was i n the inaeots, e ta . . . . EVerObOdY now r day8 when they a6vanoe aome oranky idea they w i l l p u l l ou t some o f your writfag6 t o prove it. And near ly always I remember i t and wben it w a ~ wr i t t en and the oiroumatances s o I am able t o give the oonneotion, . . .

"There is a doc t r ine however being preached by some t h a t is cal led physioal righteousness. It irr this, i f we l i re a r lgh t It w i l l ensure u s t o l i v e and be- made Immortal when the Lord oomes. It l a founded on two paragraphs put together found In a l i t t l e bound book oal led "Redemption O r the F i r s t Advent of C h r i ~ t , ~ published in 1877. [The Bllen White volume aotual ly quoted is *Redemption O r t h e Temptation of Christ in t he Vi lderness .~] On page 24 i t reads, 'Enooh and El i j ah are t he oorreot representat ives of what tbe race might be through f a i t h i n our Lord Jesus Christ. Satan was grea t ly disturbed because these noble, holy men were untainted amid t h e mral pol lut ion surrounding them, perfeoting righteous obarautera, and aoaounted worthy f o r t r a m l a t i o n to heaven. Is they stood f o r t h i n .oral power, in noble uprightness, overooming Sa tan ts temptations, he oould not bring them under the dominion of death. . . . Then on page 81 a m these words, 'Those vbo make determined e f f o r t s in the n m e o f t h e oonqueror t o overoome every unnatural craving o f appe t i t e w i l l not d i e i n the oonf1ict . l From these ex t r ac t s i t is reasoned t h a t those who overoome here, o r even might have overoome in t he pas t even Israel in t he wilderness might have been aasured of t r a n s l a t i ~ n . ~ [It should be noted t h a t both quotations from Bllen Uhlte were gross ly r isuswl by those who were teaching a l a a t generation possessing f u l l physiaal righteousness and being f i l l y 8p iF i tua l ly r ighteous t o j u s t i f y t rans la t ion . 1

HasLell t o V C White, Deoember 26, 1899: *Brother F i f i e l d [holds vieus] t h a t have permeated rany of our minis ters and people in this oountry. In the hands of judicious ministers i t may not appear t o be very bad. But t o have them reoeired by oe r t a ln a d s t h a t have a log ioa l turn they breed e r ro r s t o my mind, very dangerous e r rors . . . . It is t h a t Probation w i l l oontinue so it is possible f o r soma t o be saved even u n t i l the s i x t h plague. It ia published in the book "Love of CodR by B r a P i f i e l d and sold by some of our t r a o t soc ie t ies . . . . It grows out o f a mlsoonception of t he r e l a t i on of the

s inner to the mercy o f Ood. Then t h e m are other dootr lnes here whioh I understand were taught t h e Painistern by Brother Durland t h e last years of t h e rinisters [ B i b l e ] Sohool here I n B a t t l e Creek. It in touohing t h e 1114,000. In every inatanoe it revea l s 8 s u p e r f i c i a l view o f t h e Sanotuary question. . . . Tour mother was ~~~~d beoaube t h e dootr ine no t t o k i l l iDseots w a s taught. But t h a t is not ao bad as some of these t h a t r e l a t e to some of these underlying p r ina lp les whiah is only food f o r e r r o r dangerous error. This not k i l l i n g misquitoes is not 8o bad f o r i t i n againat ooplnron sense and when a person would oome i n aontaot wi th a louaey headed s tudent , o r t o spend a night where t h e r e are a plenty o f bedbugs and oentepedes, I th ink i t would oure say sane man of that d o a t r i n e W a

Haskell t o Y C White, February 5, 1900: When I oame over here, I felt ss though I bardly knew what my mssage waa [ t h a t he should preaoh], u n t i l we be- gan t o l ea rn of t h e var ious doo t r ines whioh have gone through t h e oountry m d hare been endorsed by rome o f our brethren. The t r u t h Us t h a t t h e last term o f soh001 in Battle Creek where Elder Durland w a s an i n a t m a t o r , i t seem t h a t he had a burden t o present -me views respeotfng t h e 144,000. . . . The ideas were these: A s John i n Rev. 7 makes t h e 144,000 t h e ones sealed; and t h e ones sealed, aooordiag t o t h e i r view, were t h e ones who l i re through t h e tine of t rouble ; therefore t h e 144,000 o f Rev. 7, 14 and 15 are t h e only ones sealed; and t h e evidence o f being sealed w a s t h a t they were res to red t o hea l th , free f r o m any physioal in f i rmi ty , not even possessing a gray hair. Thus t h e seal never would be placed upon any one uho had not experienoed t h i a r e s t i t u t i o n ; and this r e s t i t u t i o n oame fn with t h e mfreshing; and t h e refreshing oame upon those who were sealed; and t h e s e views were blended together and preached publioly by c e r t a i n ones; and those who prcrached it wem oonsidersd q u i t e prominent in t h e Confemnoea where they belonged. Uhen I ta lked wi th Elder Luther Warren, wbo waa a 8t rong advooate o f this in Nebraska, he t o l d me t h a t our leading bre thren believed it. Uhen I oame to B a t t l e Creek and ta lked with Elder Breed and some o t h e r s about t h e 144,000, I found t h a t they were about half way over i n bel ieving about t h e s e two oompanies; and they s t rong ly int imated to me t h a t bre thren Jones, Uaggoner m d Presco t t bel ieved it. I do not thlnk t h a t they oa r ry o u t t h e same reasoning and reaah t h e extreme oonolusions that these o t h e r s do, bu t it is a l l in t h e line o f argument, and o e r t a i n mind8 would oa r ry i t o u t to those oonc lu iona . &other oonclusion is t h a t i f we a m i n this r e s t i t u t i o n o f a l l th ings , then Qod w i l l r e s t o r e t h e land uben under t h e o u l t i v a t i o n o f t h e men uho have this f a i t h ; and t h e r e w i l l be no ohit-bugs; t h e r e w i l l be no weevil in t h e uheat; and t h e r e w i l l be nothing e l s e to hur t o r des t roy i n a l l t h e farms thus oul t iva ted . So you oan see how they weave in t b e d o c t r i n e not to k i l l a d s q u i t o . Anyhow, t h e r e seema to be a uhole brood o f e r r o r s o f t h a t kind t h a t were preaahed from t h e premise t h a t I have mentioned. If I could s e e You, I could preach t h e doc t r ine J u s t aa a t r 9 i g h t a8 they do-that i8, f i r s t t a k a that premise. Then m o t h e r doc t r ine oame in wi th it, whloh w a s a t w i n sister of S t , and t h l a we heard pmaohed t h e first a e m n we l i s t e n e d to after landing in Cal i fornia . They had a c h a r t to i l l u s t r a t e it, something like t h b t Them w a s a long u t r a i g h t line t h a t represented f r o m Eden throughout this world. Then t h e r e vas a v e r t i c l e line that ran f r o m t h i a line up t o heaven, dur ing t h e tF.e t h a t I s r a e l o m o u t fmm t h e land o f Egypt. Thi8 rerticle line represented t h e promises .ade t o Israel, which, i f they had l i v e d r u h t i n every respeot , would have been iulfi l led i n t h e i r e n t e r i n g t h e land of Canaan, and never dying, they being made immrtal r i g h t in this present tease. Then it ran aloag down to t h e present tirPcr, and t h e r e is another r e r t i c l e l i n e uUoh leads us up t o heaven, l i v i n g , without dying, i f we only l i v e r i g h t . And we poor fe l lows t h a t do not happen t o get on t h a t v e r t i c l e line t o go up to heaven

t h a t way, w i l l have to d ie , and go through the grave, and oome up i n t h i s seoond oompany. [This a l ea r ly waa re la ted to the madopted 80- of Qodm m d 'underground ra i l roadw ideaa taught in t h e holy f l e sh movement.] When I f b r t heard this, I thought i t w r s a W e s s l i t t l e thing t h a t , i f there wan enough t o it t o stir people to l i v e heal th reform, I did not know aa i t would do m y harm. But when I saw this whole brood of e r rors , whioh were grasped by our people a l l through our ranks, I fe l t t h a t t he third angel's message should be preaahed s t r a igh t , on the old lines, drawing out pr lnoiples in i t t h a t would d ig ou t t he roots of a l l these errors; and I thlnk t h a t nearly every plaae that I have been, it baa had t h a t e f feo t , exoept on a few ardent admirers of oer ta in individuals that hold t o those e r ro r s , md those who have a r i a d t h a t they want t o ge t up =me new thing. Our old brethren and the rauk and f i l e do not endorse these things, but it is a met of young teaohera uho it seema would r i s e in prominanoe by aomethiag nev. I suppose you have seen t h e a r t i c l e in tbe BEPIBY f r o m Brother Jones, how t h a t he quotes your mother aa saying t h a t he and Vaggoner are the ones t h a t teaoh t h e t h i r d angel's message i n teaohing the righteousness by f a i t h , whioh is a l l true. That leaves plenty of room [Eaukell is here speaking f ac i t i ous ly l fo r aombody t o teaoh the t h i r d angel's message who is not teaching it just i n t he same manner t h a t they .re.'

O A Irwin t o Bllen Uhlte, February 15, 1900: 'The s t r a i g h t preaohlng of Elder Haskell on the r i g h t lines in whloh the message uhould be oarr ied, and hia e f f ea tua l way of showing f m m t he Word the fa l lacy of the many e r r o r s t h a t have been oreeping In, is a l l having a good effeot . I appreoiate mre and mre every day the kindness o f the brethren I n Austral ia in p e m i t t i a g him t o come to Amerioa, and the importame o f t he work he is doing.'

Hankell t o Bllen Uhlte, February 27, 1900: 'In our tour [Haskell and Irwin v i s i t i n g oampmeetings throughout t he United States] t h e Lord has given us great v io to r i e s in speaking and from time t o time we hare had oocasion t o be reminded of o ld tlmes when Satan oame a l s o in meting8 In days of old. Our brethren who have had no experienoe in Satan's old t r i c k s would fear the cause would go t o 8-h but God who g ive th viotory t o h i s people would give t h e viotory.

B e t t y H Eaakell [wife of Stephen Haskell] t o Bllen Uhlte, February 27, 1900: 'Brother Yiloox says, 'There a r e pore oranks and s t range dootr ines t o the square foo t i n Colorado than any o the r pa r t o f t h e world.vm

O A Irwin t o El len White, W o h 16, 1900: wFannie Bolton ia omat i ag something of a sensation her@ in the ohuroh at Battle Creek, and espeoial ly i n the d i s t r i o t In whioh she belongs. She clalma to hare moeived the Boly Qbost, and is having a very wonderful experienoe and revelat ions from the Lord. She has taken the lead i n one o r two of their prayer-meetings that they have reoent ly had, and one o f tbe Sabbath-aohool teaohera' meetings held in the Tabernacle. I understand a t one of these held a week ago last night, t h a t she q u i t e l a rge ly monopolized t he time, speaking, and praying twice, and oarrying tws with r a t h e r a high hand, t he meeting lasting u n t i l after eleven otolook. She oarr ied t he e n t l r e oongregation with her, with a very few exoeptions. I have taken pains In a qu i e t way to aaoer ta in an many of the f a o t s an possible. It w a a r t a t e d t o me by one very r e l i a b l e person who wan present, t h a t she sa id t h a t n ight that o the r s would have t he testimony of Jesu the same aa S i s t e r Uhlte, and t he t h e had aome f o r Joe l ' s propheoy t o be i u l f i l l e d , eto.1 and she oarr ied t he impression t h a t she is r e a l l y in- s t ruoted by t h e Lord; and q u i t e a number of t h e brethren who seem t o be good r e l i a b l e brethren have perfeot oonfidenoe in her aonversion, and some t o t h a t extent that i f ahe would hare w h a t she would o l a h t o be vis ions , they would aooept them. . . . Brother Lane to ld me th in mrn- that he attended one of the meetings where she took a very ao t ive par t , and he s a i d t h a t ahe r e a l l y

did a w r y q u i t e an influenae, and seemed t o have t h e S p i r i t ; and that she quoted f r o m your Testimonies during her t a l k s in t h a t me t lag . "

Stephen Elaskell [writing lram Colorado] t o Xllen Yhite, Apr i l 16, 1900: X U Whitney h e m i a urging on t h e people t h e idea if a man l i v e s m he should he haa an ansuranoe of Kternal l i f e and w i l l l i v e and be among t h e 144,000. I f he does not he may be ~ a v e d , but w i l l not be among t h a t number. It is well enough f o r him to bel ieve he is going t o l i v e If he wants to, but t o m y t h e one who d i e s it is beoause he Ealres a rr;Cstake and meets with a lose is far f r o m t h e Bible and far f r o m your u r i t h q s as they read. . . . )Sg hea l th is m a h improved but I f ind I have not that s t r e n g t h t o r a l l y aa I have f o m e r l y had. I worked harder in t h e round we went holding meetings than I should have done, but when I saw t h e e r r o r 8 areeping i n and -me of them o o u f r o m those v e in the paat have looked to f o r l i g h t s o t h e i r influenoe was q u i t e extens ive not only to aonvinae o the rs , but t o put a qu ie tus on anyone preaahing a g u t their views, i t seemed I 8hould never go through t h e oountry aa I w a s going through, and I should not leave a s tone unturned to do w h a t I could t o e s t a b l i s h and revive t h e t r u t h of t h e messages. . . . Old hands have re jo iced and many have aaknowledged t h e i r feet were s l i p p i n g away f r o m t h e o l d l a n d ~ k a .

Haskull, "Propheoy t o r t h e Lut Dayr,. RE, Hap 1, 1900: "There bas been a d r i f t i n g away f r o m t h e o l d landmarks. Other sub jeo t s and o t h e r themes have absorbed our i n t e r e s t 8 u n t i l even t h e ohar t s represent ing t h e prophecies are o f no use in mme instanoes. . . . Side i s s u e s have a r i s e n , and they w i l l oontinue t o arise.m

Baskell t o Y C White, H a p 9, 1900: uZou have heard f r o m my wife, in letters 8he has w r i t t e n t o your r o t h e r , about my be* s iak . I suppose t h e oauae o f it w a s t h a t when we went amund holding our genera l meetings, I d i d not leave a s tone unturned, an far aa I Wan aonaerned, in try* t o undermine o e r t a l n errors t h a t were ia existanae. You speak in p a r t i o u l a r of this l i f e question. I do not know as I understood you f u l l y . If I d i d , your idea w a s that even t h e a h i l d m n o f I s r a e l aould have been t r a n s l a t e d and made immrtal dur ing t h e t h e o f t h e i r axlatenae, i f they had f a i t h f u l l y kept t h e commandmats o f God. Well, t h a t i a one p o i a t in t h e i r posi t ion. They claim that i f a l l had been as good as Bnoah, man would never have died. . . . gnoch w a s no b e t t e r ran than Moses. In f a a t , i n 'Early Writ ings ' your m t h e r says t h a t Moses was greater than any parson before hlm, s o he vould be g r e a t e r than Bnooh. And t u r t h e r , John the B a p t i s t w a s grcrater than my ran ever born o f women, and he was lef t t o pe r l sh In t h e o e l l . . . . I f i l l y be l i eve that had the ahlldrwn o f I a r a e l obeyed the Lord i n dl respeots , they would have had a seuond Eden, and that second Men would have been a missionary school to send f o r t h l i s s i o n a r i e s t o go t o t h e ends o f t h e e a r t h t o l abor f o r t h e heathen. But I have always supposed t h a t they would have died, an Abraham died, o l d men f u l l o f days."

Baskell t o Y C White, a Hay 25, 1900 [Written from Oregon C a r p Ground] r "Some have a i d we have been irrstruoted that we d i d no t need t h e a h a r t s any mm o r t h e s tudy o f tbose p r o p b t i o lines. A perversion o f t h e doc t r ine of r ighteousness by f a i t h has taken possession o f .any r inds . This has grown s t r o w in t h e i r minds by o e r t a i a dootr inee taught i n t h e Bible Soh001 held f o r min i s t e r s dur ing t h e first term a f t o r t h e build* w a s e rec ted t o r that purpose in add i t ion t o t h e College aon t ra ry t o t h e light that Ood had given. . . . I would not oa re t o be in t h i s aountry i f some o f these var ious doc t r ines oome to a head t h a t is en te r t a ined by some of our brethren. A t first they appear t o be harmless and tbey are in t h e hands o f o e r t a i n ones who a m th inking more of union than t h e i r p a r t i c u l a r hobbies. But i n t h e hands of o t h e r minds they prove a r o o t that ha8 8 thousand s p r i g s to it. I

thought I had something .ore to write but the time has oome f o r me to preaoh and aa t h e Father o f born o f t h e s e strmge doo t r ines is here and one o f t h e principle speakers beoause h i s r i n d runs on t h e line o f some o f t h e leading brethren, and 4 subjeot is fmm Rev. 14813 vhloh I understand undermines his theory from t op t o bottom, I must close.'

Haskell t o El len Uhite, Hay 28, 1900 [Written f r o m College Plaoe, Washington and r e f e r r i n g to t h e Port land oampmeeting held in 18991; "1 think, from w h a t I learned, t h a t t h e s p i r i t of t h e meeting, was t o rece ive the Boly S p i r i t [thrust o f t h e message o f A T Jones and A P Ballenger] and perhaps it wan neoessary t h a t t h a t should be t h e burden of the meeting a t t h a t time, but when our people get t h e r i n d on reoeiv ing the Holy S p i r i t i n o r d e r t h a t the s i a k ray be healed and ruoh manifes ta t ions of t h e power of Qod, i t does not work os wel l as i t does t o l a b o r f o r t h e Boly S p i r i t that t h e h e a r t may be cleansed t h a t they may have a c l e a r e r understanding o f t h e vord o f God. . . . This year they needed something t o settle them in t h e word and work o f God. Tbere is a great d e s i r e among m a y of t h e people to e i t h e r g e t hold o f some new doc t r ine and reoeive a s p e o i a l power that they may see manifes ta t ions i n t h e heal ing o f t h e s i o k and rome wonderful demomtrat ions. This kind o f a s p i r i t is taking possession o f many i n Amerioa. . . . [Haakell then p leads f o r El len W t e to return t o Amrioa.] The d o c t r i n e s that w a s a f l o a t here in t h i s oountry was various. The ideaa t h e people have o r many o f them were far f r o m senae and truth. '

G A Irwin t o E l l en W t e , June 11, 1900: '1 oannot g i v e up t h e thought that your presenoe is maoh needed in t h e United S t a t e a just a t this junoture mre than at any o t h e r p laoe in t h e whole world. . . . The oondi t ion o f things in genera l is what oauses me to raLe t h e r ta tement that I have W e , and t o be s o e a r n e s t in my desiPd to have you oome.'

Hetty H Haskell t o E l l en Vhite, June 24, 1900: * In some o f t h e s t a t e s they have h e n having l aoa t vonderfbl and g lo r ious1 meeting8 preaching some doo t r ines t h a t seem t o be oontrarjr to a l l sound doct r ine . Eld I [Irwin] is anxious f o r Eld H [Eaakell] t o be t h e r e and preach t h e 3d Angel1s Hessage. It is almost amusing sometimes. They keep Bld H preaohing t h e same things over and over. A t each p lace , he says to Bro I 'Well, vha t s h a l l I preach on.' B r o I is sum to r e p l y I wish you would g ive t h e 3d Angel1s Message, and B r o I listens eaoh time wi th 8s muoh i n t e r e s t a s i f he had not heard i t before. There l a nothing t h a t interests t h e people l i k e t h e o l d time subjeots . They seem t i red o f t h e new fanoys and hungry f o r s o l i d rook bottom p r l n ~ i p l e s . ~

Stephen Haskell t o E l l e n W t e , J u l y 27, 1900; 'There has been throughout t h e oountry f o r t h e laat two or three year s something o f a d r i f t i n g away from t h e o ld landmwks, and t ak ing up new ideas , such aa false app l ioa t ion o f r ighteousness by f a i t h . I th ink t h e s e i d e a s have had somewhat o f a rebuke during t h e last n ine m n t h a [s inoe Haakell had been in t h e United S t a t e s ] and there is lore o f an i n c l i n a t i o n t o s tudy o u r p o s i t i o n than formerly. This , o e r t a i n l y is what is needed. Some o f these p r i n o i p l e s have oome in w n g u s as a people and would reem aa though they are inc l ined to fanatioiam. . . . There is a genera l i n t e r e s t t o see you b a a t o this oountry and we are almost d a i l y asked i f you are not on your way here.*

Baskell t o E l l en W t e , A u g u t 12, 1900: 'Me shall be very g lad t o see you in this country. . . . There never w a s a time vhen your testimony w a s lore needed o r when it would acoomplish mre than now. . . . There is one thing that you s a i d t o m while i n Brisbane vhen I ta lked about 00- over here [ t o United S t a t e s ] and what you s a i d when I d id oone whioh I thought I would mention to you. W l e a t Brisbane you a d , 'It Is not time f o r you to oome, you have not your message.' O f oourse I s a i d no .ore about i t a t that tine

and went to work t h e r e till I oame down to Uallsend. Then when we ta lked of ooaing you said 'now you have your wssage.' As far as I individual ly was oonoemed I fe l t no d 3 f f e m n t and knew no d i f fe ren t . But after I oame over here and t h e first sermon I heard preaohed I saw t h e d r i f t of i t , I only thought it was a matter o f one pants opinion and would not say anything about t h e pos i t ion a l together . And as never b e f o m I rea l i zed I had a message at every plaoe I went. The t r u t h never opened mra precious t o m, and I never had such a message to present t h e underlying p r ino ip les o f t h e message. I n v i s i t i n g t h e d i f f e r e n t d i s t r i o t s we presented t h e foundation p r i n c i p l e s of t h e message in every plaoe. I think t h e masage w a s t l m l y . . . . The rank and f i l e of our people are mund in t h e pr inoiples . But many o f our l i n i s t e r s are young and hove been swayed by t h e .ore rodern preaohing, thinking t h e peou l ia r views we bold should not be dwelt upon."

BasLell t o E l l en White, September 13, 1900: "1 know it w i l l oause you sorrow o f hea r t t o met some things over here, y e t I think it is t h e Lordts w i l l t h a t you should oome. If t h e r e wan ever a time your presenoe was needed i t is now."

EUEN WHITE REACTIONS TO THE THEOLOOICU SCENE 1% THE URITED STATES

El len Uhite t o Stephen Haskell and O A Irvin, o. Deoember, 1899, mO7: "The th ings of whioh you write are simply f o o l i s h imagining8 whioh are presented t o t h e people. The teoohers who oher ish them need to l e a r n anew t h e p r ino ip les of our f a i t h . They need t o be thoroughly oonverted. To make t h e statements they make, and hold t h e not ions they hold, is l i k e desaendlng f r o m the highest e l e v a t i o n to whioh t h e t r u t h of t h e Word t akes men t o t h e lowest l eve l . God is not working wi th ruoh men. Having l o s t t h e grand t r u t h of t h e word of God, whioh oen te r in t h e t h i r d a n g e l t s masage, they hare uupplied tbeir plaoe wi th fab les . . . .

'Those who present t h e i d e a t h a t t h e b l ind , t h e deaf , t h e lame, t h e deformed, w i l l not reoeive t h e seal of God, are not upeaking words given them by t h e Eoly S p i r i t . . . . There are many whose gray h a i r s Qod honors because they have fought a good f i g h t and kept t h e f a i t h . There is no need o f en te r ing i n t o oontroversy wi th t h e poor s o u l s wbo think they m doing Ood se rv ioe when they are believing t h e d e r i l * s fables . . . . If ever any one needed suoh i n s t r u o t i o n an this [ L a . , l ea rn ing t h e first pr ino ip les o f t h e o r a c l e s o f God], i t is those who while olaiming t o l a b o r in t h e minis t ry , are preaching t h e produotionr o f perverted imagination. Today, as in Christ's day, odd, s t r ange i d e a s are spr inging up. . . . The Lord Jesus d i d not br ing f o r t h any of t h e oheap suppositioxm that mme who o l a h t o be teaohers are ranuiaoturing. Them o m be no value in t h e f a b l e s t h a t a m wmposed by guess work, t o make an i.pmssion on r inds . Young men m a t be educated t o keep wi th in t h e bounds o f 'It is written. ' . . . Ilo one is to pat t r u t h to t h e t o r t u r e by oheap imginings, by p u t t i n g a foroed, mystioal cona tmot ion upon t h e word. Thus some are in danger o f tu rn ing t h e t r u t h o f Ood i n t o a l ie. . . . L e t them searoh t h e Sar ip tu res ea rnes t ly , with a solemn r e a l i z a t i o n t h a t i f they teaoh f o r doo t r ine t h e tbings t h a t 8x-8 not oontained in k i t s word, they w i l l be us those represented in t h e last ohapter o f Revelation. . . . Our minis te r s must oeaae to dwell upon t h e i r peoul iar idem, with t h e feeling, 'You must ree t h i s point a8 I do, o r you oannot be saved.' Avay w i t h this egotiam! . . . It is not our se rv ioe t o pray t h a t aolomd h a i r s h a l l beoome blaok, o r that g ray h a i r , whioh Qod pronounoes honorable, s h a l l beooma

blaok. Those who s e t t h e i r mlnds laboring i n this direot ion a r e not following on to know the Lord. They are s t a r t i n g in a oourse whioh w i l l lead t o the grea tes t , most God-dinhonoring fanatloism. . . . h a i n and again something hos t i l e t o graoe and reform w i l l start i n t o l i fe . . . . It is the white robe of Chr i s t t s righteousness t h a t g ives t he sfnner admittame into the presenae of the heavenly angels. . . . The idea t h a t persona who a r e deformed rust be healed in order t o be saved is a fab le or iginated by same one who needs inward cleansing before he oan reoeive the seal of God. I n t h e g rea t day of God all vho are f a i t h f u l and t rue w i l l raoeive t h e healing touch o r the divine B e ~ t o r e r . ~ [In e f f ea t , this testimony would have destroyed the theologioal bane of the soon-to-arise holy f l e s h movement. It destroyed the theologioal p r e s u p p o ~ i t i o m of Jones-Masgoner-Kellogg and all o thers who were build- t h e i r sobools of thought upon a wDivine Iamanenaew base.]

Ellen Uhite t o Stephen Haskell, Le t t e r 218, 18991 "I am glad you rre where you are. . . . Ood has r people t rue a s s t e e l t o prinoiple, but they are oonfused. They a r e walking l i k e blind men. Help them, f o r C h r i s t ' s sake, help them.'

Ellen Uhite Diary , January 28, 1900: '1 oannot s leep past one o'oloak. The Lord is my helper. I m a t take my writing and do w h a t I a m , f o r many things a re to be wr i t t en t h a t .re e s s e n t i a l t o oome t o our people i n Ameriaa.~

Ellen Uhite Diary, Pebruwy 9, 1900: [I am] 'unable to s leep beaause I had so la rge a burden on my mind for the work o f God i n Amerioa.*

Ellen W t e Diary, February 18, 1900: wOur eyes =st not be diver ted from our Saviour. "

g l l en Vhite t o Y C Sis ley, Maroh, 1900, S49: "1 have been a tmngly oonvioted t h a t I ahould be a t the next General C ~ n f e r e n a e . ~

Ellen White t o Stephen Haskell, April 5 , 1900, 853-1900: '1 hope t o meet you i n Amerioa, f o r ue shall need all the help we oan possibly obtain. I dread going t o America, but aannot feel f r e e t o say I w i l l not go. I expeot t o go, j u s t how soon I know not.*

Ellen White Dlary, June 10, 1900: *My l i n d is wrought up, and the oauae of God and what ought t o be done in r i g h t l i n e s t roubles me wonderiul1y.w

Ellen Uhlte Diary, June 15, 1900: "There are many things t h a t I write t h a t a m miafaterpmted to rean sowthing e n t i r e l y d i f f e r en t f m m what I had in mind t h a t I have thought 3C should be foraed t o t he oonalusion t o wri te only those testimonies whloh w i l l be in p r i n t and oome before all."

Ellen White Dim, June, 1900: 'A deoeption has oer ta in ly been on those who ought t o have been wide awake t o 8ee the grea t , g r ~ d work t o be done by the people who bear Oodla s ign an represented in Ex. 31212-18. . . , I oannot sleep, Hy r ind l a not a t rest. I awake a t eleven o'clook with a warning given me. Ood cays, 'Te l l my people t h a t they rust be oautious. The enemy w i l l oontrol minds t h a t a m not subdued by t he grace of God. In times of t e a t and trial there w i l l be those who w i l l walk and work in s t raage paths. . . . If in these times of declension those whom I have in the p r s t sustained as .y instruments i n doing .y work, do not ahoose t o oarry out my purposes o r t o be freed f r o m t h e i r delusion, make no oompromiae with them. Warn my people. . . . T U morning, June, 1900, Ood hes been teaching me t h a t we are not t o dwell upon the d i f fe renaes vhiah weaken t h e o h u r ~ h . ~

Bllen Uhlte t o Brother and S i s t e r Haskell, Ju ly 4 , 1900, H-105: 'There is danger o f those in our ranks making a mistake i n regard t o reoeiving the Boly Ghost. . . . There is danger t h a t o r ig ina l devisings and s u p e r s t i t i o u iPLaginings w i l l take t h e place of the Soriptures. Te l l our people: 'Be not anxious t o br ing in something not revealed in t he Yord. Keep olose t o Christ . ' n

Ellen Uhite Diary, August 12, 1900, Mas. 95, 1900: '1 do not leave this

uountry [ ~ u s t r a l i a ] f e e l i q g I h8ve worn ou t .y weloome by m y means. Our bel ieving bre thren and sisters feel very sad over our leaving, and I r e g r e t t h e m reem t o be a neoesaity of 4 going. The p igh t of my w i l l aomes f r o m a deep oonviotion t h a t t h e Lord bas a work He would be pleased t o have m do in H i s s e rv ioe i n Ameriaa. I am near ly 73 years old. There are letters ooming across t h e broad P a a i f i a Ooean making i n q u i r i e s i n regard t o t h e rost t r i v i a l tbings i n o u s t o m and praot ioes in ages in t h e pas t , and in regard to -me l i t t l e trifling things 8a k i l l i n g i m e o t s and in regard t o some persons teaching t h a t none who have gray hairs w i l l be saved; and t h e r e are some teaohing t h a t un less a l l have f a i t h t o be healed o f s l akness they w i l l not be aaved. Others teach t h a t we must have f a i t h t o pray t h a t t h e gray hairs may be ohanged, f o r they o w o t be sealed un less they have th i s ohange take place. a

Ellen Uhite D i a r y , September 13, 1900: 'There are ind ioa t ions that t h e r e is a work f o r me t o do in b w r i o a . Por months I have had a struggle t o know w b a t my duty is.'

E l len Uhite t o A G Danie l l s , Oatober 14, 1900: 'There are min i s te r s and workers who w i l l p resent a t i s s u e o f nonsensioal falsehoods as testing t r u t h s , even as t h e Jewish rabb i s presented t h e m a x i m s of men as t h e bread of heaven. Sayings o f no value are given to t h e f loak of Ood, as t h e i r por t ion of meat i n due season, while t h e poor sheep are starving f o r t h e bread o f l i fe .

'There seem t o be a burning d e s i r e t o get up something f i a t i t i o u s and br ing it i n as new l i g h t . Thua men tw t o weave i n t o t h e web aa important t r u t h s a t i s s u e o f lies. This f a n c i n t l mixture of good that is belag prepared f o r the f loak w i l l oause s p i r i t u a l oonsumption, d e a l h e , and death. h e n tbose who profess t o be l i eve present t r u t h come t o t h e i r serums, whea they aooept t h e word o f t h e l i v i n g God j u s t aa i t mads, and do no t t r y t o wrest t h e Sar ip tu res , then they w i l l bui ld t h e i r house upon t h e e t e r n a l Boak, even Chrfst Jesus.

'There are those who say, not only in t h e i r h e a r t s , bu t i n a l l t h e i r works, 'Hy Lord delayeth his a~mlng.~. . . I have a d e s i r e t o dwell upon those s u b j e o t s whioh are e s s e n t i a l f o r u s all t o understand. Fables have been devised, and men of l i t t l e experienoe have woven these supposi t ions and falsehoods in to t h e web. These men w i l l one day see t h e i r work as i t is viewed by t h e heavenly in te l l igences . Ye'have an abundanoe of weighty, solemn truth t o p r o o l a i r f r o n t h e word o f God without al lowing t h e mind t o plan t h e o r i e s o f human nothingness to pretsent to t h e f louk o f God aa testing truth.'

El len Uhite Diary, -ah, 1901, Mas. 21, 1901: '1 am awakened th i s mrning a t one olc look wi th a message t o bear to my bre thren in Amrioa. I seemd to be in a meeting where t h e r e were a l a r g e number o f minis ters . The S p i r i t of t h e Lord came upon me, and I s a i d , I have a message f r o m t h e Lord t o you. $1 oharge thee t h e r e f o r e before Ood . . . preach t h e word. , . . For t b e time w i l l aome when they w i l l not endure sound doo t r ine . . . and s h a l l be turned unto fables. ' . . . k n who are not e s tab l i shed and s e t t l e d i n t h e present t r u t h , who, haviag & s u p e r f i c i a l understanding o f God's word, are ready t o feed on f a b l e s , w i l l work amng t h e ohurohes. They w i l l p resen t t o t h e people a maas o f rubbish, whioh would never prooeed from t h e minds o f those possessing a knowledge o f Jesus C h r i s t . I have reoeived let ters e x p n s s i n g m a t anxiety. Some one has been t e a a h h g those in o u r ohurohea that men and women wi th gray h a i r oannot be saved, wi th o t h e r f o o l i s h theor ies . It seems singular t h a t those uho have their Bibles do not have a deoided message f o r tbose who teach these fables. . . . If our r i n d s are open t o reoeive t h e t r u t h , we s h a l l not be misled by t h e false messages whiah aome t o us. . . . I know t h a t many men take t h e testimonies t h e Lord has given, and apply them as

they suppose they should be applied, pioking ou t 8 sentenoe hare and the re , taking i t f r o m its proper ~ O n ~ e ~ t i ~ n , 8nd applying it a000rding t o t h e i r idea. . . . h o h t h a t purpor ts to be a mesaage f r o m Sister Yhite, se rves t h e purpose o f a ia represen t ing S i s t e r W t e , making her t e s t i f y i n favor of th ings t h a t are not i n aooordanoe wi th her l i n d o r Judment. . . . When my minis ter ing bre thren o r t h e l a y members of t h e ohuroh, i n o rder t o a w r y a point , s e l e o t a few sentenoes from words I have spoken o r from a letter I have wr i t t en , and use these sentenoee o u t o f t h e i r aouneotion, they are doing me i n j u s t i a e . . . . For my bre thren t o oatoh a word o r expression t h a t I r a y make, and t r a n s l a t e it t o mean somthfsg I never meant hurts my s o u l m a t oruelly. . . . I now wish t o say t o my bre thren, I shall not feel a t l i b e r t y to express e i t h e r i n oounoil meeting o r i n p r i v a t e oonversations t h a t whioh I would be glad t o say. I mst not g i v e t h e least ohanoe f o r my words to be misinterpreted, and used rs a whip t o h u r t some o f my brethren."

El len Uhlte "To My Brat- and S i s t e r s i n t h e Fai th , High and Afar O f f , " RH, A ~ u t 13, 1901: "Letters have oow t o me, asking i n regard t o t h e teaohing o f some who say t h a t nothing t h a t has l i f e should be k i l l e d , not even inaeots , however annoying o r d i s t r e s s i n g they may be. Is i t poss ib le t h a t m y one olainrr, t h a t Qod has given him t h i s message t o g ive t o t h e people? The Lard has never given any human being auoh a message. . . . Satan knows t h a t if he oan g e t men and women absorbed in t r i f l i n g d e t a i l s , g r e a t e r ques t ions w i l l be lef t unheeded. . . . The g r e a t ques t ions o f s a l v a t i o n are overlooked f o r some i d l e tale. I would say t o my brethren and sisters, Keep o lose t o t h e i n s t r u o t i o n found in t h e word o f Gvd. . . . The l i f e o f C h r i s t , His minis t ry and teachings,--that is t h e theme upon whiah we a m t o dwell. Y e have no t h e f o r empty, f o o l i s h t a lk . The keeping of h i ' s eo~lls~ndments is t o be t h e subjeot o f our oonversat ion a d t h e h ighes t a h of our l i v e s . . . . Erroneous theor ies , wi th no a u t h o r i t y t r o m t h e word o f God, w i l l aoma i n on t h e r i g h t hand and on t h e lef t , and t o weaklings these t h e o r i e s w i l l appear as t r u t h whioh makes w i s e . But they a m as nothingness. And y e t many ohuroh members have bewme s o well satisfied with oheop food t h a t they have a dyspept ic r e l ig ion . Why w i l l men and women b e l i t t l e t h e i r experienoe by gather ing up i d l e tales and present ing them as matters worthy o f a t t e n t i o n ? The people of God have no t ime t o dwell on t h e i n d e f i n i t e , f r ivo lous quest ion8 whioh have no bearing on God's requirements. . . . Let u s fol low t h e revealed w i l l o f God. Then we s h a l l know t h a t t h e l i g h t we r e o e i r e oo.es f r o m t h e d i v i n e source o f a l l t r u e l ight . '

"DIVINE IM4A1JENCEU STAmNTS OF A T JOlJgS AND OTHERS, 1900-01

"The Th i rd Angel's Message: The F a i t h of Jesua: Uhat Is I t ? , RE, hvember 13, 1900: "The r ightsouanens o f God, being t h e oharaoter--the very quality--of God, la nothing a p a r t iron t h e very pe rsona l i ty o f God hl.mself, and oan not be had a p a r t fro. t h e p e r s o n a l i t y o f Cod hlm~elf. Thus in C h r i s t , by t h e f a i t h whioh he e x e r c b e d in t h e world, it w a s Qod who waa manifest I n t h e f l e s h , and wbo w a s reoonci l ing t h e world unto hlmaelf. And in t h e be l i ever in Jesus , i n him who keeps t h e f a i t h o f Jesus , it is still God manifest in t h e f l e s h ; f o r i t is ' C h r i s t i n you, the hope o f g lory , ' and it is only Ood t h a t is found i n Christ. " [Jones]

"The Th i rd Angel1s message: The F a i t h of J s s ~ s , ~ EM, bvember 27, 1900: When C h r i s t had t h u s emptied himelf, he w a s immediately f i l l e d wi th God; M,

t h a t 'God w a 8 i n C h r i s t , r eaonc i l ing t h e world unto hlm8elf1 12 Cor. 5: 191; so

that wherean of his own self he would do nothing, and did do nothing, yet Qod, wbo dwelt in bi., did l fghty vorks [John 14:lOl; so t ha t , though he oould not speak of hlmnelf, the word6 whioh he spoke w e r e in v e q t r u t h ' the Father 's , ' who sen t him [John 14124; 12:49,50]; s o t h a t , in a word, he in t h i a world w a s Ood manifest in the flesh. 1 Tim. 3x16.

*'Let this r ind be in you, whioh was a l so i n Christ Jesust who . . . emptied himself.' It w i l l aooomplish in you exaatly what it d id in him--it w i l l empty yourself. And when thus you have emptied yourself , immediately you w i l l be f i l l e d with W, even with a11 the fu l l ne s s of God; s o t h a t while of yourself you aan do nothing, Qod, who duel le th ha you, v i l l work in you t h a t whioh is well pleasing in his s i g h t through J e s w Christ [Heb. 13t21; 2 Cor, 6:16]; em t h a t Qod w i l l be in you, both t o w i l l and t o do of his good pleamre [Phil. 2:131; s o t h a t you w i l l not speak your ova words, but t he words of h b t h a t rrenda you [l Cor. 2;12,13; John 3833,341; 80 that, in a word, Fn you i t shall still be Ood manifest i n the f lesh.

'Oh, ' l e t this xfnd be in you, whloh uas a180 in Christ Jesus: who . . . emptied himaelf.' For t h i s is the f a i t h of Jesus. And 'here are they t h a t keep . . . the f a i t h of Jesus.'* [Jones]

*The Third Angel's Heasage: The Fa i th of Jesus,* BE, Deaember 4, 1900: 'Vhen Jesus emptied himaelf, he beoame man, and Wd w a s found in the raa. Yhen Jesus emptied U e l f , on t he one side man appeared, and on the o ther s i de God appeared. * [Jones 1

'The Fai th of Jesus: The Haturn of Christ ,* BE, January 22, 1 9 0 1 ~ *In del iver ing us f r o m s in , it is not enough t h a t we shall be -red f r o m t he sias t h a t we have 8c tua l ly oommltted; ve must be saved f r o m aommittlng o ther sha. And that this may be em, there must be mt and subdued t h i s heredi tary l i a b i l i t y t o ain: ve muat beoome possessed of power t o keep us f r o m sinning-a powor to oonquer this l i a b i l i t y , this hereditary tendenoy t h a t is in us, t o sin*

' A l l our sins ubioh we have ao tua l ly oommitted were l a i d upon Him, were imputed to Elm, s o that El8 righteousness may be l a i d upon us, m y be i rputed t o us. And a l so our l i a b i l i t y t o sin vaa l a i d upon Him, in His being made f l e sh , in His being born of a roman, of t he 8- f l e s h and blood as we are. 0 . .

*And thus, j u s t aa our sins aotua l ly oommitted were imputed t o Him, t h a t His righteousness might be inputed to u8; s o H i 8 meting and oonquering, in the f lesh , t he l i a b i l i t y to s in , and in t h e sam f l e s h manifesting righteousnem, enable us in Bi., and H i m in us, t o met and oonquer i n t he f l eah thla same l i a b i l i t y t o sin, and t o .anliest righteousness in the same f lesh.

*Ind thus i t is t h a t f o r the sins whioh we have aa tua l ly aomuitted, f o r t he sins t h a t a m paat, His righteousnesa is imputed to us, a8 our sins are imputed t o Him. And to keep us from sinning, His righteousness is imparted t o us in our f lesh , .s our f l e sh , with i ts l i a b i l i t y to s i n , wan imparted t o Him.

'Thus He is the oomplete Saviourr He saved from all the sins that we have aotual ly oommitted, and aaves equally from a l l the sins t h a t we r i g h t oommit, dwelling apar t from Hi..* [Jones]

U ChapQUl, *Ths Ehuanitp Of Christ," BB, J ~ u ~ w 29, 1901 [Quotea 22, 202: 'Is the s i n l e s s One, His nature reoolled from evil. ']: What nature reooiled from s in? The answer mast, of neoessity, be His div ine nature. Sin is mental, a produot of t h e mind. The mind of Christ oould not harbor an e v i l tbought, beaause it w a 8 divine; therefore He did not sin. But t h a t d ivine mind waa aonneoted v i t h a humn body, havLng inoorporated in i t indwelling s i n and a l l tendencies to ev i l . . . . I n Bin l i f e , therefore, is shown a perfeot pa t te rn of an overoomr. A s C h r i s t , by unit* Ria d i v i a i t y with s i n f u l

f l e s h , overoaw, M, t h e a lnner , by u n i t i n g his humni ty wi th d i v i n i t y , aan have his mind f reed f r o m al l tendenoies to e v i l , s p i r i t u a l i e e d and made holy, a pe r fea t overoomer, f r eed forever from a11 passion, aa w a s his h a t e r . @ [Chap~an, aa d id Jones, stresses " s i n f i l na turew of C h r i s t , bu t oomes t o t h e same oonolusions an R S Donne11 beoause of his "divine inmanenoem oonoepts.]

David Paulson and U S Sadler , wDivine Healing," RH, February 19, 1901; "Health is God a t work under t h e oondi t ions o f obedienoe, and d iaease i n t h e a c ~ e Clod at work under aond i t ions of disobedienoe. . . . Qodls power is a t work in disease , J u s t t h e a a ~ e as in heal th ; bu t by t r ansgress ion we a r e aompedling H i m t o se rve wi th o u r sins. . . . The heal ing power of God, whether Paaifested mentally, morally, o r physioal ly , is t h e same. It requires t h e same power to hea l t h e body that it t a k e s to f o r g i v e sin. . . . The miraole o f oonverslon and t h e miraole of h e a l t h are i d e n t i o a l . They are but d i f f e r e n t manifes ta t ions o f t h e sawr healing power."

RH E d i t o r i a l Statement, February 12, 1901: "The o r t i a l e s on Divine Healing, begun in t h i s number of t h e 'Beriewlt w i l l Znstruot in t h e t r u t h all who read them. They are present t r u t h ; t o l n s t r u o t t h e people f o r t h e present time and for t h e time t o wm."

David Paulson, W Sadler, @Divine Healing Is in t h e Divine Word," RE, Feb- ruary 26, 1901: @The d i v i n e word, i n all its f o r m , has in i t heal ing power, whether w r i t t e n i n t h e Book, sketched in t h e s k i e s , o r w r i t t e n upon t h e f i b e r s of muscle o r nerve in t h e human frame. Uherever reoognized, God's word is a heal ing power. To o b t a i n t h e heal ing which t h e d i v i n e word br ings , i t is neoessary t h a t we should reoeive t h e Word; and I n r eae iv ing the Word, w e muat br ing o u r l i v e s i n t o harmony wi th t h a t l i f e UHICH I S THE WORD [emphasis i n o r i g i n a l ] , even t h e l i f e of Christ. . . . There is cleansing, aavfng, and heal ing power in t h e word o f t h e d i v i n e Healer. A s we oonsoientiously obey t h e l i f e -g iv ing p r i n o i p l e s o f t h e Word, t h a t is, raLe them a p a r t o f our oharaoter , we t h u s o b t a i n t h e heal ing whioh is in t h e Word, and whioh is inseparab le from t h e Uord. . . . By oolppromising o r antagonizing t h e d iv ine Word, we are a r ray ing ourse lves i n opposi t ion t o d i v i n e heal ing; f o r the only way t h a t Ood h e a l s e i t h e r s o u l o r body is by t h e Word; by t h e l i g h t and t r u t h and l i f e t h a t w e i n t h e Uord. 'The words that I speak unto you, they are s p i r i t and they are life. ' John 6 ~ 6 3 . Diuobedienoe to t h e word o f t h e Lord means separa t ion f r o m God. Separat ion f r o m God wane divoroement f r o m t h e Fountain-head o f l i f e , and hea l th , and heal-; and s o t h e man who knowingly persists i n manifest ing a r p i r i t o f d i s r e s p e o t f o r t h e teaohings of the word o f Ood, oan no t poss ib ly be a s p e o i a l channel through which Qod w i l l r a n i f e a t Ms hea l ing paver on ear th . Ood is the d i v i n e Healer, and t h e laws o f God are a t r a n s o r i p t o f t h e ohat-aoter o f t h e d i v i n e Healer. Consequently, my ran o r woman who w i l l oompromlse o r antagonize t h e laws o f God, e i t h e r physica l ly o r s p i r i t u a l l y , is fighting and opposing t h e very s o w o e and essenoe o f d iv ine healing. . . . To preach d i v i n e hea l ing in a way t o b e n e f i t those who hear, means not- more nor less than to preach obedienoe to t h e d i v i n e Word, by faith--by t h e graoe and f a i t h that Josue gives. Ood is t h e Healer, because He haa power t o orea te . And aa heal ing is nothing mre nor less than o rea t i ag , Ood must first be reoognized .s Creator before He oan be reoognized as Healer. . . . Preaoh t h e Word, and d i v i n e hea l ing w i l l r u r e l y accompany t h e message to t hose I n whom it arouses a r p i r i t of obedience. . . . [Healing oomes] as a oonsequence o f f a i t h and obedienoe, and aooompanies t h e preaohing o f t h e Word, aoaordlng t o t h e gospel oomuiaaion."

David Paulson and Y S Sadler , @Deoeptive l i i r ao les and Lying YonderalW RR, Maroh 26, 1901 t nLike their b t e r , thoae who b e l i e v e never a d v e r t i s e t h e b miraoles. Oenuine miraoles are wrought as a r e s u l t of t h e t r u t h with which tbelr l i v e a are permeated. They are t h e n a t u r a l r e s u l t o f t h e presenoe in

their l i v e s of t h e mighty uorking power of t h e Wtsr H i r a c l e - W ~ r k e r . ~ David Paulson and Y S Sadler , V a l s e Healing," RH, Apr i l 2, 1901: "The

oause of d i s e a m my have had its o r i g i n w i t h t h e e v i l one; b u t t h e d i s e a s e i t s e l f is an e f f o r t o f our loving Father t o save f'rom t h e d i r e f u l r e s u l t s of the t raasgress ion . I n t h e language of a f f l i o t i o n , God is speaking t o man, aak- hla t o oor reo t h l a wrong h a b i t s of e a t i n g and l iv ing . . . . %tan does not have t h e power r e a l l y t o heal ; f o r heal ing is a manifes ta t ion o f o r e a t i r e power; i t is t h e g iv ing o f l i fe , and this t h e d e v i l is unable t o do."

David Paulson and Y S Sadler, u C o ~ n 8nd Unaommon Hi rao les ,w RH, Apr i l 9 , 1901; "The p r i n o i p l e s t h a t oontro l t h e physioal world l i e p a r a l l e l wi th tbose t h a t oontro l t h e s p i r i t u a l world. In a o e r t a i n sense, t h e smal l ea t o e l l ia t h e human body is endowed wi th something o f t h a t d iv ine wisdom t h a t is manifested througout t h e ~ n i r e r s e . ~

David Paulson and Y S Sadler , "Pray t o Be Bealed o f t h e Cause a s Yell aa o f t h e Effeot ," RH, Hay 12, 1901; "Those who can pray t h e prayer o f f a i t h are tho ones who have t h e f a i t h o f Jesus. And those who ha te t h e f a i t h o f Jesus , t h e Sar ip turea dec la re , 'keep t h e aommandments of Ood.' Therefore, t h e prayer that has power t o save the 8iok is s prayer o f obedience as well as o f f a i t h .

'The one who has t h e f a i t h of Jesus--who keeps t h e oommandments o f Gad-48 aontro l led by that mind whioh w a s also i n Chr i s t Jesus ; and t h e r e f o r e hls reques t8 of t h e e t e r n a l Fa the r would be only those whioh t h e mind o f t h e SOH WITHII H I M [emphaaia suppl ied] had reoognieed as r i g h t and oonaia tent f o r t h e Father t o grant . The prayer o f genuine f a i t h ha8 in it saving powers beoauae i t is but t h e expression o f w h a t t h e Saviour h l ~ ~ e l f know8 t o be both r i g h t and poss ib le f o r t h e Fa the r to do."

David Paulson and Y S Sadler , "'These Signs S h a l l Follow Them That B e l i e v e p t g RB, Hay 19, 1901: When a man bas aoqulred an abso lu te l n m m i t y aga ins t t h e sting o f the se rpen t o f sin, he w i l l have a l s o experietnoed 8uch a physioal regenera t ion as w i l l enable him to resist t h e e f f e a t s o f t h e se rpen t ' s sting a a r e a d i l y rs Paul oould shake o f f t h e deadly r i p e r . . . . If we w i l l i n f a i t h aoquire a m l i s h f o r t h e pure water o f l i f e an well as f o r water free from a11 physica l uontamination, Ood w i l l s o inoreane our s p i r i t u a l and physioal v i t a l i t y t h a t if o u r 8nePlie8 foroe u s t o d r ink 'any deadly th ing , ' i t w i l l produce no h a m 1 e f f e a t s upon us.'

A O Danie l l s t o Y C Uhite, October 8, 1903 [Regarding a aonversa t ion Dan ie l l s r e c e n t l y held wi th David Paulson]: "Be holds that t h e r e is a human element in t h e T e s t i r o n i e s m d in t h e Bible i tself, and that W dwell ing in u s g i v e s urr a knowledge and 8 teaohing that makes u s judges o f both t h e Bible and t h e Testiow>nies o f what is t r u t h d iv ine and what is human and f a l l i b l e . w

PRE-"HOLY FUSB" BVXDEICES OF R 3 DOliNELL'S TEACHIAO

B S Donne11 t o 0 A Olsen, June 2, 1896: What w i l l msbm ua t o t h e favor o f God? I answer, t h e proalamation o f t h e Hour o f Judgment, no t o f t h e dead, but o f t h e l iv ing . Y e t a l k f l i p p a n t l y about reoeiv ing t h e L a t t e r R a i n , bu t we o a ~ o t reoeive i t , i n its f 'ullness, u n t i l we are judeed, m d o u r sins are taken away f r o m u s and b l o t t e d o u t in t h e i n v e s t i g a t i v e Judgment. . . . The b l o t t i n g ou t of sins, wi th t h e ohuroh, m a t preoede t h e refreshing, o r latter ra ln . How don ' t understand me t o mean t h a t probation c l o s e s a t t h e t ime of t h e l a t t e r r a i n ; [it i r] on ly wi th those who know t h e t r u t h , o r t h e ohuroh as it then stands. But wi th t h e s e it does c l o s e , and those who are ready are sealed, and those who rre n o t ready, o r do not a f f l i a t t h e i r s o u l s , uu, ou t

o f f f m m among his people. . . . Preaohing is done by t h e ohuroh after its probation has closed, and probation c l o s e s wi th t h e ohuroh before it does wi th t h e uor1d.m [Donoell inoludes a mul t i tude of El len White s ta tements that he mis in te rp re t s t o rupport his posi t ion . ]

"Sr. Vhite aays t h a t we have been in t h e time of the l a t t e r rain s inoe t h e l4inneapolis m e t i n g [Quotes 1893 OC B u l l e t i n , p 3771. Then we have been in the time o f t h e judgment of t h e l i v i n g r igh teous f o r mre than aeven years .

W k w t o r eoap i tu la te ; lst, U e oannot r e o e i r e t h e l a t t e r r a i n u n t i l o u r cases have passed in judgment and our sins have been b l o t t e d ou t , and we are cleansed f m m a l l unrighteousness. 26, If we have been i n t h e time of t h e l a t t e r rain f o r seven yea r s last fa l l , and we oannot g e t it u n t i l o u r sins have been b lo t t ed ou t , then we have been in t h e t h e of t h e j u d w n t f o r mre than seven years. I man t h e judgment o f t h e l i v i n g r ighteous. I do not mean t h a t it has begun, but t h a t it ought to have been over, wi th t h e ohwoh, and would have been, had t h e ohuroh been ready f o r it. 3d, T h i s is based upon t h e statement purport ing to oome from Sr. Uhite, t h a t we have been in t h e time of t h e l a t t e r rain ever s h o e t h e Himmapolis meeting. Bow i f this is so , w h a t is t h e real message to t h e ohuroh today? Truly it is t h a t we 8re in t h e time o f t h e judgment o f t h e l i v i n g r a h t e o u s , and t h a t repentance and t h e p u t t i n g away o f sin, oonfesslon, and a f f l i o t i o n of s o u l , t h e sanctuary, and t h e judgment ahould be preached.

"lo perfeot his people Christ rust oome i n t h e f 'ullness o f h i s s p i r i t and dwell in them. This he w i l l do i n t h e la t ter r a i n , and those who are no t ready f o r his 00- in t h e l a t t e r rain w i l l never be ready f o r h i s ooming in t h e clouds o f heaven.

.This is t h e first tima that I have e v e r attempted to put t h e s e viewe on paper, though I have held them now f o r more than two years. . . . When I first saw t h e s e p o i n t s I took them t o Prof. Sutherland, and we a tudied t h e n o u t together , wi th a good d e a l .ore t han I have here presented, and he endorses them. . . . It seema to me that some o f these things ought to be presented at our coming oamp-meetings. I don ' t aak t o be permit ted t o do it, but there are o t h e r s who o m , i f they are n o t a f r a i d t o do it. You might ask what would they be a f r a i d of? Y e l l , i t w i l l b r h g t h e sifting, f o r t h e r e are many who w i l l no t aooept o f them.

"1 th ink you w i l l f i n d t h a t Elder Jonas, A T, w i l l endorse [ these views] f o r I s t a t e d them t o him, and he asked me t o preach on the s a ~ e line a t t h e Port land oampmeting and he arose when I ooncluded, and t o l d t h e people that they w e n , 80."

B S DO- Am THE CORE OF THE HOLY F U S E T B A C H I l G

A foous upon t h e a o t u a l teaohings o f R S Donnell, p res iden t o f t h e Indiana Conference during the holy f l e s h period, quiokly r svea la an emphasis upon a las t -genera t ion theology. In - t i a l e s o i rou la ted throughout t h e Indiana Conferenoe dur iag 1900, Donnell o l e a r l y emphasized his o e n t r a l foous: "To tbose who are preparing f o r t r a n s l a t i o n t h e ques t ion with whioh we in t roduoe this a r t i o l e [i.e., 'Did C b r i s t Coma to T h i s Uorld I n Sinfu l F leshm] beoomes indeed an important one. In speaking o f t h e i r oondit ion, and w h a t they are to be when t h e Lord r e t u r n s to the e a r t h t o g a t h e r up His people, 1 John 382 says; 'But we know t h a t when He a h a l l appear, we shall be like Him.'" Doanell 's teaching wan baaed upon hls oonoeption o f what those awai t ing t r a n s l a t i o n had t o become. Po in t s o e n t r a l to his theology are taken from his republ ioa t ion o f h i s 1900 a r t i o l e s in h i s publ ioa t ion What I Taught in

Ind ianaW r p 5: Wen oan oont inual ly do r ighteous a c t s only a8 OOD I S INCARNATE IN

T m ; and it waa Qodls purpose f r o m t h e beginning t o DWELL I N EVERY CREATED BEI#O, SO THAT GOOD WORKS, OR BE HMSgLP, H I G H T ALUAY3 APPEAR I# TRE)I. But in s i n f u l men Satan is i n o s m a t e , and Ood uld Satan cannot dwell together. The only reason why Ood does not dwell in man is beoauae s i n is t h e m , and in order f o r Ood to Pgain dwell in man sin must be eradioated. The body of C h r i s t w a s a body i n whioh Ood w a s inoarnate , and aa Ood and Satan oannot dwell together , t h e body of Chr is t must have been a body from whiuh even every tendency t o s i n m a t have been wholly ~ r a d i o a t e d . ~ [emphasis supplied]

pp 5-68 [Quotes DA, 1171 ~ l P r o m e t e r n a l ages it w a e Ood's purpose that every oreated being, f l w m t h e b r igh t and boly seraph to man, should be a temple f o r t h e indwell ing o f t h e Crsator. Beoause o f s i n humanity aeased t o be 8 temple f o r God. Darkened and de f i l ed by e v i l , t h e h e a r t o f man no longer revealed t h e g lo ry o f t h e Divine One. But by t h e inoarnat ion of t h e Son o f God, t h e purpose of heaven is f u l f i l l e d . God dwel ls I n humanity, and through saving graoe t h e h e a r t of .an beooates again His temple.' [Donnell oomments] T h i s o e r t a i n l y proves t h a t Chr ib t dwelt in t h e same kind of f l e s h as do t h e brethren, the res tored o r s a n o t i f i e d ones. How clear i t is from this statement t h a t t h e oause f o r God's forsaking humanlty as His temple must be removed before H e oan r e t u r n and again oooupy it a s w a s Hls purpose from e t e r n i t y . This removal w a s wrought when Christ becomes inoarnate i n human f l e s h , even i n yours and mine; f o r oonversion is only inoarnat ion going r i g h t on, God being manifest in t h e f l e sh . And of t h i s C h r i s t w a s a perfeot sample, an exh ib i t ion o f what t h e power of God, o r Chr ia t dwel l ing in u s would do f o r us. '

p 19: 'In t h e first Adam, all w a s l o s t , even t h e seed o f righteousness. Uhen Adam sinned, d i v i n i t y lef t hi., and t h e f l e s h o r humanity stood alone. The Holy Seed wan l o s t ; and now t h a t born of Adam, f l e s h and blood, could not inherit t h e Kingdom o f Ood. I n o rder t o save humanity, t h e Holy Seed, d i v i n i t y and humanity aombined, m a t be res tored. This seed w a s found in C h r i s t , t h e aeaond Adam.*

p 20: W C h r i s t 8 a na tu re wan a d iv ine human nature. A na tu re whioh, p r i o r to t h e new b i r t h , has not been possessed by a single son o r daughter o f Adam s h o e t h e fall.'

pp 24-5: Question: 'Do you t eaah that oonversion embraoes both t h e mind and t h e body, ao that t h e body 5n this l i f e is f i l l y olearmed and is brought baok to t h e oondi t ion o f man before t h e fa l l , o r is this a work that begins now, and is aompleted at t h e reaurreot ion o f t h e j u t ? [R S Donnell responselt Yes. The l i n d su re ly , and alao t h e body, 80 far Its l i f e o r ao t ions are oonoerned. . . . With t h e resurrec ted every imperfeotion w i l l be l e f t in t h e grave. Thus they w i l l be ready f o r t h e f i n i s h i q g touch of immortality when J e s u s oomes. The 144,000 m a t a l s o be ready f o r that f i n i s h i n g touah, and t h e perfeot ion neoessary f o r its reoept ion must be a t t a i n e d in this l i f rmw

p 25: Question: WJ you teach that those who f u l l y a p p m p r i a t e the offer - ing o f C h r i s t by f a i t h wi l l never pass under t h e domlnion o f death, and t h a t the reason men have died and do d i e is beoause they have f a i l e d t o g r r s p t h e f i l l n e s s o f t h e gospel? ilinswer. Upon t h i s ques t ion muah might be said. Sure ly no one w i l l be t r a n s l a t e d without t r a n s l a t i o n f a l t h . . . . How many among u s r e a l l y even bope to l i v e u n t i l t h e Lord ooms? And how many oan we expeot t o have f a i t h i n a thFng t h a t is seldom, i f ever , preaohed? . . . Me are t o l d t h a t Enooh is 8 type o r t h e translated ones. How, i f it took f a i t h t o t r a n a l a t e Enoah, we need not t o be very uneasy t h a t anyone w i l l be t r a n s l a t e d who does not have t h e f a i t h . I TEACH ?BAT THOSE WHO FULLY

APPROPRIA'IE THE PUUER OF THE OOSPBL OF CHRIST lEED HOT TO DIE. [ e m p h i s added] . . . A s t o w h a t men r i g h t hare at ta ined unto in the past , 8y burden do98 not rest. Bow is the time f o r the Laodioean o r oleansing massage, and the gathering out of those who a r e t o be t ransla ted when Jesus oomes. . . . Uhat ns i t t h a t oaused a11 other8 in h o o h l s day to go into t he grave instead of being t ransla ted as he was? Y a a it not beoause they f a i l ed to make the pmparation that Eaooh made? Then know t h a t the same failure w i l l oauae men t o miss t rans la t ion in this g e n e r a t i ~ n . ~

REPORTS AND DESCRIPTIOAS OF TEACAIBG Ill INDIANA, 1900-01

Ida V Hadley t o El len U t e , June 1 , 1900: "CIy husband and I stand alone openly, as f a r aa t he ministry of the word is oonoerned, an t o t h i s so aa l led 'IJeu L i g h t , ' which is sprung up, and preparations being made t o thoroughly present t o the whole s t a t e [of Indiana].w

)Irs Hadley sen t t he following questions t o Ellen Uhite. They a l l u e m apparently re la ted to teaohings in Indiana;

"1. M a s Mary's body made holy, s i n l e s s , ia her f l e sh , before oonoeption, so t h a t Chriat was born f r o m s l n l e s s f lesh, and His own body s i n l e s s f l e s h of i t s e l f ? Eeb. 10x5.

' 2 . M i l l any one g ive the Loud Cry [Rev. 181 only those who w i l l oompose the 144,000? [ s i c ]

"3. Does John 14:12 [doing g rea t e r works than Christ] refer only t o t he 144,000?

.4. Does 1 John 382 [ sha l l be l i k e Him, f o r we a h a l l see Eim a s He is] re fe r to the time of oonversion o r t o C h r i s t l s second oo-?

"5. I n 'Healthiul Living, ' 36 ed., p 17, seo 35 [lOodls l a u is wr i t t en by hla own finger upon every mme, every mrsole, every faoul ty whioh has been entrusted t o man1], these brethren say rema t h a t t h e f l e sh , by t he law, is made boly, sinless l f m m top to toe.' Is i t 3

'6. Is it Bible dootr ine t h a t men need never have died, but a l l been t ransla ted, i f they only had graaped the l t rana la t ion fa i th . ' That t h a t w a s why Bnooh and E l i j ah w a s t ranala ted beoauae they grasped th is a c t , r a the r than othors? J o b 11 t 26 [Uhoever l i ve8 mnd believes in He, s h a l l never die]?

"7. Is oonversion a ohange of f l esh , f r o m s infu l to s in less? '8. In Xatt. 9: 17 [new wine b new b o t t l e s and both are preaemed] , does

the MOM 'bottles' represent the hear ts , o r the literal flesh-the whole body? "9 . Has t he word l b e l i e f l a deeper signifiaanoe than the vord ' f a i t h1? n l O . A r e we t o get t h e idea f r o m the [Ellen White] statement i n the

'Review,' February 27 t h a t 'Qod would have his people oonverted in 19001 tha t probation ends this year with His people who give the message? [R 8 Donne11 frequently quoted this El len Vhite statement f r o m the February 27, 1900, RH: 'The Lord o a l l s upon his people in 1900 t o be oonverted. The Lord oan not pur i ty the sou l u n t i l t h e e n t i r e being is surrendered to the working of t he Holy Sp i r i t . 'I

"11. Could t he kingdom of heaven have been s e t up when Jesus w a s here i f t he people of God--the Jews--had been ready, had aooepteul t he masage of John the Baptist?

"12. If John the Bapt i s t had been permitted t o l i v e and go on with his work, would there have been then 144,000 pur i f ied pieoes of humanity, ready f o r t rans la t ion , and the work f inished up 1900 yrs. -03

n13. Is it possible f o r u s to r r r i v e a t t h a t plaoe in our axperienoe where

we do not always hare t o be overoo~ers? '14, Ia it r f r o t t h a t we have no plroe t o o a l l people to u n t i l we have

reoeived the Lmdioean Message, and it oleursed us, it be* the Loud C q of t he Third An@? Rev. 18:4.

'15. Is it possible t o ge t where we w i l l not be tenpted fma within, before Chrirt oomm?

'16. Do the sor ip tures teaoh t h a t t h e m is a differenoe between born sons and adopted sons; t h a t adopted sons go to dust , and born sons are t ransla ted?

.I?. Does not Jar. 15t19 [take f o r t h t he pmoious from the r i l e ] wi th o ther rorlpturea, teaoh us t h a t t h e m should be oaution used An mingling with the ohumhes t h a t Qod o a l l s Babylon?

m18. Does 1 Cor. 6r19 [body aa temple of Holy Qhost] have bearing on the thought of r i a l e s s f lesh?"

[It mema apparent f'ron the t h r u s t of these questions that the oore of the Indiana apostasy d e a l t with laat generation preauppositionn and fooused in t e rna l ly rather than upon Chris t o r His nature. Questions 2 t o 18 all foous upon believers, not upon C h r i s t . Question 1 bsoanm relevant only in its prasupposit iom about what the bel iever who would be t rans la ted must beoom.]

0 S Hadley t o Ellen Uhite, June 1, 1900; "The r a t t e r is af feo t ing s e r i o u l y tbe oonferenoe of the S t a t e o f Indiana--to say the l e a s t , and it oarnot, i t seemu t o me, be passed by l i g h t l y nor settled to t h e glory of Ood without r d i r eo t answer over your own s igaature , beoause when an m w e r oomes i n any other way i t is ignored.

'The ratter is this; the President o f this oonference f o r about EIX mntha, has been preaohhg and pushing minis ters forward mag the ohurahes wbo with teal preach t h a t rcrassge known 88 tho Laodioean manage declaring that that mermge i8 suoh a oleamsing message that it cleanma the f l e s h of al l sia and aini\rlnens and a l l r i n f u l tendenales so t h a t ' the e n t i r e body, from t he orown of t he head to the soles of the f e e t i r s in l e s s , holy1 . . , I begged t o ' let u s settle the question by formulating questions involving these questions a t i s sue and send to S i s t e r Yhite so that we may be united.' The answer -8 Elde r B S Donnell van 'I'll not do it. Uhat18 t h e use when we have it hero i n t h e B i b l e and T e s t f i o n i e ~ l ~ ~

R S Donnell, 'The Indiana C a ~ m p - H e e t i n g , ~ RE, Ju ly 10, 1900 [Announcing forthooming Indiana oarpmetingslc While doot r ina l rubjeots vill be presented with earnestness, t h e r e a l objeat t o be a t ta ined is the oonrersion of every soul. In the f i rs t -page article of the Review of Peb 27, 1900 [by Ellen White] we mad this pointed rtatematt "She Lord o a l l s upon his people in 1900 t o be oonrerted. The Lord OM not pur i fy the soul until t he .ntW being is surrendered t o t h e vorkiqg of t he Boly Spi r i t . ' [ A l s o quote8 another Ellen Uhite statement; ,The a w n of Oodlr m r c y w i l l soon be ended,'].

Q A Irwin t o Y T Knox, July 22, 1900: *In regard to Indiana, w i l l say t h a t t h e fanatioism I understand, is rtill go* on to a oer ta in extent. Brother Breed has gone down t o one of t h e i r looa l oamp-meetings t o be held a t Sullivan. . . . Ee f e l t tbough he w r s m n g a l o t o f Salvation Iny people, r a the r tharr Seventhday Adventirts. I presume t h a t the thing w i l l have to in a n u r u r e run its wurse , 88 we .re not in a posi t ion to do moh u n t i l their general meting, when we hope t o be on hand in p re t t y good force, and in a qu ie t way undermine t h e i r false theor ies that bare oaused the orate , and l e t the bottom dmp out o f it.'

A J Breed t o Cl A X r w i n , Ju ly 22, 1900: wBro Donne11 has b-n in o w t e n t during the se rv ioe of t he forenoon, and I have had r ahanoe t o talk matters over with h i m , and f r o m what he says he is oonfident he is r igh t , and brings up t he Bible and Testimonies to prove hls position. . . . Bro Donnell spoke i n the afternoon, m d followed sometthing of the l i n e of s o moh interest in

Ind. a t thls time. I COULD SEE HOTHINO ESPECIALLY IN I T MORE THAI SIXPLY JUSTIFICATIOR BY FAITH, POT IJ? ANOTHER VAT. [Tun s t a t a m n t s e e m t o i l l u s t r a t e bow deeply imbedded and widespread the aberrant theology had beoow. Breed w a a i n oharge of denominational work In )2iohig.n, Uisoonsln, I l l i n o i s , Indiana, Ohio and Ontario. h$hs is 1rupplied.1 . . . It is not so mob of what they are preaahlng as the way they are doing it, that is as far rs I have now heard. . . . I f ind generally this mve is being oarr ied throughout t he s t a t e , and instead of bav- t e n t s in the f i e l d as other oonferenaes do they have none, and t h e r i n l a t e r s &re a m ~ n g the ohurohes, pr lnoipal ly oarrying what they o a l l t he Laodioean message, and t h e t r u t h f o r this time.'

Betty B W e l l t o El len White, September 10, 1900: "Have arr ived on the Xndiana oamp ground s inoe writing the above. The s p i r i t here l a new to m; but Eld HCaukelll says he knows it well, that he haa not aeen it f o r twenty years before. He o a l l s i t a wild s p i r i t , one of the hardest. He says it is the o ld s p i r i t of blind Sammy Bandooak. Perhaps you w i l l know w h a t t h a t is, I do not." [Indiana s e e m t o represent the fana t ioa l f r u i t i o n of an aberrant theology t h a t waa permeating t h e denomination.]

B H Baskell t o S r Sarah, SeptelPber 17, 1900; We are in t h e a t rangest meetings I aver attended in my life. Eld H say8 he saw it in t he past; but it is new to me. . . . They ohant amen8 and 'Praise the Lord,' 'Glory to God,? j u s t like a Salvation Army servioe. It is d i s t r e s s ing t o one's soul. The dootr lnes preached oorrespond to the rest. The poor sheep are t r u l y ooniUaed.

E B W e l l t o Ellen Uhite, September 22, 1900: 'I oan not help bs l iev iag that the Lord w i l l lceveal to you this poor oamp a8 it waa today. . . . A t the 01088 of t h e Sabbath, Elder Baskell talked and rtmrok the first note against the 'boly fleah.'. . . The next e a r l y mrning meting, Brother Donne11 spent a l l t he ea r ly morning hour a t a t i n g t h e i r po8ition, saying it w a s t he Hlnneapolis Conference over again, and It would hare t o be disousssd. After he f inished Elder Haskell got up and sa id we had not oo# dovn f o r oontmversy and d id not intend t o have any, t h a t he had 00.e to prcraoh the same message hem t h a t he had preaohed I n other plaoes, and t h a t f o r t he Lordls aake he hoped they w u l d feed t he s t rangers that were aondng ou t t o hear t he t r u t h and not give them suoh s t u f f as they had t he lsst few nights. . . . THEY HID PRELLCHED lTRAISLATIBO FAITH,' TFUT IF ONE BECAME 'HOLY PLBSB' L X B CBRIST TBBT COULD ROT SgE COBRUPTIOB ART MORE TM1 HE D I D , TEAT THEY WOULD LIVE TO SEE HM COIB. [Here is t he oore of t he boly f l a s h tarohing. The foous is not upon the nature of Chris t , but upon the ooncept of what a oandidate f o r t rana la t ion had t o beoom.] I fe l t t h a t i f I went and helped a t the altar, after t h a t sermon, I would be plaoing myself on t he s i d e o f what I thought w a s g m s s e r r . . . They garbled t h e testimonies no in the sermons, that many were on t he polnt o f throwing them over, and I feel God helped me t o strengthen a good many. . . . Uelll today w a s t he Sabbath. . . . Elder Haakell pmaahed on the rise o f t he work, and d u r i n g his sermon to ld what the doctr lne o f 'holy f lesh1 and 'moral pur i ty1 had done I n t he past. The Lord helped him, and m y oaae and said that rermon warr worth a l l t h e t rouble of ooming to the oaap. Be urged them to s t a y by the old sh ip and r i d e sa fa ly i n t o harbor. . . . I have never reen anything l i k e thls before, m d my hear t aohes f o r t he poor sheep; but it would do your hear t good to hear nome of these old s a i n t s express theruaelves. They are as s t r a i g h t as a bee line, not moved by 'holy f l e s h 1 nor ' t r ans l a t i on f a i t h ' ; they know God, and .re not mved. . . . Elder Haakell says he dreads f o r you t o m e t a l l t he t roubles over here f o r fear it w i l l break your hear t t o see a l l of it.w

company held wi th a f i rmer g r a s p by a c e r t a i n number o f t h e l e a d i n g m i n i s t e r s , than they are held i n Indiana. Bro the r R S Donne11 is Pres iden t , and they have an experience i n g e t t i n g t h e people ready f o r t r a n s l a t i o n . They c a l l i t t h e ' c leans ing message.' Others o a l l i t t h e 'holy f l e s h ' ; and when I s a y t h e ' c l eans ing message' and t h e 'holy f l e s h , ' no doubt t h e s e terms w i l l b r i n g t o your mind exper iences t h a t i l l u s t r a t e what we saw. . . . There i s a g r e a t power t h a t goes wi th t h e movement t h a t is on f o o t t he re . It would almost b r i n g anybody w i t h i n i ts scope, i f t hey are a t a l l consc ien t ious , and si t and l i s t e n wi th t h e l e a s t degree o f favor . . . . When they would come i n w i t h t h e i r e f f o r t , they would p re sen t what t hey c a l l e d t h e Laodicean message, quote f r o m your Testimonies and t h e B ib l e , and u s e them i n a way t h a t p e r f e c t l y f r i gh tened t h e poor sheep. I never saw such confusion in my l i fe . I have been through scenes o f f ana t i c i sm, b u t I never saw anyth ing like t h i s ; and y e t i n t h e i r preaching they would preach many good th ings , and s t a t e many t r u t h s . . . . [On Sabbath] I took up t h e h i s t o r y o f t h i s work, and r e l a t e d how we had met t h i n g s o f t h i s n a t u r e before , and what t h e outcome o f them a l l had been. One o f t h e i r g r e a t burdens is moral p u r i t y (which you know a l l about ) , and 'holy f l e s h , ' and 'translating f a i t h , ' and a l l such terms, which c a r r y t h e i d e a t h a t THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF 'SONS OF GODf--THE 'ADOPTED' SONS OF GOD, AND THE 'BORN' SONS OF GOD. THE ADOPTED ARE THOSE WHO DIE, BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT HAVE THE 'TRANSLATING FAITH.' THOSE WHO ARE BORN, GET 'HOLY FLESH,' AND THERE I S NO SIN INSIDE OF THEM, AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT MILL LIVE AND BE TRANSLATED; AND, AS THEY SAP, THESE WHO ARE 'BORN' SONS OF GOD ARE NOT 'GOING TO HEAVEN ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAX,' MEANING THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DIE. . . . [Emphasis suppl ied . Focus a g a i n is no t on Chr is to logy , bu t upon presuppos i t ions relating to a last g e n e r a t i o n awai t ing t r a n s l a t i o n . ]

"Brother Breed preached i n t h e a f te rnoon; bu t be fo re he preached, I g o t up, and t o l d them p l a i n l y that I had heard t h e report t h a t had gone o v e r t h e ground, t h a t I be l ieved as they d i d , and I wanted t h a t t hey should d i s t i n c t l y understand t h a t I thought t h a t t h i s was a sideshow, and t h a t I had no sympathy w i t h it. Brother Breed preached, and read your Test imonies where you had warned t h e people a g a i n s t a l l such moves. That brought a a r i a i s . But I never saw such a s i g h t as we had between h i s meeting in t h e a f t e rnoon and t h e i r ha l f -pas t seven meeting a t n igh t . They came i n t o my l i v i n g t e n t , as though they were frightened,--some c ry ing , some a f r a i d t h a t they would s i n by r e j e c t i n g it, and some a f r a i d of t h e d o c t r i n e t h a t they preached. . . . Now I do not know as I have c o r r e c t l y desc r ibed this; f o r I do no t know what kind of words t o use to d e s c r i b e it; bu t it was an awful bedlam, and I am g l a d t h a t we g o t o u t o f i t a l i v e , and have g o t t e n back t o B a t t l e Creek. I t h i n k B a t t l e Creek is an awful hard p l ace , b u t a man can b rea the here , whi le t h a t atmosphere down t h e r e l a s t i f l i n g , and those poor sheep--they a r e like a f l o c k o f sheep t h a t have been chased by p r a i r i e wolves, and they a r e a f r a i d o f t h e judgments o f God as they are presented by t h e m i n i s t e r s , except a few o f t h e l ead ing bre thren . . . . I t h i n k i f a people e v e r needed a test imony, a f r e s h one, i t is t h e oause i n Indiana. . . . The o l d s tandbys [p ioneers ] keep o u t f r o m t h i s movement. . . . I have no doubt , however, b u t t h a t t h e Lord w i l l open up t h e whole scene b e f o r e you; and f o r t h e sake of t h e poor sheep i n Indiana , I pray God t h a t you may have a test imony t o send to them."

Stephen Haskel l t o E l l e n White, September 25, 1900 [2d letter]: "Perhaps I should have s a i d something more i n r e f e r e n c e t o t h a t movement i n Indiana . They c la im t h a t i t has done wonders for t h e people. . . . They c l a im t h a t wherever they have preached, i n d i v i d u a l s have been converted; so t h e r e h a s been q u i t e a l a r g e i n c r e a s e i n t h e Conference d u r i n g t h e year . . . . It i s t h e g r e a t e s t mixture o f f a n a t i c i s m I n t h e t m t h t h a t I eve r have seen. . . . Thei r p o i n t o f theology i n t h i s p a r t i c u l a r r e s p e c t seems t o b e this: They

be l i eve t h a t C h r i s t took Adam's n a t u r e before he fe l l ; s o he took humanity as i t was in t h e garden of Eden, and t h u s humanity was holy, and this was t h e humanity which C h r i s t had; and now, they say, t h e p a r t i c u l a r t ime has come f o r US t o become holy i n t h a t sense , and then we w i l l have ' t r a n s l a t i o n f a i t h , ' and never d i e . They have gone through t h e country, s o t h e b re th ren have s a i d , wi th t h e i r musical ins t ruments , and they g i v e t h e impression t o o u r b re th ren where they l a b o r , t h a t t h e Laodicean message is t o be rev ived , as you have s a i d i n t h e Test imonies; and they s a y t h i s r ev iv ing of t h e message w i l l cause a s e p a r a t i o n , and s o t h o s e t h a t do n o t s e e l i g h t i n i t are t h e ones who a r e separa ted from t h e church; and t h o s e who do s e e l i g h t and g e t freedom i n i t , t h e way t h a t t hey preach it , they are t h e ones t h a t are going t o l i v e and go through wi thout t a s t i n g death. It is a mixture o f t r u t h and e r r o r , w i th much exci tement and music. . . . Such a company of s t a r v i n g sheep I have never seen! . . . I am s o r r y t o pour f o r t h t h e s e t h i n g s i n t o your ears; bu t it seemed t h a t a f t e r a l l you must hear about it, you would like t o hea r how we looked upon it. The s t r a i n o f t h e few day8 i n Ind iana I feel very s e n s i b l y now. "

H H Haskel l t o E l l e n White, October 20, 1900: "1 had f e l t a l i t t l e worried eve r s i n c e we l e f t Ind. f o r f e a r we were a l i t t l e t o o s t r a i g h t on them. Your l e t t e r c l ea red up my b l u e s and made me f e e l l i k e f i g h t i n g more b a t t l e s . I t o l d Eld H t h i s morning I wished we were i n some f o r e i g n f i e l d where t h e a i r w a s n o t s o t h i c k w i t h r e p o r t s o f t r o u b l e , sorrow and f a l s e d o c t r i n e . . . . Eld H has g iven a B i b l e s tudy each day s i n c e t h e Council [General Conference Committee meeting]. He has urged them t o keep on t h e o l d p l a t fo rm and become s o familiar w i t h t h e Sanctuary and foundat ion p r i n c i p l e s t h a t t hey can d e t e c t false doc t r ine . He has t e s t e d some of t h e new l i g h t be ing preached by t h e Sanctuary and showed them by example a s well as p recep t how t o test new l i g h t . " [Note t h a t t h e Ind iana s i t u a t i o n seems t o be s e e n w i t h i n a pe r spec t ive o f widespread, a b e r r a n t t h e o l o g i e s t h a t were cha l l eng ing t h e e n t i r e denomination.]

General Conference Committee Meeting, October 30, 1900: "The b re th ren o f t h e Ind iana Conference committee were then g iven oppor tun i ty t o exp res s themselves r e l a t i v e t o t h e d e c i s i o n of t h e General Conference Committee [ r eques t ing R S Donnell t o r e s i g n as p r e s i d e n t o f t h e Ind iana Conference]. They were unanimous i n d i s s e n t i n g from t h e d e c i s i o n of t h e Committee, s o far as t h e r e s i g n a t i o n o f E lde r R S Donnell was ooncerned. They d e s i r e d t o have oppor tun i ty t o prove themselves, and expressed a w i l l i n g n e s s t o c o r r e c t themselves s o far a a t h e Testimony is concerned, and do what t hey could t o coun te rac t any movement t h a t is d e t r i m e n t a l t o t h e best i n t e r e s t s o f t h e cause both in Ind iana and i n gene ra l . . . . The Chairman [ O A I rwin] d e s i r e d t o know t h e mind o f t h e Committee, s i n c e they had heard t h e remarks made by t h e b r e t h r e n from Indiana . It was t h e unanimous op in ion o f t h e GCC t h a t t h e p r o p o s i t i o n s r e l a t i v e t o t h e r e s i g n a t i o n o f E lde r Donnell as p r e s i d e n t o f t h e Conference, should be adhered t o . Eowever, i f t h e b r e t h r e n from Indiana d i s s e n t f r o m t h i s , it was thought t h a t they should t a k e t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f t h e ma t t e r themselves, which they e l e c t e d t o do a t t h e t h e t h a t t hey met w i th t h e Committee."

Stephen Haskel l t o E l l e n White, October 31, 1900: RYour l e t t e r [October 10, 19001 was rece ived a few days ago and I was g l a d t o r e c e i v e i t I can a s s u r e you. I was f e a r f k l I mlght have s a i d t o o much, o r what I ought n o t , o r no t have s a i d enough about t h a t Ind iana matter and your le t ter r e l i e v e d me. I had no ques t ion ing about t h e s p i r i t a t a l l bu t t h e r e are s o many o f t h e l e a d i n g b r e t h r e n when t h e r e comes anyth ing l i k e a c r i s i s aa t h e r e is ove r t h a t move t h a t are wavering t h a t i t makes a person feel l i k e g e t t i n g o u t o f t h e afray. What I mean about t h e l e a d i n g b r e t h r e n is what has developed s ince .

A t t h e w u n o i l , o r ainoe, Brother Iruin read what you aaid about fanatloism to Donnell wbo is pres ident o f that oonferenoe. Be sa id he thought your tatstirony wan a l l r i g h t but it d i d not h i t them. Then t h e a n t i r e wmmittee w a s s e n t f o r and they o a w up and t h e r e were two o r th roe aessiona. They were all o f t h e mme e d , namely, t h a t t h e t e s t i r o n y was a l l r i g h t .ad they thanked t h e Lord f o r it but it d i d not m a n them f o r they had not gone to t h e f u l l ex ten t of tbose in the e a r l y h i s t o r y of this work. And then they m i d if i t m a n t them why d id t h e Lord not uend it d h e o t to them, e ta . They s a i d however they should go horn and t r y t o r i g h t up. The Conferenoe oommittee [QCC] advised Brother Donnell to res ign but he d i d not see m y l i g h t in i t , and bis oonfemnoe oonmittea d i d not see any l i g h t i n heving hi. resign. . . . Someti#rs I have thought we here a t B.C. [Battle Creek] are l i k e t h e man who lnquimd whioh of tw roads t o t8ke1 m d t h e answer w a 8 ' t ake e i t h e r one and you w i l l wish you had taken t h e other. ' . . . You ape& rrs though you were sor ry t h a t people made auoh use o f t h e t a s t i . o a i e s in quoting them t o prove every point they wish t o make. You need not worry over tha t . For it i u t h e same way they use t h e Bible. . . . It han seemed t o me t h a t it is o f but l i t t l e uae to t r y and stem t h e ourrent of errors t h a t is sown a l l among our people. S a t u is only w a i t i n g f o r t h e l i v i n g testimony t o beoome q u i e t and then t h e m l t i t u d e o f voioes would spring up like mushmons a l l over t h e ~ o u n t r y . ~

O A Irwin t o E l len Uhite, Hovember 4 , 1900 [Regarding "the work i n Indiana, and t h e aommunioation t h a t you s e n t t o Elder Haakell, a oopy of vhioh you s e n t to meu]: .At t h e o lose o f t h e Council, we had m interview wi th Bmther Donnell, t h e p res iden t of t h e Conferenoe, In regard t o t h e oourse t h a t they had pursued t h e pas t eurmsr; but before t h e interview, I took him by himaelf and read to hi. that por t ion of t h e letter that pertained to t h e work i n Indiana. Be l i s t e n e d very a t t e n t i v e l y and rcrspeotfully, and rt t h e o lose maid he fe l t glad that t h e oommunioation had aome, rs it would be a warming t o God's people not to fa l l in to suoh 8 oondit ion; but he s a i d i t had no bear ing upon t h e work in Indiana, boause they d id not do any euoh things. I tried t o show M m where I tbought that i t d id have a d i r e o t bearing. mile they had not gone to t h e e x t r e m o f what w a s a t a t e d t h a t you had seen would t a k e plaoe, y e t they had go t t en started, .ad should they continue, by another aunmer they o e r t a i n l y would a r r i v e a t that point.

"In oonrrultation wi th tha GCC, it w a s thought b e s t t o suggest t o E lde r Donnell that he res ign t h e presidenoy, so that we r i g h t put in some o t h e r man who had not been oonneoted wi th t h e extreme movement, .ad who would use a l l h i s i n f l u e m e , wi th Brother Breed, to r i g h t up matters. But to this Donnell would g ive no d e f i n i t e r e p l y u n t i l he oould oonsul t his Committee. Be s e n t f o r t h e Indiana Committee to oom to Battle Creek, and we had m in terview w i t h them, in aonjunction wi th t h e OCC. I read t h e oolarmnioation t o t h e reabers o f t h e C o n i t t e e ; and while some o f them expressed themselves t h a t they had never f e l t f u l l y satisfied in regard t o same things t h a t had been done last summer, y e t they d i d not aee t h a t the oommnioation desoribed tbeir oondition. They would n o t w i l l i n g l y oozwent t o Brother Donnellla resigning, but they aa id tbis, that they would w i l l i n & r i g h t up those t h i q a , and espeo ia l ly that ubloh per ta ined t o t h e m i o ; and they requested t h a t they might be given a ohanoe. They a l s o requested t h a t a oopy o f t h e Testimony be plaoed in t h e i r hands, t h a t they might know exaot ly what it d i d say. But f r o m what Elders Breed and Hadcall t o l d me o f t h e way i n whioh Bmther Donnell uaed t h e Testirronies; n a m l y , muling a sentence, and then ooment ing t e n o r f i f t e e n minutes upon it, I d i d not feel me to plaoe t h e oommniaation i n tbeir hands witbout your ~ n s r n t . ~

BLLEl VHXTE REACTIONS TO HOLY FLESH TEACHING

Ellen White t o Stephen Rankell, Ootober 10, 1900, El-132: 'The things you have desoribed M t a k a plaoe in Indiana, the Lord has ahown me would take plaoe Jus t before the c lose of probation. . . . The senses of r a t i ona l beings w i l l beoome s o ooniused t h a t they oannot be t rus ted t o W e r i g h t decisions. . . . This is in invention of Satan t o s o oover up h i s ingenious methods fo r making of none e f f eo t the pure, sinoere, elevating, ennobling, sanotifyfng t r u t h f o r thls tlm, Bet ter never have t he worship o f Ood blended with music than to use ~n r s ioa l fnstmments t o do the work whloh last January waa represented t o me would be brought i n t o our oaap-meetings. . . . Those par t ioipat ing in the supposed rev iva l reoeive irpressionrr whloh lead them adrift. They oannot t e l l what they formerly knew regardfng Bible prinoiples. No encouragement should be given to this kind of worship. The same kind of influenoe oame in after the passing of t he time in 1844. . . . There w a a a be l ie f that the dead were ra ised and had asoended t o heaven. The Lord gave me a message f o r this fanatioism; f o r the beau t i fu l pr inoiples o f Bible t r u t h were being eolipsed. . . . They talked about holy f l e sh , they said they were beyond the power o f temptation, and they and shouted, and made a l l manner o f demonstrations. Theme men and women were not bad, but they were deceived and deluded. [Obviously Christology w a s not r fao tor In t he s i t ua t i on El len Yhite is describing. 'Strained views of sanot i f ioa t ion l obviously was . ] . . . Satan w a s m l d i n g the work, and sensua l i ty w a s t he r e su l t . . . . Satan's agents were working v ig i l an t ly t o make use of human minds i n ringling t h e t r u t h with tams and indeoent praotioes, t o b r w a st* upon the t r u t h and make it o f none e f feo t . I w i l l not go i n t o a l l the painful hl8tox-y; it is too muoh. But last January the Lord showed .e t h a t erroneous theor ies and methods would be brought i n t o our ormp-meetings, m d t h a t the h i s to ry of the past would be repeated. . . . The third angel's mesaage is t o be given in s t r a i g h t l ines . It is to be kept me f r o m every thread of the oheap, l i s e r a b l e inventions of r e n l s theor ies , prepared by the f a the r of lies, and disguised aa w a s the b r i l l i a n t serpent used by Satan as a Wium o f deceiving our first parents. . . . Thorn things whioh have been i n the past w i l l be in the future. . . . The i tohing des i r e t o o r u i n a t e momthing new r e s u l t s in strange dootrines. . . . k c h of t h a t whioh today is oal led testing t r u t h is twaddle whloh l eads t o a ms i s t anoe o f t he Boly np f r i t . . . . I am a t times mule very sad aa I thlnk of the use .sde of the testimonies. . . . The only sa fe ty f o r any of us is t o plant our feet upon t h e word of Ood and study the sor iptures , raking God's word our oonstant meditation. Te l l the people t o take no man's word regarding the testimonies, but t o read them and study them fo r themmlves; then they w i l l know that they are in harmony with the t ru th . The word of God i r the t ruth . . . . Muoh is being sa id regarding the impartation o f t he Boly r p i r i t , and by son this is being so i a t e rpmted that it is an -Jury t o the ohurohes. . . . Every t r u e aearuher o f the word lifts h i s hear t to God, imploring the a id o f t he s p i r i t . And he soon disuovers t h a t which o a r r i e s him above all the f i o t i t i o u s statements of the would-be teaoher, whose weak, t o t t e r i n g theor ies are not rustained by the word of the l i v i n g God. These theor ies were invented by .en who bad not learned the first lessons, t h a t God's s p i r i t and l i f e uur I n his word..

1901 OENERU COWERBRCB SBSSIOI AND HOLY FLESH l 4 m N T

Some wri te rs , in t h e i r oonriotion t h a t the dootrine of t he Inoarnation u r s oentra l to the holy f lebh movement, have noted t h a t Ellen White, i n her oondemnation of t he ro remnt , never disoussed t h e i s sue of t h e Inaarnation. They .snort , however, t h a t the day p r io r t o Ellen Uhite's oonderaation of tb movement, E J Vaggoner oonfronted that i ssue and thus negated Ellen Yhite's need t o address t h a t par t iou la r issue. Botioe t h i s Ellen Yhite evaluation of Maggonerfa teaohings a t the 1901 ression, however:

Ellen Uhite t o A G Daniells , Deaember 14, 1903, D-269, 1903: .I have of ten been warned againat overstrained ideas of sanot i f ioat ion. They lead to an objeotionable feat- of experienoe t h a t w i l l swamp us, unless we are vide awake. . . . During the Oeneral Conferenae of 1901, t he Lord warned m against sen t f . en t s t h a t were then held by Brethren Presoott and Vaggoner. Lnstruotion uaa given n t h a t these sentiments reoeived have been a s leaven put i n t o meal. Hany minds have reoeived them. The ideas of some regarding a g rea t experienoe rupposed to be sanot i f ioa t ion have been the alpha of a t r a i n of deoeption whioh w i l l deoeire and ru in sou ls o f those who reoeive them. Beoause of some overdrawn expressions frequently used by Brother E J Maggoner a t the Conference, I was led to spak words intended to oounteraat t h e i r influenae. . . . I w a s oharged that I w a s not t o hear t h e i r words f o r they must lead from t h e t r u t h m d righteousness, and w i l l oarry ou t i n t o prautioe unless they ohango t h e i r sentiments to t h e i r doing strange works, Satan ia leading them. Lis ten not t o t h e i r ~ e n t i . e n t s . ~

E J Waggoner aeroron, given the ereniag p r io r t o El len Uhitelrr oontrontation w i t h t he holy f l e s h movement, April 16, Oeneral Conferenoe 1901 Bulletin: w [ C h r i s t ] established the w i l l of Qod in the f l e sh , and established the f a o t t h a t Oodlr w i l l may be done in lay human, s i n f u l f lesh. . . . Uhat w a s t h e body t h a t w a s prepared f o r him i n whioh to do the w i l l of Ood? Evem body, your body, and 4 body, is prepared by God t h a t Chris t may do the w i l l of Ood in it. For what purpose a m we 8llowed to oon into t h i a world? Uhy are we here?--That we might do t h e w i l l o f God. h w , our hope, our only hope, is t h a t t h l a body waa prepared so le ly fo r t he oooupancy of the Lord Jesus Christ, who, through the e t e r n a l s p i r i t offered himself without spot to God, and t h a t is hope enough. . . .

.This wonder must be worked ou t i n s i n f u l man, not rimply i n t he person of Jwue Chriat , but in JESUS CHRIST BEPRODUCED AHD MULTIPLIED IH TEE THOUSAISDS OF HIS POUOVBRS. SO THAT HOT SIHPLI I B THE FEU SPORADIC CASES, BUT IE THE UHOLE BODY CJ?' TEE CHURCB, THE PERFECT LIFE OF CHRIST H I L L BB HAHIFBSTKD TO TEE WORLD, and that w i l l be t h e last orowning work whioh w i l l e i t h e r save o r oondemn men; and m a t e r t e s t i m n y than t h a t there ia not, and oan not be, beaause there is none g m a t e r than 006. Uhen God is manifest uong men, not s i r p l y aa Ood apa r t f r o m ran, but AS OOD Il CUH, ru f fe r ing a l l that rn suffered, subjeot t o arezything that .pn is subjeot t o , what g r ea t e r power oan be mmifested in t h e universe than t h a t ? . . . Uhat is t h e body? The ohuroh is his body. . . . Uhat is t h i a body for?--IT I S FOR CHRIST TO DUELL I H [emphasis supplied]. . . .

Vie an t o be rimply the l i v i a g manifestations t h e embodiment of God's Sp i r i t . . . . He, by that all-pervading S p i r i t , o m think in us. . . . Don't you see t h a t when t h e S p i r i t is thus reoeired, t o be t he animator o f our fraae, when the bra in is rectogaited only .s t he agent of t h e thought of Qod, and that the S p l r i t is to thlnk through t h a t brain, then it w i l l not be our thought, but Qod's thought. Oh, what 8 hlgh range of thought we rhall hare then1 . . .

You have the power of the . ind t o oontrol t he body; and t h a t is the leuson t h a t you and I bare got t o l ea rn in t h i s world, if we w e among those wbo uu t ransla ted, who stand rs Oodts g rea t sign to the universe, who # t a d as the perfeot algn of his oolPirrg--that is, his m i f e a t a t i o n hem in the flesh-you and I r u s t l ea rn t h a t perfeot 8ubmission t o Ood, that perfeot yielding of the body to him, that perfeot reoognltion of t he f ao t t h a t t h i s body is not our body 8t a l l , but it is Christ's body, and we muat resign a l l r i g h t to it. . . .

*You and I l i k e Christ-nay, not you and I, but Chrirrt l n us,--ray bay, '1 . d e l i g h t t o do thy w i l l , 0 my God.'. . . Ve are t o be possessed by him, possessed by the S p i r i t o f God, s o that h i s mind is o w r ind; 88 he thinka, we aat . That is possible. . . . Cod gives us his l i f e , his s p i r i t u a l life. . . . V e never can ge t so moh of t he l i f e of God t h a t we oan dispense with i t , and l i v e by ourselves alone. . . . 0, may Qod help uu t o see some of the glor ious p o s s i b i l i t i e s in t he gospel.

Ellen Uhite, 'Regarding the Late lbvemnt in Indiana, Qeneral Conferenoe Bul le t in , April 17, 19018 T h e teaohing given in regard t o what is termed 'holy f l e ah t is an error. A 1 1 m y now obtain holy hear ts , but it is not oorreot to olaim in th is l i fe t o have holy f lesh. . . . If those who speak so f r e e l y of perfeation in t h e f l e sh oould s ee things in t he t r u e l i g h t , they would reooi l with horror from t h e i r presumptuous ideas. In showing the fa l laoy of t h e i r assumptions in regard t o holy f l e sh , t he Lord is seeking t o prevent men and women from put t ing on his words a aonatruotion whioh leads t o pol lut ion of body, soul, and s p i r i t . Let this phase of dootr lne be oarr led a l i t t l e fur ther , a d it w i l l lead to t h e o l a i r that its advooatm am not sin; t h a t s h o e they have boly f lesh , t h e i r aot ions are all boly. . . . [Hardly a fooua upon the Inownation, but r a t h e r upon those raking ' f a l s e claims of sanc t i f ioa t ion t I

.And while we oan not olaim perfeotion of t h e f l esh , we may have Chris t ian perfeotion of t he soul. Through t h e aaor i f ioe made in our behalf , sins may be perfeot ly forgiven. Our dependenoe is not in w h a t .an oan do; it is in what God oan do f o r ran through C h r i s t . . . .

Ve ars not to be anxious about what Chris t 8nd Qod thlnk of ua, but about what (iod thWs of Christ, our Subst i tu te , . . .

*I have been instruoted t o say t o tho- i n Indiana who a m advooating s t range dootrines, 'You are giv lag a vrong m l d t o the p r e o i o u m d important work of God. Keep within t he bounds of tbe Bible.'. . .

When human b e a s reoeive boly f leah , they w i l l be taken t o heaven. While sin is forgiven in t h l a l ife, its r e s u l t s are not now wbolly removed. It is a t his coming t h a t Chris t is to 'ohange our v i l e body.'. . . .

"1 have been Lnstruoted by the Lord t h a t this rovetmnt in Indiana Is of t he same oharaoter ur hare been the movements la year8 past. . . . I n the period of disappointment after the passing of the the in 1844, fanatloism in various forma uurse. Sore held that the reaurreotion of the righteous dead had already taken plaoe. 1 was sen t t o bear a measage t o thorn believing this, PLI I am now bear* a message t o you. They declared t h a t they were perfeated, that body, soul, and s p i r i t were holy. . . . They d e o l d t h a t as t h e i r f l e s h w a s pur i f ied, they were ready f o r t r ~ n s l a t i o n . ~

Ellen Vhite, *A Testimony Qiven t o t h e ninisters a t Qeneral Confernnos, April 17,' OC Bulletinr 'God hes l e f t a few o f t he old pioneers who know something of the fanatioiam which ex is ted i n t h e ea r ly drys of this wssage. . . . Here is Brother Haakell. He knows something about it. . . . Then the re is Brother Corlisa; I speak of him beeause he knows something about fanatioiam, not only i n t he ea r ly days, but i n our l a t e r sxperlenue. Let every one of u s remember the men o f gray ha i r s . . . . I have oome a long way

t o bear t h i s testimony before t h e oongregation which was presented t o me before I l e f t Cooranbong. If t h i s had not been presented t o me, I should not have been here today."

J H Kellogg, w I l l u s t r a t e d Stereopt icon Lecture," Apr i l 18 [ t h e day following El len Whitels condemnation o f t h e Indiana movement]: "I have been asked t o t a l k t o you tonight on t h e ques t ion o f t h e d iv ine l i f e i n man. . . . God goes down i n t o t h e depths of s i n i n o rde r t h a t he may br ing u s back again. He s t a y s with u s i n our s inn ing and wrong doing. Oh, it seems t o me t h a t t h a t must appeal t o us--tbe f a c t t h a t God is dwell ing i n us , and is serving when we s in . . . . God l a i n me, and everyth ing I do is Godvs power; every s i n g l e a c t is a c r e a t i v e a c t o f God."

El len White Sermon, "'She Unity o f t h e S p i r i t , " May 6 , 1901: "1 want t o t e l l you about our Conferenoe i n B a t t l e Creek. It was a g r e a t t r i a l f o r me t o leave my home i n Ca l i fo rn ia and t a k e t h e long Journey ac ross t h e continent . And t o save me t h i s Journey i n midwinter, t h e bre thren decided t o hold the Conference i n Cal i fornia . But i n t h e n igh t season I was addressing congregations i n B a t t l e Creek. The S p i r i t of t h e Lord was s t r i v i n g wi th me, and I knew t h a t I must go t o B a t t l e Creek. Therefore it was decided t o hold t h e Conference i n t h a t place. . . . After t h e Conference it was proposed t h a t I v i s i t Indianapol is on my way home. I was s o weak t h a t I feared I could not do t h i s . I had s l e p t but l i t t l e f o r three nights . But I decided t o t r u s t i n t h e Lord f o r s t r eng th . . . . While I was praying, peace and comfort from on high came t o me. I rose from my knees q u i t e ready t o go t o Indianapolis . . . The Lord's b les s ing was wi th me a l l t h e way, and he helped me t o speak twice t o the church I n I h d i a n a p o l i ~ . ~

ELLEN WHITE CONFRONTS HOLY FLESH THEOLOGY I N INDIANAPOLIS

After the 1901 General Conference Session, E l l en Uhite again confronted t h e theologica l presupposi t ions of t b e boly f l e s h movement. She d id ao a t t h e Indiana Conference Session t h a t met f r o m Hay 3-5, 1901. A t t h a t sess ion she made the following in t roduc to ry statement: nDuring t h e General Conference of 1901, i n s t r u c t i o n was given me in regard t o t h e experience o f some of our bre thren in Indiana, and regarding t h e d o c t r i n e s they had been teaching i n t h e churches. I was shown t h a t through t h i s experience and t h e d o c t r i n e s taught , t h e enemy has been working t o l ead s o u l s as t ray ." Following t h a t s tatement, she gave t h e essence o f what she presented a t t h e General Conference Session.

It should be observed t h a t he r t b r u a t e s s e n t i a l l y destroyed t h e theo log ica l framework o f boly f l e s h theology. Her statement focusing upon t h e f a c t t h a t " s i n s may be p e r f e c t l y f o r g i v e n t U t h e blood o f C h r i s t con t inua l ly "cleansing from a l l a l n n and " f ree ing t h e consciencen s t r u c k a t a movement t h a t focused upon a last genera t ion t h a t i t believed would be l i v i n g above s i n and thereby enjoying a l l t h e b e n e f i t s t h a t it believed would ensue. Her t h r u s t t o "not be anxious about what C h r i s t and God th ink o f us, but o f what God t h i n k s of Christ, our S u b s t i t u t e , " hardly harmonized wi th a movement t h a t focused upon a period when i t expected t o be without a Mediator. El len Uhi te1s counsel t o "keep wi th in t h e bounds o f t h e Biblen would hardly barmonlze witb a movement t h a t a n t i c i p a t e d a unique period o f h i s t o r y not experienced i n B i b l i c a l t imes. Her comparison between t h e immediate post-1844 period and t h e Indiana teaching wi th both pe r iods focusing upon f a l s e views o f s a n c t i f i c a t i o n and accompanying c la ims o f n t r a n s l a t i o n f a i t h w seems very re l evan t . Christology obviously was not t h e i s s u e i n t h e immediate post-1844

period and n e i t h e r Maggoner nor anyone else a t t h e Ind ianapo l i s metiag diaausaed t b e 18sue of t h e Inoarnation. She destroyed o r r t a i n o f t h e wdivine a e n o e w i d e m in her r s s e r t i o n , .the Lord wil l not s a m e wi th our s i a s .*

Bl len Uhite t o Brother and Qidter Kellogg, June 13, 1901, K43-01; '1 spoke twioe in Indianapol&, on Sabbath and Sunday. Brethren Jones, Danie l l s , and Presao t t were wi th u s a t t h e meting. The Lord gave m a message f o r t h e people similar to t h e one given me i n Battle Creek in regard to t h e e r r o r s whioh have o rep t in amng U s in regard to holy f lesh . . . . The t r u t h o f Qod is found in his word, and those wbo feel t h a t they must seek elsewhere f o r present t r u t h need to be oonverted anew. . . . Let those who have been deluded g i v e up a l l their fa l l a~ ies . The love o f Jesus w i l l no t endure suoh r i v a l s . Is t h e S p i r i t of Ood beoomes b e t t e r known, the Bible w i l l be ~ a e i v e d as t h e on ly foundation o f f8ith.w

E l l en Vhite t o B r o t h e r and Sister Baskell , J u l y 18, 1901, H85-01; w b m l i a t e l y after t h e [General] Confemnoe, Brethren Dan ie l l s and Presoot t went to Ind ianapo l i s t o hold som meetings t h e r e , and to arrange f u t u r e p l w f o r t h e work i n Indiana. They a o ~ i d e r e d i t an impera t ive necess i ty f o r me t o be present . . . . I had a very p la in , deoided t e s t i r o n y f o r o u r people in Indianapol is , and t h e Lord strengthened me t o bear it. I spoke o f t h e s t r ange fanat io ism whiob had a r i s e n in Indiana, t h e harr it had a l ready done, and would aontinue to do, even though t h e people were oonvinoed o f t h e t r u t h , and renounoed t h e i r error. I spoke in t h e Ind ianapo l i s ohurah Sabbath afternoon and Sunday a f t e r n ~ o n . ~

E l l en Uhite t o Brother and S i ~ t e r Baskell, September 1, 1901, B125-01; 'The f a o t is, l a t e l y rany perils hare a r i s e n ; questions hare aom up whioh required a great amount o f wisdom and graoe and the l o r e o f Jesus t o urswer. The fear t h a t the oause of God would be wounded and bruised kept m in a state o f cons tant b u d e n and taxat ion . . . . You know t h e hard a t r a i n I h.d at t h e General Conferenoe. . . . A f t e r t h e Conferenoe I w a n t to Indianapol is , and spoke t o t h e ohurob there Sabbath morning and Sunday m r n l n g . . . . The Lord gave m s p e c i a l freedom in bearing my t e s t h n y . The presence of Clod w a s w i th us. The next day, S w a y , I rpoke t o t h e people very deoidedly regarding t h e fana t i c i sm whioh had g r e a t l y inJumd t h e oause of Ood in Indiana. I t o l d them t h a t those who o l a W to have holy f l e s h were under a de lus ion o f t h e enemy. A t t h i s meeting we had t h e help of t h e b re th ren who had beard 4 testimony a t B a t t l e Creek.m

El len Uhite t o J H Kellogg, October 5, 1903, K245-03: "The sentiments t h a t you e n t e r t a i n and advocate are i n some ways similar t o , and even more dangerous i n t h e i r r e s u l t a , than t h e sentiments i n regard t o 'holy f l e s h , ' which I rebuked while a t t h e General Conference o f 1901."

El len White, "Beware of Fanci fu l D o c t ~ i n e s , ~ RH, January 21, 1904: W I have been I n s t r u c t e d t o say t h a t it is not new and f a n c i f i l d o c t r i n e s which t h e people o f God need. They do not need supposi t ions , which can not be sus ta ined by t h e Word o f God. . . . [Aluding t o e a r l y fanat ic ism] The doc t r ine t h a t a l l were boly [ l ed ] t o t h e b e l i e f t h a t t h e a f f e c t i o n s o f t h e s a n c t i f i e d were never i n danger o f l ead ing as t r ay . . . . This is only one o f t h e ins tances i n which I was c a l l e d upon t o rebuke those who were p resen t ing t h e doc t r ine o f an impersonal god d i f f u s e d through nature , and t h e d o c t r i n e o f holy f l e s h . . . . Do not p resen t t h e o r i e s o r tests t h a t have no foundation i n t h e Bible. . . .

Y e my ~ f e l y d i s o u d all idea8 t h a t are not lnoluded in [ C h r l n t v s ] teaohing. 1 appaal to our ministers t o be sure that tbeir feet a r e plaoed on the p l a t f o m of e te rna l t ruth . J30wm-e bow you follow lmpul8e, aalling i t the Boly Sp i r i t . "

Ellen Yhite t o brethren Paulson, Sadler, Jones, and Uageoner, A u g u s t 1, 1904t "In tbe night semen I seeme4 t o be In 8 llrge oompaay, speaking p la in ly and decidedly under the innpira t ion of the S p i r i t of Ood. I presented the t rue outoom of t he present oontroversy. . . . Our Couaselor then l a i d His hands on t h e shoulders of Elders A T Jones 8nd B J Uaegoner, md &d, 'You are oonfused. You am I n the xbt m d fog. You have need of t he heavenly annointing.' To Brother Jones He sa id , 'Uhy have you permitted your r i n d to be worked aa i t has been. I w8rned you not t o permit this.' He s a i d to Brother Yaggoner, 'Leave t he plaae where you now are, and walk i n the path I hare pointed out. 'Living Temple' ia fill of seduotive sentiments, whioh if reoeived, w i l l tear down the foundations of your f a i t h , and weaken your peraeptions o f t r u t h and rlghteoume8s. '

mAddres~ing t h e m both, He sa id , 'There is a work f o r both of you t o do. Your r i nds need t o be thomughly renewed. Tour f a i t h is to rest on a high, holy, subs tan t ia l foundation. Ood has a work f o r you t o do i n sounding the lpst l h s b q e of wwning to the world. Turn away from r c i e n t i f i o theoriea. Uhat is the ohaff t o tbe wheat?'

.The speaker w a s represented t o me aa standing on a high platform. To this platform be ra ised both am, and plaoed one a t h i s r i g h t hand and t he o t b r a t his l e f t . ?ban he eoid: 'The sentiments that you have reoeived in harmony with the specious theor ies presented in t he book 'Living t emple ' are not purv truth. There i n a aondngl ing o f t r u t h and error, and i t w i l l be d i f f i o u l t f o r you t o s ing l e ou t t he t r u e f r o m t he f a l s e , to d in t iaguish between the threads of t r u t h and the throad of arror . . . . Ood would have your r i nds oleansod i r o m these theories. . . . Yarn o the r s t o l e t s p l r i t u a l i s t i o bophis t r ies alone. . . . Separate e n t i r e l y f r o m t he bevitobing, r i s lead ing ren t iaen ta that run through 'Living Terpla.'. . . There is a work f o r you t o do; but you must empty your r i nds of al l i a n a i f i l p n s e n t a t i o ~ , m d give the warn* .esaage.pm

Bllen Uhite to D H Kress, February 17, 1905, W9-05; .Our Sani ta r ium rre t o reaoh a c lans t h a t our be mached by no other #am. 'Why,' aaka one and another, 'is not prayer offered f o r t he l iraouloun healing o f the r i a , inutead of so many runit.ri\l.s belug ostrbllnhed. ' Should this be done, g rea t fanatioism would arise in our ranku. ?boss who have muoh self-oonfidenoe would start i n t o aotion, a8 did o e r t a h ones I n Indiam, who bad a great deal t o eay about holy f lesh. These one8 were oarr ied away by a s p i r i t u a l i s t l o delusion. A t the General Confernnee of 1901, they uero rebuked by a msuage given me f o r them by the Iard. Should we oarrp out the plaas t h a t r o w would be pleased to have ua OWTJ out , wmpanie8 would be ?om& who would bring in s p i r i t u a l i s t i o ron l f e s t a t i ons that would ooniuse t he f a i t h o f .any.. [Ellen Uhite'u r e f l eo t ive statement again indloates t h a t the -tun of Chriat uaa not a s lgn i f ioan t Issue t o her aa elm oontemplr td the holy f leuh .ovemnt.]

George Butler [ p r e ~ i d e n t of t he Southern Union m d former General Conferenoe president] t o A Q Daniella, February 11, 1907: "1 have to go down to Memphis Friday mrnlng to grapple with the 'holy f lesh ' question. Brother Donne11 has got tbe ohuroh down there all worked up over the subjeot. . . . I have t he testimony from S i s t e r Uhite on the 'boly f l e sh ' business whioh I w i l l take with .e when I go to Hemphis. I uuppose t h a t a t the proper tlm I w i l l read this, w t h a t they w i l l know w h a t S i s t e r Uhite haa t o m y about the ratter. I aha l l go i n t o t he question of organization somewhat. 5 is troubled on t h a t point , and takes the view tha t is advocated by Eld Jones and

other8 t h a t tba individual ohuroh is n u p r w e m S A Runkjer [president of Southern Union1 to H H Cobban, Haroh 26, 1933:

"It does not reem that Brother Donne11 o m l i v e long, and yet we hare no way of knowing. T a k i n g aa re of him is a w m arduous taak than i f he were a l i t t l e infant. Ee aan not be lef t alone a t all . He has t o be watahed every minute f o r fear he w i l l wander away, never knowing where he is going, and not knowlng what he does."

Paul Dysiager t o J L Shaw, January 16, 1935: "Eld Donnellts mind is gone so nothing oan be learned f r o m himew [Doanell died Bovember 28, 1937.1

h idenoe has been presented that ind ica tes t h a t the i s sue of the Inoarnation was not primarily an i s sue in t he boly f l e sh apostasy, but even i f it w a s a oentra l question, t h in reviewer bel ieves t h a t the posi t ion on t h a t aub3sot held by Jones and Yaggoner g ives c l e a r evidenoe of a developing pantheism held I n oommon by many S D A s in t h e 1890s.

Uaggoner introduced the question o f t h e nature of C h r b t in the January 21, 1889, i s sue of t he m S i g ~ of the Timesa [which he and A T Jones edited]. He appeared t o use an Ellen U t e a r t i o l e , o r ig ina l ly printed in the mSignsm of April 19, 1883, t o strengthen his o m oontentions, In mpr in t i ng t h a t a r t i c l e i n the January, 1889, issue, Waggoner seemed to see re levame i n t he following Ellen Uhite statememtr

"The grea t trial of Chris t i n t he wilderness on t b point o f appe t i t e waa t o leave ran an example o f self-denial. This long f a a t w a s t o aonviat pen of s in fu lness o f the things In whioh professed Chris t ians indulge. The via tory whioh C h r i s t gained in t h e wilderness w a n t o show uur the rinf'ulnesa of t he very things i n which he take8 such pleasure, The ~ a l r a t i o n o f ran w a s in the balanoe, and to be decided by the t r ia l o f C h r i s t in the vildetness. If C h r i a t wan a r i a t o r on t he point o f appe t i t e , then there w a s a ohanoe f o r oran t o oreroome. If Satan gained the r i o t o r y through h i s subt le ty , man w a s bound by the power of appe t i t e in oheins o f lndulgenae whiah he oould not have moral power t o break. Christ's humanity alone aould never have endured t h i s test, but h i n divine power aorbfned with humanity gained in behalf of ran an i n f i n i t e viotory."

Obviously, various intetrpretations o f t h a t s t a t e m n t are possible, but Waggoner appeared t o aee in it an i n t e rp re t a t i on that supported his oontentiorus In his e d i t o r i a l , 'Ood Manifest i n the in that same i s sue of t he m8igns.m Central points o f t h a t a r t i c l e are here reproduced:

"A l i t t l e tbought w i l l be s u f f i c i e n t to show anybody that i f Christ took upon himself the l ikeness of rao, in order t h a t he might s u f f e r death, it must have been r I n f u l man t h a t he w a s made like, f o r it is only sin that aauses death. Death oould hare no power over 8 s i n l e a s urn, ra Adam uas fn Men; and it w u l d not have had any power over Chr i s t i f t h e Lord had not l a l d on him the in iqu i ty of ua a l l . h r e o v e r , t h e f a a t t h a t C h r i a t took upon -elf t he f lesh , not of a s i n l e s s being, but o f 8 i n f u l ran, that is, that the f l e s h which be ossuaed had a l l t he weaknesses and s i n f u l tendenoiea to whioh f a l l e n huma~ nature is subject , is rboun by t h e very words upon which this a r t i c l e is baaed.

"The spot lea8 Lamb of God, wbo knew no s i n , wan made to be nin. S in less , ye t not only oounted aa a s inner , b u t a c tua l l y taking upon U e l f s i n f u l nature. H e was made t o be s i n i n order t h a t we might be made righteousness.

'Sow ry have thought, w h i l e reading this a r t i o l e thus far, that we were depmciat ing the oharacter of Jesus by bringing him down to the l eve l of s i n f u l man. On the o o n t r u y , we are simply exalt* the 'divine power' of our blessed Saviour, wbo -elf voluntar i ly desoended to the l eve l o f s i n f u l w, in order t h a t he might exa l t aan t o his Own 8pot less pur i ty , whioh he retained under t he m a t adverse oirourstanoes. 'God w a s in Christ,' AHD EIKHCE BE COULD HOT SIN [emphasis supplied]. His humanity only veiled his divine nature, whioh w a s m r a than able to suaoessfully resist the s in fu l passions of the f lesh. There waa i n his wbole l i fe a struggle. The f lesh, roved upon by the enemy of a l l righteousoess, would tend to sin, ye t his divine nature never f o r a moment harbored an e v i l des i re , nor did his divine power f o r a m m n t waver. Having suffered in the f l e s h all that a l l men oan possibly suf fe r , he returned to the throne of t he Father, a8 spot less .s when he lef t the oourts o f glory. When he l a y in the tomb, under the power of death, 'it w a s impassible t h a t he should be bolden of i t , ' beoause it had been impossible fo r the divioe nature whioh dwelt in him to sin. 'Well,' w8e w i l l say, 'I donl t see any oomfort in this f o r me; it wasn't possible t h a t t he Son of God should sin, but I baven't any such power.' Why not? You oan have i t i f you want it. The same power whioh enabled him to resist every temptation presented through the f l e sh , while he w a s loompassed with Infirmity, ' oan enable us t o do the same. C h r i s t oould not sin, because he w a s t h e . an i r e s t a t i on o f God. . . . 'Christ may dwell in your hear t s by fa i th . ' . . . Who oould ask f o r more? C h r i s t , in whom dwelleth a l l t h e fu l l ne s s o f the Godhead bodily, r a y dwell i n our hear ts , so that we may be f i l l e d with a l l t he fu l l ne s s of God. . . . A 1 1 the power which Chris t had dwelling in h h by nature, we may have dwell* in us by graoe, f o r he f r ee ly bestows it upon us. . . . What wonderful p o s s i b i l i t i e s there a r e f o r tbe Christian1 To w h a t heights o f holiness he may a t ta in ! lio Bat te r how much Satan may war against hlr, assaul t ing him where the f l e s h is weakest, he may abide under the shadow of t he Alrighty, and be f i l l e d with the fu l lness of God's strength. The One s t ronger than Satan r a y dwell in his hear t c o n t i n ~ a l l y . ~ [By being aware of the l a t e r Jones and Waggoner dement i n t o 'pantheism,' we can here note t h a t Waggoner is speaking in a pantbela t ic sense, not with a foous upon the power avai lable t h u g h our nuontinualn Mediator.]

The preoeding a r t i a l e wan repr inted under the t i t l e 'Nature o f Christ,' in t he October 21, 1889, mSQnna and in Waggoner's n C h r i s t and Bis B ~ h t e ~ u s n e s s , ~ Ootober, 1890. In the l a t t e r publication, hauever, tbe phrase n'Ood w a s in C h r i s t , ' and bence he w u l d not a h , ' wan omitted. S t i l l , however, t h e o ther mpanthe18tion implications of Vaggonarls theology were retained. It sbould be noted hem t h a t this wncept wan not relevant to the 1888 message of Yaegoner. It w a s o lear ly h i s foous upon C h r i s t ' s rlghteouaness as a free g i f t t h a t El len Vhite endorsed in 1888. Evidenoe on t b a t point has been presented.

An analysia o f A T Jones' understanding of t h e nature o f C h r i s t l ikewise revea ls developing mpan theb t i ca aastmptions. The lollowfng A T Jones' s tatements a r e taken f r o m the 1895 General Coaferenae Bul le t inr

p 193: nDoes C h r i s t make a new man out o f a Jew and a OentileP--kt. Out o f a heathen and sowbody elm?--130. Out o f one heathen and anotber heathen? --h. God makes one new man ou t o f God and a ran. a

p 216: .The new men is not made of tw men ubo are a t outs ; but is made of Ood and the man. . . . Therefore, i n order that Qod r i g h t rceaoh man, and be joined to hi. once mre; in order that Qod l i g h t be revealed t o man onoe m r e ; and t h a t rpan might be onoe mre in t h e plaoe whiah Qod made him fo r , Jesus gave b iase l f , and God appeared in him, with his glory s o veiled by human f l e s h t h a t man, s i n f u l man, can look upon him and l ive . . . . A11 of God is in

. Christ, f o r 'in hi . dwel le th a l l t h e f u l l n e s s o f t h e godhead bodily.'. . . Uherers, out o f C h r i s t , i n himself, alone, no man o m see Ood and l i v e . I n C h r i s t , o u t o f himself, no ura can see h d and not l i v e . . . . [217] A 1 1 of Qod is h Christ, f o r 'in him dwel le th a l l t h e f u l l n e s s o f t h e godhead y . . . Thus Ood and man, by t h e cmnity, were separa te , but C h r i s t ooms between, and in him t h e man and Oob meet, and when God and t h e rn met i n C h r i s t , then those tvo--'botht--are one; and t h e r e is t h e new urn. llnd Im,' and only so, peaoe la M e . So t h a t i n Christ, Qod and man are ~e ra one; oonaequently, C h r i s t is t h e at-one-mnt between Ood and t h e ran. . . . Oh, t h e Lord Jesus gave himelf, and in himself abolished t h e e m t y t o a e in himself o f two-0od and t h e .an--one new man, 8o making peaoe..

p 2202 "He Who W U With Qod whem sod is, is With where is, h d be who was with Ood a8 God is, is wi th .an aa rran is. And he who w a s one wi th God as God is, la one wi th raa os man is. And 8o o e r t a i n l y us Us w a s t h e nature o f God yonder, s o o e r t a i n l y h i s is the nature o f man here..

, p 270: When he [Jesus] stood where we are, he s a i d , 'I w i l l put my t r u s t i n Bip3;' and t h a t tmst w a s never disappointed. In response t o t h a t t r u s t , t h e Father dwelt in him and wi th him, and kept him f r o 8 sinning. Uho waa he?--Ye. And thus t h e Lord Jesus has brought t o every man in thls world d ivine f a i t h . That is t h e f a i t h o f t h e Lord Jesus. . . . God responded then to t h e t r u s t , md dwelt wi th him. Ood w i l l respond today t o t h a t t r u s t i n u s and w i l l dwell wi th us. . . . He who w a s one of God b e o m one o f us; he who wm Ood beoant we, l n o r d e r t h a t God wi th hfia should be Qod wi th us.'

p 3652 We have s tud ied f o r s e v e r a l l e a s o a s the f a o t t h a t he in human nature w a s ourse lves ; and he in w and w e in him mt temptation and t h e power o f Satan, and oonquered it a l l in this world, beasuse Ood w a s wi th him; Ood w a s dea l ing wi th him; God w a s hold- hlm and keeping hi.."

p 367% mYou remember that we found back in one o f our lessom t h a t God's i d e a l o f a ran is ood and t h e ran joined i n that new man that is W e in C h r i s t J e sus by t h e des t ruo t ion o f t h e enmity. That new man t h a t is made of t h e union o f Qod and man is God's i d e a l man. But y e t t ake that man us he s tands i n thls world, in t h e pe r feo t symmetry of human perfeot ion, and u n i t e God with him 8.0 t h a t only Ood is manifested i n hi., t h a t is not y e t God's f u l l i d e a l of a mart; f o r tk man is still in this world. The i d e a l o f Ood oonoerning t h a t man is never 8ett u n t i l that .an s t a n d s a t God's r i g h t hand in heaven g l o r i f i e d . 0, he haa prepared great t h i n g s f o r us, and I propose to enJoy them1 Yes, sir, I propose to open up 8nd l e t the wondrous power work, and endoy it as I 80.'