Ellen G. White and Her Critics

Restricted View of Salvation Surrendered

That the idea of restricted salvation had quite disappeared from our publications by the early 1850’s is specifically affirmed by James White in an editorial in the Review of July 4, 1854, to which we referred in chapter 13. He quotes from critical statements made by a Mrs. Seymour in the Harbinger, in which she speaks thus of Sabbathkeepers: “They have ceased preaching repentance, saying it is too late! They have stifled their sympathies for the impenitent, and have virtually said, Sinner, you cannot turn to God and live.”—Page 173. To this James White replies: EGWC 615.1

“Now all this is entirely false. Those who have read our publications, especially for the past two years, and have known any thing of the labors of the brethren in the Sabbath cause, know, that Mrs. S. has penned untruths, and that the Harbinger has published the same.”—Ibid. EGWC 615.2

It is evident that the Sabbathkeeping group have definitely moved from the shut door to the open door. EGWC 615.3