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2961 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 186 (Francis D. Nichol)
Substance of Bates’s Argument
2962 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 186.3 (Francis D. Nichol)
… Bates’s argument to the Advent believers is this: The great book of the Revelation is the foundation of all the Adventist preaching. We have believed and …
2963 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 187.3 (Francis D. Nichol)
… reasoned argument to show that the Sabbath is the seal of God. However, on page 24 Bates credits to Mrs. White the presentation in vision of the first “clear light …
2964 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 215.2 (Francis D. Nichol)
… the arguments of her critics.
2965 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 216.2 (Francis D. Nichol)
… . The argument against Mrs. White here rests, of course, on the mere use of the phrase, “shut the door.” The reasoning is as follows: “The words ‘the shut door,’ consistently …
2966 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 222 (Francis D. Nichol)
The Argument Against Mrs. White
2967 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 222.6 (Francis D. Nichol)
The argument against her is as follows: The only reason Mrs. White would say: “Some appeared to have been really converted, so as to deceive God’s people,” is that …
2968 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 223.1 (Francis D. Nichol)
This argument sounds plausible, but let us look at the full record. The vision is notable, first, because it is the initial presentation of the shut door in relation …
2969 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 232.2 (Francis D. Nichol)
… the argument under examination begins to be evident. The Bible does not describe prophets as omniscient; that is, that they know all things, and that they can …
2970 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 234.3 (Francis D. Nichol)
… final argument, and the one supposed to prove beyond all debate, that Mrs. White, along with her associates, believed that there was no more salvation for sinners …
2971 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 238.1 (Francis D. Nichol)
… of argument and evidence submitted to prove that Mrs. White believed and taught for seven years following 1844 that there was no salvation for sinners. A …
2972 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 245.6 (Francis D. Nichol)
… certain arguments. Let us consider these under four heads:
2973 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 246 (Francis D. Nichol)
The First Argument Against Dorchester Vision
2974 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 247.1 (Francis D. Nichol)
We could dismiss the whole argument at this point on the valid ground that there is no text of “the entire vision.”
2975 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 250 (Francis D. Nichol)
Second Argument Against Dorchester Vision
2976 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 250.2 (Francis D. Nichol)
This argument, in various forms, is answered in the pages of this book. We need only remind the reader that none were more insistent in their appeal to their …
2977 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 250 (Francis D. Nichol)
Third Argument Against Dorchester Vision
2978 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 250.4 (Francis D. Nichol)
… this argument simply by declaring that the uncertainty of context—what she might have said just before or just after the passage under discussion—prevents …
2979 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 251 (Francis D. Nichol)
Fourth Argument Against Dorchester Vision
2980 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 251.6 (Francis D. Nichol)
This argument has been examined in the preceding pages. We are concerned not with what Mrs. White’s associates believed and taught, or even with what she herself …