Ellen G. White Writings

3781 The Medical Missionary, vol. 16 July 3, 1907, page 212 paragraph 3

… Christian church is spiritual. It is the body of Christ, and that body is wholly spiritual. The realm of the Christian Church is only that of spirit—the Spirit …

3782 The Medical Missionary, vol. 16 July 3, 1907, page 212 paragraph 4

… the “church of the first born which are written in heaven.” It is the Church which is His body. It is the Church, every member of which is a member of Christ himself …

3783 The Medical Missionary, vol. 16 July 24, 1907, page 246 paragraph 11

… the Church, which is his body.” In the head, not in the the [ sic .] body, is the place of intelligence, judgment, and will. It is in the Head, not in the body, which is the Church …

3784 The Medical Missionary, vol. 16 October 9, 1907, page 324 paragraph 1

… the church may receive edifying.” “He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.” 1 Corinthians 14:1, 4 …

3785 The Medical Missionary, vol. 16 December 25, 1907, page 413 paragraph 10

… the church in the presence of that official and august body, “and they took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus.” Peter and John were remanded outside …

3786 The Medical Missionary, vol. 16 December 25, 1907, page 414 paragraph 1

… dignified body as this; such an answer from mere common persons to this august assembly, from mere private members of the church to the regular assemblage …

3787 The Medical Missionary, vol. 17 January 22, 1908, page 76 paragraph 2

… “People’s Church” in Omaha, on “The Spirit of the Times and the Spirit for the Times, “The Church of Christ,” and Christian Health and how to have it.” The interest was …

3788 The Medical Missionary, vol. 17 February 12, 1908, page 133 paragraph 6

… the church is composed only of individual Christians. Also the church is “the body of Christ;” and Christ is God manifest, to the complete emptying, yea, the very …

3789 The Medical Missionary, vol. 18 January 13, 1909, page 37 paragraph 10

… the Church. And this universal jurisdiction has been assumed with the direct purpose of its being held, exerted, and enlarged. In their own words: “A body of men …

3790 The Medical Missionary, vol. 18 January 27, 1909, page 70 paragraph 4

In the report of the committee on State Federation, the Federation centralized body is said to be “the Senate of the Federated Churches of the Commonwealth;” and that as such “its office is to collect and make available—

3791 The Medical Missionary, vol. 18 January 27, 1909, page 70 paragraph 8

… local churches, especially their experiments in co-operation: including “annual reports of all denominational bodies; the histories and anniversaries …

3792 The Medical Missionary, vol. 18 February 3, 1909, page 83 paragraph 3

… the churches from appeals from aid which tend to benevolence from the regular and recognized channels,” the Federation at one mighty stride plants herself …

3793 The Medical Missionary, vol. 18 February 3, 1909, page 83 paragraph 4

… the churches” to file with the executive committee of the Federation an “annual statement” of their business and how it is done.

3794 The Medical Missionary, vol. 18 February 17, 1909, page 132 paragraph 14

… a body distinct from the church will be gone. As a distinct system of law and government the State will have been utterly supplanted, and its machinery will …

3795 The Medical Missionary, vol. 18 March 3, 1909, page 170 paragraph 1

… of Churches. These brethren (I do not myself sympathize with them in their belief) but I do respect their convictions. I do respect them for the fact that they …

3796 The Medical Missionary, vol. 18 March 31, 1909, page 250 paragraph 2

… the churches of the United States, the people of the churches have never had a thing to do. It was the official bodies of the denominations, and these not being …

3797 National Reform is Church and State [BSL], p. 3.2 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… my church ,” and in that church is his religion. The church is the body of Christ ( Colossians 1:18 ); the members of the church are members of Christ ( 1 Corinthians …

3798 National Reform is Church and State [BSL], p. 16.3 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… the churches, as one body, under the title of the National Reform Association, shall have reached that place where they can say in the plenitude of their power …

3799 National Reform is Church and State [SL], p. 3.7 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)