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981 Divine Guidance in the Remnant of God’s Church, p. 159.7 (Denton Edward Rebok)
The Bible sets before us the kind of men and women whom God does not want in His kingdom. It likewise sets before us the kind of men and women whom God does want in His kingdom.
982 Divine Guidance in the Remnant of God’s Church, p. 159.8 (Denton Edward Rebok)
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.” Verses 22-24 .
983 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 159.1 (Francis D. Nichol)
The only part of the charge that we cannot refute is that Adventist sisters suffered ridicule, at times, because they wore a reform dress. But we deny the conclusion …
984 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 159.2 (Francis D. Nichol)
Everyone knows that the best way to provoke a laugh is to look at the family album—anyone’s! Every style there portrayed on the person of grandpa and grandma …
985 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 159.3 (Francis D. Nichol)
True, dress reformers, like most other reformers, were ridiculed in their day, but a later day endorsed their views. Listen to these words, written in 1913:
986 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 159.4 (Francis D. Nichol)
“The cause for which the early dress reformers labored and suffered martyrdom has triumphed in almost all points....
987 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 159.5 (Francis D. Nichol)
“The chief points in the indictment of woman’s dress of former times were that the figure was dissected like a wasp’s, that the hips were overloaded with heavy …
988 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 368.1 (Francis D. Nichol)
“We do not mark out any precise line to be followed in diet; but we do say that in countries where there are fruits, grains, and nuts in abundance, flesh food is not the right food for God’s people.”— Testimonies for the Church 9:159 .
989 Ellen G. White and Her Critics, p. 445.2 (Francis D. Nichol)
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990 Messenger of the Lord, p. 87.3 (Herbert E. Douglass)
… . 157, 159.
991 Messenger of the Lord, p. 148.4 (Herbert E. Douglass)
… pp. 159, 160. Loughborough, RPSDA, pp. 236, 237. In his preface, Loughborough wrote: “Since November 1853 I have kept a diary of daily occurrences.” The narrative [in …
992 Messenger of the Lord, p. 159.1 (Herbert E. Douglass)
Further, she wrote; “I was shown that many do not realize the extent of the evil which has come upon us. They have flattered themselves that the national difficulties …
993 Messenger of the Lord, p. 159.2 (Herbert E. Douglass)
What shall we make of these Civil War visions? The Parkville vision occurred three months before the guns fired on Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861. At that time many …
994 Messenger of the Lord, p. 159.3 (Herbert E. Douglass)
Ellen White saw it differently. She predicted that war would come and that other States would join South Carolina in seceding from the Union. She saw large …
995 Messenger of the Lord, p. 159.4 (Herbert E. Douglass)
Regarding her solemn prediction that some families in her Parkville audience would “lose sons” in the war, Loughborough spoke some time later with the local …
996 Messenger of the Lord, p. 159.5 (Herbert E. Douglass)
Further, in these visions Mrs. White saw clearly that the main issue was slavery, and that God would permit both the North and the South to be punished until …
997 Messenger of the Lord, p. 159 (Herbert E. Douglass)
Contrary to Contemporary Optimism
998 Messenger of the Lord, p. 159.6 (Herbert E. Douglass)
Ellen White’s general predictions made in the waning years of the nineteenth century seem like a review of modern newspapers. Some could say that she was …
999 Messenger of the Lord, p. 159.7 (Herbert E. Douglass)
The period between 1890 and 1914 is noted for “millennial” predictions, a time when the future looked bright with promise. In most all areas of Western society …
1000 Messenger of the Lord, p. 159.8 (Herbert E. Douglass)
Some of the predictions Ellen White made contrary to the spirit of her age focused on the social world: “Step by step, the world is reaching the conditions that …