Walter Rea was a dedicated Seventh Day Adventist, not an outsider--

He was one of their teachers in one of their institutes.

We learn that the very foundation of SDA belief is a shoddy pile of copy work. In school we were flunked for this. In the SDA church the scholars exalt this criminal hag. Now, observe the folly.

Rea's Thesis:
White copied The Great Controversy from a book titled, Life Incidents!

This is the single most incredible fact that shows Ellen G. White to be a false prophet and a deluded plagiarist:

The Great Controversy

Life Incidents

E. G. White 1888 (1911 ed.) [page]

James White 1868 [page]

[317] He [William Miller] had a sound physical constitution, and... more than ordinary intellectual strength. As he grew older, this became more marked.... He did not enjoy the advantages of a collegiate education.... He possessed an Irreproachable moral character.

[28] "In his early childhood [William Miller], marks of more than ordinary intellectual strength and activity were manifested. A few years made these marks more noticeable. ... He possessed a strong physical condition ... and an Irreproachable moral character.... He had enjoyed the limited advantages of the district school."

[318] He was thrown into the society of deists ... mostly good citizens and men of humane and benevolent disposition

[30] "But the men with whom he associated ... were deeply affected with ... deistical theories. good citizens. . . humane and benevolent.''

[318] He continued to hold these views... about twelve years

[30] "He has stated the period of his deistical life to have been twelve years."

[318]He found in his former belief no assurance of happiness beyond the grave. The future was dark gloomy.

[30] "He found that his former views gave no assurance of happiness and beyond the present life. Beyond the grave all was dark and gloomy."

[318] "Annihilation was a cold and chilling thought, and accountability was sure destruction to all. The heavens were as brass over my head, and the earth as iron under my feet. Eternity-what was it? And death- why was it? The more I reasoned, the further I was from demonstration. The more I thought, the more scattered were my conclusions. I tried to stop thinking, but my thoughts would not be controlled. I was truly wretched, but did not understand the cause. I murmured and complained, but knew not of whom. I knew that there was a wrong, but knew not how or where to find the right. I mourned, but without hope."

[31] "'Annihilation was a cold and chilling thought, and accountability was sure destruction to all. The heavens were as brass over my head, and the earth as iron under my feet. Eternity!- what was it? And death- why was it? The more I reasoned, the further I was from demonstration. The more I thought, the more scattered were my conclusions... but my thoughts would not be controlled. I was truly wretched, but did not understand the cause. I murmured and complained, but knew not of whom. I knew that there was a wrong, but knew not how or where to find the right. I mourned, but without hope.' "

[319] "Suddenly," he says, "the character of a Saviour was vividly impressed upon my mind. It seemed that there might be a being so good and compassionate as to himself atone for our transgressions, and thereby save us from suffering the penalty of sin. I immediately felt how lovely such a being must be, and imagined that I could cast my self into the arms of, and trust in the mercy of, such a one. But the question arose, How can it be proved that such a being does exist? Aside from the Bible, I found that I could get no evidence of the existence of such a Saviour, or even of a future state....

[31] "'Suddenly,' he says, 'the character of a Saviour was vividly impressed upon mv mind. It seemed that there might be a being so good and compassionate as to himself atone for our transgressions, and thereby save us from suffering the penalty of sin. I immediately felt how lovely such a being must be; and imagined that I could cast my self into the arms of, and trust in the mercy of, such an one.... But the question arose, How can it be proved that such a being does exist? Aside from the Bible, ~ found that I could get no evidence of the existence of such a Saviour, or even of a future state....

[319] "I saw that the Bible did bring to view just such a Saviour as ~ needed; and I was perplexed to find how an uninspired book should develop principles so perfectly adapted to the wants of a fallen worfd. I was constrained to admit that the Scriptures must be a revelation from God. They became my delight; and in Jesus I found a friend. The Saviour became to me the chiefest among ten thousand; and the Scriptures, which before were dark and contradictory, now became the lamp to my feet and light to my path. My mind became settled and satisfied. I found the Lord God to be a Rock in the midst of the ocean of life. The Bible now became my chief study, and I can truly say, I searched it with great delight. I found the half was never told me. I wondered whv I had not seen its beauty and glory before, and marveled that I could have ever rejected it. I found everything revealed that my heart could desire, and a remedy for every disease of the soul. I lost all taste for other reading, and applied my heart to get wisdom from God."-S. Bliss, Memoirs of Wm. Miller, pages 65-67.

[32] "'I saw that the Bible did bring to view just such a Saviour as I needed; and I was perplexed to find how an uninspired book should develop principles so perfectly adapted to the wants of a fallen worfd. I was constrained to admit that the Scriptures must be a revelation from God. They became my delight; and in Jesus I found a friend. The Saviour became to me the chiefest among ten thousand; and the Scriptures, which before were dark and contradictory, now became the lamp to my feet and light to my path. My mm became settled and satisfied. I found the Lord God to be a Rock in the midst of the ocean of life. The Bible now became my chief study, and I can truly say, I searched it with great delight. ~ found the half was never told me. I wondered why I had not seen its beauty and glory before, and marveled that I could have ever rejected it. I found everything revealed that my heart could desire, and a remedy for every disease of the soul. I lost all taste for other reading, and applied my heart to get wisdom from God.

[319] But he reasoned that if the Bible is a revelation from God, it must be consistent with itself; and that as it was given for man's instruction, it must be adapted to his understanding. He determined to ... ascertain if every apparent contradiction could not be harmonized.

[33] "If the Bible is a revelation of God, it must be consistent with itself; all its parts must harmonize... must have been given for man's instruction, and, consequently, must be adapted to his understanding. He said...'I will harmonize all those apparent contradictions to my own satisfaction.'

[320] Endeavoring to lay aside all preconceived opinions, and dispensmg with commentaries, he compared scripture with scripture by the aid of the marginal references and the concordance. He pursued his study in a regular and methodical manner; beginning with Genesis, and reading verse by verse, he proceeded no faster than the meamng of the several passages so unfolded~as to leave him free from all embarrassment. When he found anything obscure, it was his custom to compare it with every other text which seemed to have an reference to the matter under consideration. Every word was permitted to have its proper bearing upon the subect of the text, and if his view of it harmonized with every collateral passage, it ceased to be a difficulty.

[34] "He laid aside all commentaries, and used the marginal references and his Concordance as his only helps.... He resolved to lay aside all preconceived opinions....'I commenced with Genesis, and read verse by verse, proceeding no faster than the meaning of the several passages should be so unfolded as to (cave me free from embarrassment respecting any myst~c~sms or contradictions. Whenever I found anything obscure, my practice was to compare it with all collateral passages . ..Then, by letting every word have Its proper army on the subject of the text, if my view of it harmonized with every collateral passage in the Bible, it ceased to be a difficulty.'

[320] He saw that the prophecies, so far as they had been fulfilled, had been fulfilled literally; that all the various figures, metaphors, parables, similitudes, etc., were either explained in their immediate connection, or the terms in which they were expressed were defined in other scriptures, and when thus explained, were to be literally understood. "I was thus satisfied," he says, "that the Bible is a system of revealed truths, so clearly and simply given that the wayfaring man, though a fool, need not err therein."-Bliss, page 70.

[35] "'I found that by a comparison... all the prophecies, as far as they have been fulfilled, had been fulfilled literally; that all the various figures metaphors parables, similitude's, &c. ... were either explained in their immediate connection, or the terms in which they were expressed were defined in other portions of the word; and when thus explained are to be literally understood.... I was thus satisfied that the Bible is a system of revealed truths, so clearly and simply given, that the wayfaring man, though a fool, need not err therein."'

[326] "Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy Holy City." The word here translated "determined" literally signifies "cut off."... But from what were they cut off? As the 2300 days was the only period of time mentioned in chapter 8, it must be the period from which the seventy weeks were cut off.... If the date of this commandment could be found, then the starting point for the great period of the 2300 days would be ascertained....

[52] Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people. . . explain the period of the 2300 days? The answer IS, The word rendered determined, signifies literally, cut off....

[53] From what period are the seventy weeks divided, or cut off? From the 2300 days; for there is no other period given from which they can be taken....

[53] If then we can definitely locate this commandment, we have the starting point for the great period of the 2300 years...

[321 ] He became satisfied that. . .- a temporal millennium before the end of the world-was not sustained by the word of God.... Miller found the literal, personal coming of Christ to be plainly taught in the Scriptures.

[38] "'I became satisfied ...-a temporal millennium before the end of the world, and the Jews' return- are not sustained by the word of God. ... I found it plainly taught in the Scriptures that Jesus Christ will again descend to this earth."'

[324] Daniel 8:14: "Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.". .. Miller learned that a day in symbolic prophecy represents a year (Numbers 14:34; Ezekiel 4:6); he saw that the period of 2300 prophetic days, or literal years, would extend far beyond.

[49] The angel then addressed himself to Daniel and said, "Unto two thousand and three hundred days, then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." ...

[50] In symbolic time, a day signifies a Year. Num. xiv, 34; Eze. iv, 6. . .. The 2300 days there given cannot therefore be literal days; for literal days... would by no means cover the duration of any one of these empires...

[50] The key to the matter being in the ninth chapter....

[325] In the eighth chapter of Daniel he could find no clue to the starting point of the 2300 days.... Daniel "fainted, and was sick certain days." "And I was astonished at the vision.". ..

[52] He fainted and was sick certain days....

[327] Taking 457 B.C...."Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks" ... or 483 years.

[53] In the seventh of Ezra, we find the decree... went forth in B.C. 457....

[53] Threescore and two weeks... 483 years, were to extend to Messiah the Prince.

[329] "I need not speak," says Miller, "of the joy that fined my heart in view of the delightful prospect, nor of the ardent longings of my soul for a participation In the joys of the redeemed. The Bible was now to me a book. It was indeed a feast of reason; all that was dark, mystical, or obscure to me in its teachings, had been dissipated from my mind before the clear light that now dawned from its sacred pages; and, oh, how bright and glorious the truth appeared. All the contradictions and inconsistencies I had before found in the word were gone; and although there were many portions of which I was not satisfied I had a full understanding, yet so much light had emanated from it to the illumination of my before darkened mind, that I felt a delight in studying the Scripture which I had not before supposed could be derived from Its teachings."-Bliss, pages 76,77.

[38] "I need not speak of the joy that filled my heart in view of the delightful prospect, nor of the ardent longings of my soul for a participation in the joys of the redeemed. T he Bible was now to me a new book. It was indeed a feast of reason; all that was dark, mystical or obscure, to me, in its teachings, had been dissipated from my mind before the clear light that now dawned from its sacred pages, and oh, how bright and glorious the truth appeared) All the contradictions and inconsistencies 1 had before found in the word were gone; and, although there were many portions of which I was not satisfied I had a full understanding, yet so much light had emanated from it to the illumination of my before darkened mind, that I felt delight in studying the Scriptures which I had not before supposed could be derived from its teachings.

[329] "With the solemn conviction that such momentous events were predicted in the Scriptures to be fulfilled in so short a space of time, the question came home to me with mighty power regarding my duty to the world. in view of the evidence that had affected my own mind." [Bliss, p.81]

[54] "With the solemn convictions," writes Mr. Miller, "that such momentous events were predicted in the Scriptures, to be fulfilled in so short a space of time, the question came home to me with mighty power regarding my duty to the world, in view had affected my own mind."

[330] He expected to encounter opposition from the ungodly, but was confident that all Christians would rejoice in the hope of meeting the Saviour whom they professed to love. His only fear was that in their great joy at the prospect of glorious deliverance, so soon to be consummated, many would receive the doctrine without sufficiently examining the Scriptures in demonstration of its truth. He therefore hesitated to present it, lest he should be in error and be the means of misleading others.

[54] "I supposed that it would call forth the opposition of the ungodly; but it never came into my mind that any Christian would oppose it. I supposed that all such would be so rejoiced, in view of the glorious prospect, that it would only be necessary to present it, for them to receive it. My great fear was, that, in their joy at the hope of a glorious inheritance so soon to be revealed, they would receive the doctrine without sufficiently examining the Scriptures in demonstration of its truth. l therefore feared to present it, lest, by some possibility, I should be in error, and be the means of misleading any."

[330] He was thus led. . . to consider carefully every difficulty which presented itself to his mind. He found that objections vanished before the light of God's word.... Five years spent thus left him fully convinced of the correctness of his position.

[54] "I . . .continued the study of the Bible. . . to see if I could sustain any of these objections....

[55] "I would then immediately examine the context....

[56] "In this way I was occupied from 1818 to 1823, in weighing the various objections which were being presented to my mind ... after examining them in the light of the divine word."

[330] "When I was about my business," he said, "it was continually ringing in my ears, 'Go and tell the world of their danger.' This text was constantly occurring to me: 'When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou doest not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at shine hand. Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.' Ezekiel 33:8,9."

[56] "'When I was about my business it was continually ringing in my ears, Go and tell the world of their danger. This text was constantly occurring to me: "When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou cost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity but his blood will I require at thy hand. Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou has delivered thy soul.' 'Eze. xxxiii, 8,9.

[330] He began to present his views in private as he had opportunity, praying that some minister might feel their force and devote himself to their promulgation. But he could not banish the conviction that he had a personal duty to perform in giving the warning.... For nine years he waited, the burden still pressing upon his soul, until in 1831.

[56] "He...became more and more convinced that he had a personal duty to perform respecting what he conceived the Bible to teach of the nearness of the advent....

[57] "'I prayed that some minister might see the truth, and devote himself to its promulgation; but still it was impressed upon me."'

[60] The public labors of Mr. Miller, according to the best evidence to be obtained, date from the autumn of 1831.

[355] An angel is seen flying "in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people." "With a loud voice he proclaims the message: "Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His Judgment is come: and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." Verses 6,7.

[216] "And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come; and worship him that made heaven and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." Rev. xiv, 6,7.

[356] The message of salvation has been preached in all ages.... Daniel was bidden to close up and seal "to the time of the end.". .. But at the time of the end. .. "many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased." Daniel 12:4. The apostle Paul warned the church not to look for the coming of Christ in his day. "That day shall not come," he says, "except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed." 2 Thessalonians 2:3. Not till after the great apostasy, and the long period of the reign of the "man of sin," can we look for the advent of our Lord. The "man of sin," which is also styled "the mystery of iniquity," "the son of perdition," and "that wicked," represents the papacy, which, as foretold in prophecy, was to maintain its supremacy for 1260 years.... Paul covers with his caution the whole of the Christian dispensation down to the year 1798.

[356] No such message has ever been given in past ages. Paul, as we have seen, did not preach it; he pointed his brethren into the then far�distant future for the coming of the Lord.... Martin Luther placed the judgment about three hundred years m the future from his day.

[217] "The burden of this angel was to be the same gospel which had been before proclaimed."

[219] No proclamation of the hour of Cod's judgment to come, has ever been made in any past age.

[219] The prophecies... were closed up and sealed to the time of the end....

[220] No persons have ever been able to show any such proclamation in the past. The apostles did not make such a proclamation. On the contrary, they plainly inform us that the day of the Lord was not then at hand. Martin Luther did not make this proclamation; for he thought the Judgment about three hundred years In the future.

[222]Paul found it necessary to speak explicitly on the point. He tells them that the coming of Christ to the Judgment could not take place until the great apostasy; and as the result of that apostasy, that the Man of Sin should be revealed, showing himself that he is God, and exalting himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped That this mystery of iniquity is the great Romish apostasy, none but a Papist will deny. Paul reminds the Thessalonians that he had told them....

[223] Rev. xii shows that it is. . .1260 years for his triumph. The papal supremacy began 538, and ended in 1798.

[360] During the twenty four years from 1821 to 1845, Wolff traveled extensively: in Africa, visiting Egypt.... He arrived in New York m August, 1837....

[361] Among Jews, Turks, Parsees, Hindus, and many other nationalities and races he distributed the word of God in these various tongues.

[227] "'Joseph Wolff...between the years 1821 and 1845, proclaimed the Lord's speedy advent in . . . Egrypt . . . St. Helena... and at New York cilty.... He declares he has preached among Jews, Turks, Mohammedans, Parsees, Hindoos...."

[381] In Revelation 14 the first angel is followed by a second proclaiming: "Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication." Revelation 14:8. The term "Babylon" is derived from "Babel," and signifies confusion. It is employed in Scripture to designate the various forms of false or apostate religion. In Revelation 17 Babylon is represented as a woman-a figure which is used in the Bible as the symbol of a church, a virtuous women representing a pure church, a vile woman an apostate church. In the Bible the sacred and enduring character of the relation that exists between Christ and His church is represented by the union of marriage.

[230] "And there followed another angel, saying Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication." In Rev. xvii, 18, this same city is called a woman. Now a woman is always in the Scriptures, when used as a symbol, taken to represent religious organizations, the true church being represented by a virtuous woman.... The term Babylon, from Babel, where God confounded the language of men, signifies mixture, confusion. corrupted systems of Christianity. Protestant churches.

[381] Paul employs the same figure in the New Testament when he says: "I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ." 2 Corinthians 11:2.

[203] Paul, in writing to the church, 2 Cor. xi, 2, says, "l have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you a chaste virgin to Christ."

[384] Dr. Hopkins, in "A Treatise on the Millennium," declares: "There is no reason to consider the ant Christian spirit and pract~ces to be confined to that which is now called the Church of Rome. The Protestant churches have much of antichrist in them, and are far from being wholly reformed from... corruptions and wickedness."-Samuel Hopkins, Works, vol. 2, p. 328.

[235] Mr. Hopkins, in a treatise on the millennium, says:

"There is no reason to consider the antichristian spirit and practices confined to that which is now called the Church of Rome. The Protestant churches have much of antichrist m them, and are far from being wholly reformed from her corruptions and wickedness."

[386] And a writer in the New York Independent speaks thus concerning Methodism as it is: "The line of separation between the godly and the irreligious fades out into a kind of penumbra, and zealous men on both sides are toiling to obliterate all difference between their modes of action and enjoyment." "The popularity of religion tends vastly to increase the number of those who would secure its benefits without squarely meeting its duties."

[239] Prof. S. C. Bartlett, of Chicago, in the New York Independent, says "And the popularity of religion tends vastly to increase t e number of those who would secure its benefits without squarely meeting its duties. The church courts the world, and the world caresses the church. The line of separation between the godly and the irreligious fades out into a kind of penumbra, and zealous men on both sides are toiling to obliterate all difference between their modes of action and enjoyment."

[394] By the tarrying of the bridegroom is represented the passing of the time when the Lord was expected, the disappointment, and the seeming delay.

[165] The tarrying of the bridegroom, the delay in the parable. . . the passing of the Jewish year, 1843, the disappointment.

[395] About this time, fanaticism began to appear.... Satan was seeking... to oppose and destroy the work of God.

[170] But fanaticisms are the works of the flesh.... When the work of Satan in fanaticism is carried out. . . its contrast. . . will be seen.

[398] It was not the proclamation of the second advent that caused fanaticism and division. These appeared in the summer of 1844.

[400] Fanaticism disappeared... like early frost before the rising sun.

[163] That fanaticism dried up before the solemn and searching time�message of 1844, like the morning dew before the midsummer's sun.

[398] "At midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps." Matthew 25:5-7. In the summer of 1844, midway between the time when it had been first thought that the 2300 days would end, and the autumn of the same year, to which it was afterward found that they extended, the message was proclaimed in the very words of Scripture: "Behold, the Bridegroom cometh!"

[164] "And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold the bridegroom cometh." Matt. xxv, 1-7.

[165] It was suggested that the night of tarry in t e parable represented half of the prophetic day, or six months, extending from the passing of the time in the spring, to the seventh month in the fall, and that the then present work of waking up under the cry, "Behold the bride groom cometh, go ye out to meet him," commenced in July in the middle of the tarrying time, or at midnight.

[398] The decree of Artaxerxes for the restoration of Jerusalem, which formed the starting point for the period of the 2300 days, went into effect in the autumn of the year 457 B.C., and not at the beginning of the year, as had been formerly believed. Reckoning from the autumn of 457, the 2300 years terminate in the autumn of 1844.

[160] The entire body of believers had been united, agreeing with William Miller that the 2300 days dated from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, B.C. 457. This point settled, the figures 1843 were readily found....

[161] But the speaker showed an error in this calculation. He stated that it would require 457 full years before Christ, and 1843 full years after Christ, to make 2300 full years, so that if the 2300 years commenced with the first day of B.C. 457, they would reach to the first day of A.D. 1844.

[399] On the fourteenth day of the first Jewish month, the very day and month on which for fifteen long centuries the Passover lamb had been slain, Christ, having eaten the Passover with His disciples, instituted that feast which was to commemorate His own death as "the lamb of God."

[162] Christ was offered a sacrifice for sinners on the fourteenth day of the first Jewish month, the very day and month on which the Passover lamb had been slain for sixteen long centuries. That he was raised from the dead ... was waved before the Lord.

[400] The work was free from those extremes which are ever manifested when there is human excitement without the controlling influence of the word and Spirit of God. It was similar in character to those seasons of humiliation and returning unto the Lord which among ancient Israel followed messages of reproof from His servants. It bore the characteristics that mark the work of God in every age.

[168] It was not characterized by those extremes ever manifested where human excitement, and not the word and Spirit of God, has the controlling influence. It was in harmony with those seasons of humiliation, rending of heart, confession and complete consecration of all, which are matters of history in the Old Testament, and are made matters of duty in the New.

[401] "There is no great expression of joy; that is, as it were, suppressed for a future occasion, when all heaven and earth will rejoice together with joy unspeakable and full of glory. There is no shouting: that, too, is reserved for the shout from heaven. The singers are silent: they are waiting to join the angelic hosts, the choir from heaven.... There is no clashing of sentiments: all are of one heart an of one mind."-Bliss, pages 270, 271.

[178] "There is no great expression of Joy; that Is, as It were, suppressed for a future occasion, when all Heaven and earth will rejoice together with joy unspeakable and full of glory. There is no shouting; that, too, is reserved for the shout from Heaven. The singers are silent; they are waiting to join the angelic hosts, the choir from Heaven....There is no clashing of sentiments; all are ol one heart and of one mind."

[401] "It produced everywhere the most deep searching of heart and humiliation of soul before the God of high heaven. It caused a weaning of affections from the things of this world, a healing of controversies and animosities, a confession of wrongs, a breaking down before God, and penitent, brokenhearted supplications to Him for pardon and acceptance. It caused self�abasement and prostration of soul, such as we never before witnessed. As God by Joel commanded, when the great day of God should be at hand, it produced a rending of hearts and not of garments, and a turning unto the Lord with fasting, and weeping, and mourning. As God said by Zechariah, a spirit of grace and supplication was Poured out upon His children; they looked to Him whom they had pierced, there was a great mourning m the land ... and those who were looking for the Lord afflicted their souls before Him."-Bliss.

[178] "It produced everywhere the most deep searching of heart and humiliation of soul before the God of his~h heaven. It caused a weaning of affections from the things of this world, a healing of controversies and animosities, a confession of wrongs, a breaking down before God, and penitent, brokenhearted supplications to Him for pardon and acceptance. It caused self�abasement and prostration of soul, such as we never before witnessed. As God, by Joel, commanded, when the great day of God should be at hand, it produced a rending of hearts and not of garments, and a turning unto the Lord with fasting, and weeping, and mourning. As God said by Zechariah, a spirit of grace and supplication was Poured out upon His children; they looked to Him whom they had pierced, there was a great mourning in the land, every family apart and their wives apart, and those who were looking for the Lord afflicted their souls before him"

[401] Of all the great religious movements since the days of the apostles, none have been more free from human imperfection and the wiles of Satan than was that of the autumn of 1844. Even now after the lapse of many years, all who shared. .. have stood firm.

[171] But of all the great religious movements since the days of the first apostles of our Lord, none stand out more pure and free from the imperfections of human nature, and the wiles of Satan, than that of the autumn of 1844. In fact, after looking back upon it for more than twenty years as the greenest spot... I do not see how it could have been better.

[404] The earnest, sincere believers had given up all for Christ and had shared His presence as never before They had, as they believed, given their last warning to the world, and expecting soon to be received into the society of their divine Master and the heavenly angels, they had, to a great extent, withdrawn from the society of those who did not receive the message. With intense desire they had prayed: "Come Lord Jesus, and come quickly." But He had not come. And now to take up again the heavy burden of life's cares and perplexities and to endure the taunts and sneers of a scoffing world, was a terrible trial of faith and patience.

[182] True believers had given up all for Christ, and had shared his presence as never before. They had, as they supposed, given their last warming to the world, and had separated themselves, more or less, from the unbelieving, scoffing multitude. And with the divine blessing upon them, they felt more like association with their soon expected Master and the holy angels.... They prayed, "Come Lord Jesus, and come quickly." But he did not come. And now to turn again to the cares, perplexities, and dangers of life, in full view of the jeers and revilings of unbelievers who now scoffed as never before, was a terrible trial of faith and patience.

[408] The instruction here given is especially adapted to the experience of Adventists.... They had done the will of God.... "Now the just shall live by faith." As the bright light of the "midnight cry" had shone upon their pathway, and they had seen the prophecies unsealed and the rapidly fulfilling signs telling that the coming of Christ was near, they had walked, as it were, by sight. But now, bowed down by disappointed hopes, they could stand only by faith in God and in His word.... [408] To renounce their faith now, and deny the power of the Holy Spirit which had attended the message, would be drawing back toward perdition. They were encouraged to steadfastness by the words of Paul: "Cast not away therefore your confidence."

[183] They had done the will of God....

[183] And wonderfully applicable to those who were sadly disappointed, tempted and tried, m the autumn of 1844, are his words. The just at this time are to live by faith.... With great confidence had they proclaimed the coming of the Lord, with the assurance that they were doing the will of God. But as the time passed, they were brought Into a position exceedingly trying to faith and patience. Hence the words of Paul to them, just then, and just there. "Cast not away therefore your confidence.'

[409] In common with the rest of the Christian world, Adventists then held that the earth, or some portion of it, was the sanctuary.

[192] But it should be borne in mind that at that time those types which point to the work in the heavenly sanctuary were not understood. In fact, no one had any definite idea of the tabernacle of God in Heaven.

[413] And Paul says that the first tabernacle "was a figure ... ;" that ItS holy places were "patterns of things m the heavens;, that the priests... served "unto the example and shadow of heavenly things.' ... Hebrews 9:9,23; 8:5; 9:24.

[192] We now see that the two holies of the typical sanctuary, made by the direction of the Lord to Moses, with their two distinct ministrations -the daily and the yearly services,- were, in the language of Paul to the Hebrews, "patterns of things in the Heavens," "figures of the true," chapter ix. He also says of the work of the Jewish priests in chapter viii, "Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things."

[420] It was the work of the priest . . . to present before God the blood of the sin offering, also the incense which ascended with the prayers of Israel. So did Christ plead His blood before the Father in behalf of sinners, and present before Him also, with the precious fragrance of His own righteousness, the prayers of penitent believers.

[192] So Christ ministered in connection with the holy place of the heavenly sanctuary from the time of his ascension to the ending of the 2300 days of Dan. viii, in 184-4, when ... he entered the most holy place of the heavenly tabernacle to make a special atonement for the blotting out of the sins of his people....

[193] By virtue of his own blood, Christ entered the most holy to make a special atonement for the cleansing of the heavenly tabernacle. (For clear and full expositions of the sanctuary and the nature of its cleansing, see works upon the subject by J. N. Andrews and U. Smith, for sale at the Review Office, Battle Creek, Mich.) [Italics added.]

[421] For eighteen centuries this work of ministration continued in the first apartment of the sanctuary.

[194] His ministry in the holy from his ascension in the spring of :.D. 31 to the autumn of 1844, was eighteen hundred and thirteen years and six months.

[421] This is the service which began when the 2300 days ended. At that time, as foretold by Daniel the prophet, our High Priest entered the most holy, to perform the last division of His solemn work-to cleanse the sanctuary.

[192] So Christ ministered in connection with the holy place of the heavenly sanctuary from the time of his ascension to the ending of the 2300 days of Dan. viii, in 1844, when on the tenth day of the seventh month of that year he entered the most holy place of the heavenly tabernacle to make special atonement for the blotting out of the sins of his people, or, which is the same thing, for the cleansing of the sanctuary.

[426] The coming of Christ... [is] described by Christ m the parable of the ten virgins, of Matthew 25. In the summer and autumn of 1844 the proclamation, "Behold the bridegroom cometh," was given. The two classes represented by the wise and foolish virgins were then developed....

[164] The specifications of the parable of the ten virgins, down as far as the cry at midnight, seemed to have ... application ... "Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him." The ten virgins represent those then interested in the subject of the immediate second coming of Christ. The five foolish virgins represent those professed believers who lacked true faith, and who had not the work of the grace and Spirit of God in them.

[426] The marriage represents the reception by Christ of His kingdom. The Holy City, the New Jerusalem, which is the capital and representative of the kingdom, is called "the bride, the Lamb's wife," "He carried me away in the spirit," says the prophet, "and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God." Revelation 21:9,10. Clearly, then, the bride represents the Holy City, and the virgins that go out to meet the bridegroom are a symbol of the church.

[427] The proclamation, "Behold the bridegroom cometh," in the summer of 1844 led thousands to expect.... At the appointed time the Bridegroom came, not to the earth, as the people expected, but to the Ancient of Days, m heaven, to the marriage, the reception of His kingdom. ... They were not to be present in person at the marriage; for it takes place m heaven.... In the parable it was those who had oil in their vessels with their lamps that went in to the marriage ... those who. . . had also the Spirit and grace of God.

[202] Paul, in Gal. iv, applies this prophecy to the New Jerusalem. Says John, speaking of Christ, "He that hath the bride is the bridegroom." John iii, 29....

[203] Then what is the bride in the marriage of the Lamb? Said the angel to John, "Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife." Rev. xxi, 9. Did the angel show John the church? Let John testify. "And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that Great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of Heaven from God." Verse 10....

[204] The marriage of the Lamb takes place in Heaven before the Lord comes.

[429] Having given the warning of the judgment near, they felt that their work for the world was done, and they lost their burden of soul for the salvation of sinners, while the bold and blasphemous scoffing of the ungodly seemed to them another evidence that the Spirit of God had been withdrawn from the rejecters of His mercy. All this confirmed them in the belief that probation had ended, or, so they then expressed, "the door of mercy was shut. '

[184] And according to the best light they then had, there was a general agreement that the seventhmonth movement was the last great test, that the harvest of the earth was ripe for the sickle of the Son of man, and that the door was shut.... That the door was shut, was soon abandoned....

[185] And, certainly, that probation will close prior to the second advent is plainly taught in the following emphatic testimony from Rev. xxii, 11,

[429] But clearer light came. While it was true that the door of hope and mercy by which men had for eighteen hundred years found access to God, was closed, another door was opened.

[204] But light on the subject soon came, and then it was seen that although Christ closed one ministration at the termination of the 2300 days, he had opened another in the most holy place, and still presented his blood before the Father for sinners....

[431] The passing of the time in 1844 was followed by a period of great trial to those who still held the advent faith. Their only relief, so far as ascertaining their true position was concerned, was the light which directed their minds to the sanctuary above. Some renounced their faith in their former reckoning of the prophetic periods and ascribed to human or satanic agencies the powerful influence of the Holy Spirit which had attended the advent movement.

[206] This church was about to enter upon a period of great trial. And they were to find relief from it, so far as ascertaining their true position is concerned, by light from the heavenly sanctuary.

[194] Some took the rash position that the movement had not been directed by the providence of God.

[433] The ark of God's testament is in the holy of holiest... As they had studied .. . they saw that He was now officiating before the ark of God.

[434] The law of God in the sanctuary in heaven is the great original, of which the precepts inscribed upon the tables of stone and recorded by Moses ... were an unerring transcript.

[208] But what was that ark? It was the ark of God's testimony, the ten commandments.... They lead you ... before the mercy�seat which is upon, and but the cover of, the ark containing the law of God. They lift the cover and bid you look into the sacred ark, and there you behold the ten commandments, a copy of which God gave to Moses.

[438] Thus while the dragon, primarily represents Satan, it is, in a by secondary sense, a symbol of pagan Rome

[439] In chapter 13 (verses 1-10) is described another beast, "like unto a leopard," to which the dragon gave "his power, and his seat, and great authority." This symbol, as most Protestants have believed, represents the papacy, which succeeded to the power and seat and authority once held by the ancient Roman empire Of the leopard like beast it is declared: "There was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies.... And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, and His tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given over all kindreds, and tongues and nations." This prophecy, which is nearly identical with the description of the little horn of Daniel 7, unquestionably points to the papacy.

[242] We find a power symbolized by a great red dragon.... the great red dragon is considered a representative of Pagan Rome. The next phase presented by Rome after the Pagan form was the Papal. Rome Papal succeeded Rome Pagan. The dragon gave his seat, power, and great authority to the beast. Hence the beast can represent none other but Papal Rome.

[242] This is further shown by the identity that exists between this beast and the little horn of Dan. vii, 8, 19-26.... 1. That both these powers are . . . speaking great words and blasphemies against God. [243] 2. That they both make war with the saints, and prevail against, or overcome them. 3. That they both have a mouth speaking great things.... 5. That they both continue a time, times, and dividing of time, or 1260 years.

[439] "I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb." Verse 11.

[440] What nation of the New World was in 1798 rising into power, giving promise of strength and greatness, and attracting the attention of the world?... It points unmistakably to the United States of America. ...

[441] The lamblike horns indicate youth, innocence, and gentleness.... And the Constitution guarantees... every man being permitted to worship God according to the dictates of his conscience. Republicanism and Protestantism became the fundamental principles of the nation.

[243] The power that forms the image is ... another beast having two horns like a lamb....

[244] It was seen coming up at the right time, the time when the first beast went into captivity, in 1798. This nation was then beginning to attract the notice of the world as a rapidly developing and rising power.... Its two horns represent the two leading principles of this government, Republicanism and Protestantism.... Under the mild influence of one of the lamblike horns, the Protestant principle that all have liberty to worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences... thus far guaranteed.

[444] Charles Beecher, in a sermon in the year 1846, declared that the ministry of "the evangelical Protestant denominations" is "not only formed all the way up under a tremendous pressure of merely human fear, but they live, and move, and breathe in a state of things radically corrupt, and appealing every hour to every baser element ot their nature to hush up the truth, and bow the knee to the power of apostasy. Was not this the way things went with Rome? Are we not living her life over again? And what do we see just ahead? Another general council! A world's convention! Evangelical alliance, and universal creed"-Sermon on "The Bible a Sufficient Creed," delivered at Fort Wayne, Indiana, Feb. 22, 1846.

[246] Rev. Charles Beecher, in his sermon at the dedication of the Second Presbyterian church, Fort Wayne, Indiana, February 22, 1846, said: "Thus are the ministry of the evangelical Protestant denominations, not only formed all the way up, under a tremendous pressure of merely human fear, but they live, and move, and breathe, in a state of things radically corrupt, and appealing every hour to every baser element of their nature to hush up the truth, and bow the knee to the power of apostasy. Was not this the way things went with Rome? Are we not living her life over again? And what do we see just ahead) Another General Council A world's convention! Evangelical alliance, and universal creed]

[448] Papist writers cite "the very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday which Protestants allow of... because by keeping Sunday, they acknowledge the church's power to ordain feasts, and to command them under sin."-Henry Tuberville, An Abridgment of the Christian Doctrine, page 58.

[449] But Christians of past generations observed the Sunday, supposing that in so doing they were keeping the Bible Sabbath; and there are now true Christians in every church, not excepting the Roman Catholic communion, who honestly believe that Sunday is the Sabbath of divine appointment.

[449] The most fearful threatening ever addressed to mortals is contained in the third angel's message. That must be a terrible sin which calls down the wrath of God unmingled with mercy.... The warning against this sin is to be given to the world ... that all may know why they are to be inflicted, and have opportunity to escape.

Q[252]" . How prove you that the church hath power to command feasts and holy days?

"A. By the very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday,which Protestants allow of; and, therefore, they fondly contradict themselves, by keeping Sunday strictly, and breaking most other feasts commanded by the same church.

"2 How prove you that?

"A. Because by keeping Sunday, they acknowledge the Church's power to ordain feasts, &c."-Abridgment of Christ. Doc., pp. 57-59.

[254] Now, in view of this fact, there can be no worship nor reception of the mark, such as is contemplated in the prophecy, till it is enforced by this power. The great majority of Protestants who have kept the first day of the week as the Sabbath, although it is an institution of the Papacy, have not had the remotest idea that It had any connection whatever with that false system of worship. ... The denunciation of the third message is against those who knowingly keep Sunday as an institution of the beast.... [255] But the good of past ages have not kept the day with any such understanding of the matter, nor from any such motives.

[241] This is the most solemn warning that the Bible contains....

[255] The performance of the worship of the first beast, on pain of drinking his unmingled wrath. With this issue before them, those who yield to his requirements instead of the requirements of God, will worship the beast and receive his mark.