[Matthew 9:31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.—KJV] It was the desire for liberty of conscience that inspired the Pilgrims to brave the perils of the long journey across the sea, to endure the hardships and dangers of the wilderness, and with God’s blessing to lay, onContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Pilgrim Fathers—Chapter 16, Part 2”
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The Great Controversy: The Pilgrim Fathers—Chapter 16, Part 1
[Psalms 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.—KJV] The English Reformers, while renouncing the doctrines of Romanism, had retained many of its forms. Thus though the authority and the creed of Rome were rejected, not a few of her customsContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Pilgrim Fathers—Chapter 16, Part 1”
The Great Controversy: The Bible and the French Revolution—Chapter 15, Part 4
[Isaiah 48:18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:Isaiah 48:22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.—KJV] At the opening of the Revolution, by a concession of the king, the people were granted aContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Bible and the French Revolution—Chapter 15, Part 4”
The Great Controversy: The Bible and the French Revolution—Chapter 15, Part 2
“When they shall have finished [are finishing] their testimony.” The period when the two witnesses were to prophesy clothed in sackcloth, ended in 1798. As they were approaching the termination of their work in obscurity, war was to be made upon them by the power represented as “the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomlessContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Bible and the French Revolution—Chapter 15, Part 2”
The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 6
[Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.—KJV] In answerContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 6”
The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 5
[John 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.—KJV] In Wesley’s time, as in all ages of the church’s history, men of different gifts performed their appointed work. They did not harmonize upon every point of doctrine, but all were moved by the Spirit of God, and unitedContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 5”
The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 4
[1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.—KJV] John and Charles Wesley, after being ordained to the ministry, were sent on a mission to America. On board the ship was a company of Moravians. ViolentContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 4”