We may disguise poison by mingling it with wholesome food, but we do not change its nature. On the contrary, it is rendered more dangerous, as it is more likely to be taken unawares. It is one of Satan’s devices to combine with falsehood just enough truth to give it plausibility.
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The Great Controversy: Liberty of Conscience Threatened—Chapter 35, Part 5
In Scotland, as in England, a greater regard for Sunday was secured by uniting with it a portion of the ancient Sabbath. But the time required to be kept holy varied. An edict from the king of Scotland declared that “Saturday from twelve at noon ought to be accounted holy,” and that no man, fromContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Liberty of Conscience Threatened—Chapter 35, Part 5”
The Great Controversy: Liberty of Conscience Threatened—Chapter 35, Part 4
In the movements now in progress in the United States to secure for the institutions and usages of the church the support of the state, Protestants are following in the steps of papists. Nay, more, they are opening the door for the papacy to regain in Protestant America the supremacy which she has lost inContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Liberty of Conscience Threatened—Chapter 35, Part 4”
The Great Controversy: Can Our Dead Speak to Us?—Chapter 34, Part 3
All who indulge sinful traits of character, or willfully cherish a known sin, are inviting the temptations of Satan. They separate themselves from God and from the watchcare of His angels; as the evil one presents his deceptions, they are without defense and fall an easy prey. Those who thus place themselves in his power littleContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Can Our Dead Speak to Us?—Chapter 34, Part 3”
The Great Controversy: Can Our Dead Speak to Us?—Chapter 34, Part 2
It is a law both of the intellectual and the spiritual nature that by beholding we become changed. The mind gradually adapts itself to the subjects upon which it is allowed to dwell. It becomes assimilated to that which it is accustomed to love and reverence. Man will never rise higher than his standard ofContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Can Our Dead Speak to Us?—Chapter 34, Part 2”
The Great Controversy: Can Our Dead Speak to Us?—Chapter 34, Part 1
The ministration of holy angels, as presented in the Scriptures, is a truth most comforting and precious to every follower of Christ. But the Bible teaching upon this point has been obscured and perverted by the errors of popular theology. The doctrine of natural immortality, first borrowed from the pagan philosophy, and in the darknessContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Can Our Dead Speak to Us?—Chapter 34, Part 1”
The Great Controversy: The First Great Deception—Chapter 33, Part 4
In sparing the life of Cain the murderer, God gave the world an example of what would be the result of permitting the sinner to live to continue a course of unbridled iniquity. Through the influence of Cain’s teaching and example, multitudes of his descendants were led into sin, until “the wickedness of man wasContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The First Great Deception—Chapter 33, Part 4”