The Roman Catholic Church, uniting the forms of paganism and Christianity, and, like paganism, misrepresenting the character of God, has resorted to practices no less cruel and revolting. In the days of Rome’s supremacy there were instruments of torture to compel assent to her doctrines. There was the stake for those who would not concedeContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Liberty of Conscience Threatened—Chapter 35, Part 3”
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The Great Controversy: A Warning Rejected—Chapter 21, Part 3
[Revelation 14:8 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. Revelation 17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a goldenContinue reading “The Great Controversy: A Warning Rejected—Chapter 21, Part 3”
The Great Controversy: A Great Religious Awakening—Chapter 20, Part 2
[Matthew 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.—KJV] Wolff believed the coming of the Lord to be at hand, his interpretation of the prophetic periods placing the great consummation within a very few years of the time pointed out by Miller. ToContinue reading “The Great Controversy: A Great Religious Awakening—Chapter 20, Part 2”
The Great Controversy: A Great Religious Awakening—Chapter 20, Part 1
[John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.John 16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shallContinue reading “The Great Controversy: A Great Religious Awakening—Chapter 20, Part 1”
The Great Controversy: The Pilgrim Fathers—Chapter 16, Part 3
[The Progression Backward] The Bible was held as the foundation of faith, the source of wisdom, and the charter of liberty. Its principles were diligently taught in the home, in the school, and in the church, and its fruits were manifest in thrift, intelligence, purity, and temperance. One might be for years a dweller inContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Pilgrim Fathers—Chapter 16, Part 3”
The Great Controversy: The Pilgrim Fathers—Chapter 16, Part 2
[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”
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”