Publication date
3/15/02
Volume
23
Number
6
The WatchTower
Truth "Wounded in the House of its Friends"
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(84-85) 
ZION'S 
WATCH 
TOWER 
AI,LIlGHIlNY, 
PA. 
moral 
and 
phpica 
I 
degeneracy 
(commonly 
called 
"the 
fall"), 
the 
culnunatlOn 
of 
wInch 
is 
death. 
Accordin<Y 
to 
the 
Scrip­ 
tures 
this 
dpath 
would 
have 
been 
an 
inter~lIlable 
one, 
an 
everlasting 
one, 
had 
God 
not 
in 
his 
mercy, 
provided 
for 
our 
succor-provIded 
a 
ransom-price 
in 
the 
Lord 
Jesus 
and 
his 
sacrificp. 
This 
redemptIon 
provision 
was 
accomplIshed 
by 
our 
Lord 
at 
his 
firKt 
advent. 
\Ve 
were 
"redeemed 
with 
the 
pre­ 
cious 
blood 
of 
Christ." 
But 
there 
is 
a 
clIffprpnce 
between 
our 
rellemption 
fl 
nd 
our 
deliverance, 
as 
there 
is 
a 
chfl'erence 
between 
the 
purehase 
of 
any 
aI 
ticle 
and 
the 
delivery 
of 
it. 
The 
wOlllI 
has 
been 
pur­ 
chased 
with 
the 
precious 
blood; 
but 
the 
world 
has 
not 
been 
dehvered; 
it 
is 
still 
laboring 
and 
heavy 
laden, 
under 
the 
cur~e 
under 
Ollginal 
sin, 
under 
Its 
weIghts 
and 
dIfficultie'\ 
and 
dls­ 
advantagP'\ 
of 
every 
kmd. 
'Yhat 
is 
necessary 
now? 
\Ye 
an­ 
swer, 
with 
the 
Apostle, 
that 
"the 
whole 
creation 
groaneth 
and 
travaileth 
in 
pam 
togpther 
until 
now, 
waIting 
for 
the 
mam­ 
festation 
of 
the 
sons 
of 
God"-through 
whom 
the 
deliverance 
is 
yet 
to 
be 
accomphshecl. 
(Rom. 
8: 
1 
D-22) 
And" 
hen 
will 
these 
son,\ 
of 
God 
be 
manife~ted? 
The 
answer 
i'\ 
that 
the'>c 
son~ 
of 
God 
are 
the 
elect 
church 
of 
this 
Gospel 
age, 
who 
in 
the 
present 
time 
al 
e 
!JPing 
tncd 
and 
tested; 
not 
aecorelIng 
to 
the 
flesh, 
but 
aceoreling 
to 
the 
spirit, 
according 
to 
then 
will, 
their 
desirps 
of 
heal 
t, 
The~e 
sons 
of 
Goel 
are 
such 
as 
after 
the 
Lord's 
disciplines 
ancl 
chastening'\ 
are 
passed, 
will 
be 
found 
in 
Mart 
"copies 
of 
Goel's 
dear 
Son," 
however 
imperfect 
they 
may 
stIll 
be 
respecting 
their 
flesh. 
These 
are 
to 
be 
the 
first 
who 
will 
experience 
deliverance 
at 
the 
second 
coming 
of 
the 
Lord. 
They 
are 
variou,>ly 
de'\ih"Ilated 
in 
the 
Scriptures 
as 
"the 
ro.\'al 
IH 
iesthood," 
under 
the 
great 
high 
priest; 
as 
the 
member" 
of 
the 
hody 
of 
Chn'\t, 
under 
Jesus, 
as 
their 
Head; 
as 
the 
"brille, 
the 
Lamb's 
wife." 
These 
are 
the 
"jewels," 
whose 
IIumber 
the 
Loul 
is 
to 
make 
up 
in 
the 
fint 
resurrectIon, 
who 
shall 
be 
hi'\. 
anel 
joint-heirs 
with 
him 
in 
the 
kingdom, 
It 
is 
for 
the 
manife~tatJ()n 
of 
thc'\e 
thnt 
the 
world 
is 
waitInQ', 
as 
the 
Apostle 
deP]are~.-' 
\\mting 
for 
the 
m:mifestation 
of 
the 
sons 
of 
Gocl," 
and 
they 
will 
not 
be 
manlfpsted 
until 
the 
sepond 
advent 
of 
their 
::\l~ster. 
"v"hen 
he 
shall 
appear, 
we 
also 
shall 
appear 
with 
him 
in 
glory." 
\\T 
e 
see. 
then, 
that 
so 
far 
as 
the 
pllUrch 
i'\ 
concernpcl 
she 
is 
waiting 
for 
the 
completion 
of 
the 
plect 
numher 
which 
constitute~ 
her 
membership-in 
all, 
"a 
little 
flork," 
to 
whom 
it 
i~ 
the 
Father's 
good 
pleasure 
to 
give 
the 
kingdom. 
(Luke 
12: 
32) 
'Ye 
'\ee 
also 
that 
the 
world 
of 
mankind, 
altho 
redeemed, 
must 
wait 
still 
longer-a 
little 
longer; 
for 
it 
will 
not 
be 
long 
after 
the 
elect 
church 
shall 
have 
been 
glorified 
with 
their 
Lord, 
and 
become 
his 
joint-heirs 
in 
his 
kmgdom, 
until 
they, 
with 
him, 
as 
the 
Sun 
of 
Righteous­ 
npss 
shall 
shine 
forth 
with 
healing 
in 
his 
beams, 
to 
bless 
the 
world, 
to 
scatter 
its 
night, 
to 
dispel 
its 
fogs 
of 
supersti­ 
tion 
and 
its 
miasms 
of 
error. 
From 
this 
standpoint 
it 
will 
be 
seen 
that 
the 
second 
eom­ 
ing- 
of 
Christ 
means, 
not 
only 
the 
blessing 
of 
the 
Lord's 
faith­ 
fnl 
m 
the 
first 
resurrection, 
but 
the 
blessing 
of 
all 
the 
fami­ 
lie'\ 
of 
the 
earth, 
even 
as 
the 
Lord 
promised 
to 
father 
Abra­ 
h:1m. 
saying, 
"In 
thy 
seed 
shall 
all 
the 
families 
of 
the 
earth 
he 
blessecl." 
The 
great 
mass 
of 
mankind 
have 
gone 
down 
mto 
the 
prison-house 
of 
death 
unblessed-ignorant 
of 
God 
nnd 
of 
the 
onl.\T 
name 
given 
under 
heaven 
or 
among'\t 
men 
\\ 
hereby 
they 
must 
be 
saved. 
Even 
of 
those 
who 
are 
now 
liv, 
ing, 
only 
a 
small 
fraction 
have 
ever 
heard 
of 
the 
great 
Re­ 
clermer 
and 
of 
the 
great 
redpmption 
which 
he 
has 
already 
apPompIished 
in 
the 
sacrifice 
of 
hImself, 
and 
of 
the 
<Yreat 
de­ 
liverance 
which 
he 
is 
about 
to 
effect. 
throuO'h 
the 
~stablish­ 
Il'pnt 
of 
his 
kingdom 
of 
ri!:l'hteousnes'\, 
and 
"'lhe 
subjugation 
of 
evil 
and 
sin, 
and 
the 
binding 
of 
Satan. 
Not 
only 
the 
livin<Y 
n,lt1ons 
to 
parth's 
remotest 
bound, 
must 
all 
kno,v, 
that 
th~ 
Year 
of 
Jubilee 
has 
come, 
returning 
ransomed 
sinners 
home 
hut 
all 
those 
who 
have 
gone 
down 
into 
death, 
the 
great 
pnson­ 
h.ouse 
\"hieh 
now 
contams 
approxImately 
fifty 
thomand 
mil­ 
lions 
of 
our 
race-all 
these 
also 
must 
hear 
the 
i!ood 
tidings, 
for 
it 
is 
to 
be. 
according 
to 
the 
angp!,s 
promise, 
"Good 
ti­ 
dings 
of 
great 
joy 
which 
shall 
he 
tn 
all 
people." 
It 
is 
to 
be, 
according 
to 
the 
promise 
made 
to 
.\hrahnm. 
a 
blessing 
"to 
all 
the 
families 
of 
the 
earth." 
Thank 
Go(l 
for 
the 
rpdemptive 
feature 
of 
his 
plan; 
and 
thanks 
al'\o 
to 
him 
for 
the 
deliverance 
frature. 
shortly 
to 
be 
effected, 
even 
tho 
the 
introduction 
of 
that 
drliveranee 
he 
accomplished 
by 
a 
time 
of 
troubh' 
such 
as 
was 
not 
since 
there 
was 
a 
natIon-a 
time 
of 
fiery 
indignation 
,\ 
hich 
shall 
eventually 
devour 
all 
the 
adycrsanes 
of 
righteous­ 
ness, 
and 
bring 
in 
that 
blessed 
condition 
respectmg 
which 
we 
are 
assured 
that 
every 
knee 
shall 
how. 
and 
every 
tongue 
confess. 
to 
the 
glory 
of 
God-the 
disobedient 
and 
unwilling 
heing 
destroyed 
in 
the 
second 
death, 
from 
which 
there 
wIll 
l)p 
no 
reeover.y.-Isa. 
45 
:23; 
Phil. 
2: 
10; 
Acts 
3: 
ID-23; 
2 
Thess. 
1 
:9. 
THE 
PAROUSIA 
OF 
OUR 
LORD 
JESUS 
AND 
HIS 
SUBSEQUENT 
APOKALUPSIS 
AND 
EPIPHANIA 
AT 
HIS 
SECOND 
ADVENT 
"n'atch, 
thereto/c_; 
tur 
yc 
l,non' 
!fIot 
the 
day* 
your 
Lord 
doth 
come." 
"lVhat 
I 
say 
unto 
you, 
I 
say 
unto 
all 
[believers], 
Watch, 
"-i\Iatt. 
24 
:42; 
Mark 
13 
:37. 
'''hatenr 
the 
('kuadpr 
of 
the 
waJ;ching, 
and 
whatever 
the 
thing 
to 
be 
lookecl 
for, 
there 
can 
be 
no 
question 
that 
the 
exhortatIOn 
to 
watch 
for 
an 
event 
whose 
precise 
time 
is 
not 
stated, 
implies 
that 
when 
the 
evpnt 
cloes 
take 
place. 
the 
watch­ 
ing 
ones 
will 
know 
it. 
\Vatch, 
because 
ye 
know 
not, 
in 
order 
that 
at 
the 
propp 
I' 
time 
ye 
may 
know, 
is 
the 
thoug-ht; 
and 
the 
intimation 
clenrlv 
is, 
that 
thoRe 
who 
do 
not 
watch 
will 
not 
know: 
that 
the 
'pvents 
which 
arc 
to 
be 
known 
in 
due 
time 
to 
thp 
\Yatchers, 
wIll 
l)p 
repogniz.ccl 
by 
them, 
and 
not 
recog­ 
nizP(1 
hy 
othel 
s, 
at 
the 
time 
of 
acpomplishment. 
This, 
the 
only 
logIcal 
interpretation 
of 
our 
Lord's 
px­ 
hortntion, 
is 
fully 
corroborated 
by 
several 
of 
the 
apostles. 
The 
Apostle 
Paul 
urge'\ 
II'" 
saying: 
"Yom 
Relve'\ 
know 
perfectly 
that 
the 
day 
of 
the 
Lorel 
so 
cOindh 
n~ 
a 
thief 
in 
the 
night; 
for 
when 
they 
[the 
world, 
unbelievers] 
shall 
say, 
Peace 
ancl 
safety, 
then 
sudclen 
destI 
uction 
pometh 
upon 
thcm 
a'\ 
travail 
upon 
a 
woman 
With 
ehl1d; 
and 
thcy 
shall 
not 
e'\eapp. 
But 
yeo 
brethren, 
are 
not 
in 
darknps~. 
that 
that 
day 
should 
overtake 
you 
as 
a 
thief" 
(l 
Thp~. 
5 
:2-4) 
; 
hpcause, 
being 
philclren 
of 
the 
light 
ye, 
brethrpn, 
will 
he 
watching 
nnd 
be 
enlightened 
and 
taught 
of 
the 
Lord. 
The 
Apostle 
Peter 
suggests 
the 
means 
by 
which 
the 
Lord 
will 
tpach 
us. 
and 
mform'\ 
us 
re­ 
specting 
'our 
location 
upon 
the 
path 
of 
"the 
just 
whiph 
shineth 
more 
ancl 
more 
unto 
the 
perfert 
day." 
He 
shows 
that 
it 
will 
not 
he 
bv 
mira<,ulou'\ 
rpvp:ation~. 
nor 
by 
dream~; 
but 
through 
thp 
\Vord 
of 
te'\timony, 
the 
Dlhle. 
He 
sa.\'s, 
"'VI' 
have 
a 
more 
sure 
word 
of 
prophep.\', 
whercllnto 
ye 
do 
well 
that 
ye 
trIke 
heed, 
as 
unto 
a 
light 
,vhiph 
slllnpth 
in 
a 
dark 
plare. 
until 
the 
day 
(lawn, 
nnd 
the 
day-~tar 
nrise 
in 
your 
hearts."-2 
Pet.l:l!1. 
'The 
umted 
tpstim'ony 
of 
the'\e 
Srripture'\ 
teachrs 
us 
that, 
altho 
it 
wns 
neither 
proper 
nor 
possibl(' 
for 
the 
Lord's 
peo­ 
ple 
to 
know 
in 
advance, 
an~·thing 
definite, 
respecting- 
the 
exact 
time 
of 
the 
second 
presence 
of 
the 
Lord 
Je'\us, 
and 
the 
establishment 
of 
his 
kingdom, 
yet 
when 
the 
due 
time 
would 
come 
the 
faithful 
ones, 
the 
watchers, 
would 
be 
informed,- 
-·Thus 
read 
the 
oldest 
Greek 
MSS. 
would 
not 
be 
left 
in 
darkness 
with 
the 
WO) 
lei. 
It 
is 
vain 
to 
urge, 
as 
contradicting 
this, 
our 
Lord's 
statement, 
"Of 
that 
clay 
and 
hour 
knoweth 
no 
man; 
no, 
not 
the 
angels 
which 
are 
in 
heaven, 
neither 
the 
Son, 
hut 
the 
Father." 
(Mark 
13: 
32) 
Those 
who 
use 
this 
Scripture 
to 
prove 
to 
themselves 
and 
to 
otllPrs 
that 
no 
man 
will 
el'er 
7.:n01/} 
anything 
respecting 
the 
tlmp 
of 
the 
second 
advent. 
find 
it 
to 
prove 
too 
much, 
and 
thu,,\ 
"poil 
their 
own 
argument; 
for 
if 
it 
means 
that 
no 
man 
wiII 
I'll'" 
7.:n01v, 
it 
n1ll~t 
similarly 
mean 
that 
no 
angel 
will 
C1 
rI' 
7.:.1/0/1" 
and 
that 
the 
Son 
himself 
\\ 
ill 
never 
lmon'. 
This, 
pvi­ 
(lentl~', 
would 
be 
an 
ab'\Ul 
d 
construction 
to 
place 
upon 
the 
pas 
.. 
age. 
The 
Son 
clid 
not 
know 
at 
the 
time 
he 
uttered 
this 
statellJPnt; 
the 
all<yels 
did 
not 
know 
then; 
and 
no 
man 
knew 
then; 
but 
the 
So~ 
certainly 
must 
know 
of 
the 
time 
of 
his 
0" 
11 
serond 
advent, 
at 
least 
a 
little 
whIle 
before 
it 
tak"i' 
p!nre; 
the 
angels 
also, 
must 
know 
a 
little 
while 
before 
it 
takes 
place; 
and 
the 
true 
children 
of 
God, 
the 
"watchers," 
as 
'\ 
e 
have 
seen 
above, 
are 
to 
watch 
in 
order 
that 
they, 
too, 
may 
know 
at 
the 
proper 
sea'\on 
and 
not 
be 
in 
darkness, 
in 
ignoranpe, 
with 
the 
worIcl; 
and 
that 
their 
watching 
shall 
be 
lewarded 
is 
guaranteed 
:-"Xone 
of 
the 
wicked 
shall 
undpr­ 
stand; 
but 
the 
WIse 
[in 
heavenly 
wisdom] 
shall 
understancl." 
-Dan. 
12: 
10. 
FOR 
WHAT 
ARE 
WE 
WATCHING? 
This 
is 
an 
important 
question. 
Many 
of 
God's 
people 
haVe 
bepn 
offenrled, 
"stumblecl," 
as 
respects 
the 
doctrine 
of 
the 
"('<,onel 
coming 
of 
our 
dear 
Recleemer, 
b.\' 
reason 
of 
peculiar, 
PAt! 
ava!:'"ant, 
unreasonablp, 
illogical 
and 
unsrriptural 
vIews 
on 
the 
'\ubiept. 
pre~ented 
by 
some, 
who 
profe'\sedly 
lov(' 
the 
Lord's 
appearing, 
known 
as 
Second 
Adventists. 
But 
this 
is 
nll 
wrong; 
\\e 
are 
not 
to 
reject 
one 
of 
the 
grandest 
and 
most 
prominent 
clodnnes 
of 
the 
Scripture, 
Simply 
because 
some 
fellow-Chri'\tians 
have 
erred 
egregiously 
respecting 
the 
maHer, 
an(l 
brought 
a 
rertnin 
amount 
of 
worldly-wise 
contempt 
upon 
everything 
connected 
with 
this 
subject. 
On 
the 
contrary, 
this 
doctrine, 
as 
a 
glorious 
gem, 
should 
be 
given 
the 
first 
place 
[2972] 
(84-85) moral and physical degeneracy (commonly called “the fall’), the culmmation of which is death. According to the Seriptures this death would have been an interminable one, an everlasting one, had God not in his merey, provided for our succor—provided a ransom-price in the Lord Jesus and his sacrifice. This redemption provision was accomplished by our Lord at hig first advent. We were “redeemed with the precious blood of Christ.” But there is a difference between our redemption and our deliverance, as there is a difference between the purchase of any article and the delivery of it. The woild has been purchased with the precious blood; but the world has not been delivered; it is still laboring and heavy laden, under the curse under original sin, under its weights and difficulties and disadvantages of every kind. What is necessary now? We answer, with the Apostle, that “the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now, waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God”—through whom the deliverance is yet to be accomplished. (Rom. 8:19-22) And when will these sons of God be manifested? The answer is that these song of God are the elect church of this Gospel age, who in the present time are being tried and tested; not according to the flesh, but according to the spirit, according to their will, their desires of heart. These sons of God are such as after the Lord’s disciplines and chastenings are passed, wil] be found in heart “copies of God’s dear Son,” however imperfect they may still be respecting their flesh. These are to be the first who will experience deliverance at the second coming of the Lord. They are variously designated in the Scriptures as “the royal priesthood,” under the great high priest: as the members of the body of Christ, under Jesus, as their Head; as the “bride, the Lamb’s wife.” These are the “jewels,” whose number the Loid is to make up in the first resurrection, who shall be his. and joint-heirs with him in the kingdom. It is for the manifestation of these that the world is waiting, as the Apostle declares— waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God,” and they will not be manifested until the second advent of their Master. “When he shall appear, we also shall appear with him in glory.” We see. then, that so far as the ehurech is concerned she is waiting for the completion of the elect number which constitutes her membership—in all, “a little flock,” to whom jt is the Father’s good pleasure to give the kingdom. (Luke 12:32) We see also that the world of ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, Pa. mankind, altho redeemed, must wait still longer—a little longer; for it will not be long after the elect church shall have been glorified with their Lord, and become his joint-heirs in his kingdom, until they, with him, as the Sun of Righteousness shall shine forth with healing in his beams, to bless the world, to scatter its night, to dispel its fogs of superstition and its miasms of error. From this standpoint it will be seen that the second coming of Christ means, not only the blessing of the Lord’s faithful in the first, resurrection, but the blessing of all the families of the earth, even as the Lord promised to father Abraham, saying, “In thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.” The great mass of mankind have gone down mto the prison-house of death unblessed—ignorant of God and of the only name given under heaven or amongst men whereby they must be saved. Even of those who are now living, only a small fraction have ever heard of the great Redeemer and of the great redemption which he has already accomplished in the sacrifice of himself, and of the great deliverance which he is about to effect, through the establishment of his kingdom of righteousness, and the subjugation of evil and sin, and the binding of Satan. Not only the living nations to earth’s remotest bound, must all know, that the Year of Jubilee has come, returning ransomed sinners home Int all those who have gone down into death, the great prisonhouse which now contains approximately fifty thousand millions of our race—all these also must hear the good tidings, for it is to be. aecording to the angel's promise, “Good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people.” It is to be, according to the promise made to Abraham, a blessing “to all the families of the earth.” Thank God for the redemptive feature of his plan; and thanks also to him for the deliverance feature, shortly to be effected, even tho the introduction of that deliverance be accomplished by a time of trouble such as was not since there was a nation—a time of fiery indignation which shall eventually devour all the adversaries of righteousness, and bring in that blessed condition respecting which we are assured that every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess, to the glory of God—the disobedient and unwilling being destroyed in the second death, from which there will he no recovery.—Isa. 45:23; Phil. 2:10; Acts 3:19-23; 2 Thess. 1:9. THE PAROUSIA OF OUR LORD JESUS AND HIS SUBSEQUENT APOKALUPSIS AND EPIPHANIA AT HIS SECOND ADVENT “Watch, therefore; for yo hnow not the day* your Lord doth come.” “What I say unto you, I say unto all [believers], Wateh.”"—-Matt. 24:42; Mark 13:37. Whatever the character of the watching, and whatever the thing to be looked for, there can be no question that the exhortation to watch for an event whose precise time is not stated, implies that when the event does take place. the watching ones will know it. Watch, because ye know not, in order that at the proper time ye may know, js the thought; and the intimation clearly is, that those who do not watch will not know: that the events which are to be known in due time to the Watchers, will be recognized by them, and not recognized by others, at the time of accomplishment. This, the only logical interpretation of our Lord’s exhortation, is fully corroborated by several of the apostles. The Apostle Paul urges us, saying: “Yourselyes know perfectly that the dav of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night: for when they [the world, unbelievers] shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ve. brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief”? (1 Thes. 5:2-4); heeause, being children of the light ye, brethren, will be watching and be enlightened and taught of the Lord. The Apostle Peter suggests the means by which the Lord will teach us, and informs us respecting our Iocation upon the path of “the just which shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” He shows that it will not be by miraculous reverations, nor by dreams: but through the Word of testimony, the Bible. He says, “We have a more sure word of prophecy, whereunto ve do well that ve take heed, as unto a light which shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts.”—2 Pet. 1:19. The umited testimony of these Scriptures teaches us that, altho it was neither proper nor possible for the Lord’s people to know in advance, anything definite, respecting the exact time of the second presence of the Lord Jesus, and the establishment of his kingdom, vet when the due time would come the faithful ones, the watchers, would be informed,— “"* Thus read the oldest Greek MSS. would not be left in darkness with the wold. It is vain to urge, as contradicting this, our Lord’s statement, “Of that day and hour knoweth no man; no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.” (Mark 13:32) Those who use this Seripture to prove to themselves and to others that no man will ever know anything respecting the time of the second advent. find it to prove too much, and thus spoil their own argument; for if it means that no man will eicr know, it must similarly mean that no angel will e:er know, and that the Son himself will never know. This, evidently, would be an absuid construction to place upon the passage. The Son did not know at the time he uttered this statement; the angels did not know then; and no man knew then; but the Son certainly must know of the time of his own second advent, at least a little wiitle before it takes place; the angels also, must know a little while before it takes place; and the true children of God, the “watchers,” as we have seen above, are to watch in order that they, too, may know at the proper season and not be in darkness, in ignorance, with the world; and that their watching shall be rewarded is guaranteed:—“None of the wicked shall understand; but the wise [in heavenly wisdum] shall understand.” —Dan. 12:10. FOR WHAT ARE WE WATCHING? This is an important question. Many of God’s people have been offended, “stumbled,” as respects the doctrine of the second coming of our dear Redeemer, by reason of peculiar, extravagant, unreasonable, illogical and unscriptural views on the subject, presented by some, who professedlv love the Lord’s appearing, known as Second Adventists. But this is all wrong; we are not to reject one of the grandest and most prominent doctrines of the Scripture, simply because some fellow-Christians have erred egregiously respecting the matter, and brought a certain amount of worldly-wise contempt upon everything connected with this subject. On the contrary, this doctrine, as a glorious gem, should be given the first place [2972]

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