the World_ for January, 1910, declares: “A half-century ago, China and
Manchuria, Japan and Korea, Turkey and Arabia, and even the vast continent
of Africa, were sleeping—hermit nations, locked in the cell of long
seclusion and exclusion. Central Asia was comparatively unexplored, as was
Central Africa. In many lands, Satan’s long occupation was undisputed and
his empire unmolested. Papal countries were as intolerant as pagan; Italy
and Spain imprisoned a man for daring to sell a Bible, or preach the
gospel. France was practically infidel, and Germany permeated with
rationalism; and over a large part of the mission field, the doors were
shut and locked by a more or less rigid exclusion and caste system. Now
the changes, on every side, are so remarkable and so radical that, to one
who should suddenly come out of this middle period of the last century,
... the world would be unrecognizable. He who holds the keys of the
two-leaved gates has been unlocking them, opening up all lands to the
Messenger of the Cross. Even in the Eternal City, where, a half-century
ago, a visitor had to leave his Bible outside the walls, there are
Protestant chapels by the score, and a free circulation of the
Scriptures.”
Page 327. PROPHETIC DATES.—See note for page 329.
Page 329. PROPHETIC DATES.—The historical and chronological facts
connected with the prophetic periods of Daniel 8 and 9, including many
evidences pointing unmistakably to the year 457 B.C. as the proper time
from which to begin reckoning these periods, have been clearly outlined by
many students of prophecy. See Stanley Leathes, “Old Testament Prophecy,”
lectures 10, 11 (Warburton Lectures for 1876-1880); W. Goode, “Fulfilled
Prophecy,” sermon 10, including Note A (Warburton Lectures for 1854-1858);
A. Thom, “Chronology of Prophecy,” pp. 26-106 (London ed., 1848); Sir
Isaac Newton, “Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the
Apocalypse of St. John,” ch. 10 (London ed., 1733, pp. 128-143); Uriah
Smith, “Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation,” part 1, ch. 8, 9. On the
date of the crucifixion, see Wm. Hales, “Analysis of Chronology,” Vol. I,
pp. 94-101; Vol. III. pp. 164-258 (2d London ed., 1830).
Page 335. FALL OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.—For further details as to the
predicted fall of the Ottoman empire during the month of August, 1840, see
J. Litch, “The Probability of the Second Coming of Christ about A.D. 1843”
(published in June, 1838); J. Litch, “An Address to the Clergy” (published
in the spring of 1840; a second edition, with historical data in support
of the accuracy of former calculations of the prophetic period extending
to the fall of the Ottoman empire, was published in 1841); the _Advent
Shield and Review_, Vol. I (1844), No. 1, article 2, pp. 56, 57, 59-61; J.
N. Loughborough, “The Great Advent Movement,” pp. 129-132 (1905 ed.); J.
Litch, article in _Signs of the Times, and Expositor of Prophecy_, Aug. 1,
1840. See also article in _Signs of the Times, and Expositor of Prophecy_,
Feb. 1, 1841.
Page 340. WITHHOLDING THE BIBLE FROM THE PEOPLE.—On the attitude of the
Roman Catholic Church toward the circulation of the Holy Scriptures, in
vernacular versions, among the laity, see Catholic Encyclopædia, art.
Bible; also G. P. Fisher, “The Reformation,” ch. 15, par. 16 (1873 ed.,
pp. 530-532); J. Cardinal Gibbons, “The Faith of Our Fathers,” ch. 8 (49th
ed., 1897, pp. 98-117); J. Dowling, “History of Romanism,” b. 7, ch. 2,
sec. 14, and b. 9, ch. 3, sec. 24-27 (1871 ed., pp. 491-496, 621-625); L.
F. Bungener, “History of the Council of Trent,” pp. 101-110 (2d Edinburgh
ed., 1853, tr. by D. D. Scott); G. H. Putnam, “Books and Their Makers
during the Middle Ages,” Vol. I, part 2, ch. 2, par. 49, 54-56.
Page 373. ASCENSION ROBES.—The story that the Adventists made robes with
which to ascend “to meet the Lord in the air,” was invented by those who
wished to reproach the cause. It was circulated so industriously that many
believed it; but careful inquiry proved its falsity. For many years a
large reward has been offered for proof that one such instance ever
occurred, but the proof has not been produced. None who loved the
appearing of the Saviour were so ignorant of the teachings of the
Scriptures as to suppose that robes which they could make would be
necessary for that occasion. The only robe which the saints will need to
meet the Lord is the righteousness of Christ. See Rev. 19:8.
Page 374. THE CHRONOLOGY OF PROPHECY.—Dr. Geo. Bush, Professor of Hebrew
and Oriental Literature in the New York City University, in a letter
addressed to Mr. Miller, and published in the _Advent Herald, and Signs of
the Times Reporter_, Boston, March 6 and 13, 1844, made some important
admissions relative to his calculation of the prophetic times. Mr. Bush
wrote:
“Neither is it to be objected, as I conceive, to yourself or your friends,
that you have devoted much time and attention to the study of the
_chronology_ of prophecy, and have labored much to determine the
commencing and closing dates of its great periods. If these periods are
actually given by the Holy Ghost in the prophetic books, it was doubtless
with the design that they _should_ be studied, and probably, in the end,
fully understood; and no man is to be charged with presumptuous folly who
reverently makes the attempt to do this.... In taking a _day_ as the
prophetical term for a _year_, I believe you are sustained by the soundest
exegesis, as well as fortified by the high names of Mede, Sir Isaac
Newton, Kirby, Scott, Keith, and a host of others, who have long since
come to substantially your conclusions on this head. They all agree that
the leading periods mentioned by Daniel and John do actually expire _about
this age of the world_, and it would be a strange logic that would convict
you of heresy for holding in effect the same views which stand forth so
prominently in the notices of these eminent divines.” “Your results in
this field of inquiry do not strike me as so far out of the way as to
affect any of the great interests of truth and duty.” “Your error, as I
apprehend, lies in another direction than your chronology.” “You have
entirely mistaken _the nature of the events_ which are to occur when those
periods have expired. This is the head and front of your expository
offending.”
Page 399. PROPHETIC DATES.—See note for page 329.
Page 435. A THREEFOLD MESSAGE.—Rev. 14:6, 7, foretells the proclamation of
the first angel’s message. Then the prophet continues: “There followed
another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, ... and the third
angel followed them.” The word here rendered “followed,” means, in
constructions like that in this text, “to go with.” Liddell and Scott
render the word thus: “_To follow one, go after_ or _with_ him.” Robinson
says: “_To follow, to go with, to accompany_ any one.” It is the same word
that is used in Mark 5:24: “Jesus went with him; and much people followed
Him, and thronged Him.” It is also used of the redeemed one hundred and
forty-four thousand, where it is said, “These are they which follow the
Lamb whithersoever He goeth.” Rev. 14:4. In both these places it is
evident that the idea intended to be conveyed is that of going together,
in company with. So in 1 Cor. 10:4, where we read of the children of
Israel that “they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them,” the
word “followed” is translated from the same Greek word, and the margin has
it, “went with them.” From this we learn that the idea in Rev. 14:8, 9, is
not simply that the second and third angels followed the first in point of
time, but that they went with him. The three messages are but one
threefold message. They are _three_ only in the order of their rise. But
having risen, they go on together, and are inseparable.
Page 447. SUPREMACY OF THE BISHOPS OF ROME.—Some of the leading
circumstances connected with the assumption of supremacy by the bishops of
Rome, are outlined in Mosheim’s “Ecclesiastical History,” cent. 2, part 2,
ch. 4, sec. 9-11. See also G.P. Fisher, “History of the Christian Church,”
period 2, ch. 2, par. 11-17 (1890 ed., pp. 56-58); Gieseler,
“Ecclesiastical History,” period 1, div. 3, ch. 4, sec. 66, par. 3,
including note 8 (N.Y. ed., 1836, tr. by F. Cunningham); J.N. Andrews,
“History of the Sabbath,” pp. 276-279 (3d ed., rev.).
Page 574. EDICT OF CONSTANTINE.—See note for page 53.
Page 578. THE ABYSSINIAN CHURCH.—On the observance of the Bible Sabbath in
Abyssinia, see Dean A.P. Stanley, “Lectures on the History of the Eastern
Church,” lecture 1, par. 15 (N. Y. ed., 1862, pp. 96, 97); Michael Geddes,
“Church History of Ethiopia,” pp. 87, 88, 311, 312; Gibbon, “Decline and
Fall of the Roman Empire,” ch. 47, par. 37-39; Samuel Gobat, “Journal of
Three Years’ Residence in Abyssinia,” pp. 55-58, 83, 93, 97, 98 (N. Y.
ed., 1850); A. H. Lewis, “A Critical History of the Sabbath and the Sunday
in the Christian Church,” pp. 208-215 (2d ed., rev.).
Page 581. DICTATES OF HILDEBRAND.—See note for page 57.
INDEX OF SCRIPTURE REFERENCES.
GENESIS
1:2; 658
2:1-3; 455
2:2, 3; 52
3:1; 531
3:2-5; 532
3:4, 5; 561
3:5; 554
3:15; 505
3:19; 532
3:24; 534
6:5, 11; 543
15:1; 86
22:9, 16-18; 18
28:12; 19
32:24-30; 616
32:30; 622
EXODUS
5:2; 269
20:8-11; 434
20:10, 11; 437
25:8; 411
25:9, 40; 413
31:17; 437
32:33; 483
34:6; 19
34:6, 7; 500, 541, 627
LEVITICUS
10:17; 418
16:8, 21, 22; 419
16:16, 19; 419
16:17; 428
16:21; 658
16:22; 485
16:29-34; 400
17:11; 418
19:31; 556
20:27; 556
NUMBERS
14:34; 324
23:8, 10, 20, 21, 23; 529
24:9; 529
25:1-3; 556
DEUTERONOMY
4:6; 230
28:56, 57; 32
29:29; 324
30:15; 544
II SAMUEL
13:39; 537
I KINGS
18:17; 104
18:17, 18; 590
II KINGS
6:17; 208
19:35; 512
I CHRONICLES
28:12, 19; 23
II CHRONICLES
32:21; 512
36:16, 15; 19
EZRA
3:12; 24
7:12-26; 326
NEHEMIAH
4:10, 14; 56
8:10; 477
13:14; 481
JOB
1:6; 518
1:9, 10; 513
9:2; 254
11:7; 344
14:10-12; 550
14:21; 550
19:25-27; 299
38:6, 7; 455
38:7; 511
42:6; 471
PSALMS
1:1-3; 478
6:5; 546
8:5; 511
9:5, 6; 545
11:6; 672
14:1; 275
16:4; 310
19:7; 468
25:14; 312
27:5; 634
30:5; 350
34:7; 513, 632
37:10; 545
37:29; 674
37:38; 541
40:8; 466
46:1-3; 639
48:3; 17
50:2-4; 300
50:3, 4; 642
50:6; 639, 650
51:17; 484
53:5; 117
56:8; 481
73:11; 274
76:2; 23
78:68, 69; 23
80:8; 19
84:11; 673
90:2; 479
91:3-10; 630
95:6; 437
96:5; 437
96:11, 13; 300
97:11; 522
100:3; 437
103:19-21; 512
106:28; 556
109:5; 20
111:7, 8; 288, 434
112:4; 346
115:17; 546
119:11; 600
119:18; 600
119:45; 466
119:46; 207
119:89; 434
119:97; 468
119:99, 104; 602
119:105; 267
119:130; 94, 195, 320
119:142, 172; 467
121:5-7; 630
132:13; 19
139:12; 346
145:10; 671
145:20; 541
146:4; 545
PROVERBS
1:24, 25; 642
1:27; 644
1:29, 31; 286
1:33; 285
3:13; 602
3:14; 312
4:18; 476
11:31; 673
14:34; 277
16:12; 277
16:25; 597
28:9; 436
28:13; 489
ECCLESIASTES
8:11-13; 286
8:12, 13; 540
9:5, 6, 10; 546
10:16; 165
12:6; 550
12:13; 436
12:13, 14; 482
12:14; 481
CANTICLES
6:10; 425
ISAIAH
2:10-12, 20, 21; 638
3:10, 11; 540
4:2, 3; 485
5:1-4; 20
5:20; 557
6:3, 5; 471
8:16, 20; 452
8:19, 20; 559
8:20; 593
9:5; 37, 642, 672
11:6, 9; 676
13:6; 638
13:9; 311
13:11; 310
14:3-6; 660
14:7; 673
14:12-17; 659
14:13, 14; 494, 504
14:18-20; 660
21:11, 12; 632
24:1, 3, 5, 6; 657
24:4, 5; 590
24:22; 661
25:8; 650
25:8, 9; 300
25:9; 644
26:19; 300
26:20, 21; 634
26:21; 657
27:5; 619
28:5; 301
28:15; 560
28:17, 18; 562
28:21; 627
30:11; 28
30:29, 30; 635
32:17; 277
32:18; 675
33:16; 626, 629
33:24; 676
34:2; 672
34:8; 673
35:1; 675
35:2; 302
37:23; 287
38:18, 19; 546
40:5; 301
40:8; 288
40:25, 26; 437
41:17; 629
42:16; 346
42:21; 466
43:25; 483
45:18; 437, 674
46:9, 10; 344
48:18, 22; 285
49:14-16; 626
49:15; 32
51:3; 302
51:7, 8; 460
51:11-16; 633
51:21-23; 634
53:4; 416
53:7; 18
54:17; 288
55:8, 9; 344
55:13; 675
56:1, 2, 6, 7; 451
56:8; 451
58:1, 2; 452
58:12, 13; 453
58:13; 447
59:14; 586
59:19; 600
60:18; 675
61:3; 650
61:11; 301
62:3; 676
62:4, 5; 302
62:12; 650
65:6, 7; 481
65:19; 676
65:21, 22; 675
66:5; 372
JEREMIAH
2:13; 478
3:14; 381
3:20; 382
4:19, 20; 310
4:23-27; 659
6:16; 478
8:11; 655
9:1; 21
13:17; 21
16:21; 287
17:8; 602
17:21-25; 19
23:1, 2; 655
25:31; 656
25:33; 657
25:34, 35; 655
26:18; 35
30:5-7; 616
30:6; 641
31:34; 485
50:20; 485
LAMENTATIONS
4:10; 32
EZEKIEL
1:14; 512
2:7; 459
3:7; 459
4:6; 324
9:1-6; 656
12:21-25, 27, 28; 393
13:22; 655
14:20; 623
16:8, 13-15, 32; 382
16:14, 15; 583
18:20; 533
18:24; 483
20:20; 437
28:6; 494
28:6-8, 16-19; 672
28:12-15, 17; 494
28:18, 19; 504
33:7-9; 460
33:8, 9; 330
33:11; 535, 627, 642
DANIEL
5:27; 491
7:2; 440
7:9, 10; 479
7:10; 414, 512
7:13; 424
7:13, 14; 480
7:14; 427
7:22; 661
7:25; 51, 54, 446
7:27; 347
8:14; 409
9:18, 15, 20; 471
9:22, 23, 25-27; 325
9:25; 313
10:8; 471
10:11; 470
12:1; 481, 613
12:2; 637
12:4; 356
HOSEA
2:19; 381
4:6, 1, 2; 60
6:3; 611
8:2, 1; 310
12:4; 617
13:9; 35
14:1; 35
JOEL
1:10-12, 17-20; 628
2:1, 15-18, 12, 13; 311
2:11; 310
2:23; 611
2:26; 350
2:31; 308
AMOS
3:7; 324
5:20; 310
8:3; 628
8:11, 12; 629
OBADIAH
16; 545
MICAH
3:9-11; 26
3:12; 27
4:8; 484, 674
5:2; 313
7:8, 9; 346
NAHUM
1:3; 627
1:9; 504
2:10; 641
HABAKKUK
1:13; 310
2:2; 521
3:3, 4; 641
3:3-13; 301
3:4; 674
3:17, 18; 629
ZEPHANIAH
1:12; 310
1:15, 16; 310
1:18, 13; 310
HAGGAI
2:3; 24
2:9, 7; 23
ZECHARIAH
2:8; 626
3:2; 484
4:6; 232, 529
6:13; 416
9:9; 405
14:5, 4, 9; 663
14:12, 13; 657
MALACHI
2:17; 557
3:1; 424
3:2, 3; 425
3:4; 425
3:5; 426
3:16; 481
3:17; 634
3:18; 640
4:1; 504, 672, 673
4:2; 645
MATTHEW
4:19; 171
5:17, 18; 466
5:17-19; 447
5:18; 434
7:2; 29
7:7; 528
7:16; 465, 520
8:11; 427
10:5, 6; 327
10:18-20; 112
10:23; 196
10:32, 33; 483
10:33; 156
10:34; 46, 126
11:5; 20
11:28; 20, 75, 569
11:29, 30; 489
12:22; 515
12:36, 37; 481
13:30, 38-41; 321
18:10; 513
20:27; 58
21:5; 100
21:8-16; 367
21:9; 402
21:12; 127
22:11; 428
23:4; 568
23:37; 22
23:38; 24, 431
24:2, 3; 25
24:9, 21, 22; 39
24:15; 341
24:15, 16; 26
24:22; 267
24:23-26; 525
24:24-27, 31; 625
24:29; 37, 333
24:30, 27, 31; 322
24:30, 31; 37
24:33; 38, 334
24:35; 26
24:36, 3, 33, 42-51; 371
24:39; 338, 491
25:5-7; 398
25:21, 41; 549
25:31; 625
25:31, 32; 301, 347
25:31-34; 322
25:40; 77, 668
26:64; 643
27:25; 32
27:42; 630
27:42, 43; 643
28:3, 4; 512
28:20; 351
MARK
1:14, 15; 327
1:15; 345
2:28; 447
5:9; 514
7:26-30; 515
9:17-27; 515
12:24; 599
13:1; 25
13:24; 306
13:24-26; 37, 304
13:33; 490
13:35; 38
13:35, 36; 491
13:37; 57
16:15; 351
LUKE
1:32, 33; 416
2:14; 46, 314
2:25, 32; 315
4:8; 51
4:18; 20, 327
4:25; 323
4:33-36; 515
4:36; 516
6:26; 144
9:54, 56; 570
10:20; 481
11:13; 477
12:36; 427
13:7; 27
18:7, 8; 631
19:40; 404
19:41; 18
19:42-44; 17
19:44; 316
20:35, 36; 482
21:16, 17; 54
21:20; 26
21:20, 21; 30
21:25; 37, 304
21:28, 30, 31; 309
21:34, 36; 309
22:24; 348
22:30; 427
24:27; 349
24:32; 350
24:52, 53; 339
JOHN
1:9; 262, 528
1:51; 19
3:14, 15; 74
3:16; 417
3:19; 265
3:20; 458
3:36; 533
5:28, 29; 544
5:29; 482
5:40; 22
7:16; 243
7:17; 528, 599
8:12; 312, 476
8:29; 469
11:48; 27
11:50; 615
12:35; 312
14:1-3; 301
14:2, 3; 548
14:3; 339
14:14; 477
14:26; 600
14:30; 623
15:10; 469
15:19, 20; 144
15:20; 47
15:22; 164
16:13; 469
16:24; 477
16:26, 27; 417
17:17, 19; 469
17:24; 501, 636
18:36; 297
20:13; 403
ACTS
1:11; 301, 339
2:17, 21; 611
2:29, 34; 546
2:47; 379
3:19, 20; 485, 612
3:21; 301
4:12; 74
4:32, 31; 379
8:4; 219
8:4, 5; 328
8:10; 625
8:20; 128
10:38; 20, 327
13:47; 315
17:3; 405
17:31; 548
22:21; 328
24:15; 544
24:25; 164
26:5; 213
26:28; 164
ROMANS
1:17; 125
2:5, 6, 9; 540
2:7; 533
2:12-16; 436
3:20; 467
3:31; 468
5:12; 533
6:2; 468
6:23; 544
7:12; 467
8:1; 477
8:4; 468
8:7; 467
8:32; 477
8:34; 350
8:38, 39, 37; 350
11:33; 527
12:1; 473
13:10; 467
14:23; 436
15:4; 324
15:16; 469
I CORINTHIANS
1:27, 25; 232
2:9; 675
2:14; 524
3:10, 11; 56
4:5; 481, 661
5:7; 399
6:2, 3; 661
6:10; 539
6:19, 20; 475
10:20; 556
13:12; 676
15:16-18; 546
15:22; 544
15:23, 20; 399
15:50; 323
15:51-53; 322
15:52-55; 550
15:55; 644
15:57; 470
II CORINTHIANS
4:4; 508
4:17; 460
5:19; 417, 502
6:17, 18; 475
7:1; 474
7:9-11; 462
11:2; 381
12:2-4; 471
12:9; 489
13:8; 101
GALATIANS
1:8; 243
5:22, 23; 474
EPHESIANS
1:14; 674
2:20-22; 416
3:8; 471
3:15; 677
3:16-19; 476
4:3-5; 379
5:5; 541
5:14-16; 602
5:27; 425, 484
6:11; 510
6:12; 510
6:17; 56
PHILIPPIANS
1:12; 219
2:12, 13; 469
3:13, 14; 470
3:21; 399
4:3; 481
4:4; 478
COLOSSIANS
1:9-11; 476
1:16; 493
I THESSALONIANS
4:3; 469
4:14; 550
4:16; 301
4:16, 17; 322, 625
4:16-18; 302, 548
5:2-5; 38, 371
5:4, 5; 315
5:16-18; 478
5:23; 469, 473
II THESSALONIANS
1:8; 424
2:3; 356, 444, 456
2:3, 4; 571
2:3, 4, 7; 49
2:4; 53
2:7; 54, 384
2:8; 37, 321, 579
2:9, 10; 553
2:9-11; 390, 444
2:10, 11; 559
2:10-12; 431, 524
2:12; 390
I TIMOTHY
2:3-6; 262
4:1; 444
6:20; 522
II TIMOTHY
1:10; 533
3:1-5; 444
3:9; 275
3:12; 48, 507, 608
3:13; 321
3:16; 324
4:3; 595
TITUS
2:11; 262
HEBREWS
1:6; 502
1:14; 511
2:11; 477
2:14; 503
2:18; 416
3:19; 458
4:15; 416
4:16; 347
6:18, 19; 350
6:19, 20; 421
6:20; 489
7:25; 482
8:1, 2; 413
8:5; 413, 418
9:1-5; 411
9:9, 23; 413
9:12; 421
9:22, 23; 417
9:24; 413, 420, 482
9:28; 315, 485
10:29; 600
10:32; 39
10:35-39; 408
11:6; 74, 436
11:14-16; 675
11:26; 460
11:35; 41
11:36-38; 40
12:14; 541
12:22; 512
JAMES
1:25; 466
2:8; 466
2:10; 582
2:12; 482
2:14-24; 472
3:15; 554
I PETER
1:10-12; 344
1:25; 350
2:6; 210
2:11; 474
3:3, 4; 462
3:12, 13; 529
4:17; 480
5:8; 510
II PETER
1:5-10; 470
1:19; 312
1:21; 324
3:3, 4; 370
3:9; 48
3:10; 672
I JOHN
1:7; 74
2:1; 416, 482
2:4, 5; 472
3:4; 467
3:6; 472
5:3; 436, 468
5:4; 477
JUDE
3; 51, 64
6; 661
6, 14, 15; 549
14, 15; 299, 426
24; 646
REVELATION
1:1-3; 341
1:5, 6; 416, 646
1:7; 301, 625, 637
1:9; 78
1:13-15; 624
1:17; 471
2:10; 41
2:17; 646
3:1, 3; 310
3:3; 371, 490
3:4; 484
3:5; 483
3:7, 8; 430, 435
3:10; 560, 619
3:21; 416
4:5; 414
4:11; 437
5:11; 512
5:12; 671
5:13; 545, 678
6:12; 304
6:12-17; 37, 334
6:13; 333
6:15-17; 642
7:9; 665
7:10, 12; 651
7:14; 428
7:14-17; 649
8:3; 414
11:2-11; 266
11:4; 267
11:5; 268
11:11; 286
11:12; 287
11:15; 301
11:19; 415, 433
12:6; 55
12:9; 438
12:10; 520
12:12; 623
12:17; 592
13:1-10; 439
13:2; 54
13:3; 579
13:5-7; 54
13:8; 579
13:11; 439
13:11-14; 442
13:11-16; 579
13:13; 612
13:13, 14; 553
13:16; 450, 604
13:16, 17; 445
14:1-5; 649
14:6, 7; 311, 355
14:8; 381, 536, 603
14:9, 10; 438, 605, 627
14:9-11; 594
15:2; 648
15:2, 3; 450
15:3; 649, 669
15:4; 670
16:2-6, 8, 9; 628
16:13, 14; 562
16:14; 556
16:17, 18; 636, 637
16:19, 21; 637
17:2; 536
17:4-6, 18; 382
17:15; 440
18:1, 2, 4; 603
18:3, 15-17; 653
18:4; 390
18:5; 604
18:5-10; 653
19:9; 427
19:11, 14; 641
19:16; 641
20:1-3; 658
20:4, 6; 661
20:5; 661
20:6; 544, 673
20:11, 12; 666
20:12; 480, 549
21:1; 674
21:2; 427
21:4, 11, 24, 3; 676
21:6, 7; 540
21:9, 10; 427
21:22; 676
21:27; 474, 481
22:5; 676
22:11; 613
22:11, 12; 491
22:12; 352, 422
22:14; 466
22:14, 15; 541
22:18, 19; 268
22:20; 302
GENERAL INDEX.
Abel, hated by Cain, 46.
Sabbath kept by, 453.
Abraham, Messianic promise to, 18.
pleads for Sodom, 431.
Sabbath observed by, 453.
angels’ mission to, 512.
Abyssinia, Wolff’s travels in, 360.
Christian churches in, 578.
Accuser, Satan the, 395, 484.
Accusers of the brethren, Satan’s helpers, 519, 520.
Adam, promise of redemption to, 345.
Sabbath kept by, 453.
temptation and fall of, 531-534, 666.
stature of, 644.
repentance of, 647, 648.
redeemed, 644.
meeting of first and second Adams, 647.
joy of, in New Jerusalem, 648.
Adams, John Quincy, 360.
Advent of Christ, types of, 399, 400.
_see also_ First advent; Second advent.
Advent faith, scriptural basis of, 409.
Advent message, proclamation of, timely, 351-354.
general proclamation of, 355-374.
result of receiving, 379.
rejection of, by churches generally, 380.
_see also_ Advent Movement; Prophecies; Signs.
Advent Movement, beginning of, 330.
impetus given to, by fulfilment of Litch’s prediction, 334, 335.
opposition to, 336-338, 403.
defense of, by Miller, 337.
growth and progress of, 337, 357, 368-370, 395-398, 401.
experiences during, 351-354.
extent of proclamation of, 357.
character of, 400-404.
results of, 340, 405.
a test, 406.
no regrets for experiences in, 406, 407.
God’s power manifested in, 398-408, 611.
God the leader in, 410, 411, 423, 424, 432, 457.
_see also_ First angel’s message; Second angel’s message; Third angel’s
message; Miller; Prophecy; Prophecies; Signs.
Adventists, rise of, 331, 332, 335.
opposition to, by churches, 337.
disappointment of, in 1844, 329, 351, 374, 391-394, 403-408.
infidelity charged to, 336.
mistake of, 353.
persecution of, 372.
polity of, in days of Miller, 375.
unity among, 379, 398.
withdraw from churches, 375, 376, 390.
trial and faith of, 391, 392, 403-408.
parable of ten virgins applied to, 393, 394, 398-402.
searching Scriptures after passing of time, 391.
fanaticism among, 395-398.
midnight cry given by, 400-403, 423.
sanctuary question studied by, 411-415, 429, 454.
law of God studied by, 434, 435.
attitude of, toward further light, 456-460.
_see also_ First angel’s message; Prophecy; Prophecies; Seventh-day
Adventists; Signs.
Advocate, _see_ Christ.
Affection, natural, destroyed by monastic system, 82.
one of Satan’s agencies to hold men in his snares, 597.
Africa, Christians in, 63, 577, 578.
Wolff’s travels in, 360.
Agrippa, 165.
Albigenses, as refugees in Bohemia, 97, 271.
_see also_ Waldenses.
Aleander, papal legate, at Diet of Worms, 133, 146-150, 162, 168.
Alleine, work of, in England, 252.
America, an asylum for the persecuted, 252.
Whitefield and the Wesleys as missionaries to, 253, 254.
religious liberty in, 295, 296.
advent message proclaimed in, 368.
prediction of supremacy of Roman Catholic Church in, 573, 579.
_see also_ United States; Miller.
American Bible Society, organization of, 287.
American Sabbath-school Union on the change of the Sabbath, 447.
American Tract Society, on the change of the Sabbath, 447.
Amnon, Universalist minister on fate of, 537-539.
Ananias and Sapphira, 44.
Angel, seeking for watchers for first advent of Christ, 314, 315.
Angels, good, announce the birth of Christ, 46.
records of persecution kept by; 59, 61.
give tidings of Christ’s birth, 313, 314.
watch effect of warning of second advent, 373.
protect advent believers after disappointment, 374.
work of, under midnight cry, 402.
not spirits of departed, 511.
work of, as recorders, 482, 486, 487.
number, power, and work of, 511-514, 630-632.
guardianship of, 512, 513.
will bring truths to remembrance when needed, 600.
protect people of God in time of trouble, 630-632.
attend Christ at second advent, 641.
as speakers in national councils, 632.
Angels, evil, agency of, 398, 511-517.
power of, 614.
when to be judged, 661.
_see also_ Spirits; Spiritualism.
Annihilation, 318.
Antediluvians, warnings unheeded by, 337, 338.
Antichrist, recognized by Wycliffe, 86;
by Luther, 139, 141, 205.
spirit of, in Protestant churches, 384.
_see also_ Papacy.
Antinomians, warnings unheeded by, 337, 338.
Antinomianism, errors of, 260, 261.
Apostasy, of ancient Israel, 20, 21.
of early church, 49-60.
the great, 42-45, 286, 289, 298, 384, 389, 443, 571, 619.
of Protestant churches, 383-390, 443-445.
prepared way for papacy, 443.
in last days, 444.
_see also_ Babylon.
Arabs, belief of, in second coming of Christ, 362.
Wolff’s travels among, 361, 362.
Ark of God’s testament, seen in heavenly sanctuary, 433.
tables of stone in, 433.
Armageddon, battle of, 663, 664, 671, 672.
Armenia, Christians in, 63.
Artaxerxes, decree of, to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, 326, 327, 410.
Ascension of Christ, 350, 351.
Asia, Wolff’s travels in, 360-362.
Associations, influence of, 508, 509.
Atheism, definition of, 269.
in France, 269, 270, 274-276, 285, 584.
Atkins, Robert, on spiritual declension in England, 387, 388.
Atonement, in earthly sanctuary. 418-420.
important truths taught by, 420.
in heavenly sanctuary, 399-402, 420-422, 428-430.
great time of, 489, 490, 623.
Augsburg, trial of Luther at, 134-137.
Diet of, 206, 207.
Confession of Protestant princes at, 206-211.
Baal, 583.
Babylon, symbol of apostate religion, 65, 381-384, 390.
fall of, 383-390.
many of God’s people in, 383, 390.
the great sin of, 388.
false doctrines of, 388-390, 536, 537.
message to God’s people in, 603, 604.
sins of, revealed by preaching of third angel’s message, 605, 606.
judgments to fall upon, 653.
_see also_ Apostasy; Church; Papacy; Roman Catholic Church.
Backsliding, of Israelites, 19.
among professed Christians, a sign of Christ’s coming, 309, 316.
Baden, conference at, 182-184.
results in strong impetus to Protestant cause, 184.
Balaam, 529, 530.
Baptism, prohibited in France, 274.
of Christ, 327.
Barnes, English Reformer, 248.
Basel, Switzerland, 173, 178.
Battle, the last great, 663, 664.
Baxter, work of, 252, 253.
belief of, in second advent, 303.
Beasts of prophecy, interpretation of:
the dragon (Satan and pagan Rome), 438.
the leopard (papacy), 48, 439, 443-445.
the two-horned beast (United States), 439-442, 445.
beast from bottomless pit, 269, 286.
_see also_ Prophecy; Prophecies.
Beda, 216.
Beecher, Charles, on creeds, 388.
on condition of Protestant ministry in America, 444, 445.