Modern Adventism

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 9, 1908

It seems rather strange to read in an article contributed to the World's Crisis that “the distinctive and fundamental principle of modern Adventism is not the personal return of Christ, per se, although that holds its relative and important position. The one distinctive and vital message of modern Adventists is in respect to man’s essential nature.” It looks as if “modern Adventism” had departed from the original standards. With what propriety can a body of people retain the name “Adventists” after they have discarded the doctrine of the second advent as their distinctive message?