SLANDER by Dudley Marvin Canright

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 25, 1868

SLANDER.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

“But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets.” Acts xxiv, 14.

* Wherever the apostles went to preach the gospel they were continually opposed, misrepresented, and slandered by the Jews, who professed to be the people of God. * Teachings and doctrines were attributed to them which they never held. Says Paul, “We be slanderously reported, and some affirm that we say, Let us do evil that good may come.” Rom. iii, 8. David exclaims, “Every day they wrest my words.” Ps. lvi, 5. By these means many honest persons were led to believe the Christians to be an exceedingly wicked class of people. Thus they were prevented from hearing and investigating the truth.

This game of Satan was not played out in the apostle’s time. It has always succeeded so well that the Devil still employs it to prejudice men against the present truth. Many good persons to-day have an exceedingly bad opinion of Seventh-day Adventists. This they have formed from hearsay, from the misrepresentations and slanderous reports of our enemies. These we invite to hear and read for themselves. We are confident that they would think better of us if they did. We are neither Infidels, Deists, Atheists, Spiritualists, nor Mormons. We are trying to be humble Christians. D. M. CANRIGHT.