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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 14, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 46.

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The Message Assailed

WHEN the teaching of the apostles had a noticeable effect upon the people, and many were being won to believe the truth which they presented, the chief priests became greatly stirred, and said, “Ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.” We are reminded of this experience by reading a half-page advertisement in a prominent magazine, beginning with these words, in large type: “Warning to Pastors. Seventh-day Adventists are making inroads upon your congregations.” This is followed by the announcement of a book which, it is declared, will enable the pastors “to defend the flock” against the teachers of this message. In the early days of this movement it was either ignored or ridiculed by the representatives of the influential denominations, but now that this truth is laying hold of the people in all lands, the feeling begins to prevail that “Seventh-day Adventism” is a factor in the religious world which must be reckoned with. There is a meaning in these facts which should not be overlooked. We may now expect that the truths of this message will be assailed in a more effective manner than ever before, and that some well-trained minds will be employed in the attempt to disprove them. This will call for a more close and more discriminating study of every feature of this message, especially of the prophecies and the subject of the sanctuary, as a preparation for the experience which is sure to come. Such an advertisement as the one to which we have referred will give publicity to this people and their work in many quarters, and will doubtless help to precipitate the great struggle between truth and error. Now is a good time for our workers to act upon the exhortation of the psalmist: “Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.” The more carefully the message for this time is studied, the more clear will its truths appear.