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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 21, 1871

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 37, No. 10.

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To Correspondents.

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Wm. SHIPPER, Wis.: In reference to the points treated of in your communication, we refer you to the History of the Sabbath, and the tract entitled The Two Covenants, issued at this Office.
J. C.: Is it certain that the poet in the hymn, “Celestial Army,” refers to Rev. 19 : 14? Taking the description given in the hymn, we find as many points of resemblance in the company spoken of in Rev. 7 : 9, as in the armies of Heaven, in chapter 19 : 14. In chapter 7 they are not, to be sure, called armies; but in chapter 19 they are not said to be in possession of palms or crowns. In chapter 7 they are said to have white robes and palms; while in chapter 19 there is not a particular mentioned to correspond to the description of the poet, except the fact that they are called armies. Setting aside this particular, on which the ideas of the poet seem to have beensomewhat confused, all the rest will apply well to the company of chapter 7 : 9.