Our Reply by A. G. Daniells

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · May 17, 1906

Our Reply

By A. G. Daniells

DURING the last few months a number of leaflets dealing with various questions have been sent from the Battle Creek Sanitarium to many of our people. The last of these is a seventy-six page leaflet entitled, “Some History, Some Experience, and Some Facts.” This leaflet has been prepared by Elder A. T. Jones. It consists of three sections. The first contains serious charges preferred against the ministers who labored in Battle Creek during the winter, and also nurses and helpers in the sanitarium who responded to the Testimonies sent to be read in Battle Creek. The second deals with the General Conference organization. The third deals with the Testimonies.

After examining this last leaflet, the officers of the General Conference felt that it ought to be carefully reviewed. This has been done, and in a few days a ninety-six page pamphlet will be sent to our people, replying to many of the statements Elder Jones has made in his last leaflet. The following from the table of contents will give some idea of the questions dealt with in this review: Some Grave Charges Answered; Some History Regarding Our Organization; The Charge of Bureaucracy; Should the General Conference have a President? Reorganization; Five Thousand Dollars for Nashville; Location of the General Conference of 1903; Alleged Overdraft of Three Hundred Dollars; “Suppression” of matter for Vol. VII; “I Am not a Prophet;” A Plain Contradiction; Elder Jones’s “Retirement.”

We have deeply deplored the necessity of making this reply, but the statements and representations made in the leaflet which we have reviewed are of such a character that we feel it duty to place plainly before our people the facts as we know them. In replying to Elder Jones’s statements regarding the Testimonies, we have secured the original documents, and have placed these before our people. From this unimpeachable testimony, it is clearly shown that the Testimonies do not contain the inaccuracies and mistakes which Elder Jones claims are found in them.

We desire to place a copy of this reply in the hands of all our people. Any who read this notice and do not receive copies soon should send to their tract society office, or to the Review and Herald, Washington, D. C., for copies. It is scarcely necessary to state that we regret the necessity of sending out a document of this kind. We do so for the purpose of removing the confusion and perplexity into which many of our people may be thrown by reading the leaflet. Already inquiries are coming from different parts of the field asking what will be done to answer the statements and charges made in it. We ask all to give this pamphlet a careful reading. We believe it will be seen that it is a candid and complete reply to the strongest arguments made in the leaflet sent out from Battle Creek. If there are any who are still troubled after reading this reply, we would be glad to have them correspond with the General Conference officers at Washington, D. C.

A. G. DANIELLS.