They Do Not Believe It.- by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Nov 5, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 43.

They Do Not Believe It.—

By Editor

A clipping from the Denver Weekly Post, for week ending October 12, 1912, has an item from Delta, dated October 8, which says:

“E. A. Curtis, in a speech accepting the presidency of the Western Colorado Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, predicted the end of the world before 1915.”

The item is headed in red ink:

“Sees World’s End Before Year 1915.”

Our inquirer asks, “Do Adventists in general believe that?” And we reply emphatically that Seventh-day Adventists do not. They do not set times or fix dates, they never have done so and never will. We do not believe that Mr. Curtis said this. It is a not purposely incorrect report of what he said. The views of Seventh-day Adventists prohibit time-setting.