Articles, scans, and other resources from early Adventism
“During 1895 and 1896, no less than seventh-six Seventh-day Adventists were prosecuted in the United States and Canada for existing Sunday laws. Of these, twenty-eight served terms of various lengths in jails, chain-gang, etc., aggregating 1,144 days, or nearly three and one-half years for a single person.”
Some time ago the question was raised: What did Ellen G. White mean when she described the ‘critical examination’ and ‘close questioning’ of baptismal candidates? In the process of finding out, several quotes from Mrs. White on the subject, as well as contemporary pioneer reports of early Advent baptisms and examinations were collected. These are…
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It is incontrovertible that early Adventists were non-Trinitarian; what did they have to say about Trinitarian Sabbath-keepers? Brethren or Ba’al worshippers?
“All that the true child of God needs is instruction, not prohibition. . . The only apostolic prohibitions were concerning things which outwardly might seem to be purely ceremonial, but which really had a moral bearing.”
Will you please explain the following scriptures: Eze. 47:1, 12; 48:31? Please explain 1 Kings 22:23, concerning the “lying spirit.”
An excerpt reporting Sunday law persecution taking place c. 1896
“The prosecuting attorney, Mr. J.H. Lewis, is reported as saying that he now proposed to drive Adventists into the Mississippi River.”
“We believe in true civil and religious liberty. . . We are opposed, therefore, to a union of church and state. By this we mean not simply the union of some particular church with some particular state, but a union of any religion, or church, or any combination of churches, with any state or form of civil government whatever.”
An 1897 Question Corner expressing the Pioneer view on 1 John 5:7
“The text… quoted above is spurious, and is so considered, we believe, by all scholars. . .”
“Kindly explain Rom. 7:15-25. We do not understand its meaning. – W.M.”
The meaning of the name Jesus is Saviour. . . Simply to believe that nearly 1,900 year ago the Son of God became manifest in sinful flesh and lived a perfect life, can and will do no one no good, without further believing that the same Jesus by a new birth through faith can become manifest in our own sinful flesh and work out a sinless life
