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The Great Second Advent Movement
It's Rise and Progress by J. N. Loughborough
THERE are already many useful books in the hands of the people, and my apology for
adding another to the list, is that in these pages I state many things concerning
Adventists, and especially Seventh-day Adventists, which have not heretofore been brought
in this form before the people. Besides this, many who espoused the cause in later years,
and who have not witnessed the things mentioned, have earnestly requested a narration of
these facts and experiences from those earlier in the work. Having been familiar with the
advent movement in 1843 and 1844, and having, since Jan. 2, 1849, proclaimed the doctrine,
first as an Adventist, and since 1852 as a Seventh-day Adventist, I esteem it a pleasure
to "speak the things I have seen and heard."
Since 1845 there have been other bodies of Adventists which have proclaimed, and still
are proclaiming, the near advent of Christ. Instead of tracing all of those bodies, it has
been my purpose to give, at some length, the rise and progress of the Seventh-day
Adventists, calling especial attention to those agencies which, in the providence of God,
have aided in developing, from poverty and small beginnings, a people of whom, although
they number only about one hundred thousand, some of their opponents have said, "From
the energy and zeal with which they work one would judge that there were two million of
them."
I commit the work to the readers, hoping that, with the blessing of God, the perusal of
these pages may be a means of promoting the cause of Christ in many hearts, and trusting
that all, as they read, will bear in mind the words of Paul to the Thessalonians,
"prove all things; hold fast that which is good."
J. N. Loughborough.
Mountain View, California, May 1, 1905.
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| "God has given me light regarding our
periodicals. What is it? He said that the dead are to speak. How? Their works shall
follow them. We are to repeat the words of the pioneers in our work, who knew what it cost
to search for the truth as for hidden treasure, and who labored to lay the foundation of
our work. They moved forward step by step under the influence of the Spirit of God. One by
one these pioneers are passing away. The word given me is, Let that which these men have
written in the past be reproduced..." "Let the truths that
are the foundation of our faith be kept before the people. Some will depart from the
faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils. They talk science, and the
enemy comes in and gives them an abundance of science; but it is not the science of
salvation. It is not the science of humility, of consecration, or of the sanctification of
the spirit. We are now to understand what the pillars of our faith are, the truths that
have made us as a people what we are, leading us on step by step." (Ellen G.
White - RH May 05, 1905)
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