And now before the swaying multitude are revealed the final scenes,—the patient Sufferer treading the path to Calvary; the Prince of heaven hanging upon the cross; the haughty priests and the jeering rabble deriding His expiring agony; the supernatural darkness; the heaving earth, the rent rocks, the open graves, marking the moment when the world's Redeemer yielded up His life.

The awful spectacle appears just as it was. Satan, his angels, and his subjects have no power to turn from the picture of their own work. Each actor recalls the part which he performed. Herod, who slew the innocent children of Bethlehem that he might destroy the King of Israel; the base Herodias, upon whose guilty soul rests the blood of John the Baptist; the weak, time-serving Pilate; the mocking soldiers; the priests and rulers and the maddened throng who cried, "His blood be on us, and on our children!"—all behold the enormity of their guilt. They vainly seek to hide from the divine majesty of His countenance, outshining the glory of the sun, while the redeemed cast their crowns at the Saviour's feet, exclaiming, "He died for me!"

Amid the ransomed throng are the apostles of Christ, the heroic Paul, the ardent Peter, the loved and loving John, and their true-hearted brethren, and with them the vast host of martyrs; while outside the walls, with every vile and abominable thing, are those by whom they were persecuted, imprisoned, and slain. There is Nero, that monster of cruelty and vice, beholding the joy and exaltation of those whom he once tortured, and in whose extremest anguish he found satanic delight. His mother is there to witness the result of her own work; to see how the evil stamp of character transmitted to her son, the passions encouraged and developed by her influence and example, have borne fruit in crimes that caused the world to shudder.

There are papist priests and prelates, who claimed to be Christ's ambassadors, yet employed the rack, the dungeon, and the stake to control the consciences of His people. There are the proud pontiffs who exalted themselves above God, and presumed to change the law of the Most High. Those pretended fathers of the church have an account to render to God from which they would fain be excused. Too late they are made to see that the Omniscient One is jealous of His law, and that He will in no wise clear the guilty. They learn now that Christ identifies His interest with that of His suffering people; and they feel the force of His own words, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me."(1160)

The whole wicked world stand arraigned at the bar of God, on the charge of high treason against the government of heaven. They have none to plead their cause; they are without excuse; and the sentence of eternal death is pronounced against them.

It is now evident to all that the wages of sin is not noble independence and eternal life, but slavery, ruin, and death. The wicked see what they have forfeited by their life of rebellion. The far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory was despised when offered them; but how desirable it now appears. "All this," cries the lost soul, "I might have had; but I chose to put these things far from me. Oh, strange infatuation! I have exchanged peace, happiness, and honor, for wretchedness, infamy, and despair." All see that their exclusion from heaven is just. By their lives they have declared, "We will not have this Jesus to reign over us."

As if entranced, the wicked have looked upon the coronation of the Son of God. They see in His hands the tables of the divine law, the statutes which they have despised and transgressed. They witness the outburst of wonder, rapture, and adoration from the saved; and as the wave of melody sweeps over the multitudes without the city, all with one voice exclaim, "Great and marvelous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints;"(1161) and falling prostrate, they worship the Prince of life.

Satan seems paralyzed as he beholds the glory and majesty of Christ. He who was once a covering cherub remembers whence he has fallen. A shining seraph, "son of the morning;" how changed, how degraded! From the council where once he was honored, he is forever excluded. He sees another now standing near to the Father, veiling His glory. He has seen the crown placed upon the head of Christ by an angel of lofty stature and majestic presence, and he knows that the exalted position of this angel might have been his.

Memory recalls the home of his innocence and purity, the peace and content that were his until he indulged in murmuring against God, and envy of Christ. His accusations, his rebellion, his deceptions to gain the sympathy and support of the angels, his stubborn persistence in making no effort for self-recovery when God would have granted him forgiveness,—all come vividly before him. He reviews his work among men and its results,—the enmity of man toward his fellow-man, the terrible destruction of life, the rise and fall of kingdoms, the overturning of thrones, the long succession of tumults, conflicts, and revolutions. He recalls his constant efforts to oppose the work of Christ and to sink man lower and lower. He sees that his hellish plots have been powerless to destroy those who have put their trust in Jesus. As Satan looks upon his kingdom, the fruit of his toil, he sees only failure and ruin. He has led the multitudes to believe that the city of God would be an easy prey; but he knows that this is false. Again and again, in the progress of the great controversy, he has been defeated, and compelled to yield. He knows too well the power and majesty of the Eternal.

The aim of the great rebel has ever been to justify himself, and to prove the divine government responsible for the rebellion. To this end he has bent all the power of his giant intellect. He has worked deliberately and systematically, and with marvelous success, leading vast multitudes to accept his version of the great controversy which has been so long in progress. For thousands of years this chief of conspiracy has palmed off falsehood for truth. But the time has now come when the rebellion is to be finally defeated, and the history and character of Satan disclosed. In his last great effort to dethrone Christ, destroy His people, and take possession of the city of God, the arch-deceiver has been fully unmasked. Those who have united with him see the total failure of his cause. Christ's followers and the loyal angels behold the full extent of his machinations against the government of God. He is the object of universal abhorrence.

Satan sees that his voluntary rebellion has unfitted him for heaven. He has trained his powers to war against God: the purity, peace, and harmony of heaven would be to him supreme torture. His accusations against the mercy and justice of God are now silenced. The reproach which he has endeavored to cast upon Jehovah rests wholly upon himself. And now Satan bows down, and confesses the justice of his sentence.

"Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? for Thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before Thee; for Thy judgments are made manifest."(1162) Every question of truth and error in the long-standing controversy has now been made plain. The results of rebellion, the fruits of setting aside the divine statutes, have been laid open to the view of all created intelligences. The working out of Satan's rule in contrast with the government of God, has been presented to the whole universe. Satan's own works have condemned him. God's wisdom, His justice, and His goodness stand fully vindicated. It is seen that all His dealings in the great controversy have been conducted with respect to the eternal good of His people, and the good of all the worlds that He has created. "All Thy works shall praise Thee, O Lord; and Thy saints shall bless Thee."(1163) The history of sin will stand to all eternity as a witness that with the existence of God's law is bound up the happiness of all the beings He has created. With all the facts of the great controversy in view, the whole universe, both loyal and rebellious, with one accord declare, "Just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints."

Before the universe has been clearly presented the great sacrifice made by the Father and the Son in man's behalf. The hour has come when Christ occupies His rightful position, and is glorified above principalities and powers and every name that is named. It was for the joy that was set before Him,—that He might bring many sons unto glory,—that He endured the cross and despised the shame. And inconceivably great as was the sorrow and the shame, yet greater is the joy and the glory. He looks upon the redeemed, renewed in His own image, every heart bearing the perfect impress of the divine, every face reflecting the likeness of their King. He beholds in them the result of the travail of His soul, and He is satisfied. Then, in a voice that reaches the assembled multitudes of the righteous and the wicked, He declares, "Behold the purchase of My blood! For these I suffered, for these I died, that they might dwell in My presence throughout eternal ages." And the song of praise ascends from the white-robed ones about the throne, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing."(1164)

Notwithstanding that Satan has been constrained to acknowledge God's justice, and to bow to the supremacy of Christ, his character remains unchanged. The spirit of rebellion, like a mighty torrent, again bursts forth. Filled with frenzy, he determines not to yield the great controversy. The time has come for a last desperate struggle against the King of heaven. He rushes into the midst of his subjects, and endeavors to inspire them with his own fury, and arouse them to instant battle. But of all the countless millions whom he has allured into rebellion, there are none now to acknowledge his supremacy. His power is at an end. The wicked are filled with the same hatred of God that inspires Satan; but they see that their case is hopeless, that they cannot prevail against Jehovah. Their rage is kindled against Satan and those who have been his agents in deception, and with the fury of demons they turn upon them.

Saith the Lord: "Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God; behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness. They shall bring thee down to the pit." "I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.... I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.... I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.... Thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more."(1165)

"Every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire." "The indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and His fury upon all their armies: He hath utterly destroyed them, He hath delivered them to the slaughter." "Upon the wicked He shall rain quick burning coals, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup."(1166) Fire comes down from God out of heaven. The earth is broken up. The weapons concealed in its depths are drawn forth. Devouring flames burst from every yawning chasm. The very rocks are on fire. The day has come that shall burn as an oven. The elements melt with fervent heat, the earth also, and the works that are therein are burned up.(1167) The earth's surface seems one molten mass,—a vast, seething lake of fire. It is the time of the judgment and perdition of ungodly men,—"the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion."(1168)

The wicked receive their recompense in the earth.(1169) They "shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts."(1170) Some are destroyed as in a moment, while others suffer many days. All are punished "according to their deeds." The sins of the righteous having been transferred to Satan, he is made to suffer not only for his own rebellion, but for all the sins which he has caused God's people to commit. His punishment is to be far greater than that of those whom he has deceived. After all have perished who fell by his deceptions, he is still to live and suffer on. In the cleansing flames the wicked are at last destroyed, root and branch,—Satan the root, his followers the branches. The full penalty of the law has been visited; the demands of justice have been met; and heaven and earth, beholding, declare the righteousness of Jehovah.

Satan's work of ruin is forever ended. For six thousand years he has wrought his will, filling the earth with woe, and causing grief throughout the universe. The whole creation has groaned and travailed together in pain. Now God's creatures are forever delivered from his presence and temptations. "The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they [the righteous] break forth into singing."(1171) And a shout of praise and triumph ascends from the whole loyal universe. "The voice of a great multitude," "as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings," is heard, saying, "Alleluia; for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth."

While the earth was wrapped in the fire of destruction, the righteous abode safely in the holy city. Upon those that had part in the first resurrection, the second death has no power. While God is to the wicked a consuming fire, He is to His people both a sun and a shield.(1172)

"I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away."(1173) The fire that consumes the wicked purifies the earth. Every trace of the curse is swept away. No eternally burning hell will keep before the ransomed the fearful consequences of sin.

One reminder alone remains: our Redeemer will ever bear the marks of His crucifixion. Upon His wounded head, upon His side, His hands and feet, are the only traces of the cruel work that sin has wrought. Says the prophet, beholding Christ in His glory, "He had bright beams coming out of His side: and there was the hiding of His power."(1174) That pierced side whence flowed the crimson stream that reconciled man to God,—there is the Saviour's glory, there "the hiding of His power." "Mighty to save," through the sacrifice of redemption, He was therefore strong to execute justice upon them that despised God's mercy. And the tokens of His humiliation are His highest honor; through the eternal ages the wounds of Calvary will show forth His praise, and declare His power.

"O tower of the flock, the stronghold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion."(1175) The time has come, to which holy men have looked with longing since the flaming sword barred the first pair from Eden,—the time for "the redemption of the purchased possession."(1176) The earth originally given to man as his kingdom, betrayed by him into the hands of Satan, and so long held by the mighty foe, has been brought back by the great plan of redemption. All that was lost by sin has been restored. "Thus saith the Lord ... that formed the earth and made it; He hath established it, He created it not in vain, He formed it to be inhabited."(1177) God's original purpose in the creation of the earth is fulfilled as it is made the eternal abode of the redeemed. "The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever."(1178)

A fear of making the future inheritance seem too material has led many to spiritualize away the very truths which lead us to look upon it as our home. Christ assured His disciples that He went to prepare mansions for them in the Father's house. Those who accept the teachings of God's word will not be wholly ignorant concerning the heavenly abode. And yet, "eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him."(1179) Human language is inadequate to describe the reward of the righteous. It will be known only to those who behold it. No finite mind can comprehend the glory of the Paradise of God.

In the Bible the inheritance of the saved is called a country.(1180) There the heavenly Shepherd leads His flock to fountains of living waters. The tree of life yields its fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree are for the service of the nations. There are ever-flowing streams, clear as crystal, and beside them waving trees cast their shadows upon the paths prepared for the ransomed of the Lord. There the wide-spreading plains swell into hills of beauty, and the mountains of God rear their lofty summits. On those peaceful plains, beside those living streams, God's people, so long pilgrims and wanderers, shall find a home.

"My people shall dwell in a peaceful habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places." "Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise." "They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them, They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shalt not plant, and another eat:... Mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands."(1181)

There, "the wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose." "Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree."(1182) "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; ... and a little child shall lead them." "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,"(1183) saith the Lord.

Pain cannot exist in the atmosphere of heaven. There will be no more tears, no funeral trains, no badges of mourning. "There shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, ... for the former things are passed away."(1184) "The inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity."(1185)

There is the New Jerusalem, the metropolis of the glorified new earth, "a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God."(1186) "Her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal." "The nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it."(1187) Saith the Lord, "I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in My people."(1188) "The tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God."(1189)

In the city of God "there shall be no night." None will need or desire repose. There will be no weariness in doing the will of God and offering praise to His name. We shall ever feel the freshness of the morning, and shall ever be far from its close. "And they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light."(1190) The light of the sun will be superseded by a radiance which is not painfully dazzling, yet which immeasurably surpasses the brightness of our noontide. The glory of God and the Lamb floods the holy city with unfading light. The redeemed walk in the sunless glory of perpetual day.

"I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it."(1191) The people of God are privileged to hold open communion with the Father and the Son. "Now we see through a glass, darkly."(1192) We behold the image of God reflected, as in a mirror, in the works of nature and in His dealings with men; but then we shall see Him face to face, without a dimming veil between. We shall stand in His presence, and behold the glory of His countenance.

There the redeemed shall "know, even as also they are known." The loves and sympathies which God Himself has planted in the soul, shall there find truest and sweetest exercise. The pure communion with holy beings, the harmonious social life with the blessed angels and with the faithful ones of all ages, who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb, the sacred ties that bind together "the whole family in heaven and earth,"(1193)—these help to constitute the happiness of the redeemed.

There, immortal minds will contemplate with never-failing delight the wonders of creative power, the mysteries of redeeming love. There will be no cruel, deceiving foe to tempt to forgetfulness of God. Every faculty will be developed, every capacity increased. The acquirement of knowledge will not weary the mind or exhaust the energies. There the grandest enterprises may be carried forward, the loftiest aspirations reached, the highest ambitions realized; and still there will arise new heights to surmount, new wonders to admire, new truths to comprehend, fresh objects to call forth the powers of mind and soul and body.

All the treasures of the universe will be open to the study of God's redeemed. Unfettered by mortality, they wing their tireless flight to worlds afar,—worlds that thrilled with sorrow at the spectacle of human woe, and rang with songs of gladness at the tidings of a ransomed soul. With unutterable delight the children of earth enter into the joy and the wisdom of unfallen beings. They share the treasures of knowledge and understanding gained through ages upon ages in contemplation of God's handiwork. With undimmed vision they gaze upon the glory of creation,—suns and stars and systems, all in their appointed order circling the throne of Deity. Upon all things, from the least to the greatest, the Creator's name is written, and in all are the riches of His power displayed.

And the years of eternity, as they roll, will bring richer and still more glorious revelations of God and of Christ. As knowledge is progressive, so will love, reverence, and happiness increase. The more men learn of God, the greater will be their admiration of His character. As Jesus opens before them the riches of redemption, and the amazing achievements in the great controversy with Satan, the hearts of the ransomed thrill with more fervent devotion, and with more rapturous joy they sweep the harps of gold; and ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands of voices unite to swell the mighty chorus of praise.

"And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb forever and ever."(1194)

The great controversy is ended. Sin and sinners are no more. The entire universe is clean. One pulse of harmony and gladness beats through the vast creation. From Him who created all, flow life and light and gladness, throughout the realms of illimitable space. From the minutest atom to the greatest world, all things, animate and inanimate, in their unshadowed beauty and perfect joy, declare that God is love.



APPENDIX.

General Notes.

Page 50. TITLES.—In a passage which forms a part of the Roman canon law, Pope Innocent III. declares that the Roman pontiff is "the vicegerent upon earth, not of a mere man, but of very God;" and in a gloss on the passage it is explained that this is because he is the vicegerent of Christ, who is "very God and very man." (See Decretal. D. Gregor. Pap. IX. lib. 1. de translat. Episc. tit. 7. c. 3. Corp. Jur. Canon. ed. Paris, 1612; tom. II. Decretal. col. 205.)

For the title, "Lord God the Pope," see a gloss on the Extravagantes of Pope John XXII., title 14, ch. 4, "Declaramus." In an Antwerp edition of the Extravagantes, dated 1584, the words "Dominum Deum nostrum Papam" ("Our Lord God the Pope") occur in column 153. In a Paris edition, dated 1612, they occur in column 140. In several editions published since 1612, the word "Deum" ("God") has been omitted.

Page 52. IMAGE WORSHIP.—"The worship of images ... was one of those corruptions of Christianity which crept into the church stealthily and almost without notice or observation. This corruption did not, like other heresies, develop itself at once, for in that case it would have met with decided censure and rebuke: but, making its commencement under a fair disguise, so gradually was one practice after another introduced in connection with it, that the church had become deeply steeped in practical idolatry, not only without any efficient opposition, but almost without any decided remonstrance; and when at length an endeavor was made to root it out, the evil was found too deeply fixed to admit of removal.... It must be traced to the idolatrous tendency of the human heart, and its propensity to serve the creature more than the Creator....

"Images and pictures were first introduced into churches, not to be worshiped, but either in the place of books to give instruction to those who could not read, or to excite devotion in the minds of others. How far they ever answered such a purpose is doubtful; but, even granting that this was the case for a time, it soon ceased to be so, and it was found that pictures and images brought into churches darkened rather than enlightened the minds of the ignorant—degraded rather than exalted the devotion of the worshiper. So that, however they might have been intended to direct men's minds to God, they ended in turning them from Him to the worship of created things."—J. Mendham, "The Seventh General Council, the Second of Nicaea," Introduction, pp. iii-vi.

For a record of the proceedings and decisions of the Second Council of Nice, A.D. 787, called to establish the worship of images, see Baronius, "Ecclesiastical Annals," Vol. IX, pp. 391-407 (1612 Antwerp ed.); J. Mendham, "The Seventh General Council, the Second of Nicaea;" Ed. Stillingfleet, "Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practiced in the Church of Rome" (London, 1686); "A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers," second series, Vol. XIV, pp. 521-587 (N. Y., 1900); C. J. Hefele, "History of the Councils of the Church, from the Original Documents," bk. 18, ch. 1, sec. 332, 333; ch. 2, sec. 345-352 (T. & T. Clark ed., 1896, Vol. V, pp. 260-304, 342-372).

Page 53. EDICT OF CONSTANTINE.—The law issued by Constantine on the seventh of March, A.D. 321, regarding a day of rest, reads thus:

"Let all judges, and all city people, and all tradesmen, rest upon the venerable day of the sun. But let those dwelling in the country freely and with full liberty attend to the culture of their fields; since it frequently happens, that no other day is so fit for the sowing of grain, or the planting of vines; hence the favorable time should not be allowed to pass, lest the provisions of heaven be lost."—A. H. Lewis, "History of the Sabbath and the Sunday," pp. 123, 124 (2d ed., rev., 1903).

The original (in the "Codex of Justinian," lib. 3, tit. 12, leg. 3) is quoted by Dr. J. A. Hessey in his Bampton Lectures on "Sunday," lecture 3, par. 1, and by Dr. Philip Schaff in his "History of the Christian Church," Vol. III, sec. 75, par. 5, note 1. See also Mosheim, "Ecclesiastical History," cent. 4, part 2, ch. 4, sec. 5; Chambers' Encyclopaedia, art. Sabbath; Encyclopaedia Britannica, ninth ed., art. Sunday; Peter Heylyn, "History of the Sabbath," part 2, ch. 3 (2d ed., rev., London, 1636, pp. 66, 67).

Page 54. PROPHETIC DATES.—See note for page 329.

Page 56. FORGED WRITINGS.—Among the documents that at the present time are generally admitted to be forgeries, the Donation of Constantine and the Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals are of primary importance.

In citing facts concerning the question, "When and by whom was Constantine's Donation forged?" M. Gosselin, Director of the Seminary of St. Sulpice (Paris), says:

"Though this document is unquestionably spurious, it would be difficult to determine with precision the date of its fabrication. M. de Marca, Muratori, and other learned critics, are of the opinion that it was composed in the eighth century, before the reign of Charlemagne. Muratori, moreover, thinks it probable that it may have induced that monarch and Pepin to be so generous to the Holy See."—Gosselin, "The Power of the Pope during the Middle Ages," Vol. I, p. 321 (translated by the Rev. Matthew Kelly, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth; Baltimore, J. Murphy & Co., 1853).

On the date of the Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals, see Mosheim, "Ecclesiastical History," bk. 3, cent. 9, part 2, ch. 2, sec. 8. As Dr. Murdock, the translator, points out in a foot-note, the learned Catholic historian, M. L'Abbe Fleury, in his "Ecclesiastical History" (diss. 4, sec. 1), says of these decretals, that "they crept to light near the close of the eighth century." Fleury, writing near the close of the seventeenth century, says further that these "false decretals were looked upon as authentic for the space of eight hundred years; and it was with much difficulty that they were given up in the last century. It is true that at present there are hardly any, though meanly instructed in these matters, who do not acknowledge that these decretals are false."—Fleury, "Ecclesiastical History," bk. 44, par. 54 (G. Adam's translation, London, 1732, Vol. V, p. 196). See also Gibbon, "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," ch. 49, par. 16.

Page 57. DICTATES OF HILDEBRAND (GREGORY VII.).—See Baronius. "Ecclesiastical Annals," An. 1076 (Antwerp ed., 1608, Vol. XI, page 479). A copy of the "Dictates," in the original, may also be found in Gieseler, "Ecclesiastical History," period 3, sec. 47, note 4 (ed. 1836, tr. by F. Cunningham). An English translation is given in Mosheim, "Ecclesiastical History," bk. 3, cent. 11, part 2, ch. 2, sec. 9, note 8 (Soames' ed., tr. by Murdock).

Page 59. PURGATORY.—Dr. Joseph Faa Di Bruno thus defines purgatory: "Purgatory is a state of suffering after this life, in which those souls are for a time detained, who depart this life after their deadly sins have been remitted as to the stain and guilt, and as to the everlasting pain that was due to them; but who have on account of those sins still some debt of temporal punishment to pay; as also those souls which leave this world guilty only of venial sins."—"Catholic Belief," page 196 (ed. 1884; imprimateur Archbishop of New York).

See also K. R. Hagenbach, "Compendium of the History of Doctrines," Vol. I, pp. 234-237, 405, 408; Vol. II, pp. 135-150, 308, 309 (T. & T. Clark ed.); Chas. Elliott, "Delineation of Roman Catholicism," bk. 2, ch. 12; Catholic Encyclopaedia, art. Purgatory.

Page 59. INDULGENCES.—For a detailed history of the doctrine of indulgences, see the Catholic Encyclopaedia, art. Indulgences (contributed by W. H. Kent, O. S. C., of Bayswater, London); Carl Ullmann, "Reformers before the Reformation," Vol. I, bk. 2, part 1, ch. 2; M. Creighton, "History of the Papacy," Vol. V, pp. 56-64, 71; L. von Ranke, "History of the Reformation in Germany," bk. 2, ch. 1, par. 131, 132, 139-142, 153-155 (2d London ed., 1845, tr. by S. Austin, Vol. I, pp. 331, 335-337, 343-346); Chas. Elliott, "Delineation of Roman Catholicism," bk. 2, ch. 13; H. C. Lea, "A History of Auricular Confession and Indulgences;" G. P. Fisher, "The Reformation," ch. 4, par. 7.

On the practical outworkings of the doctrine of indulgences during the period of the Reformation, see a paper by Dr. H. C. Lea, entitled, "Indulgences in Spain," published in "Papers of the American Society of Church History," Vol. I, pp. 129-171. Of the value of this historical sidelight, Dr. Lea says, in his opening paragraph: "Unvexed by the controversy which raged between Luther and Dr. Eck and Silvester Prierias, Spain continued tranquilly to follow in the old and beaten path, and furnishes us with the incontestable official documents which enable us to examine the matter in the pure light of history."

Page 59. THE MASS.—On the doctrine of the mass, see Cardinal Wiseman's work, "The Real Presence of the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Blessed Eucharist;" also Catholic Encyclopaedia, art. Eucharist (contributed by J. Pohle, S. T. D., Breslau); "Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent," sess. 13, ch. 1-8 (London ed., 1851, tr. by T. A. Buckley, pp. 70-79); K. R. Hagenbach, "Compendium of the History of Doctrines," Vol. I, pp. 214-223, 393-398, and Vol. II, pp. 88-114; J. Calvin, "Institutes," bk. 4, ch. 17, 18; R. Hooker, "Ecclesiastical Polity," bk. 5, ch. 67; Chas. Elliott, "Delineation of Roman Catholicism," bk. 2, ch. 4, 5.

Page 65. WALDENSIAN VERSIONS OF THE BIBLE.—On early Waldensian translations of portions of the Bible into the language of the common people, see Townley, "Illustrations of Biblical Literature," Vol. I, ch. 10, par. 1-13; E. Petavel, "The Bible in France," ch. 2, par. 3, 4, 8-10, 13, 21 (Paris ed., 1864); G. H. Putnam, "The Censorship of the Church of Rome," Vol. II, ch. 2.

Page 77. EDICT AGAINST THE WALDENSES.—A considerable portion of the text of the papal bull issued by Innocent VIII. in 1487 against the Waldenses (the original of which is in the library of the University of Cambridge) is given, in an English translation, in Dowling's "History of Romanism," bk. 6, ch. 5, sec. 62 (ed. 1871).

Page 84. INDULGENCES.—See note for page 59.

Page 85. WYCLIFFE.—For the original text of the papal bulls issued against Wycliffe, with an English translation, see J. Foxe, "Acts and Monuments," Vol. III, pp. 4-13 (Pratt-Townsend ed., London, 1870). See also J. Lewis, "Life of Wiclif," pp. 49-51, 305-314 (ed. 1820); Lechler, "John Wycliffe and His English Precursors," ch. 5, sec. 2 (pp. 162-164, London ed., 1884, tr. by Lorimer); A. Neander, "General History of the Christian Church," period 6, sec. 2, part 1, par. 8.

Page 86. INFALLIBILITY.—On the doctrine of Infallibility, see Catholic Encyclopaedia, art. Infallibility (contributed by P. J. Turner, S. T. D.); Geo. Salmon, "The Infallibility of the Church;" Chas. Elliott, "Delineation of Roman Catholicism," bk. 1, ch. 4; Cardinal Gibbons, "The Faith of Our Fathers," ch. 7 (49th ed., 1897).

Page 103. INDULGENCES.—See note for page 59.

Page 104. COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE.—On the calling of the Council of Constance by Pope John XXIII., at the instance of the emperor Sigismund, see Mosheim, "Ecclesiastical History," bk. 3, cent. 15, part 2, ch. 2, sec. 3; J. Dowling, "History of Romanism," bk. 6, ch. 2, par. 13; A. Bower, "History of the Popes," Vol. VII, pp. 141-143 (London ed., 1766); Neander, "History of the Christian Religion and Church," period 6, sec. 1 (1854, 5-vol. ed., tr. by Torrey, Vol. V, pp. 94-101).

Page 128. INDULGENCES.—See note for page 59.

Page 234. JESUITISM.—For a statement concerning the origin, the principles, and the purposes of the "Society of Jesus," as outlined by members of this Order, see a work entitled "Concerning Jesuits," edited by the Rev. John Gerard, S. J., and published in London, 1902, by the Catholic Truth Society. In this work it is said that "the mainspring of the whole organization of the Society is a spirit of entire obedience: 'Let each one,' writes St. Ignatius, 'persuade himself that those who live under obedience ought to allow themselves to be moved and directed by divine Providence through their superiors, just as though they were a dead body, which allows itself to be carried anywhere and to be treated in any manner whatever, or as an old man's staff, which serves him who holds it in his hand in whatsoever way he will.'

"This absolute submission is ennobled by its motive, and should be, continues the ... founder, 'prompt, joyous, and persevering; ... the obedient religious accomplishes joyfully that which his superiors have confided to him for the general good, assured that thereby he corresponds truly with the divine will.' "—The Comtesse R. de Courson, in "Concerning Jesuits," p. 6.

See also L. E. Dupin, "A Compendious History of the Church," cent. 16, ch. 33 (London ed., 1713, Vol. IV, pp. 132-135); Mosheim, "Ecclesiastical History," cent. 16, sec. 3, part 1, ch. 1, par. 10 (including notes 5, 6); Encyclopaedia Britannica (ninth ed.), art. Jesuits; C. Paroissien, "The Principles of the Jesuits, Developed in a Collection of Extracts from Their Own Authors" (London, 1860—an earlier edition appeared in 1839); W. C. Cartwright, "The Jesuits, Their Constitution and Teaching" (London, 1876); E. L. Taunton, "The History of the Jesuits in England, 1580-1773" (London, 1901).

Page 235. THE INQUISITION.—See Catholic Encyclopaedia, art. Inquisition (contributed by J. Bloetzer, S. J., Munich); H. C. Lea, "History of the Inquisition in the Middle Ages;" Limborch, "History of the Inquisition," Vol. I, bk. 1, ch. 25, 27-31 (London ed., 1731, tr. by S. Chandler, Vol. I, pp. 131-142, 144-161); L. von Ranke, "History of the Popes," bk. 2, ch. 6.

Page 265. CAUSES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.—On the far-reaching consequences of the rejection of the Bible, and of Bible religion, by the people of France, see H. von Sybel, "History of the French Revolution," bk. 5, ch. 1, par. 3-7; H. T. Buckle, "History of Civilization in England," ch. 8, 12 (N. Y. ed., 1895, Vol. I, pp. 364-366, 369-371, 437, 550, 540, 541); Blackwood's Magazine, Vol. XXXIV, No. 215 (November, 1833, p. 739); J. G. Lorimer, "An Historical Sketch of the Protestant Church in France," ch. 8, par. 6, 7.

Page 266. PROPHETIC DATES.—See note for page 329.

Page 267. EFFORTS TO SUPPRESS AND DESTROY THE BIBLE.—Referring to the long-continued efforts in France to suppress the Bible—particularly versions in the language of the common people, Gaussen says: "The decree of Toulouse, 1229," which established the "tribunal of the Inquisition against all the readers of the Bible in the vulgar tongue, ... was an edict of fire, bloodshed, and devastation. In its 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th chapters, it ordained the entire destruction of the houses, the humblest places of concealment, and even the subterranean retreats of men convicted of possessing the Scriptures; that they should be pursued to the forests and caves of the earth; and that even those who harbored them should be severely punished." As a result, the Bible "was everywhere prohibited; it vanished, as it were, underground; it descended into the tomb." These decrees were "followed for five hundred years by innumerable punishments, in which the blood of the saints flowed like water."—_L. Gaussen, _"_The Canon of the Holy Scriptures,_"_ _ part 2, bk. 2, ch. 7, sec. 5, prop. 561; and ch. 13, sec. 2, prop. 641, par. 2._

On the special efforts made to destroy Bibles during the Reign of Terror, late in 1793, Dr. Lorimer says: "Wherever a Bible could be found it might be said to be persecuted to death; so much so, that several respectable commentators interpret the slaying of the two witnesses in the eleventh chapter of the Apocalypse, of the general suppression, nay, destruction, of the Old and New Testaments in France at this period."—J. G. Lorimer, "An Historical Sketch of the Protestant Church in France," ch. 8, par. 4, 5.

See also G. P. Fisher, "The Reformation," ch. 15, par. 16; E. Petavel, "The Bible in France," ch. 2, par. 3, 8-10, 13, 21 (Paris ed., 1864); G. H. Putnam, "The Censorship of the Church of Rome," Vol. I, ch. 4 (1906 ed., pp. 97, 99, 101, 102); Vol. II, ch. 2 (pp. 15-19); S. Smiles, "The Huguenots: Their Settlements, Churches, and Industries," etc., ch. 1, par. 32, 34; ch. 2, par. 6; ch. 3, par. 14; ch. 18, par. 5 (with note); S. Smiles, "The Huguenots in France after the Revocation," ch. 2, par. 8; ch. 10, par. 30; ch. 12, par. 2-4; J. A. Wylie, "History of Protestantism," bk. 22, ch. 6, par. 3.

Page 276. THE REIGN OF TERROR.—On the responsibility of misguided leaders, in both church and state, and particularly in the church, for the scenes of the French Revolution, see W. M. Sloane, "The French Revolution and Religious Reform," Preface, and ch. 2, par. 1, 2, 10-14 (1901 ed., pp. vii-ix, 19, 20, 26-31, 40); P. Schaff, in "Papers of the American Society of Church History," Vol. I, pp. 38, 44; S. Smiles, "The Huguenots after the Revocation," ch. 18, par. 4, 6, 9, 10, 12-16, 27; J. G. Lorimer, "An Historical Sketch of the Protestant Church of France," ch. 8, par. 6, 7; A. Galton, "Church and State in France, 1300-1907," ch. 3, sec. 2 (London ed., 1907); Sir J. Stephen, "Lectures on the History of France," lecture 16, par. 60.

Page 280. THE MASSES AND THE PRIVILEGED CLASSES.—On social conditions prevailing in France prior to the period of the Revolution, see H. von Holst, "Lowell Lectures on the French Revolution," lecture 1; also Taine, "Ancient Regime," and A. Young, "Travels in France."

Page 283. RETRIBUTION.—For further details concerning the retributive character of the French Revolution, see Thos. H. Gill, "The Papal Drama," bk. 10; E. de Pressense, "The Church and the French Revolution," bk. 3, ch. 1.

Page 284. THE ATROCITIES OF THE REIGN OF TERROR.—See M. A. Thiers, "History of the French Revolution," Vol. III, pp. 42-44, 62-74, 106 (N. Y. ed., 1890, tr. by F. Shoberl); F. A. Mignet, "History of the French Revolution," ch. 9, par. 1 (Bohn ed., 1894); A. Alison, "History of Europe," 1789-1815, Vol. I, ch. 14 (N. Y. ed., 1872, Vol. 1, pp. 293-312).

Page 287. THE CIRCULATION OF THE SCRIPTURES.—In 1804, according to Mr. William Canton, of the British and Foreign Bible Society, "all the Bibles extant in the world, in manuscript or in print, counting every version in every land, were computed at not many more than four millions.... The various languages in which those four millions were written, including such bygone speech as the Moeso-Gothic of Ulfilas and the Anglo-Saxon of Bede, are set down as numbering about fifty."—"What Is the Bible Society?" p. 23 (rev. ed., 1904).

A hundred years later, at the close of its first centenary, the British and Foreign Bible Society was able to report a total distribution of Bibles, Testaments, or portions thereof, by that society alone, to the number of 186,680,101—a total that, in 1910, had grown to upwards of 220,000,000 copies, in nearly four hundred distinct tongues.

To these totals must be added the millions of copies of the Scriptures or portions thereof, in many languages, distributed by other Bible societies and by various commercial agencies. The American Bible Society,—the greatest of the daughters of the British parent society,—during the first ninety-four years of its work, reported a total distribution of 87,296,182 copies. (See Bible Society Record, June, 1910.) According to conservative estimates, about six million copies of the Bible are printed annually by commercial houses, which, added to the combined output of the Bible societies, gives a total yearly circulation of more than fifteen million copies.

The Scriptures, in whole or in part, have been printed in more than five hundred distinct tongues; and the work of translation into new languages and dialects is still carried forward with unflagging zeal.

Page 288. FOREIGN MISSIONS.—Dr. G. P. Fisher, in a chapter on "Christian Missions" in his "History of the Christian Church," outlines the beginnings of the missionary movement, which, in "the later years of the eighteenth century, ushered in a brilliant era of missionary activity, an era which, in the history of missions, is only less remarkable than the first of the Christian ages." In 1792, "the Baptist society was founded, with Carey as one of its first missionaries. Carey sailed for India, and there, with the help of other members of the same society, founded the mission of Serampore." In 1795, the London Missionary Society was founded; in 1799, there was formed "the organization which in 1812 became the Church Missionary Society." Soon afterward, the Wesleyan Missionary Society was founded.

"While the missionary activity was growing up in Great Britain, the Christians of America were becoming animated with a like zeal." In 1812, they founded the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions; and in 1814, the American Baptist Missionary Union. Adoniram Judson, one of the first missionaries to go out from America, sailed for Calcutta in 1812, and reached Burmah in July, 1813. In 1837, the Presbyterian Board was formed. (See Fisher, "History of the Christian Church," period 9, ch. 7, par. 3-25.)

Dr. A. T. Pierson, in an article published in the Missionary Review of the World for January, 1910, declares: "A half-century ago, China and Manchuria, Japan and Korea, Turkey and Arabia, and even the vast continent of Africa, were sleeping—hermit nations, locked in the cell of long seclusion and exclusion. Central Asia was comparatively unexplored, as was Central Africa. In many lands, Satan's long occupation was undisputed and his empire unmolested. Papal countries were as intolerant as pagan; Italy and Spain imprisoned a man for daring to sell a Bible, or preach the gospel. France was practically infidel, and Germany permeated with rationalism; and over a large part of the mission field, the doors were shut and locked by a more or less rigid exclusion and caste system. Now the changes, on every side, are so remarkable and so radical that, to one who should suddenly come out of this middle period of the last century, ... the world would be unrecognizable. He who holds the keys of the two-leaved gates has been unlocking them, opening up all lands to the Messenger of the Cross. Even in the Eternal City, where, a half-century ago, a visitor had to leave his Bible outside the walls, there are Protestant chapels by the score, and a free circulation of the Scriptures."

Page 327. PROPHETIC DATES.—See note for page 329.

Page 329. PROPHETIC DATES.—The historical and chronological facts connected with the prophetic periods of Daniel 8 and 9, including many evidences pointing unmistakably to the year 457 B.C. as the proper time from which to begin reckoning these periods, have been clearly outlined by many students of prophecy. See Stanley Leathes, "Old Testament Prophecy," lectures 10, 11 (Warburton Lectures for 1876-1880); W. Goode, "Fulfilled Prophecy," sermon 10, including Note A (Warburton Lectures for 1854-1858); A. Thom, "Chronology of Prophecy," pp. 26-106 (London ed., 1848); Sir Isaac Newton, "Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John," ch. 10 (London ed., 1733, pp. 128-143); Uriah Smith, "Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation," part 1, ch. 8, 9. On the date of the crucifixion, see Wm. Hales, "Analysis of Chronology," Vol. I, pp. 94-101; Vol. III. pp. 164-258 (2d London ed., 1830).

Page 335. FALL OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.—For further details as to the predicted fall of the Ottoman empire during the month of August, 1840, see J. Litch, "The Probability of the Second Coming of Christ about A.D. 1843" (published in June, 1838); J. Litch, "An Address to the Clergy" (published in the spring of 1840; a second edition, with historical data in support of the accuracy of former calculations of the prophetic period extending to the fall of the Ottoman empire, was published in 1841); the Advent Shield and Review, Vol. I (1844), No. 1, article 2, pp. 56, 57, 59-61; J. N. Loughborough, "The Great Advent Movement," pp. 129-132 (1905 ed.); J. Litch, article in Signs of the Times, and Expositor of Prophecy, Aug. 1, 1840. See also article in Signs of the Times, and Expositor of Prophecy, Feb. 1, 1841.

Page 340. WITHHOLDING THE BIBLE FROM THE PEOPLE.—On the attitude of the Roman Catholic Church toward the circulation of the Holy Scriptures, in vernacular versions, among the laity, see Catholic Encyclopaedia, art. Bible; also G. P. Fisher, "The Reformation," ch. 15, par. 16 (1873 ed., pp. 530-532); J. Cardinal Gibbons, "The Faith of Our Fathers," ch. 8 (49th ed., 1897, pp. 98-117); J. Dowling, "History of Romanism," b. 7, ch. 2, sec. 14, and b. 9, ch. 3, sec. 24-27 (1871 ed., pp. 491-496, 621-625); L. F. Bungener, "History of the Council of Trent," pp. 101-110 (2d Edinburgh ed., 1853, tr. by D. D. Scott); G. H. Putnam, "Books and Their Makers during the Middle Ages," Vol. I, part 2, ch. 2, par. 49, 54-56.

Page 373. ASCENSION ROBES.—The story that the Adventists made robes with which to ascend "to meet the Lord in the air," was invented by those who wished to reproach the cause. It was circulated so industriously that many believed it; but careful inquiry proved its falsity. For many years a large reward has been offered for proof that one such instance ever occurred, but the proof has not been produced. None who loved the appearing of the Saviour were so ignorant of the teachings of the Scriptures as to suppose that robes which they could make would be necessary for that occasion. The only robe which the saints will need to meet the Lord is the righteousness of Christ. See Rev. 19:8.

Page 374. THE CHRONOLOGY OF PROPHECY.—Dr. Geo. Bush, Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Literature in the New York City University, in a letter addressed to Mr. Miller, and published in the Advent Herald, and Signs of the Times Reporter, Boston, March 6 and 13, 1844, made some important admissions relative to his calculation of the prophetic times. Mr. Bush wrote:

"Neither is it to be objected, as I conceive, to yourself or your friends, that you have devoted much time and attention to the study of the chronology of prophecy, and have labored much to determine the commencing and closing dates of its great periods. If these periods are actually given by the Holy Ghost in the prophetic books, it was doubtless with the design that they should be studied, and probably, in the end, fully understood; and no man is to be charged with presumptuous folly who reverently makes the attempt to do this.... In taking a day as the prophetical term for a year, I believe you are sustained by the soundest exegesis, as well as fortified by the high names of Mede, Sir Isaac Newton, Kirby, Scott, Keith, and a host of others, who have long since come to substantially your conclusions on this head. They all agree that the leading periods mentioned by Daniel and John do actually expire about this age of the world, and it would be a strange logic that would convict you of heresy for holding in effect the same views which stand forth so prominently in the notices of these eminent divines." "Your results in this field of inquiry do not strike me as so far out of the way as to affect any of the great interests of truth and duty." "Your error, as I apprehend, lies in another direction than your chronology." "You have entirely mistaken the nature of the events which are to occur when those periods have expired. This is the head and front of your expository offending."

Page 399. PROPHETIC DATES.—See note for page 329.

Page 435. A THREEFOLD MESSAGE.—Rev. 14:6, 7, foretells the proclamation of the first angel's message. Then the prophet continues: "There followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, ... and the third angel followed them." The word here rendered "followed," means, in constructions like that in this text, "to go with." Liddell and Scott render the word thus: "To follow one, go after or with him." Robinson says: "To follow, to go with, to accompany any one." It is the same word that is used in Mark 5:24: "Jesus went with him; and much people followed Him, and thronged Him." It is also used of the redeemed one hundred and forty-four thousand, where it is said, "These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth." Rev. 14:4. In both these places it is evident that the idea intended to be conveyed is that of going together, in company with. So in 1 Cor. 10:4, where we read of the children of Israel that "they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them," the word "followed" is translated from the same Greek word, and the margin has it, "went with them." From this we learn that the idea in Rev. 14:8, 9, is not simply that the second and third angels followed the first in point of time, but that they went with him. The three messages are but one threefold message. They are three only in the order of their rise. But having risen, they go on together, and are inseparable.

Page 447. SUPREMACY OF THE BISHOPS OF ROME.—Some of the leading circumstances connected with the assumption of supremacy by the bishops of Rome, are outlined in Mosheim's "Ecclesiastical History," cent. 2, part 2, ch. 4, sec. 9-11. See also G.P. Fisher, "History of the Christian Church," period 2, ch. 2, par. 11-17 (1890 ed., pp. 56-58); Gieseler, "Ecclesiastical History," period 1, div. 3, ch. 4, sec. 66, par. 3, including note 8 (N.Y. ed., 1836, tr. by F. Cunningham); J.N. Andrews, "History of the Sabbath," pp. 276-279 (3d ed., rev.).

Page 574. EDICT OF CONSTANTINE.—See note for page 53.

Page 578. THE ABYSSINIAN CHURCH.—On the observance of the Bible Sabbath in Abyssinia, see Dean A.P. Stanley, "Lectures on the History of the Eastern Church," lecture 1, par. 15 (N. Y. ed., 1862, pp. 96, 97); Michael Geddes, "Church History of Ethiopia," pp. 87, 88, 311, 312; Gibbon, "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," ch. 47, par. 37-39; Samuel Gobat, "Journal of Three Years' Residence in Abyssinia," pp. 55-58, 83, 93, 97, 98 (N. Y. ed., 1850); A. H. Lewis, "A Critical History of the Sabbath and the Sunday in the Christian Church," pp. 208-215 (2d ed., rev.).

Page 581. DICTATES OF HILDEBRAND.—See note for page 57.



INDEX OF SCRIPTURE REFERENCES.

GENESIS

1:2; 658 2:1-3; 455 2:2, 3; 52 3:1; 531 3:2-5; 532 3:4, 5; 561 3:5; 554 3:15; 505 3:19; 532 3:24; 534 6:5, 11; 543 15:1; 86 22:9, 16-18; 18 28:12; 19 32:24-30; 616 32:30; 622

EXODUS

5:2; 269 20:8-11; 434 20:10, 11; 437 25:8; 411 25:9, 40; 413 31:17; 437 32:33; 483 34:6; 19 34:6, 7; 500, 541, 627

LEVITICUS

10:17; 418 16:8, 21, 22; 419 16:16, 19; 419 16:17; 428 16:21; 658 16:22; 485 16:29-34; 400 17:11; 418 19:31; 556 20:27; 556

NUMBERS

14:34; 324 23:8, 10, 20, 21, 23; 529 24:9; 529 25:1-3; 556

DEUTERONOMY

4:6; 230 28:56, 57; 32 29:29; 324 30:15; 544

II SAMUEL

13:39; 537

I KINGS

18:17; 104 18:17, 18; 590

II KINGS

6:17; 208 19:35; 512

I CHRONICLES

28:12, 19; 23

II CHRONICLES

32:21; 512 36:16, 15; 19

EZRA

3:12; 24 7:12-26; 326

NEHEMIAH

4:10, 14; 56 8:10; 477 13:14; 481

JOB

1:6; 518 1:9, 10; 513 9:2; 254 11:7; 344 14:10-12; 550 14:21; 550 19:25-27; 299 38:6, 7; 455 38:7; 511 42:6; 471

PSALMS

1:1-3; 478 6:5; 546 8:5; 511 9:5, 6; 545 11:6; 672 14:1; 275 16:4; 310 19:7; 468 25:14; 312 27:5; 634 30:5; 350 34:7; 513, 632 37:10; 545 37:29; 674 37:38; 541 40:8; 466 46:1-3; 639 48:3; 17 50:2-4; 300 50:3, 4; 642 50:6; 639, 650 51:17; 484 53:5; 117 56:8; 481 73:11; 274 76:2; 23 78:68, 69; 23 80:8; 19 84:11; 673 90:2; 479 91:3-10; 630 95:6; 437 96:5; 437 96:11, 13; 300 97:11; 522 100:3; 437 103:19-21; 512 106:28; 556 109:5; 20 111:7, 8; 288, 434 112:4; 346 115:17; 546 119:11; 600 119:18; 600 119:45; 466 119:46; 207 119:89; 434 119:97; 468 119:99, 104; 602 119:105; 267 119:130; 94, 195, 320 119:142, 172; 467 121:5-7; 630 132:13; 19 139:12; 346 145:10; 671 145:20; 541 146:4; 545

PROVERBS

1:24, 25; 642 1:27; 644 1:29, 31; 286 1:33; 285 3:13; 602 3:14; 312 4:18; 476 11:31; 673 14:34; 277 16:12; 277 16:25; 597 28:9; 436 28:13; 489

ECCLESIASTES

8:11-13; 286 8:12, 13; 540 9:5, 6, 10; 546 10:16; 165 12:6; 550 12:13; 436 12:13, 14; 482 12:14; 481

CANTICLES

6:10; 425

ISAIAH

2:10-12, 20, 21; 638 3:10, 11; 540 4:2, 3; 485 5:1-4; 20 5:20; 557 6:3, 5; 471 8:16, 20; 452 8:19, 20; 559 8:20; 593 9:5; 37, 642, 672 11:6, 9; 676 13:6; 638 13:9; 311 13:11; 310 14:3-6; 660 14:7; 673 14:12-17; 659 14:13, 14; 494, 504 14:18-20; 660 21:11, 12; 632 24:1, 3, 5, 6; 657 24:4, 5; 590 24:22; 661 25:8; 650 25:8, 9; 300 25:9; 644 26:19; 300 26:20, 21; 634 26:21; 657 27:5; 619 28:5; 301 28:15; 560 28:17, 18; 562 28:21; 627 30:11; 28 30:29, 30; 635 32:17; 277 32:18; 675 33:16; 626, 629 33:24; 676 34:2; 672 34:8; 673 35:1; 675 35:2; 302 37:23; 287 38:18, 19; 546 40:5; 301 40:8; 288 40:25, 26; 437 41:17; 629 42:16; 346 42:21; 466 43:25; 483 45:18; 437, 674 46:9, 10; 344 48:18, 22; 285 49:14-16; 626 49:15; 32 51:3; 302 51:7, 8; 460 51:11-16; 633 51:21-23; 634 53:4; 416 53:7; 18 54:17; 288 55:8, 9; 344 55:13; 675 56:1, 2, 6, 7; 451 56:8; 451 58:1, 2; 452 58:12, 13; 453 58:13; 447 59:14; 586 59:19; 600 60:18; 675 61:3; 650 61:11; 301 62:3; 676 62:4, 5; 302 62:12; 650 65:6, 7; 481 65:19; 676 65:21, 22; 675 66:5; 372

JEREMIAH

2:13; 478 3:14; 381 3:20; 382 4:19, 20; 310 4:23-27; 659 6:16; 478 8:11; 655 9:1; 21 13:17; 21 16:21; 287 17:8; 602 17:21-25; 19 23:1, 2; 655 25:31; 656 25:33; 657 25:34, 35; 655 26:18; 35 30:5-7; 616 30:6; 641 31:34; 485 50:20; 485

LAMENTATIONS

4:10; 32

EZEKIEL

1:14; 512 2:7; 459 3:7; 459 4:6; 324 9:1-6; 656 12:21-25, 27, 28; 393 13:22; 655 14:20; 623 16:8, 13-15, 32; 382 16:14, 15; 583 18:20; 533 18:24; 483 20:20; 437 28:6; 494 28:6-8, 16-19; 672 28:12-15, 17; 494 28:18, 19; 504 33:7-9; 460 33:8, 9; 330 33:11; 535, 627, 642

DANIEL

5:27; 491 7:2; 440 7:9, 10; 479 7:10; 414, 512 7:13; 424 7:13, 14; 480 7:14; 427 7:22; 661 7:25; 51, 54, 446 7:27; 347 8:14; 409 9:18, 15, 20; 471 9:22, 23, 25-27; 325 9:25; 313 10:8; 471 10:11; 470 12:1; 481, 613 12:2; 637 12:4; 356

HOSEA

2:19; 381 4:6, 1, 2; 60 6:3; 611 8:2, 1; 310 12:4; 617 13:9; 35 14:1; 35

JOEL

1:10-12, 17-20; 628 2:1, 15-18, 12, 13; 311 2:11; 310 2:23; 611 2:26; 350 2:31; 308

AMOS

3:7; 324 5:20; 310 8:3; 628 8:11, 12; 629

OBADIAH

16; 545

MICAH

3:9-11; 26 3:12; 27 4:8; 484, 674 5:2; 313 7:8, 9; 346

NAHUM

1:3; 627 1:9; 504 2:10; 641

HABAKKUK

1:13; 310 2:2; 521 3:3, 4; 641 3:3-13; 301 3:4; 674 3:17, 18; 629

ZEPHANIAH

1:12; 310 1:15, 16; 310 1:18, 13; 310

HAGGAI

2:3; 24 2:9, 7; 23

ZECHARIAH

2:8; 626 3:2; 484 4:6; 232, 529 6:13; 416 9:9; 405 14:5, 4, 9; 663 14:12, 13; 657

MALACHI

2:17; 557 3:1; 424 3:2, 3; 425 3:4; 425 3:5; 426 3:16; 481 3:17; 634 3:18; 640 4:1; 504, 672, 673 4:2; 645

MATTHEW

4:19; 171 5:17, 18; 466 5:17-19; 447 5:18; 434 7:2; 29 7:7; 528 7:16; 465, 520 8:11; 427 10:5, 6; 327 10:18-20; 112 10:23; 196 10:32, 33; 483 10:33; 156 10:34; 46, 126 11:5; 20 11:28; 20, 75, 569 11:29, 30; 489 12:22; 515 12:36, 37; 481 13:30, 38-41; 321 18:10; 513 20:27; 58 21:5; 100 21:8-16; 367 21:9; 402 21:12; 127 22:11; 428 23:4; 568 23:37; 22 23:38; 24, 431 24:2, 3; 25 24:9, 21, 22; 39 24:15; 341 24:15, 16; 26 24:22; 267 24:23-26; 525 24:24-27, 31; 625 24:29; 37, 333 24:30, 27, 31; 322 24:30, 31; 37 24:33; 38, 334 24:35; 26 24:36, 3, 33, 42-51; 371 24:39; 338, 491 25:5-7; 398 25:21, 41; 549 25:31; 625 25:31, 32; 301, 347 25:31-34; 322 25:40; 77, 668 26:64; 643 27:25; 32 27:42; 630 27:42, 43; 643 28:3, 4; 512 28:20; 351

MARK

1:14, 15; 327 1:15; 345 2:28; 447 5:9; 514 7:26-30; 515 9:17-27; 515 12:24; 599 13:1; 25 13:24; 306 13:24-26; 37, 304 13:33; 490 13:35; 38 13:35, 36; 491 13:37; 57 16:15; 351

LUKE

1:32, 33; 416 2:14; 46, 314 2:25, 32; 315 4:8; 51 4:18; 20, 327 4:25; 323 4:33-36; 515 4:36; 516 6:26; 144 9:54, 56; 570 10:20; 481 11:13; 477 12:36; 427 13:7; 27 18:7, 8; 631 19:40; 404 19:41; 18 19:42-44; 17 19:44; 316 20:35, 36; 482 21:16, 17; 54 21:20; 26 21:20, 21; 30 21:25; 37, 304 21:28, 30, 31; 309 21:34, 36; 309 22:24; 348 22:30; 427 24:27; 349 24:32; 350 24:52, 53; 339

JOHN

1:9; 262, 528 1:51; 19 3:14, 15; 74 3:16; 417 3:19; 265 3:20; 458 3:36; 533 5:28, 29; 544 5:29; 482 5:40; 22 7:16; 243 7:17; 528, 599 8:12; 312, 476 8:29; 469 11:48; 27 11:50; 615 12:35; 312 14:1-3; 301 14:2, 3; 548 14:3; 339 14:14; 477 14:26; 600 14:30; 623 15:10; 469 15:19, 20; 144 15:20; 47 15:22; 164 16:13; 469 16:24; 477 16:26, 27; 417 17:17, 19; 469 17:24; 501, 636 18:36; 297 20:13; 403

ACTS

1:11; 301, 339 2:17, 21; 611 2:29, 34; 546 2:47; 379 3:19, 20; 485, 612 3:21; 301 4:12; 74 4:32, 31; 379 8:4; 219 8:4, 5; 328 8:10; 625 8:20; 128 10:38; 20, 327 13:47; 315 17:3; 405 17:31; 548 22:21; 328 24:15; 544 24:25; 164 26:5; 213 26:28; 164

ROMANS

1:17; 125 2:5, 6, 9; 540 2:7; 533 2:12-16; 436 3:20; 467 3:31; 468 5:12; 533 6:2; 468 6:23; 544 7:12; 467 8:1; 477 8:4; 468 8:7; 467 8:32; 477 8:34; 350 8:38, 39, 37; 350 11:33; 527 12:1; 473 13:10; 467 14:23; 436 15:4; 324 15:16; 469

I CORINTHIANS

1:27, 25; 232 2:9; 675 2:14; 524 3:10, 11; 56 4:5; 481, 661 5:7; 399 6:2, 3; 661 6:10; 539 6:19, 20; 475 10:20; 556 13:12; 676 15:16-18; 546 15:22; 544 15:23, 20; 399 15:50; 323 15:51-53; 322 15:52-55; 550 15:55; 644 15:57; 470

II CORINTHIANS

4:4; 508 4:17; 460 5:19; 417, 502 6:17, 18; 475 7:1; 474 7:9-11; 462 11:2; 381 12:2-4; 471 12:9; 489 13:8; 101

GALATIANS

1:8; 243 5:22, 23; 474

EPHESIANS

1:14; 674 2:20-22; 416 3:8; 471 3:15; 677 3:16-19; 476 4:3-5; 379 5:5; 541 5:14-16; 602 5:27; 425, 484 6:11; 510 6:12; 510 6:17; 56

PHILIPPIANS

1:12; 219 2:12, 13; 469 3:13, 14; 470 3:21; 399 4:3; 481 4:4; 478

COLOSSIANS

1:9-11; 476 1:16; 493

I THESSALONIANS

4:3; 469 4:14; 550 4:16; 301 4:16, 17; 322, 625 4:16-18; 302, 548 5:2-5; 38, 371 5:4, 5; 315 5:16-18; 478 5:23; 469, 473

II THESSALONIANS

1:8; 424 2:3; 356, 444, 456 2:3, 4; 571 2:3, 4, 7; 49 2:4; 53 2:7; 54, 384 2:8; 37, 321, 579 2:9, 10; 553 2:9-11; 390, 444 2:10, 11; 559 2:10-12; 431, 524 2:12; 390

I TIMOTHY

2:3-6; 262 4:1; 444 6:20; 522

II TIMOTHY

1:10; 533 3:1-5; 444 3:9; 275 3:12; 48, 507, 608 3:13; 321 3:16; 324 4:3; 595

TITUS

2:11; 262

HEBREWS

1:6; 502 1:14; 511 2:11; 477 2:14; 503 2:18; 416 3:19; 458 4:15; 416 4:16; 347 6:18, 19; 350 6:19, 20; 421 6:20; 489 7:25; 482 8:1, 2; 413 8:5; 413, 418 9:1-5; 411 9:9, 23; 413 9:12; 421 9:22, 23; 417 9:24; 413, 420, 482 9:28; 315, 485 10:29; 600 10:32; 39 10:35-39; 408 11:6; 74, 436 11:14-16; 675 11:26; 460 11:35; 41 11:36-38; 40 12:14; 541 12:22; 512

JAMES

1:25; 466 2:8; 466 2:10; 582 2:12; 482 2:14-24; 472 3:15; 554

I PETER

1:10-12; 344 1:25; 350 2:6; 210 2:11; 474 3:3, 4; 462 3:12, 13; 529 4:17; 480 5:8; 510

II PETER

1:5-10; 470 1:19; 312 1:21; 324 3:3, 4; 370 3:9; 48 3:10; 672

I JOHN

1:7; 74 2:1; 416, 482 2:4, 5; 472 3:4; 467 3:6; 472 5:3; 436, 468 5:4; 477

JUDE

3; 51, 64 6; 661 6, 14, 15; 549 14, 15; 299, 426 24; 646

REVELATION

1:1-3; 341 1:5, 6; 416, 646 1:7; 301, 625, 637 1:9; 78 1:13-15; 624 1:17; 471 2:10; 41 2:17; 646 3:1, 3; 310 3:3; 371, 490 3:4; 484 3:5; 483 3:7, 8; 430, 435 3:10; 560, 619 3:21; 416 4:5; 414 4:11; 437 5:11; 512 5:12; 671 5:13; 545, 678 6:12; 304 6:12-17; 37, 334 6:13; 333 6:15-17; 642 7:9; 665 7:10, 12; 651 7:14; 428 7:14-17; 649 8:3; 414 11:2-11; 266 11:4; 267 11:5; 268 11:11; 286 11:12; 287 11:15; 301 11:19; 415, 433 12:6; 55 12:9; 438 12:10; 520 12:12; 623 12:17; 592 13:1-10; 439 13:2; 54 13:3; 579 13:5-7; 54 13:8; 579 13:11; 439 13:11-14; 442 13:11-16; 579 13:13; 612 13:13, 14; 553 13:16; 450, 604 13:16, 17; 445 14:1-5; 649 14:6, 7; 311, 355 14:8; 381, 536, 603 14:9, 10; 438, 605, 627 14:9-11; 594 15:2; 648 15:2, 3; 450 15:3; 649, 669 15:4; 670 16:2-6, 8, 9; 628 16:13, 14; 562 16:14; 556 16:17, 18; 636, 637 16:19, 21; 637 17:2; 536 17:4-6, 18; 382 17:15; 440 18:1, 2, 4; 603 18:3, 15-17; 653 18:4; 390 18:5; 604 18:5-10; 653 19:9; 427 19:11, 14; 641 19:16; 641 20:1-3; 658 20:4, 6; 661 20:5; 661 20:6; 544, 673 20:11, 12; 666 20:12; 480, 549 21:1; 674 21:2; 427 21:4, 11, 24, 3; 676 21:6, 7; 540 21:9, 10; 427 21:22; 676 21:27; 474, 481 22:5; 676 22:11; 613 22:11, 12; 491 22:12; 352, 422 22:14; 466 22:14, 15; 541 22:18, 19; 268 22:20; 302



GENERAL INDEX.

Abel, hated by Cain, 46. Sabbath kept by, 453.

Abraham, Messianic promise to, 18. pleads for Sodom, 431. Sabbath observed by, 453. angels' mission to, 512.

Abyssinia, Wolff's travels in, 360. Christian churches in, 578.

Accuser, Satan the, 395, 484.

Accusers of the brethren, Satan's helpers, 519, 520.

Adam, promise of redemption to, 345. Sabbath kept by, 453. temptation and fall of, 531-534, 666. stature of, 644. repentance of, 647, 648. redeemed, 644. meeting of first and second Adams, 647. joy of, in New Jerusalem, 648.

Adams, John Quincy, 360.

Advent of Christ, types of, 399, 400. see also First advent; Second advent.

Advent faith, scriptural basis of, 409.

Advent message, proclamation of, timely, 351-354. general proclamation of, 355-374. result of receiving, 379. rejection of, by churches generally, 380. see also Advent Movement; Prophecies; Signs.

Advent Movement, beginning of, 330. impetus given to, by fulfilment of Litch's prediction, 334, 335. opposition to, 336-338, 403. defense of, by Miller, 337. growth and progress of, 337, 357, 368-370, 395-398, 401. experiences during, 351-354. extent of proclamation of, 357. character of, 400-404. results of, 340, 405. a test, 406. no regrets for experiences in, 406, 407. God's power manifested in, 398-408, 611. God the leader in, 410, 411, 423, 424, 432, 457. see also First angel's message; Second angel's message; Third angel's message; Miller; Prophecy; Prophecies; Signs.

Adventists, rise of, 331, 332, 335. opposition to, by churches, 337. disappointment of, in 1844, 329, 351, 374, 391-394, 403-408. infidelity charged to, 336. mistake of, 353. persecution of, 372. polity of, in days of Miller, 375. unity among, 379, 398. withdraw from churches, 375, 376, 390. trial and faith of, 391, 392, 403-408. parable of ten virgins applied to, 393, 394, 398-402. searching Scriptures after passing of time, 391. fanaticism among, 395-398. midnight cry given by, 400-403, 423. sanctuary question studied by, 411-415, 429, 454. law of God studied by, 434, 435. attitude of, toward further light, 456-460. see also First angel's message; Prophecy; Prophecies; Seventh-day Adventists; Signs.

Advocate, see Christ.

Affection, natural, destroyed by monastic system, 82. one of Satan's agencies to hold men in his snares, 597.

Africa, Christians in, 63, 577, 578. Wolff's travels in, 360.

Agrippa, 165.

Albigenses, as refugees in Bohemia, 97, 271. see also Waldenses.

Aleander, papal legate, at Diet of Worms, 133, 146-150, 162, 168.

Alleine, work of, in England, 252.

America, an asylum for the persecuted, 252. Whitefield and the Wesleys as missionaries to, 253, 254. religious liberty in, 295, 296. advent message proclaimed in, 368. prediction of supremacy of Roman Catholic Church in, 573, 579. see also United States; Miller.

American Bible Society, organization of, 287.

American Sabbath-school Union on the change of the Sabbath, 447.

American Tract Society, on the change of the Sabbath, 447.

Amnon, Universalist minister on fate of, 537-539.

Ananias and Sapphira, 44.

Angel, seeking for watchers for first advent of Christ, 314, 315.

Angels, good, announce the birth of Christ, 46. records of persecution kept by; 59, 61. give tidings of Christ's birth, 313, 314. watch effect of warning of second advent, 373. protect advent believers after disappointment, 374. work of, under midnight cry, 402. not spirits of departed, 511. work of, as recorders, 482, 486, 487. number, power, and work of, 511-514, 630-632. guardianship of, 512, 513. will bring truths to remembrance when needed, 600. protect people of God in time of trouble, 630-632. attend Christ at second advent, 641. as speakers in national councils, 632.

Angels, evil, agency of, 398, 511-517. power of, 614. when to be judged, 661. see also Spirits; Spiritualism.

Annihilation, 318.

Antediluvians, warnings unheeded by, 337, 338.

Antichrist, recognized by Wycliffe, 86; by Luther, 139, 141, 205. spirit of, in Protestant churches, 384. see also Papacy.

Antinomians, warnings unheeded by, 337, 338.

Antinomianism, errors of, 260, 261.

Apostasy, of ancient Israel, 20, 21. of early church, 49-60. the great, 42-45, 286, 289, 298, 384, 389, 443, 571, 619. of Protestant churches, 383-390, 443-445. prepared way for papacy, 443. in last days, 444. see also Babylon.

Arabs, belief of, in second coming of Christ, 362. Wolff's travels among, 361, 362.

Ark of God's testament, seen in heavenly sanctuary, 433. tables of stone in, 433.

Armageddon, battle of, 663, 664, 671, 672.

Armenia, Christians in, 63.

Artaxerxes, decree of, to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, 326, 327, 410.

Ascension of Christ, 350, 351.

Asia, Wolff's travels in, 360-362.

Associations, influence of, 508, 509.

Atheism, definition of, 269. in France, 269, 270, 274-276, 285, 584.

Atkins, Robert, on spiritual declension in England, 387, 388.

Atonement, in earthly sanctuary. 418-420. important truths taught by, 420. in heavenly sanctuary, 399-402, 420-422, 428-430. great time of, 489, 490, 623.

Augsburg, trial of Luther at, 134-137. Diet of, 206, 207. Confession of Protestant princes at, 206-211.

Baal, 583.

Babylon, symbol of apostate religion, 65, 381-384, 390. fall of, 383-390. many of God's people in, 383, 390. the great sin of, 388. false doctrines of, 388-390, 536, 537. message to God's people in, 603, 604. sins of, revealed by preaching of third angel's message, 605, 606. judgments to fall upon, 653. see also Apostasy; Church; Papacy; Roman Catholic Church.

Backsliding, of Israelites, 19. among professed Christians, a sign of Christ's coming, 309, 316.

Baden, conference at, 182-184. results in strong impetus to Protestant cause, 184.

Balaam, 529, 530.

Baptism, prohibited in France, 274. of Christ, 327.

Barnes, English Reformer, 248.

Basel, Switzerland, 173, 178.

Battle, the last great, 663, 664.

Baxter, work of, 252, 253. belief of, in second advent, 303.

Beasts of prophecy, interpretation of: the dragon (Satan and pagan Rome), 438. the leopard (papacy), 48, 439, 443-445. the two-horned beast (United States), 439-442, 445. beast from bottomless pit, 269, 286. see also Prophecy; Prophecies.

Beda, 216.

Beecher, Charles, on creeds, 388. on condition of Protestant ministry in America, 444, 445.

Belgium, Luther's writings circulated in, 139.

Bengel, second advent message given by, in Germany, 363, 364.

Bern, Zwingle in convent at, 172, 173.

Berquin, Louis de, life, work, and martyrdom of, 215-218.

Bethlehem, story of, 313-315.

Bible, a system of revealed truth, 320, 321. the charter of liberty, 296, 335. preservation of, through ages of darkness, 69, 79. our guide, 63, 208, 205, 521. immutability of, 66. power of, to protect in danger, 361. chart of truth, 598. its own interpreter, 93, 173, 324, 598, 599. harmony in, 329. reliability of history in, 522. how to study, 132, 173, 174, 320, 321, 521, 598, 599. results from study of, 72, 79, 94, 195, 196, 204, 212, 214, 215, 222, 277, 530, 560, 572, 593-602. memorizing of, 67, 194. study of, by Miller, 319-330; by Adventists, 405-408. can be understood by common people, 60, 89, 195, 246, 319, 320, 341. ignorance of, among people, 60, 99, 195, 342; among Roman Catholic clergy, 195. efforts of Satan against, 204, 526, 593-595. little valued, 582, 583. suppression of, by papacy, 51, 69, 194, 340, 388; by Protestants, 376. results of suppression of, 55, 60, 586. results of rejection of, 465, 526, 527, 586, 587, 598. war against, in France, 265-288. God's two witnesses, interpretation of, 266-269, 280, 287; honor shown to, 287, 288. false theories regarding, 522, 523, 536, 537. denied by evil spirits, 557. supplanted by spirit manifestations, 557. ridiculed, 561. authority of, contended for by Wycliffe, 81; acknowledged by Vaudois, 68; Huss, 102; Luther, 126, 132, 166; Zwingle, 173, 177; OEcolampadius, 183; German princes, 204; Calvin, 221; Dutch, 238; Tyndale, 245; by all leading Reformers, 203, 249; by Miller, 319; by Protestants, 448. as a rule of faith and practice, rejected, 45; accepted by Waldenses, 63, 249; Wycliffe, 249; Huss, 249; Luther, 120, 249; Zwingle, 173, 249; German princes, 205; Pilgrim Fathers, 296; by all Protestants, 204, 205; by Miller, 396; by people of God at the end of the world, 595. translations of, by Waldenses (French), 65; by Wycliffe (English), 80, 81, 87-89, 245; by Luther (German), 193, 194; by Lefevre (French), 214; into Dutch, 238; Danish, 242; Swedish, 244; by Tyndale (English), 245-247. circulation of, 72, 89, 99, 194, 195, 231, 233, 247, 287, 288, 298, 361. copying by hand, 68, 69, 88, 89. see also Prophecy; Two witnesses.

Bishops of Rome, power claimed by, 50, 56, 261, 580, 581. see also Pope; Papacy; Roman Catholic Church.

Blindness of Jews, regarding first advent, 378. of people of this generation, 561, 562.

Blood of Christians is seed, 42, 240, 249, 634.

Bohemia, gospel planted in, 97. an asylum for Waldenses and Albigenses, 97. papal bull prohibiting public worship in Bohemian tongue, 97, 141, 197. the Bible in, 99. cartoon of Christ and the pope, by two artists, 99, 100. advance of gospel in, after death of Huss, 115. crusades against, miraculous defeat of, 116, 117. persecution of Hussites in, 118, 119, 254. see also ; Jerome.

Bokhara, travels of Wolff in, 360, 361.

Books, on second advent, in Spanish lands, 363. in Germany, 363, 364. in America, 368. of record in heaven, blotting out of sins from, 421, 422, 614; to determine decisions in final judgment, 480-483; wicked to be judged from, 666. Book of Life: contains names of all who have entered service of God, 480, 484; names of finally impenitent blotted out of, 483. Book of Remembrance: contains record of good deeds, 481; good deeds of wicked erased from, 483; interest of heaven in, 484. Book of Death: contains record of evil deeds, 481; sins of righteous erased from, 483; judgment passed on wicked, recorded in, 661. see also Literature; Writings.

Bottomless pit, represents desolated earth, 658, 659. beast from, represents atheistical power displayed in France, 269, 286.

British and Foreign Bible Society, founding of, 287.

Britons, primitive Christianity among, 62. Rome attempts to subjugate, 63. see also England; Great Britain.

Brock, Mourant, 362.

Bulls, papal, to exterminate Vaudois, 76, 77. against Wycliffe, 85, 86. against Luther, 141; burned by Luther, 142; published, 147. to establish the Inquisition, 235.

Bunyan, John, 252.

Cain, hatred of, for Abel, 46. life of, why spared, 543.

Calvary, wages of sin proclaimed by, 348, 504, 540. Satan's character revealed by, 501, 502.

Calvin, educated for priesthood, 221. conversion of, to Protestantism, 219-221. labors of, in Geneva, 233-236. not free from errors, 236, 292. belief of, in second coming of Christ, 303.

Cartoon, of Christ and the pope, 99, 100.

Catacombs, a shelter for Christians from persecution, 40.

Catholicism, see Roman Catholic Church; Papacy; Pope; Jesuits.

Cestius, retreat of, from Jerusalem, 30, 31.

Character, examination of, in final judgment, 428, 479. of God, misrepresented by Satan, 569; by papacy, 569.

Charity, monks claimed that Jesus was supported by, 84. false, 571.

Charles V., 145, 233, 239. refusal of, to receive light, 163-165. at Diet of Spires, 197, 198, 202. at Diet of Augsburg, 206, 207. abdication of, 211.

Charles IX., 272.

Chart, prophetic, 392.

Child-preachers, in Sweden, 366, 367.

Children, of Geneva, Gaussen began his ministry with, 365, 366. Christ heralded by, at triumphal entry into Jerusalem, 367.

Christ, birth of, 46, 313. sorrow of, over Jerusalem, 18-22. care of, for Israel, 19, 20. work of, on this earth, 20, 415-417, 503. rejected by Israelites, 20, 23. beholds downfall of Israel, 21, 22. peace on earth due to His restraining power, 36. sacrifice of, 345, 348. coming of, to most holy place in heavenly temple, 424-427. ministration of, 427-432; Christians generally ignorant of, 430, 431; not understood by Adventists in 1844, 429, 431. our advocate, 474, 482-484. work of, in investigative judgment, 482, 483. contest of, with Satan, 501. death of, revealed Satan's true character, 501, 502. victory of, over temptation, 510. deity of, 524. tenderness of, 570. rejection of, by Jewish leaders, 595, 596. views exaltation of human authority, 596. close of work of, in heavenly sanctuary, 425, 427, 428, 613, 614. second coming of, 299-316, 640-644. appearance of, at second coming, 641. how regarded by redeemed, 652. satisfied with fruits of sacrifice, 652, 671. returns to earth at close of thousand years, 662. coronation of, 666. see also First advent; Messiah; Second advent.

Christian church, danger of, in seeking support of secular rulers, 384, 385.

Christian world, great sin of, is rejection of law of God, 22.

Christianity, assailed by paganism, 39. union of, with paganism, 43. see also Religion.

Christians, escape of, from Jerusalem, 30, 31. persecution of, in first centuries, 39-48. gospel advanced by persecution of, 42. spiritual declension of, 309-311, 463. to reject the message of Christ's second coming, 338, 339. true, in every church, 449, 565. to be divided into two classes, 450. satisfied with religion of their fathers, 454. reject Sabbath truth, 454. self-indulgence of, 474, 475. blessings on true, 476. heights to be gained by, as sons of God, 476, 477. character and work of Satan not comprehended by, 507, 508. to watch and pray, 510. under care of guardian angels, 512, 513, 517. Christian experience needed by, 601, 602. see also People of God; Persecution; Redeemed; Religion; Books of record.

Chronology, scriptural, 323-329, 398-400, 409, 410, 424, 438-440. see also Prophecy; Prophecies.

Church, the true, 64. perils of, in Dark Ages, 55-60. represented in prophecy by virtuous woman, 381. seeking favor of world, 383. use of secular power by, always oppressive, 442, 443. Satan preparing last campaign against, 510. see also People of God; Redeemed; Israel; Christians; Reformation.

Churches, spiritual apathy in, 308, 309, 376-378, 463, 464. apostasy of, 384, 444. rejection of advent message by, 373, 380. Adventists forced to withdraw from, 375, 376, 390. worldliness in, 376, 380, 382-388. fall of, 389; true Christians in, 390, 464. seeking aid of civil power, 445. unholy traffic in, 474. cause of lack of power in, 463. see also Babylon; Protestants; Roman Catholic Church.

Church and state, 201. in Europe, 268, 269. in the United States, 293, 296, 297, 442-445. in all the world, 450, 606, 607.

Church of England, 289, 384, 443. see also England.

Church of Rome, see Roman Catholic Church; Babylon.

Civil rulers, see Church and state.

Clarke, Dr. Adam, on sleep of the dead, 547.

Cleansing of sanctuary, see Sanctuary.

Clergy, see Ministers.

Cloud, sign of Christ's coming, 640, 641.

College of the Propaganda, Rome, 358.

Colporteurs in time of Wycliffe, 87. in time of Reformation, 178, 194, 231. see also Bible, circulation of; Literature; Writings.

Columba, 62, 249.

Comforter, work of, 600.

Coming of Christ, second, see Second advent.

Commandments, see Law of God; Sabbath; Fourth commandment.

Compromise of principle, urged upon early Christians, 42, 43. between Christianity and paganism, 49, 50, 298. of Bohemians with Rome, 118. urged upon Luther, 165, 166. at Spires, rejected, 199. between Protestants and Roman Catholics, 199, 566.

Compulsion, Satan's resort, 591.

Confessional, evils of the, 74, 83, 98, 567.

Confession of faith, by Wycliffe, 91, 92. by Luther, 158, 160. by German princes, at Augsburg, 202-210.

Conflict, the impending, causes of, 582-592.

Conscience, Rome no right to coerce, 200. freedom of, 591. see also Freedom; Religious Liberty.

Consciousness in death, theory of, 58, 545. see also Spiritualism.

Constance, martyrdom of Huss and Jerome at, 109, 115. see also Council of Constance.

Constantine, nominal conversion of, 50. first Sunday law issued by, 574.

Constitution of the United States, 295, 296, 441, 442.

Controversy, between truth and error, 144. between Christ and Satan, beginning of, 493-500, 582; close of, 518, 582-592, 662-678.

Conversion, fruits of true, 463, 478. work of, 465, 467.

Convictions of duty, result of stifling, 378.

Coronation of Christ, 666.

Councils, ecclesiastical, 53. forged decrees of, 56, 198, 206. of Constance, 95, 96, 104-115. of Nice, 52. of Zurich, 180-182.

Counterfeits in religion, 186, 193, 464, 528.

Courts, of heaven, angels interested in decisions of, 483, 484. of justice, corruption in, 586. angels of heaven attend earthly, 632.

Covenants, old and new, sanctuaries of, 413.

Cranmer, 248.

Creation, Sabbath the memorial of, 437, 438, 446, 452.

Creeds, resting faith on, 388.

Criminals, false sympathy for, 585, 586.

Crosby, Howard, on condition of churches in 1871, 387.

Cross, insignia of, displayed by Rome, 568. to be science and song of redeemed, 651.

Crusades, against Waldensee, 76. against Hussites, 115-117.

Culture, use made of, by Satan, 509.

Cyrus, decree of, to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, 326.

Daniel, first advent foretold by, 312. an example of true sanctification, 470. protected by angels in heathen court and in lions' den, 512. overcome by vision of persecution, 325. book of, studied by Miller, 320; unsealed in 1798, 356; relation of, to the Revelation, 341.

Darius, decree of, to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, 326.

Dark Ages, 54, 55, 60, 93, 556. see also Middle Ages.

Dark Day, 305-308.

Daughters of Rome, 382-384. see also Churches; Protestants.

Day of the Lord, 38, 48, 310, 311, 479. see also End.

Day for year, in prophetic exposition, 324.

Dead, condition of, 544-552.

Death, theory of consciousness in, 58, 545, 551, 552. declared by France to be an eternal sleep, 274. the penalty of transgression, 533, 540, 541, 544. contrast between first and second, 544. a sleep, 546-550, 556. see also Resurrection.

Decalogue, see Law of God.

Deceptions, of Satan, 192, 193, 389, 390, 516-530, 556. the first great, 531-550. why so successful, 507, 508.

Declaration of Independence, 295, 296, 441, 442.

Decree, to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, 326-329, 398. against Wycliffe's followers, 89. against Reformation, 198, 199. against the Lutherans, 199, 200. against Sabbath-keepers, 615, 626, 631. see also Edict.

Decretals, forged, in support of papal claims, 56.

Deists, Miller's association with, 318, 319. effect of his preaching on, 332.

Deliverance of God's people, 635-652. terror of wicked at beholding, 636, 639, 640, 642-644.

Demons, possession by, in time of Christ, 513-516. see also Evil spirits.

Denmark, Reformation in, 241, 242.

Denominations, effect on, of Miller's message, 332. Miller at first no thought of separating from, 375. Adventists forced to leave, 376, 379. true Christians in all, 449.

Dependence on God, our need of, 530. on man, danger in, 388, 596, 597.

Destruction, of Jerusalem, 17-38. compared to destruction of world, 37, 38, 653-661. in time of trouble, 637.

Diet, of Augsburg, 206, 207; "greatest day of the Reformation," 207. of Spires, first, 197; second, 198; decree of, against Reformation, 198, 199; protest of princes against decree of, 201-204. of Worms, 145-168; Luther before, 150-167. see also Council.

Disappointment, of disciples, 346, 348. of advent believers, 353, 354, 374, 391, 393, 403-408, 423, 431, 432. of disciples and advent believers compared, 351, 404. will of God fulfilled in, 353, 354, 391, 405.

Disciples, humble men, 171. in siege of Jerusalem, 328. failure of, to understand Christ's prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem, 4, 25. failure of, to understand Christ's mission, 345, 349. disappointment of, 346, 348, 404. courage of, after resurrection, 349, 350. commission to, 351.

Disobedience, result of, 532, 533. penalty of, 533, 534.

Doctrine, Bible the foundation of all true, 126. of election, 261. perverted by Satan, 298. false, in churches, 388, 389. pleasing fables of, 523. see also Indulgences; Infallibility; Mass; Purgatory.

Door, the open and shut, 429, 430, 435. see also Mercy.

Doubt, cause of, 522. becoming fashionable, 526, 527. how to be freed from, 526-528. youth assailed by, 600. see also Infidelity.

Dragon, of Revelation twelve, 438, 439, 658. voice of, heard in early persecutions, 77. two-horned beast speaks like, 441, 442.

Earth, as home of Adam and Eve, 531-533. how sin entered, 531. final desolation of, 653-661. condition of, during thousand years, 658-660. purification of, by fire, 672-674, 678.

Earthquake, the great, at Lisbon, 304, 305. at end of world, 637. see also Signs.

Eck, Doctor, champion of Rome, 182. at discussion in Baden, 183, 184. on refutation of Augsburg Confession, 208.

Eden, loss of, by Adam and Eve, 348, 531-533, 646. restoration of, 299, 484, 648.

Edict, of Spires, 197; repeal of, 198. of Worms, against Lutherans, 167, 168, 197, 201, 202, 208.

Edward III., Wycliffe chaplain for, 81, 84, 85.

Egypt, boldest of nations in resisting God, 269. spiritual, 269. labors of Joseph Wolff in, 360. plagues of, 614, 627, 628.

Einsiedeln, Zwingle at, 174-176.

Election, doctrine of, 261.

Elector of Saxony, see Frederick; John.

Elijah, visited by angels, 512, 629. accusations against, 458, 520, 590. idolatry in time of, 583. as a reprover, 606.

Elisha, protected by angels, 208, 512. Miller compared to, 331.

End of world, 37, 38, 662-678. see also Day of the Lord.

"End of the Lord," meaning of, 354.

England, primitive Christianity in, 62. attempt of Rome to conquer, 62, 63. Sabbath observed in, 63. Wycliffe's influence on political affairs in, 82, 84, 85. progress of Reformation in, 245-264. persecution of believers in, 94, 95, 252. Protestantism established in, 251. departure of Puritans from, 290, 291. advent message proclaimed in, 362. see also Church of England.

Enmity, between man and Satan, 505-510. of man against Satan, implanted by God, 506. of Jews against Christ, 506.

Enoch, 299.

Erasmus, Greek and Latin editions of New Testament by, 245. letter of, to Berquin, 216.

Erfurt, preaching of Luther at, 152.

Errors, accepted by rejecters of truth, 523. enumeration of some great, 524-526, 588. see also Truth; Deceptions; Snares.

Esau, Jacob's deliverance from, 616-618.

Eternal torment, theory of, 58. contrary to God's character, 534-537. received from Rome, 536.

Ethiopia, Christians in, during Dark Ages, 577.

Eucharist, see Mass.

Eusebius, on the Sabbath, 574.

Eve, temptation of, 531-534. Satan's lie to, 561.

Everett, Edward, 441.

Evil, origin of, 492-504. God not responsible for, 492, 493. Satan the author of, 493-504. final extermination of, 504, 545, 673, 678. see also Satan; Sin.

Evil spirits, agency of, 511-517. work of, 513. efforts of, against Christ, 513, 514. danger of those who deny existence of, 516. cast out by Christ, 514-516. see also Angels, evil; Satan; Spiritualism.

Excommunication, of Huss, 100. of Luther, 133, 141, 143, 147.

Faith, awakening of, by Luther's preaching, 133. lack of, in our day, 373. essential to keeping of the law, 436. nature of, 469-472. faith only, without works, a popular doctrine, 472. ample evidence for, 527. need of cherishing, 621. see also Justification; Works.

False decretals, 56.

False doctrines, of Rome, in Protestant churches, 388, 389.

False prophets, 186, 187.

Familiar spirits, 556. see also Spiritualism.

Fanaticism, in time of Luther, 186-193, 396, 397. in Paul's day, 396. in Wesley's time, 396. in Netherlands, 239. after disappointment of 1844, 395-398. disappeared before proclamation of midnight cry, 400. met by all reformers, 396.

Farel, 213, 214. New Testament translated by, 214. work of, in France, 219. in Switzerland, 230-232. in Geneva, 232, 233, 265.

Fashion, worship of, 474.

Fathers, clinging to customs and traditions of, 164, 454.

Fathers of the church, traditions of, used for support of Sunday as Sabbath, 448, 455.

Ferdinand, King, 201, 202, 205.

Finney, Prof. C. G., on spiritual apathy in the churches, 377.

First advent of Christ, failure of Jews to understand prophecies of, 312-314, 378. a curse pronounced by Jews on all who should compute time of, 378. see also Jews; Pharisees.

First angel's message, 311. giving of, 351, 355-374, 379, 380, 398. purpose of, 379. represented by coming of bridegroom, 393, 394, 398, 400-403. points to Christ's ministration in most holy place, and to investigative judgment, 424, 434-436. see also Advent Movement; Adventists.

Fitch, Charles, prophetic chart of, 392.

Flavel, work of, in England, 252, 253.

Forbearance of God, limits to, 36. see also God.

Force, not employed by God, 493, 541-543, 591.

Foreign missions, rise and growth of, 287, 288.

Forged documents, used by papacy, 56.

Formalism in Christian churches, 378.

Fourth commandment, importance of, 434, 435. change of, by papacy, 52, 446-449. contains the seal of God, 640. see also Sabbath; Law of God; Seal.

France, Luther's writings circulated in, 139. Reformation in, 211-236. rejection of gospel by, 230. compared to Sodom, 270. atheism and licentiousness in, 270-274, 584. St. Bartholomew massacre in, 272, 273. persecution of believers in, 97, 271. conditions in, during the Revolution, 279-287. proclamation of advent message in, 364.

Francis I., attitude of, toward gospel, 214, 222, 223. admiration of, for Berquin, 216, 217. decides against the Reformation, 227-230.

Frederick, elector of Saxony, friendship of, for Luther, 138, 145, 165. at Diet of Worms, 162. plans Luther's escape to Wartburg castle, 168. Luther's letter to, on leaving Wartburg, 188, 189. death of, 198, 199.

Freedom, of conscience, crushing of, 62. of will, granted by God, 493, 541, 542, 591. see also Conscience.

French Revolution, 230, 265-288. scenes of, 273-277, 282-287.

Friars, mendicant, influence of, 82-85. opposed by Wycliffe, 82-84, 87, 88. sale of indulgences by, 127-129. in time of Luther, 195.

Frith, 248.

Froment, work of, in Geneva, 232, 233.

Gamblers, influence of Miller's message on, 332.

Gambling, Governor Washburn on, 387.

Gaussen, work of, in Geneva, 364-366. teaching children, 365.

Geneva, establishment of Reformation in, 232-234. an asylum for Protestants, 236.

Gentiles, Paul an apostle to, 328.

George, duke of Saxony, denunciation of papacy by, 149, 150.

Germany, early missionaries to, 62. progress of Reformation in, 120-170, 185-210. proclamation of advent message in, 363.

Gethsemane, 348.

Gifts, mental, use of, 509.

God, long-suffering toward Israel, 27, 28. forbearance of, 354, 495. as Creator, 437, 438, 452. wisdom of, in dealing with rebellion of Satan, 497, 498. character of, 500, 541, 542. care of, for His people, 528-530, 560, 621, 626, 627, 633, 634. love of, contrasted with cruelty of Satan, 570.

Goddess of Reason, 275, 276.

Godliness, revival of, before end, 464.

Gospel, opposed to worldly maxims, 47. advanced by death of Huss, 119. establishment of, in Zurich, 179-181. acceptance of, in France, 214, 215. preaching of, committed to men, 312. first dissemination of, by disciples, 328. man freed from condemnation by, 468.

Government, of God, founded on love, 493. Satan's efforts against, 534, 591. laws necessary to, 584. see also United States.

Great Britain, progress of Reformation in, 79-96. see also England; Church of England.

Gregory VII., pope, perfection of Roman Church proclaimed by, 57, 97, 581.

Gregory XI., death of, 86.

Gregory XIII., attitude of, toward St. Bartholomew massacre, 273.

Grynaeus, rescue of, by Melanchthon, 205.

Guardian angel, detailed to every follower of Christ, 572.

Guillotine in France, 282.

Guthrie, Dr. Thomas, on separation of Presbyterian Church from Rome, 384.

Haller, 182-184.

Hamilton, 250.

Heaven, purity and holiness of, 542. rebels could not be happy in, 542, 543. sanctuary in, see Sanctuary.

Hell, false theories regarding, 535-537.

Henry IV., humiliation of, 57, 58.

Heresy, 44, 45, 58. the council of Constance designed to root out, 104. in Roman Catholic Church, 58, 59. in America, 293, 443. sound doctrine denounced as, 389. in Paul's day, 396. accusations of, against Protestants, 51; Waldenses, 61, 76-78; Wycliffe, 89, 90; Huss, 100, 107; Jerome, 114; Luther, 132, 133, 196; Berquin, 216. see also Error.

Heretics, attitude of Roman Catholic Church toward, 76-78, 104-115, 153, 154, 215-219, 577, 578. see also Persecution; Religious liberty.

Herod, 643.

Hezekiah, 546.

Holiness, cannot be acquired without obedience, 472, 473. perfecting, 488. see also Justification; Sanctification.

Holland, Luther's writings circulated in, 139. Puritans in, 290, 291.

Holy of holies, 423-432. coming of Christ to, 424-427, 480. work of Christ in, 427-430, 433. see also Sanctuary.

Holy Spirit, work of, 343, 462. aid of, promised to sincere seekers, 526. see also Pentecost; Spirit of God.

Hopkins, Dr. Samuel, on corruption in Protestant churches, 384.

Huguenots, persecution of, 227, 271-273. effect of flight of, on France, 279.

Humility, 477.

Huss, John, 97-119. early years and education of, 98. conversion of, 100. writings of Wycliffe read by, 96, 99. condemnation of, by the pope, 100. joined by Jerome in work of reform, 102, 103. character of, 103. used as God's instrument, 103. summoned to council of Constance, 104. letter of, to friends in Prague, 105. letter of, to converted priest, 105, 106. imprisonment of, 106. courage of, 107, 110. refusal of, to recant, 108. martyrdom of, 109, 110.

Hypocrites in the church, 396.

Idolatry, in the church, 42, 43. prevalence of, 43, 514, 583. in France, 276. in Roman Catholic Church, 568. see also Image worship.

Ignorance, of Bible, 99, 195, 342. no excuse for sin, 597, 598.

Image to the beast, 438, 442-445, 449. see also Mark of the beast; United States; Protestants.

Image worship, 52, 65, 446.

Immortality of the soul, natural, taught by the Roman Church, 58, 549; Satan's first deception, 531-550; origin and falsity of, 545, 549, 588; not taught in Scriptures, 550. true, when to be conferred, 223, 322, 323; to be received through obedience, 533.

India, Wolff's travels in, 360.

Indulgences, a profitable fabrication, 59, 567. sale of, in Germany, by Tetzel, 127-129; in Switzerland, by Samson, 178, 179. Luther's famous theses against, 128, 129.

Infallibility, of Scriptures, 89, 173, 174. of pope, doctrine of, 50, 57, 237, 564. see also Gregory VII.

Infidelity, attacked by Luther, 126. prevalence of, 281, 288, 461, 526, 583, 586. in France, 270, 274-277, 281, 285, 288, 586, 587. Wm. Miller converted from, 318, 319. cause of, 522. danger from, 463, 600. see also Atheism; Deism.

Innocent III., 581.

Inquisition, establishment of, 59. in France, 235. instruments of, a means of "conversion," 569.

Intemperance, result of, 586, 589.

Intercession of Christ, 482-484, 489.

Interdict, papal, against Prague, 100, 101.

Intolerance, of Pilgrims, 293.

Iona, center of missionary effort, 62. Sabbath observed on, 62.

Ireland, Christianity in, 62.

Isaiah, an example of true sanctification, 471.

Israelites, long-suffering of God toward, 19, 28. compared to a goodly vine, 20. apostasy of, 21. great sin of, rejection of Christ, 22. in bondage, lost knowledge of God's law, 453. advent believers in 1844 compared to, 457-460. cause of forty years' wandering of, 458. enticed into sin by association with heathen, 508, 529, 530. see also Jews.

Italy, missionaries sent to, 62. persecution in, 97. Luther's writings in, 139.

Jacob, Sabbath kept by, 453. experience of, at brook Jabbok (Jacob's trouble), 616-622.

Jeremiah, distress of, over Jerusalem, 21. denounced as a traitor, 458. fearlessly opposed wrong, 520.

Jerome, 99-119. character of, 103. imprisonment of, in Constance, 110, 111. sufferings of, 111. recantation and repentance of, 111-114. defense of Huss by, 113. martyrdom of, 115.

Jerusalem, destruction of, 17-38. sorrow of Christ over, 18-22. privileges bestowed upon, 19. symbol of rebellious world, 22. strategic location of, 26. prophecies against, 27. self-righteousness of, 27. condition of society in, after rejection of Christ, 28. besieged by Cestius, 30, 31; by Titus, 31. sufferings of people in, during siege, 31-33. not one Christian perished in, 30. destruction of, foreshadows destruction of world, 36-38. see also New Jerusalem.

Jesus, see Christ; Messiah.

Jesuits, organization, aims, and work of, 234, 235. in France, 279.

Jewish church, alliance of, with heathen, 382. leaders, failure of, to understand prophecies of first advent, 312, 313, 378.

Jews, woe upon, 30. sufferings of, during siege of Jerusalem, 31-33, 35. Sabbath laws of, 52. sinful ignorance of, regarding first advent, 313. fate of, sealed by rejection of gospel, 328. seventy weeks allotted to, in prophecy, 328, 345. proclamation of second advent to, by Joseph Wolff, 359-362. spiritual darkness of, 377, 378. worldliness of, in time of Christ, 378. formalism of, 378. rejection of prophetic truths by, 378. refusal of, to receive light, 430. rejection of, by God, 431. satisfied with religion of their fathers, 454. spirit of, revealed in rejection of Christ, 506. ceremonies of, 568. God's presence withdrawn from, 615. guilt of, 628. see also Israelites; Jerusalem.

Job, affliction of, 589. an example of true sanctification, 471.

John the Baptist, Wycliffe compared to, 93.

John, duke and elector of Saxony, 199. signs Confession at Augsburg, 207. Luther's letter to, 209, 210.

John XXIII., pope, summoned to council of Constance, 104. character of, 104, 106. Huss imprisoned by order of, 106. committed to same prison, 106.

Jonah, 406.

Joseph, 626.

Judas, failure of, to learn lessons of Christ, 43, 44.

Judgment, warning of, 353. message, extent of, 361. preparation for, 436. law of God the standard in, 482. time of, 548. the investigative: 352, 353, 422-429, 436, 479-491; opening of, announced by message of first angel, 355, 356, 486; Daniel's vision of, 479; only cases of professing Christians considered in, 480; righteous dead not raised till after, 482; work of Christ in, 483-485; work of Satan in, 484; work of, finished before second advent, 485; close scrutiny of, 428, 486-488; should be clearly understood by people of God, 488, 489; progress of, 489-491. See also First angel's message. the executive: 425, 426, 503; scenes of, 665-673. of wicked, going on in heaven during thousand years, 480, 660, 661.

Judgments of God, 543, 627, 628.

Justice, courts of, corruption in, 586.

Justice of God, shown in punishment of wicked, 541-544. acknowledged by the lost, 668; by Satan, 669, 670.