THE CRISIS YEARS OF ELLEN G. WHITE- 1900 - 1905 - One day in 1900 Ellen White surprised her family and associate workers by telling them that DIVINE INSTRUCTION had come to her inthe night that she must return to America. From the standpoint of the work in Australia it seemed a most inopportune time for her leave, but One whose eye watches His church His church enterprise as a whole and looks into the future, knew well the NEED OF HER PRESENCE in the United States during the crisis that would fill the early years of the NEW CENTURY. During the years leading up to the turn of the century, Dr. Kellogg had begun to introduce Pantheistic teachings( God in everything) in the General Conference Sessions. These teachings WERE A DEPARTURE FROM THE FOUNDATIONAL TRUTHS regarding the personality of God and Christ. By 1901 Pantheism is rampant in Battle Creek. In February of 1902 the Battle Creek Sanitarium was destroyed by fire. Dr. Kellogg was commissioned to write a new book, the sale of which would AID REBUILDING COSTS. His book was to be called The Living Temple. He was warned NOT to include his new theories in it., BUT HE DID. In December of the same year the Review and Herald Publishing House BURNED TO THE GROUND, with the PLATES of Kelloggs new book. In 1901 Ellen White had written I have been almost afraid to open the Review, FEARING TO SEE that God has cleansed the publishing house by fire.. Letter 138 1901. (Testimonies V. 8, p. 91.. Her fear materialized . when she heard of the Review and Herald fire.. It had been hoped that in connection with the the destruction of the book plates in the Review and Herald fire, Dr. Kellogg would ABANDON the matter of publishing The Living Temple. But instead he sent the manuscript to a commercial printer in Battle Creek. Three thousand copies of the book were printed and began to make their way AMONG SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS. iN DUE TIME IN THE SUMMER OF 1903 A COPY OF THE LIVING TEMPLE ARRIVED AT Elmshaven, but Ellen White did NOT look at it.. In September of that year SHE WAS COMPELLED TO SPEAK OUT PLAINLY AGAINST THESE ERRORS. I have some things to say to our teachers in REFERENCE TO THE NEW BOOK, The Living Temple Be careful how ou sustain the sentiments of this book regarding the personality of God. As the Lord represents MATTERS TO ME, THESE SENTIMENTS DO NOT BEAR THE ENDORSEMENT OF GOD. They are a SNARE that the enemy has prepared for these last days. I thought that these world surely be discerned, and that it would not be necessary for me TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT. But since the claim has been made that the teachings of this book can be sustained by statements from my writings, I AM COMPELLED TO SPEAK IN DENIAL OF THIS CLAIM. Letter211, 1903. When the messages were read at the Council in Washington, Dr. Kellogg RESPONDED FAVORABLY, saying that he acceptedthe testimony and that he would MODIFY the wording in The Living Temple. dealing with theological matters. But his statements were RATHER ERRATIC AND CHANGEABLE. His attitude alternated, and IT FINALLY TURNED OUT THAT THE DOCTOR NEVER REALLY CHANGED. In crisis situations such as this Ellen White often began her work at midnight During the crisis of 1903 and into 1904, Ellen White wrote concerning pantheism (and its accompanying lists of heresies), its threat to the churchand to the religious experience of those who were drawn to it. On August 7, 1904, Ellen White wrote, Separate from the influence EXERTED BY THE BOOK,Living Temple. for it contains SPECIOUS SENTIMENTS.. There are in it sentiments that are ENTIRELY TRUE, BUT THESE ARE MINGLED WITH ERROR..Scriptures are taken out of thei connection, and are used to uphold erroneous theories. I am instructed to speak plainly. Meet it IS THE WORD SPOKEN TO ME.MEET IT FIRMLY, and without delay. Special Testionies, Series B.No. 2, pp.49, 50. The issues were now in the open. Physicians, nurses, ministers, and church members, particularly ion battle Creek, were TAKING SIDES. How could the real issues be made clear? It was a life- and - death struggle for souls. What others did not see, Ellen White SAW CLEARLY, and it weighed heavily upon her. The platform of truth was BEING DISMANTLED BY KELLOGG. IN A REPRESENTATION WHICH PASSED BEFORE ME, I saw a certain work being done by medical missionar workers. Our ministering brethren were looking on, watching what was being done, BUT THEY DID NOT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND. The foundation of our faith, which was ESTABLISHED BY SO MUCH PRAYER, such earnest searchingof the Scriptures, was being taken down, pillar by pillar,. Our faith was to have nothing to rest upon the sanctuary WAS GONE, the atonement was gone.. I realized that something must be done. the battle nearly killed me. Sermons and Talks Vol 1, p. 344. (1904). To sound a warning to the church throughout the land, Ellen White hurriedthe producton of Testimoniesfor the Church Vol. 8, with its section on The Essential Knowledge , dealing with nature and a personal God. She dwelt at length on the danger of speculative knowledge, her message buttressed with abundnt Scripture evidence of a persona God and the relation. He sustains to His personal Son. The book The Ministry of Healing, was in preparation at this time, there was included in it also a section entitled The Essential Knowledge, dealing with speculative knowledge and the false and true in education..THUS ELLEN WHITE WENT ONRECORD WITH WARNINGS THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO SOUND. The Publishers, The Godhead in Black and White. pp. 42, 43.
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