marked out a way in which His peo-
ple are to carry forward a work of
physical healing, combined with the
teaching of the Word. Sanitariums
are to be established, and with these
institutions are to be connected
workers who will carry forward
genuine medical missionary work.
Thus a guarding influence is thrown
around those who come to the san-
itariums for treatment.”—Ibid., p.
54. (Emphasis supplied.)
Many warnings are sounded such
as these: “The man who makes the
working of miracles the test of his faith
will find that Satan can, through a
species of deceptions, perform wonders
that will appear to be genuine mir-
acles. . . . )
“Let not the days pass by and
precious opportunities be lost of
seeking the Lord with all the heart
and mind and soul. If we accept not
the truth in the love of it, we may be
among the number who will see the
miracles wrought by Satan in these
last days, and believe them. Many
strange things will appear as won-
derful miracles, which should be re-
garded as deceptions manufactured
by the father of lies. . . . Men under
the influence of evil spirits will work
miracles. They will make people sick
by casting their spell upon them,
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and will then remove the spell, lead-
ing others to say that those who
were sick have been miraculously
healed. This Satan has done again
and again.”—JIbid., pp. 52, 53. (Em-
phasis supplied.)
None Need Be Deceived
But none need be deceived. We
have these assuring words that,
while the deceptions and tempta-
tions will be strong, those who cling
to God’s Word will be safe: “‘The
voice of a stranger’ is the voice of
one who neither respects nor obeys
God’s holy, just, and good law. Many
make great pretensions to holiness,
and boast of the wonders they per-
form in healing the sick, when they
do not regard this great standard
of righteousness. But through whose
power are these cures wrought? Are
the eyes of either party opened to
their transgressions of the law? and
do they take their stand as humble,
obedient children, ready to obey
all of God’s requirements? John tes-
tifies of the professed children of
God: ‘He that saith, I know him, and
keepeth not his commandments, is a
liar, and the truth is not in him’
(1 John 2:4).
“None need be deceived. The law
of God is as sacred as His throne,
THROUGH THE 70 YEARS of her
ministry to the Adventist Church
and the world, Ellen White closely
tied in to the work of the Holy Spirit
—so0 closely that the Spirit gave her
2,000 visions. She could declare, for
example:
“While I was praying at the family
altar, the Holy Ghost fell upon me.”
—Early Writings, p. 14; and, half a
century later, “The Holy Ghost is the
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author of the Scriptures and of the
Spirit of Prophecy.”—Letter 92,
1900 (Notes and Papers, p. 94a). She
repeatedly spoke of being abun
dantly imbued by the Spirit, but
there is no record of her ever speak-
.ing in an unknown tongue, or in any
tongue but English. In a previous
article, in which we examined four
recorded experiences in the early
history of the church in which speak-
and by it every man who cometh
into the world is to be judged. . . .
“If those through whom cures are
performed, are disposed, on account
of these manifestations, to excuse
their neglect of the law of God, and
continue in disobedience, though
they have power to any and every
extent, it does not follow that they
have the great power of God. On the
contrary, it is the miracle-working
power of the great deceiver. He is a
transgressor of the moral law, and.
employs every device that he can
muster to blind men to its true char-
acter. We are warned that in the last
days he will work with signs and ly-
ing wonders. And he will continue
these wonders until the close of
probation, that he may point to them
as evidence that he is an angel of
light and not of darkness.
“Brethren, we must beware of the
pretended holiness that permits
transgression of the law of God.
Those cannot be sanctified who
trample that law under their feet,
and judge themselves by a standard
of their own devising.”—Ibid,, pp.
50, 51.
How could this matter be placed
before us more plainly? How up to
date is this counsel! What security it
gives God’s people! ]
ing in tongues occurred, we found no
word of commendation from Ellen
White, but neither do we have any
knowledge of her repudiating the
demonstrations.
In connection with the experience
of certain Sabbathkeepers in Port-
land, Maine, who were exercising
what they called the “gift of tongues,”
Ellen White characterized the utter-
ances as “unmeaning gibberish . . .