SPIRITUALIZING
ADVENTISTS--page
3
"We
were
earnestly
looking
for
something
to
explain
our
position,
when
in
the
spring
of
1845
there
came
certain
brethren
to
us,
who
xiast
said
we
proclaimed
the
right
time.
but
were
wrong
in
the
manner.
By
ingenious,
and
mystified
interpretationse
of
amny
scriptures.
too
numerous
to
mention,
they
made
it
appear
that
we
had
come
to
the
dispensation
of
the
fullness
of
times,
that
there
was
a
change
from
natural
or
literal
interpretations
of
scripture,
to
spiritual,
1
Cor.
15:46.
.
.
.We
were
soon
led
to
believe
that
we
had
been
carnal,
in
looking
for
a
literal
person
of
Jesus
to
come,
and
in
looking
for
that
city
above,
"the
mother
of
us
all."
In
short
the
fire
of
spiritualism
soon
burned
up
the
person
of
Jesus,
the
Heawenly
Jerusalem,
and
all
the
glories
of
heaven.
We
began
to
alk
about
God
and
heaven
in
us,
so
we
could
no
longer
look
up
to
our
J
ear
Father
in
heaven,
and
family
prayer
was
soon
neglected.
.
.
.
"
RH2:103,
March
2,
1852.
(cf.
p.
104,
col.
3)
"I
must
confess
that
in
my
letter
last
summer,
I
said
some
harsh
things
about
the
spiritualizers,
but
God
has
BXx
forgiven
me.
.
.I
have
been
born
again
into
God's
everlasting
Kingdom,
and
have
obtained
eternal
life.
Christ
is
in
me--the
R:surrection
is
in
me.
.
.He
has
come
and
is
doing
®
up
his
last
work,
in
this
last
time.
I
do
believe
we
are
in
the
last
thousand
years
in
the
day
of
God,
so
often
spoken
of
in
the
Bible.
It
is
the
day
of
vengence!
We
are
in
the
great
Sabbath!
Glory
to
God,
forever!
.
.
.
We
used
to
cry,
The
Lord
is
coming
and
that
was
right.
But
now
the
cry
is,
The
Lord
has
come!
Glory
to
God!"
Benjamin
P.
Manning,
DS9:49,
Feb.
14,
1846.