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the
General
Conference
seseion
was
held
in
South
Lancaster,
Massaciusathts,
Into
that
session
the
mall
from
Australia
brought
nessages
regarding
the
peril
that
was
wrapped
up
in
subtle
temchin
as
knocking
at
our
doors.
At
that
time,
so
far
as
I
know,
no
one
comeoted
up
these
nessages
of
caution
with
the
wernings
against
the
revival
of
old
controversies,
and
the
mingling
of
new
and
old,
which
had
come
to
us
in
the
message
of
1%
"Old
controversies
which
have
apparently
been
hushed
flor
a
long
time
will
he
revived,
anil
new
ccntroversics
will
spring
up;
new
and
old
will
commingle,
and
this
will
take
place
right
early."
To
this
1490
Cunlerence
osne
ringing
messages
to
be
on
puard,
especial-
ly
in
our
educational
plans,
against
the
commingling
of
true
and
false,
Of
the
consequences
of
partaking
of
the
tree
of
the
knowledge
of
good
and
evil
in
our
work
and
teaching,
the
message
said:
"He
oan
not
consent,
at
this
period
of
time,
to
expose
our
youth
to
the
consequencas
of
learning
a
riixture
of
truth
with
error.”
This
exhortation
continmeds
"Satan,
in
rR
deceptive
garb,
still
lurks
in
the
tree
of
knowledge.
“he
words
of
God,
spoken
at
creation,
'But
of
the
tree
of
Knowledge
of
goed
and
evil,
thou
ehalt
not
eat
of
it,'
come
sounding
along
the
line
of
ages
to
us
today;
for
!they
are
written
for
our
admonition,
upon
whort
the
ends
of
the
world
are
ocome.'"-="5ulletin,"
1899,
pe.
158.
In
a
ressage
entitled,
"Reform
in
our
Educational
Work,”
it
was
said:
"The
Bible
has
heen
brought
into
our
schools
to
sme
extent;
but
teachers
and
students
have
depended
largely
upon
books,
containing
ideas
and
sentiments
that
are
misleading.
When
the
light
of
truth
for
these
last
days
cane
%o
the
world
in
the
proclamation
of
the
first,
second,
and
third
angel's
messages,
we
were
shown
that
a
differont
order
of
things
rust
be
brought
inj
but
it
has
taken
rach
time
Uo
understand
what
changes
should
be
made
in
lines
of
study
in
our
schools,