Vol. 1, The Symbolic Code, No. 9
THE SYMBOLIC CODE NEWS
ITEMS
Volume One
No. 9
In The
Interest Of The S.D.A. Denomination
BE OF GOOD CHEER
"'Let not your heart be troubled; ye
believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's
house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to
prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come
again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am,
there ye may be also.' John 14:1-3.
"Long have we waited for our Saviour's return. But none the
less sure is the promise. Soon we shall be in our promised home. There Jesus
will lead us beside the living stream, flowing from the throne of God, and will
explain to us the dark providence through which on this earth He brought us in
order to perfect our characters. There we shall behold with undimmed vision the
beauties of
FURTHER IN THE TRACKS OF ROMANISM
"The Superintendent of the Wyoming
Mission was here Jan. 12 and preached 2 hours against the SRod.
Before they separated to celebrate the ordinance of humility, he had them vote
that they would not allow any one to take part that was fighting the church, as
he put it, and as he did not mention the SRod, had we
not ventured to take part, it would have argued that we were guilty of fighting
the church which, of course, is not true.
"When the congregation was finally
separated and the water and basins were ready, they hurried and got them all
before we could get any, and whenever they were finished with one, a sister,
standing ready, would quickly take it and put it under her arm, thus keeping us
from getting it!
"Sister Hendricks finally went up and
asked for one, and the sister hit her in the stomach, almost knocking her
breath out of her, and said 'No,' adding 'I will not let any of you have one.'
Then Sister Hendricks suggested that we sing a hymn, after which one of the
sisters immediately began a song, and we joined in singing. At the communion
service following, they refused to serve us, thus carrying to completion 'their
unholy feast.'
"That night at business meeting the
elder reproved the sister for starting the song, saying that she should have
let us start it, for which disturbance he would have had us arrested! He
thanked her, though, for holding the basins so we could not get any.
"At this meeting, they 'cast out' as
evil the name of another sister, who cried for several days over the mockery
which took place during the meeting.
"At the same time they voted to have
the doors guarded, and not to allow any of us to enter in the future. When I
went to the next prayer meeting, they barred the door to me, and as they shut
me out, I heard great laughter. The following Sabbath they refused to let Sr.
Hendricks and me enter, so we stood outside until
"Now they say we just come to
antagonize them, and we want to know what is our duty:
should we stop going all together or should we keep on going? It seems that if
we never get to go, not only will our own interest suffer, but they will go on
sleeping the sleep of death."
(Signed)
Mrs. Faith Pruett,
(Above question answered in
Symbolic Code, No. 8, Feb. 15, 1935, page 8.)
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"We certainly are having plenty of
opposition here. They now have guards at the doors to keep us from entering,
though it has been very cold weather. Last Sabbath the elder tacked a notice on
the church. We were told by the Home Missionary Secretary that the notice was
our
"One of the sisters pleaded with the
guards to let us in, but to no avail.
"If I had been told a year ago that the
church would act in such a manner, I would never have believed it. It only
serves to remind us of the history of the church down through the ages -- how
that every time she lost her spiritual power, she resorted to the arm of the
law.
"We surely enjoyed the last number of
the Code which was a source of strength to every one of us. I only wish it came
oftener.
"We need your most earnest
prayers."
(Signed)
Mrs. Hazel Hendricks,
When the Spirit of Prophecy warned us long
ago that persecution would be the lot of every saint and that it would come
first and worst from within the church, we did not realize how it could be
possible, until during the last year when such outrages as recounted above
began to be committed in the name of truth and righteousness.
Such developments leave us without doubt as
to where we are in the course of time's events. Mark carefully the following
statements:
"Christ said of Himself, 'Think not that
I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.' The
Prince of Peace, He was yet the cause of division. He
who came to proclaim glad tidings and to create hope and joy in the hearts of
the children of men, opened a controversy that burns deep and arouses intense
passion in the human heart. And He warns His followers, 'In the world ye shall
have tribulation.' 'They shall lay their
hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into
prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for My
name's sake.' 'Ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and
kinsfolk, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
"This prophecy has been fulfilled in a
marked manner. Every indignity, reproach, and cruelty that Satan could
instigate human hearts to devise, has been visited upon the followers of Jesus.
And it will he again fulfilled in a marked manner; for
the carnal heart is still at enmity with the law of God, and will not be
subject to its commands. The world is no more in harmony with the principles of
Christ to-day than it was in the days of the apostles. The same hatred that
prompted the cry, 'Crucify Him! crucify Him!' the same
hatred that led to the persecution of the disciples, still works in the
children of disobedience. The same spirit which in the Dark Ages consigned men
and women to prison, to exile, and to death, which conceived the exquisite
torture of the Inquisition, which planned and executed the massacre of St.
Bartholomew, and which kindled the fires of
"The apostle knew that he could not
look for justice from the people (the church) who by their crimes were bringing
down upon themselves the wrath of God. He knew that, like the prophet Elijah,
he would be safer among the heathen than with those who had rejected light from
heaven and hardened their hearts against the gospel.
"Thus it was that once more, because of
hatred born of bigotry and self-righteousness, a servant of God was driven to
turn for protection to the heathen. It was this same hatred that forced the
prophet Elijah to flee for succor to the widow of Sarepta;
and that forced the heralds of the gospel to turn from the Jews to proclaim
their message to the Gentiles. And this hatred the people of God living in this
age have yet to meet. Among many of the professing followers of Christ, there
is the same pride, formalism, and selfishness,
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the same spirit of oppression, that held so large a
place in the Jewish heart. In the future, men claiming to be Christ's
representatives will take a course similar to that followed by the priests and
rulers in their treatment of Christ and the apostles. In the great crisis
through which they are soon to pass, the faithful servants of God will
encounter the same hardness of heart, the same cruel determination, the same
unyielding hatred.
"All who in that evil day would
fearlessly serve God according to the dictates of conscience, will need
courage, firmness, and a knowledge of God and His word; for those who are true
to God will be persecuted, their motives will be impugned, their best efforts
misinterpreted, and their names cast out as evil. Satan will work with all his
deceptive power to influence the heart and becloud the understanding, to make
evil appear good, and good evil. The stronger and purer the faith of God's
people, and the firmer their determination to obey Him, the more fiercely will
Satan strive to stir up against them the rage of those who, while claiming to
be righteous, trample upon the law of God. It will require the firmest trust,
the most heroic purpose, to hold fast the faith once delivered to the saints. A.A. 430-1.
The servant of the Lord says of Pilate that
"he did not understand the fanatical hatred of the priests for Him, who,
as the light of the world, had made manifest their darkness and error. They had
moved the mob to mad fury, and again priests, rulers, and people raised that
awful cry, 'Crucify Him! crucify Him!'" D.A. 736.
The S.D.A. church, repeating the history of
the Jews (5 T 160), will be swayed by its "priests" and
"rulers" today to take a course against "the faithful servants
of God" "similar to that followed by the priests and rulers in their
treatment of Christ's and the apostles' ". As the 144,000 become more and
more like their Saviour, "the light of the
world," making manifest the "darkness and error" enveloping the
church, the leaders in their "fanatical hatred" of the saints will
move "the mob to a mad fury" against them and, in desperation born of
blind and raging hatred, will reach out for the civil arm of power to
accomplish their evil ends, merging the following type into antitype.
"Thus by choosing a heathen ruler
(Caesar -- symbol of the power of this world), the Jewish nation had withdrawn
from the theocracy. (Here see 7 T 109, par. 1 in connection with 5 T 75, last
par., and 5 T 456, bottom of page.) They had rejected God as their king.
Henceforth they had no deliverer. They had no king but Caesar. To this the
priests and teachers had led the people. For this, with the fearful results
that followed, they were responsible. A nation's sin and a nation's ruin were
due to the religious leaders." D.A. 738.
The division must come. The destruction of
"
"The publishing house has been turned
into desecrated shrines, into a place of unholy merchandise and traffic. It has
become a place where injustice and fraud have been carried on, where
selfishness, malice, envy, and passion have borne sway. Yet the men who have
been led into this working upon wrong principles are seemingly unconscious of
their wrong course of action." 8 T 67-8.
Speaking of the S.D.A. church, the Spirit of
God says: "Who can truthfully say, 'Our gold is
tried in the fire; our garments are unspotted by the world'? I saw our
instructor pointing to the garments of so-called righteousness. Stripping them
off, He laid bare the defilement beneath. Then He said to me: 'Can you not see
how they have pretentiously covered up their defilement and rottenness of
character? "How is the faithful city be come an
harlot?" My Father's house is made a house of merchandise, a place whence
the divine presence and glory have departed! For this cause there is weakness,
and strength is lacking.'" 8 T 250.
"Let us not say, Stay
Thy hand, O God. The church must be purged, and it will be." 1 T 100.
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Through the foregoing proves that the church
needs and is going to be thoroughly purified, the following reveals that the
S.D.A. ministry will not consent to it:
"The ancient men, those to whom God had
given great light, and who had stood as guardians of the spiritual interest of
the people, had betrayed their trust. They had taken the position that we need
not look for miracles and the marked manifestation of God's power as in former
days. Times have changed. These words strengthen their unbelief, and they say,
The Lord will not do good, neither will He do evil. He
is too merciful to visit His people in judgment. Thus peace and safety is the
cry from men who will never again lift up their voice like a trumpet to show
God's people their transgressions and the house of Jacob their sins. These dumb
dogs, that would not bark, are the ones who feel the just vengeance of an
offended God. Men, maidens, and little children, all perish together." 5 T 211.
In fulfillment of the above, the ministry
now scorns the idea that the judgment of Ezek. 9 is a literal slaughter upon
"the house of God" before the close of probation for the world,
taking rather the position that it is the seven last plagues, consequently
saying, "We need not look for miracles and the marked manifestation of
God's power as in former days....Thus peace and safety is the cry from men who
will never again lift up their voice." Why? Because "all" have
perished in the slaughter which they had declared God was "too merciful to
visit" upon "His people."
The night is approaching and the shadows of
the dark ages are beginning to fall upon God's people, when "all that will
live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution" (2 Tim.
"For our light affliction, which is but
for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory." (2 Cor. 4:17.)
Therefore "beloved, think it not strange
concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing
happened unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's
sufferings; that, when His glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with
exceeding joy. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for
the Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on
their part He is evil spoken of, but on your part He is glorified.... For the
time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God." (1 Pet. 4:12-14,
17.)
"Humble yourselves therefore under the
mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time: casting all your care
upon Him; for He careth for you. Be sober, be
vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions
are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all
grace, Who hath called us unto His eternal glory by
Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. To Him be glory and
dominion for ever and ever. Amen." (1 Pet. 5:6-11.)
A NEW-MODELED PRAYER AND BUSINESS
MEETING
Recently a few of the 600 members of the
The prayer meeting was then quickly turned
into a business meeting for the purpose of disfellowshipping
another sister who is a believer in the message of the SRod,
and the pastor announced that, as business was the order of the meeting, all
who were not members of the
Besides myself there were present two or
three other believers in present truth who have also been deprived of their
membership rights. Instead of leaving at the pastor's request, we all kept our
seats, for the sister with whom we were sitting, the one who was to be
"cast out," wished us to stay. But seeing our intention to remain,
the pastor called out my name, saying:
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"Sister __________ you
are no longer a member of our church, so I request you to leave, also the ones
who are with you." I kept my seat, hoping to be able to stay, but
immediately the church was in an uproar, several
rising from their seats and requesting us to leave. Then the pastor ordered the
deacons to take care of us, we finally deciding to walk out with our escorts,
the deacons, by our sides.
On the outside we met some S.D.A.'s, members of other churches, who were waiting for
their friends and relatives, to whom we passed out tracts and gave the message,
one dear old lady consenting to a Bible study. We now thank the deacons.
I thank the Lord for the simple means which
He uses to get before the people this wonderful truth that He will soon have a
church without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, pure and perfect, by which to
warn the world in the Loud Cry and quickly cut short His work on earth, as we
read in 5 T 187:
"Shake off your spiritual lethargy.
Work with all your might to save your own souls and the souls of others. It is
no time now to cry peace and safety. It is not silver tongued orators that are
needed to give this message. The truth in all its pointed severity must be
spoken. Men of action are needed, -- men who will labor with earnest, ceaseless
energy for the purifying of the church and the warning of the world.
"A great work is to be accomplished;
broader plans must be laid; a voice must go forth to arouse the nations. Men
whose faith is weak and wavering are not the ones to carry forward the work at
this important crisis. We need the courage of heroes and the faith of
martyrs."
I thank the Lord for the glorious light that
is shining upon our pathway, and I want to follow my Saviour
all the way at any cost. And in behalf of the leaders and members of the
(Signed)
Mrs. E.M. Crawford,
AN "UNHOLY FEAST"
On Jan. 22nd I received from the church
clerk a registered letter whereby I was notified that the question of my
membership in the
I thank God that, in a call like that, we do
not need time for a special preparation, but can claim that wonderful promise
of the Lord that when we are delivered up to the councils or brought before
governors or kings for His name's sake, we shall take no thought how or what we
shall speak, for it shall be given us in the same hour.
When I arrived at the meeting a few sisters,
believers in the message for the hour, were already there; but they were asked
to leave the church; and as some of them refused to leave on my account, they
were roughly put out, after which the Elder of the church read the charges and
accusations against me, in which I noticed he was not particular always about
stating the truth.
When finally they gave me time for remarks,
I reminded them that if I should be summoned before a secular court, I would be
allowed to have my witnesses; but as they preferred to deal with me all alone,
I assured them that God was with me and if God is for us, who can be against
us?
I then gave my conviction that the S.D.A.
church is the only church on earth today that God recognizes as His church, and
that this movement will go through to the kingdom; but that the present
spiritual condition of the church is so deplorable that a revival and reformation
must needs take place to save us, in proof of which I read several statements
from the Testimonies, until it got so uncomfortable for them that they limited
me and demanded a straight answer to the question as whether or not I believed
the SRod.
I stated that I believe the Bible and the
Testimonies 100% as the Word of God, also any other book that is fully in
harmony with them; and therefore if they did vote me out of the church, I am no
offshoot but an outcast.
The climax came when the president of the
Conference got up and said: "Those statements which this sister has been
reading are nothing but condemnation, and we know that condemnation comes from
the devil!" The statements which I read were all from the pen of Sr. E.G.
White,
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some of which are as followers; 5 T 217; T.M. 359; C.O.R.
50-51, 67, etc.
Well they voted me out on the grounds that I
do not believe as the church does; but how can I believe as they do, when they
have drifted so far from the old landmarks as publicly to state that Sr.
White's writings come from the devil? God forgive them for they know not what
they do.
(Signed)
Mrs. Anna Engen,
OF UNDAUNTED COURAGE
We are sowing the seed and praying that the
Lord will water it. The conference men and the ministers have implanted that
frightful fear in the hearts of the people that makes them afraid even to read.
It is a case of spider and fly: the fear has been deeply
inculcated that if they read, the fabled deadly black spider will grab them and
hold them tight in the soul destroying meshes of error. I plainly see
that the church is God's church but that those who do such work are not His
people, for they act just like the papists did in Luther's time!
I thank God that He has given us the grit
and will power to stand on our own feet, and by His grace we shall stand upon
them if we have to stand alone as we do now.
Pray for us, for our hearts and souls are in
the message of the SRod, which has made a great
change in our lives; and with God's help and guiding hand, we are going through
to the kingdom, numbered among the 144,000 -- Praise God!
(Signed)
Mrs. W.L. Harper,
NEW EXPERIENCE
In all the years that I have been a S.D.A.,
I have never been satisfied with my Christian experience. I have felt a lack of
something, I knew not what, until some time ago a
brother gave me Vol. 1 of the SRod. Since reading it,
I know that I am a better Seventh-day Adventist, and that it is a message from
God, and I pray that our people may accept it.
(Signed)
Charles Garvin,
A SECRET BALLOT
On Jan. 16, after prayer meeting at the
evening hour, the Conference president called the church board together, having
previously sent us a personal invitation to meet with them. This meeting was
called for the specific purpose of considering our attitude toward the doctrine
of the SRod. The committee included both the
president and the auditor of the Union Conference. We were given an opportunity
to make statements to the brethren, which we did, making it plain that we
accepted the SRod teaching and that we urged our
brethren and sisters to investigate this truth for themselves, in harmony with
the instructions as given by the servant of the Lord regarding any new truth
that comes to us. -- "Testimonies on
Then the Union president was called on for
counsel, and suggested that our names be dropped from the church roll. So on
Sabbath, Feb. 2 the Conference president, having preached at the
We were made to feel very sad because these
dear folks here are doing the same as the Jews did in the days of Christ, when
they crucified Him. But with Him we asked the Father to forgive them for they
know not what they were doing. Some day, if they do not repent, they shall
stand before the judgment bar and be ashamed. Yet with all this sadness, we are
made to rejoice because of the consolation found in Isaiah 66:5, "Hear ye
the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at His word: your brethren that hated
you, that cast you out for My name's sake, said, Let
the Lord be glorified: but He shall appear to
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your joy, and they shall be ashamed."
When the question was put to the church for
vote, it evidently became quite embarrassing for the elder, as several seconds
passed before any one in the congregation had courage to make the motion, and
then several more seconds passed before a second was obtained, and this had to
come from the elder's wife. Of course, a secret ballot was taken, and the ones
who did the tallying announced that no negative votes were cast. However, we
understand that some unused blanks were sent in.
We had some of the members with us for
dinner and discussed the message to some extent, and we believe that these
people are open-minded. They have expressed themselves as willing to
investigate for themselves, and are so doing at this time.
Looking forward with assurance of success,
based upon the promises of the Lord, I shall let the following words close this
news letter from the
"Be strong and of a good courage; be
not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever
thou goest." Jos. 1:9. "For God hath not
given us a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound
mind." 2 Tim. 1:7.
Yours
for "all truth,"
O.E.
Lovan,
AN EXPLANATION
As perhaps the most pleasant task of those
connected with the work in this office is the reading and answering of the many
inspiring communications which come to us daily, we therefore deeply regret
that the overflow of correspondence has caused us to disappoint many of the
brethren by our delay to reply. But as this is clearly from circumstance rather
than choice, we feel sure that the brethren will bear with us until the office
facilities can be sufficiently enlarged as to be commensurate with the ever
Increasing correspondence.
IN NEED OF
HELP
"In reading our 'Symbolic Code' news
items, I notice that you have an employment agency, and I would appreciate it
very much if you could help me in some way find work, for I cannot get any here
unless I work on the Sabbath, which I cannot do, because I mean to be faithful
to the Lord even if I have to go hungry.
"I have in school one little girl who
is seven years old, and who needs books and clothes, which it is hard for her
to go without.
"I wish you would please all pray with
me that the Lord will give me strength to overcome every trial and temptation,
for this is the most trying hour of my life. I will be so happy when the Lord
comes.
"Brethren, I am very much in need and
will appreciate your help in any way."
The above appeal comes from a sister in
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Question:
"I would like to know how to harmonize Rev. 16:18 with Rev. 8:5. If in
Rev. 8:5 it means that the judgment had resumed again, what does it mean in
Rev. 16:18?"
Answer:
It means the same thing (judgment resumed), after the seven plagues have been
fulfilled (Rev. 15:8), which would be at the time for the commencement of the
judgment of the wicked during the millennium.
Question:
"How do you harmonize the teachings of SRod with
the following: C.O.L. 72 and 73, which say that the tares and wheat grow
together until the end of probationary time, and C.O.L. 122 and 123 which say:
'When the mission of the gospel is completed, the judgment will accomplish the
work of separation'?"
Answer:
The question in regard to C.O.L. 72 is answered as follows: If the harvest ends
probationary time, the period in which the
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harvesting is done must be in and not after probationary time.
Thus is fulfilled Jer.
The statement in C.O.L. 73 that "false
brethren will be found in the church till the close of time" is pointing
to the "time of the end" -- that time of which Ezekiel prophecies in
the following words: "The days are at hand, and the effect of every
vision." (Ezek. 12:22.) Hence, when Christ says, "Let both grow
together until" the close of time, He is pointing down to our day, the
"time of the end," in which period the harvest is to be effected and
to separate the "tares" from the "wheat." The difficulty
that has caused many to misunderstand C.O.L. 73 is that they have failed to
realize that we are right now at the very "close of time." It is also
this failure to understand correctly what the close of time really means that
has caused them to stumble over the kindred subjects of the harvest.
C.O.L. 122 says that "the net"
"gathers both good and evil into the church. When the mission of the gospel
is completed, the judgment will accomplish the work of separation." It is
impossible for the action of separation to precede the action of judgment. In
the very nature of things, judgment must take place before separation. Thus,
the separation which was determined during the investigative judgment is
executed after the actual judging is over. This is in perfect harmony with T.M.
234 which says, "The time of the judgment is a most solemn period, when
the Lord gathers His own from among the tares."
Also let us consider the matter from another
angle. All are agreed that the Gospel net represents the church and that
"the casting of the net is the preaching of the Gospel." Hence if the
time when the net is drawn ashore and the Gospel commission completed were at
the close of human probation, then the bad fish should be left in the net and
not cast away, for there would no longer be any use for the net, therefore no
need to cast the bad out of it. But as it is, the bad are cast away, showing
that the net is to be prepared (cleansed) to be cast forth a second time.
Moreover the very first vision which Sr.
White had was of the 144,000. The denomination has always believed that its
purpose was to gather the remnant people, the 144,000. Hence, when it (the net)
was first sent forth in 1844, it was for the gathering of the 144,000, which it
still vaguely believes it is after, but which the SRod
proves it has already gathered. And as the 144,000 are first fruits, showing
that second fruits must follow, and further, as the "net" has through
the years gathered "of every kind, good (the 144,000) and bad alike,
therefore the "net" has to be drawn ashore and the "good"
gathered into "vessels," and the "bad" "cast
away" before the second fruits (the great multitude -- Rev. 7:9; Isa. 66:20) can be gathered (Rev. 18:4).
Thus the time spoken of in the statement
under discussion is at Ezekiel 9, when the gospel to the 144,000 has been
completed and they -- the first fruits -- have been harvested the world over;
the gospel has sealed them for eternity and has completed its work in their
lives, and they are ready to be sown (sent forth) for the harvesting of the
second fruits in the Loud Cry, at the close of which time the harvest will have
been completed and they (the second fruits) will have been added to the 144,000
(the first fruits), and all will be ready for translation.
Question:
"If the beast is not the papacy, why should Sr. White speak of it as the
papacy in G.C. 439, 443, 445, 579?"
Answer:
The reason that Sr. White speaks of the beast as the papacy is that (as is
explained in SRod, Vol. 2, pp. 85-89, 95-98) during
the period of the 1260 years, of which she is treating in those instances cited
in G.C., she is dealing only with the papal head, and not with the beast in all
its different aspects -- 7 heads, 10 horns, etc. -- but only with the head that
was wounded; which being on the beast, and an important part of it, makes it
correct for her, in order to express her thought, to say: "the beast --
the papacy," by which statement, however, she does not imply that all
"seven heads" and "ten horns" are the "papacy,"
but rather only the head that was
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wounded unto death, just as we often call the fourth beast
of Dan. 7 the papacy; realizing well that such usage excludes the horns (10
kings) and includes only the "little horn having the eyes of a man."
Question:
"If one receives the SRod, and fully accepts it,
is there any possibility of being lost?"
Answer:
If the SRod is the truth, and one accepts it with all
one's heart, and does the truth, the possibility of being lost would be
identical to the possibility of Paul's being lost for accepting with all his
heart the message which Christ sent to him and of which he said, "But this
I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I
the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and
the prophets." (Acts 24:14.)
Moreover, as the SRod
is the Elijah message (T.M. 475), it is impossible for anyone who accepts it
and lives it to die, for the type demands translation. Thus it is that Elijah
stands as a type of the 144,000. (D.A. 421.)
Question:
"Should the subjects as presented in the SRod be
studied in our Sabbath meetings?"
Answer:
There should be no instance where aught else is taught at SRod
meetings at any time. If the SRod is present truth,
then it takes precedence over every other form of Bible truth, for the Spirit
of Prophecy says, "It is 'present truth' that the flock needs now"
(E.W. 63), and T.M. 118 admonishes: "Advance new principles, and crowd in
the clear cut truth."
Question:
"Are there 3 decrees to build the temple only, and then one by Artaxerxes to build the walls and complete the restoration
of
Answer:
Ezra
Ezra 6:14 also answers the second part of
the question, naming Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes as
the one who made the three decrees.
Ezra 7:1 proves that Artaxerxes
Longimanus, who made the decree to beautify (not
build) the house (verse 21) and to rebuild the city, came after the time and
the events ("things") chronicled in the preceding chapters of Ezra.
Therefore, the decree of Artaxerxes of Ezra 6:14, for
the building of the temple, could not be the Artaxerxes'
decree of Ezra 7:1
Although Ezra
HEALTH REFORM
"It is a sacred duty for those who cook
to learn how to prepare healthful food. Many souls are lost as the result of
poor cookery. It takes thought and care to make good bread; but there is more
religion in a loaf of good bread than many think." M.H.
302.
"For use in bread making, the super
fine white flour is not the best. Its use in neither
healthful nor economical. Fine-flour bread is lacking in nutritive
elements to be found in bread made from the whole wheat. It is a frequent cause
of constipation and other unhealthful conditions." M.H.
300.
"Zwieback, or twice-baked bread, is one
of the most easily digested and most palatable of foods. Let ordinary raised
bread be cut in slices and dried in a warm oven till the last trace of moisture
disappears. Then let it be browned slightly all the way through. In a dry place
this bread can be kept much longer than ordinary bread, and, if reheated before
using, it will be as fresh as when new." M.H. 301-2.
"The use of soda and baking powder in
bread making is harmful and unnecessary. Soda causes inflammation of the
stomach, and often poisons the entire system....Bread should be light and
sweet. Not the least taint of sourness should be tolerated. The leaves should
be small, and so thoroughly baked that, so far as possible, the yeast germs
shall be destroyed." M.H. 301.
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RECIPES
100% WHOLE WHEAT BREAD
Thoroughly wash one large potato or two
smaller ones, and after slicing them with the skins on, put them to cook In about a quart of water. Cook slowly until they are
tender, run them through a sieve or ricer, and add to the water that remains
enough cool water to make in all one and one half quarts of water and potato.
Put this in a large vessel, dissolve one
cake of Fleischman's yeast in a little water, and add it to the mixture. Then
put on this enough flour to make a sponge, and let it stand in a warm place
till it is nice and light.
Next put into it 1 tablespoon salt, 2
tablespoons of raw sugar or honey, and 2 tablespoons of corn or nut oil, mix
thoroughly, and add enough whole wheat flour to make a dough stiff enough to
knead, but not too stiff. Then turn out on floured board and knead it by
folding it over and over and pressing it together, until elastic to the touch.
After it is thoroughly kneaded, set it aside
in a warm place to raise, and when it is light, form
it into leaves or buns and let it raise again, not letting it get too light.
Then place it in a hot oven, and the first ten minutes of baking will finish
raising it. After the first ten minutes in the oven, turn the fire lower to
finish baking.
This is a very
nourishing bread, and if made right, it is delicious. Though not so light as
white bread, you will soon learn to like it. It makes a fine zwieback, --
something for the teeth to exercise on.
100 % WHOLE WHEAT STICKS
(unleavened)
To six cups of whole wheat flour, add 1/2
cup of corn, olive, or nut oil. To this, add enough water to make a stiff dough. Then turn dough out on a floured board, and
knead it by folding over and over, from
These make a very good food with which to
replace bakers' bread, and can truly be classed as the "Staff of
life."
ERRATA
Symbolic Code, Vol. 1, No. 8,
Symbolic Code, Vol. 1, No. 8,
Sr. McCune of
"The present truth of the third angel's
message, to which the message of the angel of Rev. 18:1 is giving great light,
has filled my soul, and the power of the Holy Spirit has convinced me that a
great reformation is needed and is now in progress, beginning in my own life.
"May God lead each one who is honest in
heart to a diligent study of His Word, that we may have 'the truth as it is in
Jesus' and be prepared to receive the seal of God."
(Signed)
Mary M. McCune,
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A PART THAT
ALL MAY HAVE
At the conference meetings in Los Angeles
early in 1934, it was unanimously adopted that every Friday afternoon at 5 P.M.
Pacific Standard Time, believers in present truth would seek God in behalf of
the message, believing that such a concerted voice would lay at Heaven's altar,
in all truth, "the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man (which) availeth much."
We earnestly ask that all join at the
appointed hour in this mighty prayer band which is to shake the world.
"Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith
the Lord of hosts," is our work to be done.
To assist in habituating yourself to keep
this appointment, we suggest that for three or four Fridays, when you arise in
the morning, you set your alarm clock for 5 P.M. Pacific Standard Time; 6 P.M.
Mountain Standard Time; 7 P.M. Central Standard Time; 8 P.M. Eastern Standard
Time, according to your respective zones.
Let us henceforth at this time on Fridays,
rejoicing in the sense of united strength, lift our voices in unison to God in
mighty intercession in behalf of our own church and all concerned.
AN APPEAL
We here append a short list of some of the
workers in various places, and make a general appeal to the readers of
"The Symbolic Code," who may have S.D.A. acquaintances or relatives
in these localities, that you put the worker in touch with them by a letter of
introduction. The workers will be very grateful for all such help received.
H.G. Warden, 2918 Umatilla St., Denver,
Colo.; Mrs. Hazel Hendricks, Fort Mackenzie, Sheridan, Wyo.; H.F. Roller,
1016--23rd St. Anacortes, Wash.; Eugene Lipsey, 4022
Newton Ave., San Diego, Calif.; John Berolinger, R 1
Box 325, Escondido, Calif.; R.T. Nash, R 2 Box 7A, Redlands, Calif.; Miss
Esther O'Malley, 1155 W. 36 St., Los Angeles, Calif.; E.T. Wilson, R 5
Hendersonville, N. Car.; Dr. Robt. L. Stokes,
Brevard, N. Car.; Dr. John H. Young,
IMPORTANT
INSTRUCTIONS
Leaders of all companies are requested to
write out each month on the back of report blank the full name and address of
each member of the company. This procedure is imperative in order to carry on
efficiently and successfully at this office. Also every one desiring the Code
must send in his name and address, for only those whose names are on the
mailing list will receive the Code.
In order to eliminate money changing for
tithe and offering, paying for books, etc. on the Sabbath, a Laodicean practice which the Word of God condemns, let us
carefully attend to all such matters on the first day of the week (1
Let all present truth believers try to fit
themselves to get into the Lord's work, for He is now calling for laborers into
His great harvest.
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