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〉 Selected Messages Book 2
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   A Word to the Reader ( 11 )
Section 1—Fanaticism and Deceptive Teachings ( 12 )
   Introduction ( 12 )
   Chapter 1—Warnings Against Sensational Teachings and Emotional Religion ( 13 )
     The Danger of Speculative Ideas ( 13 )
     The Charm of New Theories ( 14 )
     The Need for Clear Discernment ( 15 )
     Fanaticism to Appear in Our Midst ( 16 )
     Feeling Not to Master Judgment ( 17 )
     Obedience Versus Emotion or Rapture ( 18 )
     A Call for Old-fashioned Sermons ( 18 )
     Cold Formalism or Fanaticism ( 19 )
     False Ideas of God’s Blessing ( 21 )
     All is Quiet, Calm, Unpretending ( 21 )
     The Example of Christ ( 22 )
     A Desire to Change the Present Order ( 23 )
     No Oddities or Eccentricities ( 23 )
     God’s Word to Be Uncontaminated by Fallacies ( 24 )
   Chapter 2—Early Fanaticism to be Repeated ( 25 )
     Removing the Landmarks ( 25 )
     Bodily Demonstrations Not Demanded ( 26 )
     A Claim to Be Sealed and Holy ( 26 )
     Marring the Sacredness of the Work ( 28 )
     Maintaining Propriety In Deportment ( 29 )
   Chapter 3—The “Holy Flesh” Doctrine ( 31 )
     A Repetition of Early Fanaticism ( 31 )
     Worship With a Bedlam of Noise ( 36 )
   Chapter 4—Warnings Against Deceptive Claims of the Spirit’s Guidance ( 40 )
     God’s Work Characterized by Calmness and Dignity ( 41 )
     Statements by Mrs. White in the Interview ( 42 )
     Counsel to the Brother and His Wife ( 44 )
     A Message to the Churches in California ( 46 )
   Chapter 5—Miracles Not a Test of God’s Favor ( 48 )
     Seek not for Miraculous Manifestations ( 48 )
     When the Miracle Worker Disregards God’s Law ( 49 )
     None Need be Deceived ( 50 )
     Will Sweep in the Whole World ( 51 )
     Miracles not a Test ( 52 )
     Wonderful Miracles Will Deceive ( 53 )
     How Satan and His Agents Work ( 53 )
     Ellen G. White Worked No Miracles ( 53 )
     Why Miracles are Less Important Today ( 54 )
     Miracles in the Closing Conflict ( 54 )
   Chapter 6—Our Safety Against Delusions ( 56 )
     Sincerity Alone Will Not Save ( 56 )
     An Outward Transformation of Character ( 56 )
     Need for Understanding the Doctrine ( 58 )
     Look Constantly to Jesus ( 58 )
Section 2—Erroneous and Subversive Movements ( 62 )
   Introduction ( 62 )
   Chapter 7—The Divine Credentials ( 63 )
     The Fruitage of an Underhanded Work ( 70 )
     Convincing Evidence Accompanies the Message Inspired by God ( 71 )
   Chapter 8—Meeting the Claims of False Prophets ( 72 )
     What We May Expect ( 72 )
     The Visions of a Misled Child ( 72 )
     A Message to J. M. Garmire ( 73 )
   Chapter 9—Earmarks of Erroneous Teaching ( 80 )
     Further Communications to Mr. Garmire ( 80 )
     A Wrong and Right Use of Inspired Counsel ( 82 )
     There Will Always be False and Fanatical Movements ( 84 )
   Chapter 10—The Visions of Anna Phillips ( 85 )
     Does Not Bear Signature of Heaven ( 85 )
     “Believe Them Not” ( 88 )
     Test All So-Called Visions ( 90 )
     Without Sufficient Evidence ( 92 )
     “Nothing Objectionable” an Unsound Basis for Acceptance ( 93 )
   Chapter 11—To Be on Guard ( 96 )
     In God’s Work All Is Quiet, Calm ( 96 )
     A Message to One Claiming to have Visions ( 97 )
     Tested by “The Law and the Testimony” ( 98 )
     Tested “By their Fruits” ( 99 )
     Voluntary Exhibition Evidence Spurious Work ( 99 )
     Bible Not Superseded by Miracles ( 100 )
   Chapter 12—The Three Angels and the Other Angel ( 101 )
     A Mixture of Truth and Error ( 101 )
     The Three Angels’ Messages in their Larger Setting ( 104 )
     Two Temple Cleansings—Two Calls Out of Babylon ( 117 )
Section 3—Unwise Affiliations ( 120 )
   Introduction ( 120 )
   Chapter 13—Should Christians Be Members of Secret Societies? ( 121 )
   Chapter 14—Avoiding Labor Conflicts ( 141 )
Section 4—Counsels for Workers ( 146 )
   Introduction ( 146 )
   Chapter 15—Admonition Will Be Heard ( 147 )
   Chapter 16—Christ’s Lifework and Ours ( 154 )
     The Shadows of Satan ( 157 )
   Chapter 17—Unity and Devotion ( 158 )
     The Ministry of Trials ( 160 )
   Chapter 18—An Appeal to D. M. Canright ( 162 )
     Exalting Christ ( 170 )
Section 5—The Remuneration of Our Workers ( 172 )
   Introduction ( 172 )
   Chapter 19—An Object Lesson ( 173 )
   Chapter 20—General Principles Governing Worker Remuneration ( 179 )
     Satisfaction and Blessing in Sacrificial Labor ( 179 )
     Not to Demand a Stipulated Sum ( 180 )
     Do the Work and Accept Wages Offered ( 181 )
     Pay to Be According to Labor ( 181 )
     Privilege of Working Versus Wages ( 182 )
     “An Expensive Family” ( 183 )
     An Appeal for Equality ( 183 )
     The Toll of Large Wages ( 185 )
     Higher Wages Proposed for Superior Men ( 186 )
     The Necessities and Comforts of Life ( 187 )
     Free From Worldly Enterprises and Conflicting Duties ( 187 )
     Avoid Cultivating Expensive Tastes ( 188 )
     Spirit of Self-Denial of Early Days Required Now ( 188 )
   Chapter 21—The Workers in Our Institutions ( 190 )
     Procuring the Very Best Talent ( 190 )
     Wages for Institutional Workers ( 191 )
     A View of Threatening Dangers in 1890 ( 194 )
     The Importance of Self-Denial ( 196 )
     A Threat to All Our Institutions ( 196 )
     A Characteristic Feature of the Work Imperiled ( 197 )
     Physicians and Ministers Called to Self-Denial ( 198 )
     Counsel to a Physician Regarding a Fixed Salary ( 199 )
     A Percentage Proposition Counseled Against ( 200 )
     “Do Not Exact a High Salary” ( 201 )
     Extravagance and Influence ( 201 )
     An Important Interview Regarding Physicians’ Wages ( 202 )
     Meeting an Emergency ( 207 )
   Chapter 22—Financial Assistance in Worker Qualification ( 208 )
     Help Promising Young Men ( 208 )
     Assistance Given Our First Medical Students ( 208 )
     Qualifying Executives and Evangelists ( 209 )
     Loans Better Than Gifts ( 209 )
   Chapter 23—Counsel to One Who for Financial Reasons Was Planning to Leave the Work of God ( 210 )
Section 6—Comfort and Encouragement ( 220 )
   Introduction ( 220 )
   Chapter 24—Words to Those in Advanced Years ( 221 )
     The Afternoon Sun—Mellow and Productive ( 221 )
     No Excuse for Relaxing Self-Discipline ( 222 )
     To Rise Up and Call Them Blessed ( 223 )
     Counsel to Those Who Have Grown Gray in Service ( 224 )
     Aged Workers to Be Teachers and Counselors ( 227 )
     Growing Old but Continuing to Testify ( 229 )
     Less Constant Taxing Labor ( 230 )
     Trust God—Lean Upon Him ( 231 )
   Chapter 25—Fortitude in Affliction ( 233 )
     Why This Affliction ( 233 )
     Meditations Through Days of Affliction ( 235 )
     Learned Lessons from the Months of Suffering ( 240 )
   Chapter 26—Assurance to Those Facing Death ( 246 )
     Messages of Comfort to a Daughter-in-Law Suffering Affliction ( 246 )
     Messages of Sympathy and Hope to a Faithful Assistant ( 251 )
     Messages to Others Whose Lives Would Soon Close ( 255 )
   Chapter 27—The Bereaved ( 257 )
     Bereavement Softens and Subdues ( 257 )
     We Shall See Our Children Again ( 258 )
     Children In the Resurrection ( 259 )
     Jesus Says, “Lean on Me” ( 260 )
     Blessed Are the Dead Who Die in the Lord ( 261 )
     Look to the Happy Family Reunion ( 262 )
     Will Be Called in Special Resurrection ( 263 )
     No Sin in Weeping ( 264 )
     He Sleeps in Jesus ( 264 )
     The Lord to Be Your Comfort ( 266 )
     Ellen White in Her Hour of Bereavement ( 267 )
     The Glorious Resurrection Morning ( 269 )
Section 7—The Use of Medicinal Agencies ( 276 )
   Introduction ( 276 )
   Chapter 28—Statements on the Use of Drugs ( 279 )
     A Statement in Answer to Questions on Drugs ( 279 )
     Other Clarifying Statements ( 280 )
     Counsel on the Administration of Drugs ( 281 )
     The Divine Presence in the Operating Room ( 284 )
   Chapter 29—The Use of Remedies ( 286 )
     To Alleviate Pain and Restore Health ( 286 )
     Remedies in the Natural World ( 288 )
     All to Understand What to Do for Themselves ( 289 )
     Simple Remedies in the Sanitarium Program ( 291 )
   Chapter 30—Ellen G. White’s Use of Remedial Agencies ( 292 )
     I Cannot Testify in Their Favor ( 293 )
     When Asked for Counsel, Simple Remedies Advised ( 295 )
     Safe, Simple Remedies ( 296 )
     Counsel to the Medical Director of a New Sanitarium ( 298 )
     Other Experiences With Charcoal ( 299 )
     Other Remedies Mentioned ( 300 )
     Approval of Progressive Medical Procedures ( 303 )
   Chapter 31—Personal Experiences ( 304 )
     Early Experience In Treating Pneumonia ( 304 )
     The Restoration of James White ( 306 )
Section 8—General Counsels ( 310 )
   Introduction ( 310 )
   Chapter 32—Proper Attitude in Prayer ( 311 )
   Chapter 33—“No Other Gods Before Me” ( 317 )
     A Caution Regarding Extreme Positions ( 318 )
   Chapter 34—Useful Occupation Better Than Games ( 321 )
   Chapter 35—Guidance by Chance Methods ( 325 )
     Casting Lots in Selecting Church Officers ( 328 )
   Chapter 36—Providing for the Day of Need ( 329 )
     Systematic Savings Advised ( 329 )
     Preparing for the Day of Reduced Income ( 329 )
     A Young Man Counseled to Economize and Save ( 330 )
   Chapter 37—The Aged Who Have No Homes ( 330 )
   Chapter 38—On the Military Question ( 332 )
     War in Old Testament Times ( 332 )
     Light Given Concerning the Draft ( 334 )
     Required Drill ( 335 )
   Chapter 39—Counsel on Voting ( 336 )
   Chapter 40—Hops, Tobacco, and Swine ( 338 )
   Chapter 41—Counsels on Certain Marriage Situations ( 339 )
     A Case Where a Second Marriage was Justified ( 339 )
     Counsel to a Young Woman Who Contemplated Marrying a Divorced Man ( 340 )
     Case Not Bettered by Leaving Present Wife ( 341 )
     All One in Christ ( 342 )
   Chapter 42—Counsel Regarding Intermarriage ( 343 )
     Answer to an Inquiry ( 344 )
   Chapter 43—Miraculous Healing ( 345 )
     A Delicate Situation ( 345 )
     May Appear as Natural Course ( 346 )
     A Case of Healing ( 347 )
     When Restoration Would Not Be Best ( 347 )
   Chapter 44—The Perils of Hypnosis ( 349 )
     A Warning to Physicians Employing Hypnotic Methods ( 349 )
     Counsel Regarding the Publishing of Books on Hypnotism ( 350 )
     Sciences Pertaining to the Mind ( 351 )
     How to Be Preserved From Deceptive Influences ( 352 )
   Chapter 45—A Call to Country Living ( 354 )
     The Refuge of Country Places ( 355 )
     Expect No Miracle to Undo Results of Wrong Course ( 356 )
     Rural Locations for Institutions ( 357 )
     Working the Cities From Outposts ( 357 )
     Churches, but Not Institutions in the Cities ( 358 )
     Preparing for the Sunday-Law Crisis ( 359 )
   Chapter 46—Guided by God’s Providences ( 360 )
     Counsel and Caution to Those Who Anticipate Leaving the Cities ( 361 )
Section 9—As We Near the End ( 366 )
   Introduction ( 366 )
   Chapter 47—Preparing for the Final Crisis ( 367 )
     The Sunday-Law Crisis ( 375 )
   Chapter 48—A Work of Purification Needed ( 376 )
   Chapter 49—A Distinctive Name and People ( 384 )
     Not Ashamed of Our Name ( 384 )
     Our Distinctive Sign ( 384 )
     The World is Watching ( 386 )
     The Future of God’s People ( 386 )
   Chapter 50—The Pillars of Our Faith ( 387 )
     No New Organization ( 389 )
     No Need for Fear ( 390 )
     “My Hand is on the Wheel” ( 391 )
     Judgments of God Abroad ( 391 )
   Chapter 51—Loyal or Disloyal ( 392 )
     Apostasies ( 392 )
   Chapter 52—The Church Triumphant ( 396 )
     An Oft-repeated Assurance ( 396 )
     Ever on Gaining Ground ( 396 )
   Chapter 53—Last Messages to the General Conference ( 398 )
     Courage in the Lord ( 402 )
Appendix 1—Disease and Its Causes ( 410 )
   Introduction ( 410 )
   Chapter 1 ( 411 )
   Chapter 2 ( 420 )
   Chapter 3 ( 441 )
   Chapter 4 ( 455 )
   Chapter 5 ( 465 )
   Chapter 6 ( 473 )
Appendix 2—Important Factors in Choosing a Life Companion ( 481 )
Appendix 3—The Brotherhood of Mankind ( 485 )