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IF SO, YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE! You don't have to sneak around and hide your copy between the pages of "Great Controversy"! All you have to do is look here on this FAF web site in the glowing privacy of your own user-friendly computer screen! For I plan to synopsize "that awful book" right here for you, beginning with the very next post. Seat belt fastened? Hang on tight! | ||
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PREFACE Pastor Dudley M. Canright first copyrighted this "tell it like it is" tome in 1919, only four years after Ellen G. White's death. But the book is surprisingly modern and has lost none of its punch in the 81 years till now. For example, he writes, "Over forty years ago [prior to 1879], in my early ministry and while yet a firm believer in all the Seventh-day Adventist doctrines, I wrote a strong defense of Mrs. White. During all the years since, nothing so forcible has been produced by any of her defenders. This is proved by the fact that it has been copied by them in her defense, but omiting my name[!] Also in their writings against me they quote this as contradicting what I now say. I do not blame them; but my answer is this: 'A wise man changes his mind seldom, a fool never.'" See what I mean? You've just got to love that quote! Canright ends his preface with this sentence: "Knowing the errors and deceptions which have been connected with Mrs. White and her work, he [the author, Canright] has felt it a duty which he owed to the Christian world to state the facts." Thank God he did. For he bequeathed to us a priceless heritage. Therefore Canright stands among the first who.... Do not go gentle into SDA night, but rage, rage against the dying of the gospel light. Max of the Cross | ||
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MY PRESENT STANDING ^^Since I withdrew from the Adventists, over thirty years ago, they have continued to report that I have regretted leaving them, [that I] have tried to get back [in the ranks] again, [that I] have repudiated my book which I wrote and [that I] have confessed that I am now a lost man.^^ Get this! ^^There has never been a word of truth in any of these reports. I expect them to report that I recanted on my deathbed. All this is done [by them] to hinder the influence of my books. I now reaffirm all that I have written in my books and tracts against that [SDA] doctrine. ^^Several Advent ministers have rendered valuable aid in preparing these pages. [Shades of Dale Ratzlaff!] Once they were believers in Mrs. white's divine inspiration, but plain facts finally compelled them to renounce faith in her dreams. ^^[Signed] D.M. Canright, Pastor Emeritus of the Berean Baptist Church Grand Rapids, Michigan [1919]^^ There you have it, my friends. You can purchase your own copy of Canright's book from: Grant Shurtliff 910 West Montague Salt Lake City, Utah 84104 801.972.3370 Threfore, Do not go gentle into SDA night, but rage, rage against the dying of the gospel light. Max of the Cross | ||
| Colleentinker |
Thank you, Max! What you are doing is absolutely wonderful! Colleen | ||
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I. INTRODUCTION Canright examines the lives of seven "prophets" and compares them with the life of "prophet" Ellen G. white. To not appear partisan I'll call them prophetic candidates. Candidate #1. Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). Of this Swedish "prophet" it is said, "Not a stain rests on his moral character." Canright: "He made some remarkable predictions, which his followers claim were exactly fulfilled." "His followers believe in him just as implicitly as do Mrs. White's followers in her, and are very zealous in propagating their faith." Candidate #2. Ann Lee (1736-1784). Her followers are known as the Shakers. Canright: "In proof of Mrs. White's inspiration, Adventists cite the high moral and religious tone of her [White's] writings. They say her revelations must either be of God or Satan. If of Satan, they would not teach such purity and holiness. the same reasoning will prove Mrs. Lee also a true prophetess, for she exceeds Mrs. White in this line, so that 'Shaker' has become a synonym for honesty." Candidate #3. Joanna Sothcott (1750-1814). On her deathbed Sothcott was reported to have said: "If I have been misled, it has been by some spirit, good or evil." Canright: "When Joanna died, we would have supposed that all sane persons would have given it up, but they adjusted it in some way and went right on. So with the followers of Mrs. White. No matter what blunders and failures she [White] made, they [the Adventists] fix them up, and go right on." Candidate #4. Joseph Smith (1805-1844). Founder of the Church of Latter Day Saints, the Mormons. Canright: "Seventh-day Adventists claim that they [SDA] must be the true church because they have a prophet [EGW] and are persecuted; but Mormons have a prophet and have been persecuted a thousand-fold more. Smith and others were killed; many have been whipped, tarred and feathered, rotten-egged, stoned, mobbed, run out of town and outlawed. So they (LDS) must be the true church! In comparison, Seventh-day Adventists have suffered little. They have little idea what persecution is, though all along they have seemed anxious to pose as martyrs." Candidate #5. Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910). Founded the Church of Jesus Christ, Scientist, more commonly known as the Christian Scientists. Canright: "Christian Scientists, as a class, stand high morally and socially. In these respects they excel Adventists. If teaching purity of life proved Mrs. White to be an inspired prophet of God, it proves the same thing for Mrs. Eddy." Candidate #6. Charles T. Russel (died 1916). Followers are known as the Jehovah's Witnesses. Canright: "Mr. Russel set various times for the world to come to an end, the latest being in 1914. In October of that year, he said the 'times of the Gentiles' would be fulfilled. His followers claim that he was the greatest man that has lived since the apostles, and that his sect is the only true church. All others are Babylon. Mr. Russell lived right along at the same time with Mrs. White and Mrs. Eddy. The followers of each one accept their leader as the only infallible oracle of God. Can they all be right?" Candidate #7. Alexander Dowie (b./d. dates not given). Followers claimed he performed hundreds of miraculous cures. "The sect still lives on [in 1919] at Zion City, Chicago." Canright: "Like Mrs. White and Mrs. Eddy, he was dogmatic and arbitrary. His word was law. He required an austere religious life, exceeding even Mrs. White." Canright ends this chapter with the following conclusion: ^^Notice what a crop of false prophets the last century has produced. It seems to be in the air of the age. ^^Not one of those here mentioned, except Mrs. White, is regarded by Seventh-Day Adventists as a true prophet. They call Swedenborg a Spiritualist. Joseph Smith they regard as an imposter, and his writings as a fabrication. Against Mrs. Eddy and Christian Science they have written extensively. Against "Pastor" Russel and his teachings they publish a work entitled "The Darkness of Millennial Dawn." None passes muster with them. All are false. The only true prophet of modern times is [for them] their own.^^ Therefore, Do not go gentle into SDA night, but rage, rage against the dying of the gospel light. Max of the Cross | ||
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II. GREAT DENOMINATIONAL TEST Canright shows that way back before 1919 SDAs were contradicting themselves, just as they are today. They were saying, ìSeventh-day Adventists have no creed but the Bible.î Yet they published in 1872 the ìFundamental Principles of Seventh-day Adventists,î in which admitted in opening statement that they ìhold to certain well-defined points of faith.î Canright quotes from a dictionary contemporary with 1872 defining ìcreedî as ìan authoritative summary or formula of those articles of Christian faith which are considered essential.î In other words, ìpoints of faithî is identical to ìcreed.î Therefore, to paraphrase an old saying, ìA rose by any other name is still a rose.î And today, in 2000, we are faced with the SDA ìTwenty-seven Points of Fundamental Beliefî together with repeated assertions that Adventists have ìno creedî or that the Bible is their only creed. Therefore, to quote another old saying, ìThe more things change, the more they stay the same.î Canright also quotes from the Third Article of the 1872 SDA creed that the Bible contains ìa full revelation of His [Godís] will to man, and are the only infallible rule of faith and practice.î ìIt is false, absolutely false,î says Canright, pointing out the SDA contention that Ellen Whiteís writings ìcontain a fuller revelation of Godís will to man, and that they are infallible.î ìAnd, what is more,î he writes, ìthey make faith in these writings a test of faith and fellowship in their church.î Canright then documents these assertions from official SDA publications. Here is a sampling: * In EGWís ìTestimonies for the Church,î ìthe cases of nearly all [people] are met.î 2 T 605, 5 T 664. Comments Canright: ìThe Bible alone, therefore, must be better; for that meets the cases of all.î * In 1911 SDAs officially proclaimed EGWís writings to be ìthe only infallible interpreter of Bible principles.î G.A. Irwin, ìMark of the Beast,î p. 1. Comments Canright: ìTo disbelieve in her is the greatest of heresies, and at once brands one as an apostate.î And history shows that he spoke from experience as well as observation! * SDA members who ìfight against the visions,î pronounced Ellen White, were to be known by ìthe churchî as ìnot right.î 1 T 328. Comments Canright: ìNot only church members, but whole churches, have been disfellowshipped for disbelief in Mrs. Whiteís visions. To get rid of members who did not believe in her inspiration, whole churches have been summarily disbanded by church officials without their consent, and reorganized, faith in Mrs. White and her writings being made a test for entering the new organization. In October, 1913, their church in St. Louis, Missouri, was disbanded in this way.î Therefore, if you value truth and honesty, Do not go gentle into SDA night, but rage, rage against the dying of the gospel light. Max of the Cross |
