Beware the Counterfeits
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Drums, Dancing, and Noise
The things you have described as taking place in Indiana, [
Note:
Reference is here made to the “Holy Flesh” movement of 1900-1901.
See
Selected Messages 2:31-39
.—White Trustees.] the Lord has shown
me would take place just before the close of probation. Every uncouth
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thing will be demonstrated. There will be shouting, with drums, music,
and dancing. The senses of rational beings will become so confused
that they cannot be trusted to make right decisions. And this is called
the moving of the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit never reveals itself in such methods, in such a
bedlam of noise. This is an invention of Satan to cover up his inge-
nious methods for making of none effect the pure, sincere, elevating,
ennobling, sanctifying truth for this time.... A bedlam of noise shocks
the senses and perverts that which if conducted aright might be a bless-
ing. The powers of Satanic agencies blend with the din and noise, to
have a carnival, and this is termed the Holy Spirit’s working.... Those
participating in the supposed revival receive impressions which lead
them adrift. They cannot tell what they formerly knew regarding Bible
principles.
Bodies out of Control
No encouragement should be given to this kind of worship. The
same kind of influence came in after the passing of the time in 1844.
The same kind of representations were made. Men became excited,
and were worked by a power thought to be the power of God. They
turned their bodies over and over, like a carriage wheel, claiming that
they could not do this except by supernatural power. There was a belief
that the dead were raised and had ascended to heaven. The Lord gave
me a message for this fanaticism; for the beautiful principles of Bible
truth were being eclipsed.
Nudity
Men and women, supposed to be guided by the Holy Spirit, held
meetings in a state of nudity. They talked about holy flesh. They
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said they were beyond the power of temptation, and they sang, and
shouted, and made all manner of noisy demonstrations. These men