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publishing books dealing with the subject of hypnotism? Shall this
leprosy be introduced into the office? ...
Satan and his agents have been and are working diligently. Will
God give His blessing to the publishing houses if they accept the
deceptions of the enemy? Shall the institutions which have been kept
before the people as holy unto the Lord become schools in which the
workers eat the fruit of the forbidden tree of knowledge? Shall we
encourage Satan in his stealthy entrance into the citadel of truth to
deposit his hellish science, as he did in Eden?
Are the men at the heart of the work men who cannot distinguish
between truth and error? Are they men who cannot see the terrible
consequences of giving influence to wrong? If you should gain mil-
lions of dollars by work of this kind, of what value is this gain when
compared with the terrible loss that is incurred by giving publicity to
Satan’s lies?—Lt 140, 1901. (
Selected Messages 2:350, 351
.)
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A Deadly Error—Satanic agencies are clothing false theories in
an attractive garb, even as Satan in the Garden of Eden concealed his
identity from our first parents by speaking through the serpent. These
agencies are instilling into human minds that which in reality is deadly
error. The hypnotic influence of Satan will rest upon those who turn
from the plain word of God to pleasing fables.—
Testimonies for the
Church 8:294
(1904).
Danger in Investigating—We have reached the perils of the last
days, when some, yes, many, “shall depart from the faith, giving heed
to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.” Be cautious in regard to
what you read and how you hear. Take not a particle of interest in
Spiritualistic theories. Satan is waiting to steal a march upon everyone
who allows himself to be deceived by his hypnotism. He begins to
exert his power over them just as soon as they begin to investigate his
theories.—Lt 123, 1904. (.)
Do Not Voice Satan’s Theories—I have been shown that we are
not to enter into controversy over these Spiritualistic theories, because
such controversy will only confuse minds. These things are not to be
brought into our meetings. We are not to labor to refute them. If our
ministers and teachers give themselves to study of these erroneous the-
ories, some will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits
and doctrines of devils. It is not the work of the gospel minister to
voice Satan’s theories. Go steadily forward, building up the old waste