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Selected Messages Book 2
A few years since, a man named N, of Red Bluff, California, came
to me to deliver his message. He said it was the loud cry of the third
angel which was to lighten the earth with his glory. He thought God
had passed all the leading workers and given him the message. I
attempted to show him that he was mistaken. He said Seventh-day
Adventists were Babylon, and when we told him our reasons and set
the matter before him, that he was in error, he had great power come
upon him, and he certainly gave a loud cry We had much trouble with
him; his mind became unbalanced, and he had to be placed in the
insane asylum.
One, Garmire, [
See
ch. 9
.] advocated and published a message
in regard to the loud cry of the third angel; he accused the church in
a similar manner to what you are now doing. He said the leaders in
the church would all fall through self-exaltation, and another class of
humble men would come to the front, who would do wonderful things.
This man had daughters who claimed to have visions.
This delusion was opened to me. This is an intelligent man, of an
acceptable address, and self-denying and full of zeal and earnestness,
and carrying an appearance of consecration and devotion. But the
word of God came from God to me, “Believe them not, I have not sent
them!”
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He claimed to believe the testimonies. He claimed them to be true,
and used them in the same manner you have used them to give force
and appearance of truth to his claims. I told them this message was not
of God; but it was deceiving the unwary. He would not be convinced.
I told them the visions of his daughter [Anna] were spurious, yet these
visions, he claimed, were like the visions of Sister White, testifying to
the same things. This daughter was deceiving the family and several
others who believed these false messages. I was shown that the young
girl was not virtuous; but was corrupt
If ever a man that I looked upon was inspired, this man certainly
was; but I told him plainly his inspiration was of Satan, not of God.
His message bore not the divine credentials.
In order for him to give this message broadcast to the world, he
made an honest, conscientious young man believe it to be his duty
to steal the Review and Herald list. This is a State-prison crime, and
the young man ran away from Battle Creek. He did not dare return to
Battle Creek for some time. The time was set [by this fanatical teacher]