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the Messenger of Trut
was received. Those who slandered us through
that paper had been reproved for their faults and errors. They would
not bear reproof, and in a secret manner at first, afterward more openly,
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used their influence against us.
The Lord had shown me the character and final come-out of that
party; that His frown was upon those connected with that paper, and
His hand was against them, and although they might appear to pros-
per for a time, and some honest ones be deceived, yet truth would
eventually triumph, and every honest soul would break away from the
deception which had held them, and come out clear from the influence
of these wicked men; as God’s hand was against them, they must go
down.
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The publishers of this periodical, having become offended by the straight testimony
borne by Mrs. White, and disagreeing with the leading writers in the Review and Herald on
points of doctrine and church policy, began a cruel warfare against their former brethren, in
which they boastfully predicted that their work would supersede that of the publishers of the
Review. After about two years, they disagreed among themselves, and the periodical died for
lack of support.