The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland

decades, if she meant to endorse a portion of
Jones's and Waggoner's message and not the
whole, she would have made the distinction
exceedingly clear, and done so numerous times.
Her ability to emphasize a thought through
repetition is very well known, even painfully so.
(b) Waggoner's 1887,1889, and 1890
statements on the nature of Christ were so radical
or "shocking" that they would surely have elicited
her very prompt and decisive disavowals if she had
entertained even the slightest opposition to them.
(c) Although her more than 200 endorsements
of Jones's and Waggoner's message show sympathy
for them as hard-pressed messengers, she would
never for a moment gloss over defects in their
message if she disagreed with it. Her letter of
correction to Jones dated April 9,1893, is an
example. If one suggests that she would not have
written earlier letters objecting to their teaching for
fear she might discourage zealous young workers,
it is necessary only to remind ourselves that she
knew very well how to write to hard-pressed
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