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