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captive by <strong>the</strong> delusions of Satan. These two<br />
classes are brought <strong>to</strong> view in <strong>the</strong> vision, -those<br />
who declared <strong>the</strong> light which <strong>the</strong>y followed, a<br />
delusion, and <strong>the</strong> wicked of <strong>the</strong> world who, having<br />
rejected <strong>the</strong> light, had been rejected of God. No<br />
reference is made <strong>to</strong> those who had not seen <strong>the</strong><br />
light, and <strong>the</strong>refore were not guilty of its rejection.<br />
"In order <strong>to</strong> prove that I believed and taught <strong>the</strong><br />
shut door doctrine, Mr. ----gives a quotation from<br />
<strong>the</strong> Review of June 11, 1861, signed by nine of our<br />
prominent members. The quotation reads as<br />
follows:<br />
"'Our views of <strong>the</strong> work before us were <strong>the</strong>n<br />
mostly vague and indefinite, some still retaining<br />
<strong>the</strong> idea adopted by <strong>the</strong> body of Advent believers in<br />
1844 with William Miller at <strong>the</strong>ir head, that our<br />
work for "<strong>the</strong> world" was finished and that <strong>the</strong><br />
message was confined <strong>to</strong> those of <strong>the</strong> original<br />
Advent faith. So firmly was this believed, that one<br />
of our number was nearly refused <strong>the</strong> message, <strong>the</strong><br />
individual presenting it having doubts of <strong>the</strong><br />
possibility of his salvation because he was not in<br />
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