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Concerning <strong>the</strong>se I shall only say, when I can<br />
obtain a book containing <strong>the</strong>m, so that I can be<br />
assured of <strong>the</strong> correctness of <strong>the</strong> quotations and can<br />
see for myself <strong>the</strong>ir connection, I shall be prepared<br />
<strong>to</strong> speak understandingly in regard <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>m.<br />
"From <strong>the</strong> beginning of my work, I have been<br />
pursued by hatred, reproach, and falsehood. Base<br />
imputations and slanderous reports have been<br />
greedily ga<strong>the</strong>red up and widely circulated by <strong>the</strong><br />
rebellious, <strong>the</strong> formalist, and <strong>the</strong> fanatic. There are<br />
ministers of <strong>the</strong> so-called orthodox churches<br />
traveling from place <strong>to</strong> place <strong>to</strong> war against<br />
Seventh-day Adventists and <strong>the</strong>y make Mrs. <strong>White</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong>ir textbook. The scoffers of <strong>the</strong> last days are led<br />
on by those ministers professing <strong>to</strong> be God's<br />
watchmen.<br />
"The unbelieving world, <strong>the</strong> ministers of <strong>the</strong><br />
fallen churches, and <strong>the</strong> First-day Adventists are all<br />
united in <strong>the</strong> work of assailing Mrs. <strong>White</strong>. This<br />
warfare has been kept up for nearly forty years, but<br />
I have not felt at liberty even <strong>to</strong> notice <strong>the</strong>ir vile<br />
speeches, reproaches, and insinuations. And I<br />
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