General Index.
Abel, hated by Cain, [46].
Sabbath kept by, [453].
Abraham, Messianic promise to, [18].
pleads for Sodom, [431].
Sabbath observed by, [453].
angels' mission to, [512].
Abyssinia, Wolff's travels in, [360].
Christian churches in, [578].
Accuser, Satan the, [395], [484].
Accusers of the brethren, Satan's helpers, [519], [520].
Adam, promise of redemption to, [345].
Sabbath kept by, [453].
temptation and fall of, [531-534], [666].
stature of, [644].
redeemed, [644].
meeting of first and second Adams, [647].
joy of, in New Jerusalem, [648].
Adams, John Quincy, [360].
Advent of Christ, types of, [399], [400].
see also [First advent]; [Second advent].
Advent faith, scriptural basis of, [409].
Advent message, proclamation of, timely, [351-354].
general proclamation of, [355-374].
result of receiving, [379].
rejection of, by churches generally, [380].
see also [Advent Movement]; [Prophecies]; [Signs].
Advent Movement, beginning of, [330].
impetus given to, by fulfilment of Litch's prediction, [334], [335].
opposition to, [336-338], [403].
defense of, by Miller, [337].
growth and progress of, [337], [357], [368-370], [395-398], [401].
experiences during, [351-354].
extent of proclamation of, [357].
character of, [400-404].
a test, [406].
no regrets for experiences in, [406], [407].
God's power manifested in, [398-408], [611].
God the leader in, [410], [411], [423], [424], [432], [457].
see also [First angel's message]; [Second angel's message]; [Third angel's message]; [Miller]; [Prophecy]; [Prophecies]; [Signs].
Adventists, rise of, [331], [332], [335].
opposition to, by churches, [337].
disappointment of, in 1844, [329], [351], [374], [391-394], [403-408].
infidelity charged to, [336].
mistake of, [353].
persecution of, [372].
polity of, in days of Miller, [375].
withdraw from churches, [375], [376], [390].
trial and faith of, [391], [392], [403-408].
parable of ten virgins applied to, [393], [394], [398-402].
searching Scriptures after passing of time, [391].
fanaticism among, [395-398].
midnight cry given by, [400-403], [423].
sanctuary question studied by, [411-415], [429], [454].
law of God studied by, [434], [435].
attitude of, toward further light, [456-460].
see also [First angel's message]; [Prophecy]; [Prophecies]; [Seventh-day Adventists]; [Signs].
Advocate, see [Christ].
Affection, natural, destroyed by monastic system, [82].
one of Satan's agencies to hold men in his snares, [597].
Africa, Christians in, [63], [577], [578].
Wolff's travels in, [360].
Agrippa, [165].
Albigenses, as refugees in Bohemia, [97], [271].
see also [Waldenses].
Aleander, papal legate, at Diet of Worms, [133], [146-150], [162], [168].
Alleine, work of, in England, [252].
America, an asylum for the persecuted, [252].
Whitefield and the Wesleys as missionaries to, [253], [254].
religious liberty in, [295], [296].
advent message proclaimed in, [368].
prediction of supremacy of Roman Catholic Church in, [573], [579].
see also [United States]; [Miller].
American Bible Society, organization of, [287].
American Sabbath-school Union on the change of the Sabbath, [447].
American Tract Society, on the change of the Sabbath, [447].
Amnon, Universalist minister on fate of, [537-539].
Ananias and Sapphira, [44].
Angel, seeking for watchers for first advent of Christ, [314], [315].
Angels, good, announce the birth of Christ, [46].
records of persecution kept by; [59], [61].
give tidings of Christ's birth, [313], [314].
watch effect of warning of second advent, [373].
protect advent believers after disappointment, [374].
work of, under midnight cry, [402].
not spirits of departed, [511].
work of, as recorders, [482], [486], [487].
number, power, and work of, [511-514], [630-632].
guardianship of, [512], [513].
will bring truths to remembrance when needed, [600].
protect people of God in time of trouble, [630-632].
attend Christ at second advent, [641].
as speakers in national councils, [632].
Angels, evil, agency of, 398, [511-517].
power of, [614].
when to be judged, [661].
see also [Spirits]; [Spiritualism].
Annihilation, [318].
Antediluvians, warnings unheeded by, [337], [338].
Antichrist, recognized by Wycliffe, [86];
by Luther, [139], [141], [205].
spirit of, in Protestant churches, [384].
see also [Papacy].
Antinomians, warnings unheeded by, [337], [338].
Antinomianism, errors of, [260], [261].
Apostasy, of ancient Israel, [20], [21].
of early church, [49-60].
the great, [42-45], [286], [289], [298], [384], [389], [443], [571], [619].
of Protestant churches, [383-390], [443-445].
prepared way for papacy, [443].
in last days, [444].
see also [Babylon].
Arabs, belief of, in second coming of Christ, [362].
Wolff's travels among, [361], [362].
Ark of God's testament, seen in heavenly sanctuary, [433].
tables of stone in, [433].
Armageddon, battle of, [663], [664], [671], [672].
Armenia, Christians in, [63].
Artaxerxes, decree of, to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, [326], [327], [410].
Ascension of Christ, [350], [351].
Asia, Wolff's travels in, [360-362].
Associations, influence of, [508], [509].
Atheism, definition of, [269].
in France, [269], [270], [274-276], [285], [584].
Atkins, Robert, on spiritual declension in England, [387], [388].
Atonement, in earthly sanctuary. [418-420].
important truths taught by, [420].
in heavenly sanctuary, [399-402], [420-422], [428-430].
great time of, [489], [490], [623].
Augsburg, trial of Luther at, [134-137].
Confession of Protestant princes at, [206-211].
Baal, [583].
Babylon, symbol of apostate religion, [65], [381-384], [390].
fall of, [383-390].
many of God's people in, [383], [390].
the great sin of, [388].
false doctrines of, [388-390], [536], [537].
message to God's people in, [603], [604].
sins of, revealed by preaching of third angel's message, [605], [606].
judgments to fall upon, [653].
see also [Apostasy]; [Church]; [Papacy]; [Roman Catholic Church].
Backsliding, of Israelites, [19].
among professed Christians, a sign of Christ's coming, [309], [316].
Baden, conference at, [182-184].
results in strong impetus to Protestant cause, [184].
Baptism, prohibited in France, [274].
of Christ, [327].
Barnes, English Reformer, [248].
Basel, Switzerland, [173], [178].
Battle, the last great, [663], [664].
Baxter, work of, [252], [253].
belief of, in second advent, [303].
Beasts of prophecy, interpretation of:
the dragon (Satan and pagan Rome), [438].
the leopard (papacy), [48], [439], [443-445].
the two-horned beast (United States), [439-442], [445].
beast from bottomless pit, [269], [286].
see also [Prophecy]; [Prophecies].
Beda, [216].
Beecher, Charles, on creeds, [388].
on condition of Protestant ministry in America, [444], [445].
Belgium, Luther's writings circulated in, [139].
Bengel, second advent message given by, in Germany, [363], [364].
Bern, Zwingle in convent at, [172], [173].
Berquin, Louis de, life, work, and martyrdom of, [215-218].
Bethlehem, story of, [313-315].
Bible, a system of revealed truth, [320], [321].
the charter of liberty, [296], [335].
preservation of, through ages of darkness, [69], [79].
our guide, [63], [208], [205], [521].
immutability of, [66].
power of, to protect in danger, [361].
chart of truth, [598].
its own interpreter, [93], [173], [324], [598], [599].
harmony in, [329].
reliability of history in, [522].
how to study, [132], [173], [174], [320], [321], [521], [598], [599].
results from study of, [72], [79], [94], [195], [196], [204], [212], [214], [215], [222], [277], [530], [560], [572], [593-602].
study of, by Miller, [319-330];
by Adventists, [405-408].
can be understood by common people, [60], [89], [195], [246], [319], [320], [341].
ignorance of, among people, [60], [99], [195], [342];
among Roman Catholic clergy, [195].
efforts of Satan against, [204], [526], [593-595].
suppression of, by papacy, [51], [69], [194], [340], [388];
by Protestants, [376].
results of suppression of, [55], [60], [586].
results of rejection of, [465], [526], [527], [586], [587], [598].
war against, in France, [265-288].
God's two witnesses, interpretation of, [266-269], [280], [287];
false theories regarding, [522], [523], [536], [537].
denied by evil spirits, [557].
supplanted by spirit manifestations, [557].
ridiculed, [561].
authority of, contended for by Wycliffe, [81];
acknowledged by Vaudois, [68];
Huss, [102];
Œcolampadius, [183];
German princes, [204];
Calvin, [221];
Dutch, [238];
Tyndale, [245];
by all leading Reformers, [203], [249];
by Miller, [319];
by Protestants, [448].
as a rule of faith and practice, rejected, [45];
accepted by Waldenses, [63], [249];
Wycliffe, [249];
Huss, [249];
German princes, [205];
Pilgrim Fathers, [296];
by all Protestants, [204], [205];
by Miller, [396];
by people of God at the end of the world, [595].
translations of, by Waldenses (French), [65];
by Wycliffe (English), [80], [81], [87-89], [245];
by Luther (German), [193], [194];
by Lefevre (French), [214];
into Dutch, [238];
Danish, [242];
Swedish, [244];
by Tyndale (English), [245-247].
circulation of, [72], [89], [99], [194], [195], [231], [233], [247], [287], [288], [298], [361].
copying by hand, [68], [69], [88], [89].
see also [Prophecy]; [Two witnesses].
Bishops of Rome, power claimed by, [50], [56], [261], [580], [581].
see also [Pope]; [Papacy]; [Roman Catholic Church].
Blindness of Jews, regarding first advent, [378].
of people of this generation, [561], [562].
Blood of Christians is seed, [42], [240], [249], [634].
Bohemia, gospel planted in, [97].
an asylum for Waldenses and Albigenses, [97].
papal bull prohibiting public worship in Bohemian tongue, [97], [141], [197].
the Bible in, [99].
cartoon of Christ and the pope, by two artists, [99], [100].
advance of gospel in, after death of Huss, [115].
crusades against, miraculous defeat of, [116], [117].
persecution of Hussites in, [118], [119], [254].
see also ; [Jerome].
Bokhara, travels of Wolff in, [360], [361].
Books, on second advent, in Spanish lands, [363].
in America, [368].
of record in heaven, blotting out of sins from, [421], [422], [614];
to determine decisions in final judgment, [480-483];
wicked to be judged from, [666].
Book of Life:
contains names of all who have entered service of God, [480], [484];
names of finally impenitent blotted out of, [483].
Book of Remembrance:
contains record of good deeds, [481]; good deeds of wicked erased from, [483];
interest of heaven in, [484].
Book of Death:
contains record of evil deeds, [481];
sins of righteous erased from, [483];
judgment passed on wicked, recorded in, [661].
see also [Literature]; [Writings].
Bottomless pit, represents desolated earth, [658], [659].
beast from, represents atheistical power displayed in France, [269], [286].
British and Foreign Bible Society, founding of, [287].
Britons, primitive Christianity among, [62].
Rome attempts to subjugate, [63].
see also [England]; [Great Britain].
Brock, Mourant, [362].
Bulls, papal, to exterminate Vaudois, [76], [77].
against Luther, [141];
burned by Luther, [142];
published, [147].
to establish the Inquisition, [235].
Bunyan, John, [252].
Cain, hatred of, for Abel, [46].
life of, why spared, [543].
Calvary, wages of sin proclaimed by, [348], [504], [540].
Satan's character revealed by, [501], [502].
Calvin, educated for priesthood, [221].
conversion of, to Protestantism, [219-221].
labors of, in Geneva, [233-236].
not free from errors, [236], [292].
belief of, in second coming of Christ, [303].
Cartoon, of Christ and the pope, [99], [100].
Catacombs, a shelter for Christians from persecution, [40].
Catholicism, see [Roman Catholic Church]; [Papacy]; [Pope]; [Jesuits].
Cestius, retreat of, from Jerusalem, [30], [31].
Character, examination of, in final judgment, [428], [479].
of God, misrepresented by Satan, [569];
by papacy, [569].
Charity, monks claimed that Jesus was supported by, [84].
false, [571].
Charles V., [145], [233], [239].
refusal of, to receive light, [163-165].
at Diet of Spires, [197], [198], [202].
at Diet of Augsburg, [206], [207].
abdication of, [211].
Charles IX., [272].
Chart, prophetic, [392].
Child-preachers, in Sweden, [366], [367].
Children, of Geneva, Gaussen began his ministry with, [365], [366].
Christ heralded by, at triumphal entry into Jerusalem, [367].
Christ, birth of, [46], [313].
sorrow of, over Jerusalem, [18-22].
care of, for Israel, [19], [20].
work of, on this earth, [20], [415-417], [503].
rejected by Israelites, [20], [23].
beholds downfall of Israel, [21], [22].
peace on earth due to His restraining power, [36].
coming of, to most holy place in heavenly temple, [424-427].
ministration of, [427-432];
Christians generally ignorant of, [430], [431];
not understood by Adventists in 1844, [429], [431].
our advocate, [474], [482-484].
work of, in investigative judgment, [482], [483].
contest of, with Satan, [501].
death of, revealed Satan's true character, [501], [502].
victory of, over temptation, [510].
deity of, [524].
tenderness of, [570].
rejection of, by Jewish leaders, [595], [596].
views exaltation of human authority, [596].
close of work of, in heavenly sanctuary, [425], [427], [428], [613], [614].
second coming of, [299-316], [640-644].
appearance of, at second coming, [641].
how regarded by redeemed, [652].
satisfied with fruits of sacrifice, [652], [671].
returns to earth at close of thousand years, [662].
coronation of, [666].
see also [First advent]; [Messiah]; [Second advent].
Christian church, danger of, in seeking support of secular rulers, [384], [385].
Christian world, great sin of, is rejection of law of God, [22].
Christianity, assailed by paganism, [39].
union of, with paganism, [43].
see also [Religion].
Christians, escape of, from Jerusalem, [30], [31].
persecution of, in first centuries, [39-48].
gospel advanced by persecution of, [42].
spiritual declension of, [309-311], [463].
to reject the message of Christ's second coming, [338], [339].
true, in every church, [449], [565].
to be divided into two classes, [450].
satisfied with religion of their fathers, [454].
reject Sabbath truth, [454].
self-indulgence of, [474], [475].
blessings on true, [476].
heights to be gained by, as sons of God, [476], [477].
character and work of Satan not comprehended by, [507], [508].
to watch and pray, [510].
under care of guardian angels, [512], [513], [517].
Christian experience needed by, [601], [602].
see also [People of God]; [Persecution]; [Redeemed]; [Religion]; [Books of record].
Chronology, scriptural, [323-329], [398-400], [409], [410], [424], [438-440].
see also [Prophecy]; [Prophecies].
Church, the true, [64].
perils of, in Dark Ages, [55-60].
represented in prophecy by virtuous woman, [381].
seeking favor of world, [383].
use of secular power by, always oppressive, [442], [443].
Satan preparing last campaign against, [510].
see also [People of God]; [Redeemed]; [Israel]; [Christians]; [Reformation].
Churches, spiritual apathy in, [308], [309], [376-378], [463], [464].
rejection of advent message by, [373], [380].
Adventists forced to withdraw from, [375], [376], [390].
worldliness in, [376], [380], [382-388].
fall of, [389];
true Christians in, [390], [464].
seeking aid of civil power, [445].
unholy traffic in, [474].
cause of lack of power in, [463].
see also [Babylon]; [Protestants]; [Roman Catholic Church].
Church and state, [201].
in the United States, [293], [296], [297], [442-445].
in all the world, [450], [606], [607].
Church of England, [289], [384], [443].
see also [England].
Church of Rome, see [Roman Catholic Church]; [Babylon].
Civil rulers, see [Church and state].
Clarke, Dr. Adam, on sleep of the dead, [547].
Cleansing of sanctuary, see [Sanctuary].
Clergy, see [Ministers].
Cloud, sign of Christ's coming, [640], [641].
College of the Propaganda, Rome, [358].
Colporteurs in time of Wycliffe, [87].
in time of Reformation, [178], [194], [231].
see also [Bible, circulation of]; [Literature]; [Writings].
Comforter, work of, [600].
Coming of Christ, second, see [Second advent].
Commandments, see [Law of God]; [Sabbath]; [Fourth commandment].
Compromise of principle, urged upon early Christians, [42], [43].
between Christianity and paganism, [49], [50], [298].
of Bohemians with Rome, [118].
urged upon Luther, [165], [166].
at Spires, rejected, [199].
between Protestants and Roman Catholics, [199], [566].
Compulsion, Satan's resort, [591].
Confessional, evils of the, [74], [83], [98], [567].
Confession of faith, by Wycliffe, [91], [92].
by German princes, at Augsburg, [202-210].
Conflict, the impending, causes of, [582-592].
Conscience, Rome no right to coerce, [200].
freedom of, [591].
see also [Freedom]; [Religious Liberty].
Consciousness in death, theory of, [58], [545].
see also [Spiritualism].
Constance, martyrdom of Huss and Jerome at, [109], [115].
see also [Council of Constance].
Constantine, nominal conversion of, [50].
first Sunday law issued by, [574].
Constitution of the United States, [295], [296], [441], [442].
Controversy, between truth and error, [144].
between Christ and Satan, beginning of, [493-500], [582];
close of, [518], [582-592], [662-678].
Conversion, fruits of true, [463], [478].
Convictions of duty, result of stifling, [378].
Coronation of Christ, [666].
Councils, ecclesiastical, [53].
forged decrees of, [56], [198], [206].
of Constance, [95], [96], [104-115].
of Nice, [52].
of Zurich, [180-182].
Counterfeits in religion, [186], [193], [464], [528].
Courts, of heaven, angels interested in decisions of, [483], [484].
of justice, corruption in, [586].
angels of heaven attend earthly, [632].
Covenants, old and new, sanctuaries of, [413].
Cranmer, [248].
Creation, Sabbath the memorial of, [437], [438], [446], [452].
Creeds, resting faith on, [388].
Criminals, false sympathy for, [585], [586].
Crosby, Howard, on condition of churches in 1871, [387].
Cross, insignia of, displayed by Rome, [568].
to be science and song of redeemed, [651].
Crusades, against Waldensee, [76].
against Hussites, [115-117].
Culture, use made of, by Satan, [509].
Cyrus, decree of, to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, [326].
Daniel, first advent foretold by, [312].
an example of true sanctification, [470].
protected by angels in heathen court and in lions' den, [512].
overcome by vision of persecution, [325].
book of, studied by Miller, [320];
unsealed in 1798, [356];
relation of, to the Revelation, [341].
Darius, decree of, to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, [326].
Dark Ages, [54], [55], [60], [93], [556].
see also [Middle Ages].
Dark Day, [305-308].
Daughters of Rome, [382-384].
see also [Churches]; [Protestants].
Day of the Lord, [38], [48], [310], [311], [479].
see also [End].
Day for year, in prophetic exposition, [324].
Dead, condition of, [544-552].
Death, theory of consciousness in, [58], [545], [551], [552].
declared by France to be an eternal sleep, [274].
the penalty of transgression, [533], [540], [541], [544].
contrast between first and second, [544].
see also [Resurrection].
Decalogue, see [Law of God].
Deceptions, of Satan, [192], [193], [389], [390], [516-530], [556].
the first great, [531-550].
why so successful, [507], [508].
Declaration of Independence, [295], [296], [441], [442].
Decree, to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, [326-329], [398].
against Wycliffe's followers, [89].
against Reformation, [198], [199].
against the Lutherans, [199], [200].
against Sabbath-keepers, [615], [626], [631].
see also [Edict].
Decretals, forged, in support of papal claims, [56].
Deists, Miller's association with, [318], [319].
effect of his preaching on, [332].
Deliverance of God's people, [635-652].
terror of wicked at beholding, [636], [639], [640], [642-644].
Demons, possession by, in time of Christ, [513-516].
see also [Evil spirits].
Denmark, Reformation in, [241], [242].
Denominations, effect on, of Miller's message, [332].
Miller at first no thought of separating from, [375].
Adventists forced to leave, [376], [379].
true Christians in all, [449].
Dependence on God, our need of, [530].
on man, danger in, [388], [596], [597].
Destruction, of Jerusalem, [17-38].
compared to destruction of world, [37], [38], [653-661].
in time of trouble, [637].
Diet, of Augsburg, [206], [207]; “greatest day of the Reformation,” [207].
of Spires, first, [197];
second, [198];
decree of, against Reformation, [198], [199];
protest of princes against decree of, [201-204].
of Worms, [145-168];
Luther before, [150-167].
see also [Council].
Disappointment, of disciples, [346], [348].
of advent believers, [353], [354], [374], [391], [393], [403-408], [423], [431], [432].
of disciples and advent believers compared, [351], [404].
will of God fulfilled in, [353], [354], [391], [405].
Disciples, humble men, [171].
in siege of Jerusalem, [328].
failure of, to understand Christ's prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem, 4, [25].
failure of, to understand Christ's mission, [345], [349].
disappointment of, [346], [348], [404].
courage of, after resurrection, [349], [350].
commission to, [351].
Disobedience, result of, [532], [533].
Doctrine, Bible the foundation of all true, [126].
of election, [261].
perverted by Satan, [298].
false, in churches, [388], [389].
pleasing fables of, [523].
see also [Indulgences]; [Infallibility]; [Mass]; [Purgatory].
Door, the open and shut, [429], [430], [435].
see also [Mercy].
Doubt, cause of, [522].
becoming fashionable, [526], [527].
how to be freed from, [526-528].
youth assailed by, [600].
see also [Infidelity].
Dragon, of Revelation twelve, [438], [439], [658].
voice of, heard in early persecutions, [77].
two-horned beast speaks like, [441], [442].
Earth, as home of Adam and Eve, [531-533].
how sin entered, [531].
final desolation of, [653-661].
condition of, during thousand years, [658-660].
purification of, by fire, [672-674], [678].
Earthquake, the great, at Lisbon, [304], [305].
at end of world, [637].
see also [Signs].
Eck, Doctor, champion of Rome, [182].
at discussion in Baden, [183], [184].
on refutation of Augsburg Confession, [208].
Eden, loss of, by Adam and Eve, [348], [531-533], [646].
restoration of, [299], [484], [648].
Edict, of Spires, [197];
repeal of, [198].
of Worms, against Lutherans, [167], [168], [197], [201], [202], [208].
Edward III., Wycliffe chaplain for, [81], [84], [85].
Egypt, boldest of nations in resisting God, [269].
spiritual, [269].
labors of Joseph Wolff in, [360].
plagues of, [614], [627], [628].
Einsiedeln, Zwingle at, [174-176].
Election, doctrine of, [261].
Elector of Saxony, see [Frederick]; [John].
Elijah, visited by angels, [512], [629].
accusations against, [458], [520], [590].
idolatry in time of, [583].
as a reprover, [606].
Elisha, protected by angels, [208], [512].
Miller compared to, [331].
End of world, [37], [38], [662-678].
see also [Day of the Lord].
“End of the Lord,” meaning of, [354].
England, primitive Christianity in, [62].
attempt of Rome to conquer, [62], [63].
Sabbath observed in, [63].
Wycliffe's influence on political affairs in, [82], [84], [85].
progress of Reformation in, [245-264].
persecution of believers in, [94], [95], [252].
Protestantism established in, [251].
departure of Puritans from, [290], [291].
advent message proclaimed in, [362].
see also [Church of England].
Enmity, between man and Satan, [505-510].
of man against Satan, implanted by God, [506].
of Jews against Christ, [506].
Enoch, [299].
Erasmus, Greek and Latin editions of New Testament by, [245].
letter of, to Berquin, [216].
Erfurt, preaching of Luther at, [152].
Errors, accepted by rejecters of truth, [523].
enumeration of some great, [524-526], [588].
see also [Truth]; [Deceptions]; [Snares].
Esau, Jacob's deliverance from, [616-618].
Eternal torment, theory of, [58].
contrary to God's character, [534-537].
received from Rome, [536].
Ethiopia, Christians in, during Dark Ages, [577].
Eucharist, see [Mass].
Eusebius, on the Sabbath, [574].
Eve, temptation of, [531-534].
Satan's lie to, [561].
Everett, Edward, [441].
Evil, origin of, [492-504].
God not responsible for, [492], [493].
Satan the author of, [493-504].
final extermination of, [504], [545], [673], [678].
Evil spirits, agency of, [511-517].
work of, [513].
efforts of, against Christ, [513], [514].
danger of those who deny existence of, [516].
cast out by Christ, [514-516].
see also [Angels, evil]; [Satan]; [Spiritualism].
Excommunication, of Huss, [100].
of Luther, [133], [141], [143], [147].
Faith, awakening of, by Luther's preaching, [133].
lack of, in our day, [373].
essential to keeping of the law, [436].
nature of, [469-472].
faith only, without works, a popular doctrine, [472].
ample evidence for, [527].
need of cherishing, [621].
see also [Justification]; [Works].
False decretals, [56].
False doctrines, of Rome, in Protestant churches, [388], [389].
Familiar spirits, [556].
see also [Spiritualism].
Fanaticism, in time of Luther, [186-193], [396], [397].
in Paul's day, [396].
in Wesley's time, [396].
in Netherlands, [239].
after disappointment of 1844, [395-398].
disappeared before proclamation of midnight cry, [400].
met by all reformers, [396].
New Testament translated by, [214].
work of, in France, [219].
in Switzerland, [230-232].
in Geneva, [232], [233], [265].
Fashion, worship of, [474].
Fathers, clinging to customs and traditions of, [164], [454].
Fathers of the church, traditions of, used for support of Sunday as Sabbath, [448], [455].
Ferdinand, King, [201], [202], [205].
Finney, Prof. C. G., on spiritual apathy in the churches, [377].
First advent of Christ, failure of Jews to understand prophecies of, [312-314], [378].
a curse pronounced by Jews on all who should compute time of, [378].
see also [Jews]; [Pharisees].
First angel's message, [311].
giving of, [351], [355-374], [379], [380], [398].
purpose of, [379].
represented by coming of bridegroom, [393], [394], [398], [400-403].
points to Christ's ministration in most holy place, and to investigative judgment, [424], [434-436].
see also [Advent Movement]; [Adventists].
Fitch, Charles, prophetic chart of, [392].
Flavel, work of, in England, [252], [253].
Forbearance of God, limits to, [36].
see also [God].
Force, not employed by God, [493], [541-543], [591].
Foreign missions, rise and growth of, [287], [288].
Forged documents, used by papacy, [56].
Formalism in Christian churches, [378].
Fourth commandment, importance of, [434], [435].
change of, by papacy, [52], [446-449].
contains the seal of God, [640].
see also [Sabbath]; [Law of God]; [Seal].
France, Luther's writings circulated in, [139].
Reformation in, [211-236].
rejection of gospel by, [230].
compared to Sodom, [270].
atheism and licentiousness in, [270-274], [584].
St. Bartholomew massacre in, [272], [273].
persecution of believers in, [97], [271].
conditions in, during the Revolution, [279-287].
proclamation of advent message in, [364].
Francis I., attitude of, toward gospel, [214], [222], [223].
admiration of, for Berquin, [216], [217].
decides against the Reformation, [227-230].
Frederick, elector of Saxony, friendship of, for Luther, [138], [145], [165].
at Diet of Worms, [162].
plans Luther's escape to Wartburg castle, [168].
Luther's letter to, on leaving Wartburg, [188], [189].
Freedom, of conscience, crushing of, [62].
of will, granted by God, [493], [541], [542], [591].
see also [Conscience].
French Revolution, [230], [265-288].
scenes of, [273-277], [282-287].
Friars, mendicant, influence of, [82-85].
opposed by Wycliffe, [82-84], [87], [88].
sale of indulgences by, [127-129].
in time of Luther, [195].
Frith, [248].
Froment, work of, in Geneva, [232], [233].
Gamblers, influence of Miller's message on, [332].
Gambling, Governor Washburn on, [387].
Gaussen, work of, in Geneva, [364-366].
teaching children, [365].
Geneva, establishment of Reformation in, [232-234].
an asylum for Protestants, [236].
Gentiles, Paul an apostle to, [328].
George, duke of Saxony, denunciation of papacy by, [149], [150].
Germany, early missionaries to, [62].
progress of Reformation in, [120-170], [185-210].
proclamation of advent message in, [363].
Gethsemane, [348].
Gifts, mental, use of, [509].
God, long-suffering toward Israel, [27], [28].
as Creator, [437], [438], [452].
wisdom of, in dealing with rebellion of Satan, [497], [498].
character of, [500], [541], [542].
care of, for His people, [528-530], [560], [621], [626], [627], [633], [634].
love of, contrasted with cruelty of Satan, [570].
Goddess of Reason, [275], [276].
Godliness, revival of, before end, [464].
Gospel, opposed to worldly maxims, [47].
advanced by death of Huss, [119].
establishment of, in Zurich, [179-181].
acceptance of, in France, [214], [215].
preaching of, committed to men, [312].
first dissemination of, by disciples, [328].
man freed from condemnation by, [468].
Government, of God, founded on love, [493].
Satan's efforts against, [534], [591].
laws necessary to, [584].
see also [United States].
Great Britain, progress of Reformation in, [79-96].
see also [England]; [Church of England].
Gregory VII., pope, perfection of Roman Church proclaimed by, [57], [97], [581].
Gregory XI., death of, [86].
Gregory XIII., attitude of, toward St. Bartholomew massacre, [273].
Grynæus, rescue of, by Melanchthon, [205].
Guardian angel, detailed to every follower of Christ, [572].
Guillotine in France, [282].
Guthrie, Dr. Thomas, on separation of Presbyterian Church from Rome, [384].
Haller, [182-184].
Hamilton, [250].
Heaven, purity and holiness of, [542].
rebels could not be happy in, [542], [543].
sanctuary in, see [Sanctuary].
Hell, false theories regarding, [535-537].
Henry IV., humiliation of, [57], [58].
the council of Constance designed to root out, [104].
in Roman Catholic Church, [58], [59].
sound doctrine denounced as, [389].
in Paul's day, [396].
accusations of, against Protestants, [51];
Jerome, [114];
Berquin, [216].
see also [Error].
Heretics, attitude of Roman Catholic Church toward, [76-78], [104-115], [153], [154], [215-219], [577], [578].
see also [Persecution]; [Religious liberty].
Herod, [643].
Hezekiah, [546].
Holiness, cannot be acquired without obedience, [472], [473].
perfecting, [488].
see also [Justification]; [Sanctification].
Holland, Luther's writings circulated in, [139].
Holy of holies, [423-432].
coming of Christ to, [424-427], [480].
work of Christ in, [427-430], [433].
see also [Sanctuary].
Holy Spirit, work of, [343], [462].
aid of, promised to sincere seekers, [526].
see also [Pentecost]; [Spirit of God].
Hopkins, Dr. Samuel, on corruption in Protestant churches, [384].
Huguenots, persecution of, [227], [271-273].
effect of flight of, on France, [279].
Humility, [477].
Huss, John, [97-119].
early years and education of, [98].
conversion of, [100].
writings of Wycliffe read by, [96], [99].
condemnation of, by the pope, [100].
joined by Jerome in work of reform, [102], [103].
character of, [103].
used as God's instrument, [103].
summoned to council of Constance, [104].
letter of, to friends in Prague, [105].
letter of, to converted priest, [105], [106].
imprisonment of, [106].
refusal of, to recant, [108].
Hypocrites in the church, [396].
Idolatry, in the church, [42], [43].
prevalence of, [43], [514], [583].
in France, [276].
in Roman Catholic Church, [568].
see also [Image worship].
Ignorance, of Bible, [99], [195], [342].
no excuse for sin, [597], [598].
Image to the beast, [438], [442-445], [449].
see also [Mark of the beast]; [United States]; [Protestants].
Image worship, [52], [65], [446].
Immortality of the soul, natural, taught by the Roman Church, [58], [549];
Satan's first deception, [531-550];
origin and falsity of, [545], [549], [588];
not taught in Scriptures, [550].
true, when to be conferred, [223], [322], [323];
to be received through obedience, [533].
India, Wolff's travels in, [360].
Indulgences, a profitable fabrication, [59], [567].
sale of, in Germany, by Tetzel, [127-129];
in Switzerland, by Samson, [178], [179].
Luther's famous theses against, [128], [129].
Infallibility, of Scriptures, [89], [173], [174].
of pope, doctrine of, [50], [57], [237], [564].
see also [Gregory VII].
Infidelity, attacked by Luther, [126].
prevalence of, [281], [288], [461], [526], [583], [586].
in France, [270], [274-277], [281], [285], [288], [586], [587].
Wm. Miller converted from, [318], [319].
cause of, [522].
see also [Atheism]; Deism.
Innocent III., [581].
Inquisition, establishment of, [59].
in France, [235].
instruments of, a means of “conversion,” [569].
Intemperance, result of, [586], [589].
Intercession of Christ, [482-484], [489].
Interdict, papal, against Prague, [100], [101].
Intolerance, of Pilgrims, [293].
Iona, center of missionary effort, [62].
Sabbath observed on, [62].
Ireland, Christianity in, [62].
Isaiah, an example of true sanctification, [471].
Israelites, long-suffering of God toward, [19], [28].
compared to a goodly vine, [20].
apostasy of, [21].
great sin of, rejection of Christ, [22].
in bondage, lost knowledge of God's law, [453].
advent believers in 1844 compared to, [457-460].
cause of forty years' wandering of, [458].
enticed into sin by association with heathen, [508], [529], [530].
see also [Jews].
Italy, missionaries sent to, [62].
persecution in, [97].
Luther's writings in, [139].
Jacob, Sabbath kept by, [453].
experience of, at brook Jabbok (Jacob's trouble), [616-622].
Jeremiah, distress of, over Jerusalem, [21].
denounced as a traitor, [458].
fearlessly opposed wrong, [520].
Jerome, [99-119].
character of, [103].
imprisonment of, in Constance, [110], [111].
sufferings of, [111].
recantation and repentance of, [111-114].
defense of Huss by, [113].
martyrdom of, [115].
Jerusalem, destruction of, [17-38].
sorrow of Christ over, [18-22].
privileges bestowed upon, [19].
symbol of rebellious world, [22].
strategic location of, [26].
prophecies against, [27].
self-righteousness of, [27].
condition of society in, after rejection of Christ, [28].
besieged by Cestius, [30], [31];
by Titus, [31].
sufferings of people in, during siege, [31-33].
not one Christian perished in, [30].
destruction of, foreshadows destruction of world, [36-38].
see also [New Jerusalem].
Jesus, see [Christ]; [Messiah].
Jesuits, organization, aims, and work of, [234], [235].
in France, [279].
Jewish church, alliance of, with heathen, [382].
leaders, failure of, to understand prophecies of first advent, [312], [313], [378].
Jews, woe upon, [30].
sufferings of, during siege of Jerusalem, [31-33], [35].
Sabbath laws of, [52].
sinful ignorance of, regarding first advent, [313].
fate of, sealed by rejection of gospel, [328].
seventy weeks allotted to, in prophecy, [328], [345].
proclamation of second advent to, by Joseph Wolff, [359-362].
spiritual darkness of, [377], [378].
worldliness of, in time of Christ, [378].
formalism of, [378].
rejection of prophetic truths by, [378].
refusal of, to receive light, [430].
rejection of, by God, [431].
satisfied with religion of their fathers, [454].
spirit of, revealed in rejection of Christ, [506].
ceremonies of, [568].
God's presence withdrawn from, [615].
guilt of, [628].
see also [Israelites]; [Jerusalem].
Job, affliction of, [589].
an example of true sanctification, [471].
John the Baptist, Wycliffe compared to, [93].
John, duke and elector of Saxony, [199].
signs Confession at Augsburg, [207].
Luther's letter to, [209], [210].
John XXIII., pope, summoned to council of Constance, [104].
Huss imprisoned by order of, [106].
committed to same prison, [106].
Jonah, [406].
Joseph, [626].
Judas, failure of, to learn lessons of Christ, [43], [44].
Judgment, warning of, [353].
message, extent of, [361].
preparation for, [436].
law of God the standard in, [482].
time of, [548].
the investigative: [352], [353], [422-429], [436], [479-491];
opening of, announced by message of first angel, [355], [356], [486];
Daniel's vision of, [479];
only cases of professing Christians considered in, [480];
righteous dead not raised till after, [482];
work of Christ in, [483-485];
work of Satan in, [484];
work of, finished before second advent, [485];
close scrutiny of, [428], [486-488];
should be clearly understood by people of God, [488], [489];
progress of, [489-491].
See also [First angel's message].
the executive: [425], [426], [503];
scenes of, [665-673].
of wicked, going on in heaven during thousand years, [480], [660], [661].
Judgments of God, [543], [627], [628].
Justice, courts of, corruption in, [586].
Justice of God, shown in punishment of wicked, [541-544].
acknowledged by the lost, [668];
Justification by faith, revealed to Luther, [125].
held by Huss, [140].
learned by Wesley, [253-256].
see also [Faith].
Justification by works, [55], [56], [73], [83], [123], [253], [255], [256].
Kingdom, when the saints will inherit, [322].
reception of, by Christ, [427], [479], [480].
of God, when set up, [323].
of glory, [347].
Knox, John, work of, in Scotland, [250], [251].
conflict of, with Queen Mary, [250], [251].
belief of, in second coming of Christ, [303].
Laborers, to be qualified by Holy Spirit, in latter rain, [606].
Lacunza, work of, in South America, [363].
Latimer, supremacy of Bible upheld by, [248], [249].
martyrdom of, [249].
Latter rain, power attending, [611-613].
Law, ceremonial, abrogation of, by death of Christ, [328].
Law, moral, the foundation of God's government, [66].
immutability of, [66], [433-450], [454], [466], [467], [503].
not abrogated by Christ, [260], [466-468].
unerring rule of life, [452].
knowledge of, preserved in earth, [453].
nature of, [467].
defended by Wesley, [262-264].
in ark in heavenly sanctuary, [433], [434].
blessings in obedience to, [478].
standard of character in judgment, [482].
how regarded by religious leaders, [465], [466];
by prophets and apostles, [466].
to be rejected by Christian world, [22.]
changes made in, by Roman Catholic Church, [52], [65], [446].
result of believing it abolished, [260-262].
trampled underfoot by Rome, [65], [453];
by France, [274], [285], [286].
result of disobeying, [478].
result of setting aside, [584-588].
Satan's object, to lead into transgression of, [582].
wide-spread belief in abrogation of, [584], [585].
light on, to be given to all, [605].
wicked see in hand of Christ at second advent, [639], [668].
see also [Fourth commandment]; [Sabbath]; [Sanctuary]; [Temple in heaven].
Laws, oppressive, to be enacted in the United States, [442].
Laymen, advent message largely proclaimed by, [380].
Lefevre, first in France to receive Reformation, [212].
teachings of, [213].
translation of New Testament by, [214].
Leopard beast of Revelation thirteen, interpretation of, [439], [578].
characteristics of, [446].
see also [Beast].
Lessons in God's dealings with men, [343], [344].
Liberality in religious belief, sometimes danger in, [520-522].
Liberty, civil and religious, Wycliffe's struggle for, [80].
end of religious, in Bohemia, [118].
secured by edict of Spires, [197], [198].
goes with Bible, [265], [276], [277], [281], [285].
rejection of principles of, by France, [265], [276], [277], [281], [285].
in God's law, [285], [466-468].
carnal, [559].
of conscience once valued by Protestants, [563].
see also [Persecution]; [Puritans]; [Religious liberty]; [United States].
Light of truth, result of rejecting, [164], [165], [378], [431], [456], [458-460], [583], [597].
importance of receiving, [344], [408].
to be faithfully disseminated, [459], [460].
Liquor-dealers, influence of Miller's preaching on, [332].
Lisbon earthquake, [304], [305].
Litch, Josiah, prediction of, regarding fall of Ottoman empire, [334], [335].
Literature, circulation of, by Waldenses, [70], [71].
in time of Wycliffe, [84], [85], [87-89], [94].
in Bohemia, [96], [97], [99], [100], [119].
in time of Luther, [139], [140], [160], [169], [194].
in Switzerland, [178].
in France, [214], [215], [231].
in Geneva, [236].
in Scotland, [249].
see also [Books]; [Writings].
Little horn of Daniel seven, [446].
see also [Leopard beast].
Lollards, persecution of, [94], [95].
Lollard towers, [95].
Lord's day, see [Sabbath]; [Fourth commandment]; [Sunday]; [Roman Catholic Church].
Lord's supper, supplanted by the mass, [59].
Lotteries, [387].
Louis XV., selfishness of, [280].
Louis XVI., execution of, [230].
Lucian, [178].
Lucifer, the originator of evil, [493-499].
desire of, to penetrate secret purposes of God, [523].
see also [Satan].
Luther, Martin, [120-170], [185-210].
early years, parentage, and training of, [120-122].
study of Scriptures by, [122], [123].
work of, in University of Wittenberg, [124-126], [128], [139].
visit of, to Rome, [124], [125].
accepts doctrine of righteousness by faith, [125].
theses of, against indulgences, [129], [130].
efforts of Rome against, [131], [137], [140-144].
trial of, at Augsburg, [135-137].
refusal of, to recant, [136].
escape of, from Augsburg, [137].
wide influence of writings of, [139], [140], [194].
crisis in work of, [141-143].
courage of, [141], [142], [151-153].
final separation of, from Rome, [143].
journey of, to Worms, [151-153].
before the Diet, [155-161].
prayer of, [157].
refusal of, to compromise with Rome, [165], [166].
edict of Rome against, [167].
seclusion of, in Wartburg castle, [168], [169].
saved from self-exaltation, [169], [170].
efforts of, against fanaticism at Wittenberg, [188-193].
translation of New Testament by, [193].
resort to secular power for protection, opposed by, [209].
belief of, in second coming of Christ, [303].
on time of the judgment, [356].
on state of the dead, [549].
Lutterworth, see [Wycliffe].
Magi, rank, learning, and wealth of, [315].
Hebrew Scriptures understood by, [315].
watching for the Messiah, [315].
light heeded by, [316].
Man, nature of, at creation, [467].
Satan plots ruin of, [531].
looking to, in place of God, [595].
“Man of sin,” developed by compromise between paganism and Christianity, [50], [266].
See [Papacy].
Margaret, sister of Francis I., a Protestant, [214].
protector of Protestants, [221-224].
Mark of the beast, sign of allegiance to Rome, [445-450], [579], [627].
see also [Image]; [Protestants]; [United States].
Marks of the crucifixion, Christ always to bear, [674].
Marriage as a symbol, [381], [382].
supper of the Lamb, [427], [428].
Martyrs, early Christian, [40], [47].
in the sixth century, [54], [55].
by the Inquisition, in the thirteenth century, [59].
no fear of death in, [74].
in England, [94], [95], [247], [249], [252].
in Bohemia, [98], [109], [110], [114], [115], [254].
in Switzerland, [180].
in Germany, [211].
in France, [217], [218], [220], [225-230], [271], [282].
in Meaux, [215].
in the Netherlands, [238], [240].
Mary, Queen of Scots, and John Knox, [250], [251].
Mass (or Eucharist), [59], [189], [190].
Meaux, Reformation in, [214], [215], [219].
Mediator, Christ as, [74], [75], [126], [133], [488].
when man will be without a, [425].
Melanchthon, the friend of Luther, [134], [151], [210].
perplexed by fanaticism, [187].
rescues Grynæus, [205].
Augsburg Confession drawn up by, [196-206].
on second advent, [303].
Mendicants, see [Friars].
Menno Simons, work of, [238], [239].
Mercy of God, to first disciples, [348].
door of, open, [429], [430], [435].
shown in destruction by flood, [543].
Message of Revelation eighteen, when given, [390], [603].
condition of world under, [603], [604].
see also [First angel's message]; [Second angel's message]; [Third angel's message]; [Advent Movement].
Messiah, prophecies of, [326], [327], [345], [346], [410].
first advent of, explained to Joseph Wolff, [357-359].
Jews ignorant of coming of, [378].
see also [Christ]; [First advent].
Meteoric shower, see [Stars].
Methodists, origin of, [257].
character of, in days of Wesley, [259].
persecution of, [259].
see also [Wesley].
see also [Dark Ages].
Midnight, God's people delivered at, [636].
of the world (figurative), [60].
Midnight cry, [398-408], [426], [427].
impelling power of, [402].
Millennium, temporal, not taught in Bible, [321].
effect of belief in, [321].
condition of earth during, [653-660].
see also [Thousand years].
Miller, William, [317-342].
early years and character of, [317], [318], [335].
conversion of, from infidelity, [319].
study of Bible by, [319-330].
called to preach, [330], [331].
work of, [331], [332], [368-375].
associates of, in labors, [335].
opposition to, by religious teachers, [335-337].
protected by angels, [337].
wrong conclusion of, regarding end of 2300 days, [351-353].
proclamation of second advent message committed to, [368].
attitude of, toward fanaticism, [396], [397].
see also [Advent Movement]; [First angel's message].
Mind, when under control of Satan, [59].
a law of the, [555].
Ministers, training of, by Vaudois, [70], [71].
influence of popular, in undermining faith in Bible, [336].
errors taught by, [536].
leaning on, for religious belief, [596].
harvest from false teachings of, [654], [655].
see also [Preaching].
Ministration, of earthly priests, [413], [418-422].
of Christ, [413], [415-417], [420-422], [480], [482-485], [488-491].
of angels, [480], [482], [486], [487], [511].
Miracles, of Christ; casting out of devils, at Gadara, [514], [515];
man possessed, blind and dumb, [515];
youth who had dumb spirit, [515];
demoniac at Capernaum, [516].
of healing, to be performed in time of trouble, [612], [624].
so-called, in support of Sunday observance, [575-577];
through agency of Spiritualism, [588];
counterfeit, [593];
Missionary spirit, the spirit of Christ, [70].
Missionaries, Waldensian, [70-76].
Whitefield and the Wesleys in America, [254].
see also [Colporteurs]; [Writings]; [Wolff].
Missions, foreign, growth of, [287].
Monasteries, [82-84].
Money, Wesley on right use of, [385].
how squandered by professed Christians, [475].
used in self-indulgence, [488].
Monks, [82-85].
see also [Friars]; [Monasteries].
Moon, darkening of, [305-308].
see also [Signs].
Moravians, churches of, [119].
in storm at sea, [254], [255].
Wesley's stay among, [255], [256].
Moses, writer of Pentateuch, [434].
Munsterites, [239].
Münzer, [191-193].
Myconius, [183].
Mysteries, revealed, [341], [599].
unrevealed, [522].
Mystery in God's providences, [47], [48].
Mystery of iniquity, work of, in early church, [49], [384], [385].
National prosperity, foundation of, [277-279], [285], [286].
National reform movement, [587].
Nature, worship of, [522], [583].
Nehemiah, [56].
Nero, character of, [78].
among Satan's host, at end of world, [667].
mother of, [667].
Netherlands, progress of Reformation in, [237-240].
New birth, results of, [468].
New earth, description of, [675-678].
New England, as an asylum for the oppressed, [295], [296].
advent message in, [332].
New Jerusalem, as the bride, [426], [427].
righteous welcomed to, [646], [647], [665].
descends from heaven, [663].
effort of Satan to conquer, [663], [664].
metropolis of new earth, [676].
New Testament, see [Bible, translations of].
Nineveh, Jonah's message to, [406].
Noah, message of, [337-339], [371], [431], [491].
Sabbath kept by, [453].
Nobles, of France, [279], [280].
Obedience, blessings of, [476].
Œcolampadius, character and work of, [182-184].
death of, [212].
Offerings, see [Sanctuary].
Olivetan, cousin of Calvin, [220].
One hundred and forty-four thousand, song of, [648].
Open door, see [Door of mercy].
Oppression, see [Dark Ages]; [Papacy]; [Persecution].
Ottoman empire, fall of, predicted by Litch, [334], [335].
Paganism, union of, with Christianity, [43], [50], [52].
persecutions under, [39-48].
errors of, in Christian church, [58].
Pagan Rome, in prophecy, [438].
authority of, transferred to papacy, [54], [439].
see also [Dragon].
Palestine, travels of Wolff in, [360].
Papacy, establishment of, [50], [54].
supremacy of, [50], [51], [60], [82], [126], [251], [453], [573], [581].
condition of world under, [60].
attitude of, toward Waldenses, [76-78].
efforts of, to silence Wycliffe, [85], [86].
the great schism in, [86], [87], [103].
how represented in prophecy, [438], [439], [445], [446], [578].
special characteristic of, [446].
how Protestants pay homage to, [442], [447], [448].
attempt of, to change law of God, [52], [446].
character and aims of, [562-581].
infallibility claimed by, [50], [57], [564].
in the United States, [564], [573].
future success of, [566], [572].
an attractive religion, [566].
right to pardon sin, claimed by, [83], [567].
compared to Jewish church, [568].
cruelty of, [569-571].
false science to prepare way for, [573].
to regain power, [578-581].
see also [Pope]; [Popes]; [Roman Catholic Church]; [Traditions].
Parable, of ten virgins, [393-395], [398], [400], [402], [426-428].
of marriage supper, [428].
Pardon for sin, claimed by Rome, [83], [567].
obtained only through Christ, [126].
Paris, the Reformation in, [212-230].
conditions in, at Revolution, [279], [283].
Park, Edwards A., on law of God, [465], [466].
Passover lamb, Christ represented by, [399].
Pastors, trusting to, for religious belief, [380], [655].
see also [Ministers].
Paul, conversion of, [328].
commission of, to Gentiles, [328].
heresy in days of, [396].
warning of, to Thessalonians, [456].
accusation against, [458].
an example of true sanctification, [471].
protected by angels, [512].
courageous opposer of wrong, [520].
in the New Jerusalem, [667].
Penalty, civil, to be inflicted for keeping law of God, [459].
Penance, [56].
Pentecost, [351];
experience of last days similar to, [611].
see also [Holy Spirit].
People of God, suppression of history of, during Dark Ages, [61].
contrasted with worshipers of beast and image, [445], [446].
distinguished by regard for fourth commandment, [446].
during great day of atonement, [490], [491], [601], [602].
protected by angels, [513], [517], [630-632].
care of God for, [528-530], [560], [621], [626], [627], [631-634].
denounced as cause of disasters, [590-592], [614], [615].
trial of, to the utmost, [618].
persecution of, [619].
faith of, [619], [621], [622].
anxiety of, over past sins, [619-621].
seek for perfection in Christ, [622], [623].
deliverance of, [635-652].
rainbow about companies of, [636].
see also [Christians]; [Persecution]; [Redeemed]; [“Time of trouble.”]
Persecution, Christ's followers to suffer, [39], [143], [144], [507], [610].
in first centuries, [39-48].
a means of keeping church pure, [44], [48].
reasons for, to be left with God, [47], [48], [609].
why not seen to-day, [48].
during 1260 years, [55], [266], [439];
truth extended by, [96], [196], [219], [240], [250], [252].
of Waldenses, [65], [78], [97].
of Wycliffe, [89], [90], [609].
of Luther, [137-143], [145-167], [609].
in Germany, [196].
of French Protestants, [223-226], [271-273], [278].
of believers in Netherlands, [239], [240].
of Wesley and his followers, [258], [259], [609].
of Puritans, [290].
of advent believers, [372].
of Sabbath-keepers, [607-609].
see also [Heretics].
Persia, Wolff's travels in, [360].
Peter, protected by angels, [512].
Petri, Olaf and Laurentius, [242-244].
Pharisees, ignorance of, regarding Messiah, [314].
Philosophy, pagan, in the church, [58].
Physical righteousness, [473-475].
Piedmont, see [Waldenses].
Pilate, [164].
Pilate's staircase, [125].
Pilgrim Fathers, see [Puritans].
“Pilgrim's Progress,” [252].
Pius IX., pope, [564].
Plagues, of Egypt, [627], [628].
Plan of salvation, revealed in Bible, [81].
under the guidance of God, [343].
culmination of, [486].
to be study of redeemed, [651].
Pleasure-seeking, [387].
Policy in religious matters, [460].
Political corruption, [586], [592].
Pope, arrogant claims of, [50], [51], [56].
authority claimed by, [50], [57], [261], [580].
acknowledged as God's vicegerent, [51], [53], [102], [140].
faith transferred from Christ to, [55].
impeachment of, [237].
led into captivity, [439].
see also [Papacy]; [Roman Catholic Church].
Popes, great schism of, [86], [87], [103], [104].
Prague, Reformation in, [99], [100], [104].
placed under interdict, [100], [101], [104].
Prayer, necessity of, in Bible study, [132], [599], [600].
Luther's belief in, [156], [157], [209], [210].
power of, [210].
necessity for, [525], [530], [601].
in time of trouble, [621], [622].
Preaching, of Luther, [152].
of Farel and Froment, [232].
of Joseph Wolff, [359-362].
of children in Scandinavia, [366], [367].
of advent truths, in 1844, [400-408].
of unpopular truths, [458-460].
see also [Ministers].
Predestination, [261].
Present truth, in days of Luther, [143].
Presumption, [59].
Priests, at bar of God, [668].
Priests and rulers, rejection of Christ by, [595].
ministers of to-day compared with, [596].
Printing, art of, [61], [88], [288].
of Tyndale's Bible, [247].
see also [Books].
Prison-house of Satan, [659].
Prizes, offering of, a species of gambling, [387].
Probation, close of, [428], [429].
no future, [662].
Procopius, [116-118].
Prophecy, importance of study of, [341], [342], [344], [345].
consolation in, [391-394].
study of, by William Miller, [320-329];
by prophets, [344];
by Gaussen, [365];
fulfilled by Miller and his associates, [405].
of 1260 years, [54], [266], [439].
of 2300 years, [324-329], [351-353], [398], [409], [410], [417], [429], [457], [486].
of the “two witnesses,” [266-287].
to be understood, [340], [341], [521].
of first advent, not understood by disciples, [346], [347].
see also [Beasts]; [Chronology]; [Prophecies]; [Signs].
Prophecies, of destruction of Jerusalem, [21], [22], [25-27], [30].
of second advent, [299-302], [310], [311], [320-329].
failure of Jews to understand, [313-316], [344-346].
concerning first advent, fulfilment of, [344-348], [405], [424-429].
of Daniel and the Revelation, not mysteries, [340-342], [365], [380], [594].
fulfilled, [391-408].
on Sabbath reform, [451-453].
see also [Chronology]; [Papacy]; [Prophecy]; [“Time of trouble;”] [United States].
Protest, of early Christians, [95].
of the Princes, [197-204];
text of, [202-204];
Protestantism, vital principles of, [197], [202], [203], [291], [441].
dangers of, [211], [234], [235].
strength of, [236].
apostasy of, [297], [298], [384-390], [444], [571].
to clasp hands with Spiritualism and Catholicism, [588].
Protestants, rise of, [204], [205].
persecution of, in France, [225], [230].
menaced by powerful foes, [234].
increasing favor shown to Rome by, [563], [566].
homage paid to Rome by, in Sunday-keeping, [447], [448].
following in steps of Rome, [383], [384], [443], [523], [573].
Protestant churches, rise of, [383].
daughters of Rome, [382].
many true Christians in, [383], [390].
seeking aid of secular power, [383].
union of, upon common points of doctrine, [444], [445].
seeking favor of world, [571].
Punishment, of rich, [653], [654].
of unfaithful pastors and people, [654-657].
of Satan, [658-660].
Purgatory, doctrine of, [58], [59].
an invention of paganism, [58].
Puritans, [280-298].
persecution of, in England, [290].
flight of, from England, [290].
departure of, from Holland, [291-293].
intolerance of, [293].
character of early, [296].
regard of, for Bible, [296].
Rainbow, seen in time of trouble, [636].
Reason, worship of, [193].
Rebellion, of Lucifer, [493-500], [503].
Rechabites, Wolff visits, [362].
Records, of Inquisition, [59], [61], [62].
in books of heaven, [59], [61], [486], [487].
see also [Books].
Redeemed, entrance of, into New Jerusalem, [646], [647].
triumph of, [650].
home of, [674-678].
hold open communion with God, [676], [677].
Reformation, foundation of, laid by Wycliffe, [92-94].
advancement of, [148], [186], [197].
efforts of Satan to counterfeit, [186-192].
friends of, protected by angels, [205-208].
threatened by grave dangers, [206], [209].
brought to notice of great men, [208].
progress of, in Great Britain, [79-96], [245-253];
in Germany, [120-170], [185-210];
in Switzerland, [171-184], [232-234];
in France, [214-224];
in Netherlands and Scandinavia, [237-244].
France warned against, by pope, [277].
extent of, [265].
work of, to restore Bible to people, [388].
obstacles met by, [396].
see also [Calvin]; [Huss]; [Luther]; [Protestantism]; [Protestants]; [Tyndale]; [Wycliffe]; [Zwingle].
Reformers, Wycliffe one of the greatest, [94].
character of, [94], [171], [243], [244].
work of, [606].
belief of, in second coming of Christ, [302], [303].
see also [Calvin]; [Huss]; [Jerome]; [Knox]; [Latimer]; [Luther]; [Melanchthon]; [Wycliffe]; [Zwingle]; etc.
Reign of Terror, [273], [282].
Religion, profession of, has become popular, [386].
formality in, [55].
the sport of infidels, [463].
Satan's counterfeit of, [464].
pure, defined, [474].
Religious liberty, termed heresy, [45].
in Germany, [197-205].
in Holland, [240].
in Reformed countries, [244].
believed in by Puritans, [291-298].
upheld by Roger Williams, [293-295].
in United States, [441], [443].
merely endured by Rome, [565].
God's way of working, [591].
see also [Conscience]; [Heretics]; [Persecution]; [Puritans]; [Toleration]; [United States].
Religious worship prohibited in France, [274].
Remission of sin, in sanctuary services, [417], [418].
Repentance, [468].
Republicanism, a fundamental principle of the United States, [441].
Resurrection of the dead, [322].
of Christ, wave-sheaf a type of, [399].
the first and second, distinction between, [544].
doctrine of, why neglected, [547].
special, of Sabbath-keepers, [637];
of those who crucified Christ, [637].
of righteous, [644].
Revelation, book of, studied by Miller, [320].
to be understood, [341], [342].
relation of, to book of Daniel, [341].
Revivals, modern, [461-478].
results of genuine, [461], [462].
secret of lack of power in, [465].
Revolution, see [French Revolution].
Rich, punishment of, [654].
Richard II., [89].
Righteousness by faith, see [Justification by faith].
Robbing God, [475].
Robinson, Pastor John, address of, to Puritans, [291], [292].
Roman Catholic Church, development of, [50-60], [580].
claims of, [261], [564], [567], [580], [596].
customs in, [49].
attitude of, toward Bible, [51], [81], [89], [97], [195], [235], [236], [265], [269], [340], [388].
errors introduced by, [58], [59], [82-84], [536].
records of persecution, [61], [62], [563], [570], [571].
condition of, in time of Wycliffe, [86];
Huss, [103];
Luther, [149].
Luther's separation from, [120-143].
defended by Aleander, [147-149].
efforts of, against Luther, [137-141], [145-167].
description of, as Babylon, [382], [383];
as leopard beast, [179], [439], [578].
result of revolt against, in France, [283-285].
sign of authority of, [446-448], [573].
true Christians in, [449], [565].
Protestants following in steps of, [383], [384], [443], [523], [573].
gaining in favor with Protestants, [563], [572-574], [580], [581].
schools of, patronized by Protestants, [566].
worship of, attractive, [566], [567].
in comparison with Jewish church, [568].
idolatry in, [568].
means used by, to compel obedience, [569].
reserves right to interpret Scriptures, [596].
Rome, the seat of papal power, [54].
visit of Luther to, [124], [125].
visit of bishops to, [237].
Rulers, corruption among, [586].
Russia, proclamation of advent message in, [364].
Sabbath, memorial of creation, [54], [455].
authority of, [455].
observed throughout the ages, [52], [61-65], [453].
set aside for Sunday, [53].
hatred of Rome for, [64], [65].
abolished in France, [274].
study of, by advent believers, [434], [435].
a sign of creative power of God, [54], [436-438].
change of, [447], [448], [452].
not changed by Christ, [447].
no authority in Bible for change of, [447].
promises to observers of, [451-453].
arguments against, [454], [455], [587].
divine authority of, acknowledged by Romanists, [447], [577].
disasters attributed to observance of, [590].
test of loyalty to God, [605].
see also [Fourth commandment]; [Law of God]; [Sabbath-keepers]; [Sunday].
Sabbath-keepers, in all ages, [52], [453].
work of, [454], [603-606], [609], [611], [612].
among Waldenses, [577].
persecution of, by enemies, [592], [607-610], [626], [627];
by former brethren, [608].
denounced as cause of disasters, [590], [592], [614], [615].
decree to be issued against, [615], [616], [626], [631], [635].
experience of, in time of trouble, [616-634].
the mountains afford refuge for, [626].
special resurrection of, [637].
triumph of, [638-640].
see also [Christians]; [People of God]; [Redeemed]; [Sabbath].
Sabbath reform, [451-456], [587].
Sacrifice of the mass, [59], [189], [190].
Sacrifices, see [Sanctuary].
Sacrificing for Christ, [387].
Safe-conduct, of Huss, [105-107], [163].
of Luther, [150], [154], [163].
Saloons, closed as effect of Miller's preaching, [332].
Samson, indulgence-monger in Switzerland, [178], [179].
Sanctification,
true, work of, [465], [467], [469], [470], [473];
nature of, [470];
as set forth in the Scriptures, [473], [474];
false, in Luther's day, [193];
in last days, [469], [471-473], [475].
Sanctuary, in type and antitype, [409-432].
not the earth, [411].
study of, by Adventists, [411-415].
key to meaning of disappointment in 1844, [423], [431], [432].
should be clearly understood, [488-490].
earthly, description of, [411-415];
a pattern of heavenly, [414], [415];
services in, a type, [417-420], [428], [433], [435];
cleansing of, [328], [352], [410], [417], [418], [426];
services in, continued after crucifixion, [615].
heavenly, services in, [413-415], [420-422], [428-431], [433], [435];
advent believers directed to, [424], [425];
ministration in first apartment of, [421], [422];
work of Christ in, [421], [422], [433-435], [480], [482-491].
see also [Advent Movement]; [Law]; [Tabernacle]; [Temple].
Satan, efforts of, to induce Christians to compromise with world, [49], [50], [298].
arts of, [192], [193], [518], [519].
satisfaction of, in horrors of Reign of Terror, [284].
policy of, [378].
position and beauty of, before fall, [493-495].
disaffection and rebellion of, [494-500].
long-suffering of God with, [496].
rebellion of, a lesson to universe, [499].
character of God misrepresented by, [281], [498], [500], [502].
self-exaltation of, [504], [554].
enmity of, toward man, [505], [510].
danger in denying existence of, [516], [524].
importance of having right estimate of, [516], [517].
power and malice of, [517].
present at worship of God, [518].
power of, to show appearance of departed friends, [552], [560];
to appear as angel of light, [588].
ability of, to quote Scripture, [559].
work of, through elements, [589], [590].
compulsion the resort of, [591].
to personate Christ, [624].
binding of, [658-660].
sins of God's people to be placed upon, [658], [673].
judgment of, [661].
last struggle of, for supremacy, [663], [664], [671], [672].
acknowledges justice of his sentence, [669], [670].
see also [Evil spirits]; [Lucifer]; [Snares of Satan].
Saxons in Great Britain, [62], [63].
Saxony, Bohemians flee to, [254].
Scandinavia, progress of the Reformation in, [241-244].
proclamation of advent message in, [366].
child-preachers in, [366], [367].
Scapegoat, in sanctuary service, [419], [420].
Satan typified by, [422], [485], [658].
Schism, the Great, see [Popes].
Science, research into, sometimes a snare of Satan, [522].
false, to prepare way for papacy, [573].
not a true foundation for religious belief, [595].
Scoffers, in Noah's time, [338].
in Miller's time, [339], [340], [404], [408], [429].
in last days, [561], [635], [642].
Scotland, a refuge for persecuted Christians, [62].
persecutions in, [249], [250].
work of Knox in, [250], [251].
Scriptures, the detector of error, [51].
study of, [80], [81], [598], [599], [600].
Wycliffe demands restoration of, to people, [81].
infallibility of, [89], [249].
Wolff on popular system of interpretation of, [360].
study of, danger of neglecting, [519], [521].
fanciful interpretations of, [520], [521].
a safeguard, [559], [593-603].
see also [Bible]; [Word of God].
Second advent of Christ, foretold, [39], [454].
hope of believers in all ages, [299-303].
signs of, [304-316], [333], [334].
warning of, why not committed to religious leaders, [315].
manner of, [321].
taught in Scriptures, [321-323].
time of, [324];
not known by men, [457];
error in regard to, [328], [368], [482].
warning of, rejected, [338], [339], [366].
proclamation of, [352-354].
preached by Joseph Wolff, [359], [360];
William Miller, [329-333], [352-354], [368-374].
belief in, found in Bokhara, Yemen, and Tartary, [361], [362].
taught in England, South America, Germany, France, Switzerland, Scandinavia, [362-367].
preparation for, in 1844, [401-403].
false theory of, [525].
manner of, cannot be counterfeited by Satan, [625].
scenes of, [636-644].
see also [Advent Movement]; [Christ]; [Prophecy]; [Prophecies].
Second angel's message, [381-390].
Second commandment, expunged from law by papacy, [52].
Secrets of God, men not to search into, [523].
Self-depreciation, [477].
Self-exaltation, Luther removed from danger of, [170].
danger from, [471], [494-499], [503].
Self-indulgence, [473-475], [488].
Self-justification, of Satan, [499].
of sinners to-day, [500].
Self-sufficiency, [509].
Sennacherib, [512].
Seventh-day Adventists, [409-422], [429-432].
proclamation of final warning by, [603-612].
see also [Law]; [People of God]; [Sabbath]; [Sanctuary]; [Third angel's message].
Seventy weeks, prophecy of, [324], [328], [345-347], [410].
Sigismund, [104-108], [115-118], [163].
Signs of second advent, [304-316], [391], [456].
Lisbon earthquake, [304], [305].
darkening of sun and moon, [306-308].
condition of churches, [309], [310].
falling of the stars, [333], [334].
see also [Prophecies].
Simon Magus, [128].
Sin, definition of, [472].
origin of, [492-502].
love of, [508].
remission of, in sanctuary service, [417], [418], [421], [425].
Sins, secret, revealed in judgment, [486].
blotting out of, from books in heaven, [421], [422], [484-486], [614].
Skepticism, see [Infidelity].
Snares of Satan, [518-530].
in worldly business, [519].
self-gratification, [519].
in appeals to appetite, [474].
neglect of prayer and Bible study, [519], [525].
accusing of brethren, [519].
unconverted church-members, [520].
wresting and perverting of Scripture, [520], [521].
liberality of religious belief, [522].
scientific research, [522].
unwise speculations, [522], [523].
Spiritualism, [524].
denial of pre-existence of Christ, [524].
false teaching regarding second advent, [525].
Society, condition of, in last days, [583-586].
corruption in, attributed to Sunday desecration, [587].
Sodom, warning rejected by, [431], [512].
spiritual, [269].
Solomon, [509].
Sophie Arnoult, [270].
South America, proclamation of advent message in, [363].
Spain, Luther's writings in, [139].
earthquake felt in, [304].
Spalatin, [165].
Speculation, human, [126], [522].
Spires, Diet of, [197-210].
protest of, [197-204].
Spirit of God, when to be withdrawn from earth, [615].
see also [Holy Spirit]; [Pentecost].
Spirit manifestations, [552], [560].
the rapping delusion, [553].
made to take place of Bible, [557].
see also [Evil spirits]; [Spiritualism].
Spirits, to be tried by Bible, [397].
agency of evil, [511-517].
communion with, forbidden, [556].
uphold Sunday observance, [591].
Spiritualism, [551-562].
one of Satan's most successful agencies, [524], [552], [561], [562].
converts to, where found, [556].
erroneous teaching of, [555-558].
leads to self-indulgence and excess, [555], [603], [604].
assuming Christian guise, [558].
deceptive power of, [558], [559], [588].
Scriptures a safeguard against, [559].
miracles to be wrought through, [588], [589].
see also [Angels]; [Evil Spirits]; [Satan]; [Spirit manifestations].
Spurgeon, on sacramentarianism in the Church of England, [384].
Standard-bearers, [55].
Star, seen at deliverance of God's people, [638].
Stars, falling of, [333], [334].
see also [Signs].
State, duty of, [201].
see also [Church and state]; [United States].
Staupitz, [123].
St. Bartholomew massacre, [272], [273].
Stephen, [328].
Suffrage in the United States, [297].
Sun, darkening of, [305-308].
see also [Signs].
Sunday, made a public festival, [53].
given place of Sabbath by Rome, [53], [447], [448].
origin of observance of, [54], [474-477].
no scriptural evidence for, [434], [435].
observance of, an act of homage to Rome, [442], [448], [449], [579], [580].
not the Lord's day, [447].
enforcement of, in United States, [573].
first law for observance of, [574].
so-called miracles in support of, [575], [576].
observance of, in future, to be enforced by law, [449], [573], [579], [592].
movement in United States, [587].
accusations against non-observers of, [587], [590].
spirit manifestations in support of, [591].
to be declared sacred by Satan when personating Christ, [624].
Supremacy of Rome, see [Papacy].
Sweden, gospel welcomed to, [243].
work of the Petri brothers in, [242], [243].
work of, in Thirty Years' War, [244].
second advent message in, [366], [367].
Switzerland, missionaries to, [62].
Luther's writings in, [139].
advent message proclaimed in, [364].
Symbols of prophecy, interpretation of, [438-445], [578].
Syria, travels of Wolff in, [360].
Tabernacle, of Moses, [411-415].
replaced by temple of Solomon, [412].
destruction of, by Romans, [17-38], [412].
the sanctuary of first covenant, [413].
services in, a shadow of heavenly, [433].
see also [Sanctuary].
Talent, proper use of, [487].
use of, by Satan, [509].
Tarrying time, [398-408].
a trial of patience, [392], [393].
a fulfilment of prophecy, [407], [408].
Tausen, “Reformer of Denmark,” character and work of, [241], [242].
imprisonment of, [242].
Temperance work and the Sunday movement, [587].
Temple of Solomon, beauty of, [17], [18], [23].
history of, [24] (note), [412].
destruction of, beheld by Christ, [21].
second, made more glorious by presence of Christ, [24].
overthrow of, predicted, [24], [25].
destroyed by Titus, [31-35], [412].
scenes at destruction of, [30-35].
see also [Sanctuary].
Temple in heaven, God's dwelling-place, [414], [415].
sanctuary of new covenant, [413].
opened, [433].
see also [Law, moral].
Temptation, of Christ, [50], [51], [510].
of Waldensian youth, [70].
why permitted, [528-530].
of Adam and Eve in Eden, [531], [532].
Ten virgins, parable of, [393], [394], [400-402].
Terror of wicked at advent of Christ, [636-644].
Test, of world, in giving of advent message, [353], [354].
of Adventists, in disappointment of 1844, [373], [374].
of loyalty to God, Sabbath the great, [605].
Tetzel, sale of indulgences by, [127-129], [178].
Theology, popular, opposed by Luther, [126].
result of, [525].
Theories, false, a snare of Satan, [520-525].
Theses of Luther against indulgences, [129], [130].
discussion aroused by, [130].
Thessalonian church, Paul's advice to, [456], [457].
Third angel's message, [432], [435], [437-450].
the last to go to the world, [390].
fearful threatening of, [449].
extent of, [450].
to be proclaimed with power, [605], [606].
close of, marks beginning of “time of trouble,” [613].
see also [People of God]; [Prophecy]; [Prophecies]; [Signs].
Thirty Years' War, part of Sweden in, [244].
Thousand years, see [Millennium].
work of redeemed during, [660], [661].
Threefold message, [450], [453].
“Time of trouble,” [613-634].
warning regarding, [310], [311].
beginning of, [613].
soon to open, [622].
experience of people of God in, [615-634].
Time-setting, [457].
Tithing, [475].
Titus, in siege of Jerusalem, [21], [31-35].
humanity of, [32-34].
Toleration, not a precept of Roman Church, [564].
see also [Religious liberty].
Traditions acknowledged as authority by Rome, [183], [448].
Translation, of Bible, see [Bible].
of righteous at second advent, [645], [646].
Transubstantiation, [238].
Trial, object of, [291], [621].
see also [Test].
Tree of life, [532].
Trust in God, need for, [527].
Truth, spread of, in time of persecution, [42], [95], [96], [101], [196], [240], [249], [634].
opposition to, [458-460].
men moved to search Bible for, [79], [81].
Rome contending against, [90].
progressive nature of, [291], [292], [297].
why not revealed to great men, [316].
proper attitude toward, [378-380].
need of searching for, [522], [598].
counterfeits of, [523], [528].
see also [Sabbath]; [Sanctuary]; [Third angel's message].
Truths, development of new, [609].
Turkish empire, see [Ottoman empire].
Twelve hundred and sixty years, beginning of, [54], [266], [439].
Twenty-three hundred years, exposition of, [324-329], [351-353], [398], [409], [410], [417], [429], [457].
end of, marks opening of investigative judgment, [423], [424], [486].
see also [Miller]; [Prophecy]; [Sanctuary].
Two-horned beast, United States represented by, [439-443].
see also [United States].
Two witnesses, prophecy concerning, [266-287].
see also [Bible]; [Scriptures].
Tyndale, work of, [245-247].
martyrdom of, [247].
on sleep of the dead, [547].
Types, see [Sanctuary].
Unbelief, result of cherishing, [527], [528].
Union, of Christians and pagans, [45].
of church and state, [297], [442], [445], [450], [607].
of church and world, [390].
of all Protestant churches, [444], [445].
of Protestantism, Spiritualism, and Roman Catholicism, [588].
United Brethren, [119].
United States, religious liberty in, [295].
government of, [297].
dark day seen in, [306-308].
falling stars seen in, [333], [334].
Joseph Wolff's visit to, [360].
represented in prophecy by two-horned beast, [439], [440].
characteristics of, [441].
once an asylum for the oppressed, [441], [442].
Constitution of, [442].
to enact oppressive laws, [442], [579].
prediction of supremacy of Rome in, [578], [579].
Sunday movement in, [587].
see also [Mark of the beast]; [Protestants]; [Puritans]; [Religious liberty]; [Two-horned beast].
Unity among advent believers, [379].
Universalism, fallacy of, [537-539].
a Universalist minister on state of the dead, [537-539].
University of Erfurt, Luther a student at, [121], [122].
of Paris, Lefevre in, [212], [217].
of Prague, Huss in, [98-100].
of Wittenberg, Luther and Melanchthon as professors in, [124-126], [134].
Vaudois, see [Waldenses].
Virgin Mary, [43], [58], [174], [175], [217].
Voice, from heaven, heard by God's people, [636].
of God declares hour of Jesus' coming, [640].
Voltaire, infidelity of, [281].
boast of, against Christianity, [288].
Waldenses, [61-78].
among the first to obtain translation of Bible, [65].
training of youth of, [66-68].
authority of Bible recognized by, [68], [72].
diligence of, in copying Bible, [69].
youth of, sent to institutions of learning, [70].
belief of, in second advent, [72], [303].
self-sacrificing missionary labors of, [70-76], [237].
results of work of, [71-76].
persecution of, [76-78], [97].
Sabbath-keepers among, [577].
see also [Albigenses]; [Heretics].
War, delight of Satan in, [589].
Warning, last message of, [311], [312], [390], [432], [435], [604-612].
to be given to all, [38], [605].
of judgment to come, [352], [353].
rejection of, [375-390], [431].
against worship of beast, [445].
most fearful ever given to men, [449].
will be heeded by leading men, [611].
see also [Third angel's message].
Warnings, importance of, [594].
Wartburg, Luther concealed in, [168-170], [185-193].
Washburn, Governor, on church gambling, [387].
Watchman, false, first to suffer at the end, [656].
Waters or sea, as a symbol, [440].
Wedding garment, [428].
Week, length of, changed by France, [273].
Wesley, Charles, missionary to America, [254].
trusting to good works for salvation, [253], [254].
Wesley, John, missionary to America, [254].
acceptance of righteousness by faith, [255], [256].
work of, [256-258].
guarded by an angel, [258].
law of God upheld by, [262-264].
results of work of, [264].
wiles of Satan encountered by, [396].
on right use of money, [385].
see also [Methodists].
Whitefield, a missionary to America, [253], [256], [257].
Wicked, how restrained, [36].
why permitted to prosper, [48].
terror and remorse of, at second advent, [37], [635], [644].
resurrection of, [661].
sentence pronounced upon, [666].
destruction of, [673].
see also [Judgments]; [Evil].
Wiles of Satan, see [Satan]; [Snares of Satan].
Will, freedom of, see [Freedom].
Williams, Roger, apostle of religious liberty, [293].
work and banishment of, [294].
Winds, prophetic, symbol of war, [440].
Wine of Babylon, meaning of, [388].
Winter, Robert, advent message proclaimed by, in England, [362].
Wise men, see [Magi].
Wishart, [250].
Witchcraft, Spiritualism a form of, [556].
Wittenbach, a teacher at Basel, [173].
Wittenberg, students of, carried Reformation to Scandinavia, [241].
see also [Luther]; [University of Wittenberg].
Wolff, Dr. Joseph, parentage and early years of, [357].
message of second advent given by, [359], [360].
work and travels of, [360-362].
Woman as a symbol, [55], [381], [382].
Word of God, weapon of Christ against Satan, [51].
medium of communication between God and man, [69], [79].
results following the preaching of, [461].
our only safety in time of trouble, [625].
attitude of Roman Catholic Church toward, [81].
see also [Bible]; [Scriptures].
Works, righteousness by, [55], [56].
salvation by, [253].
World, condition of, under papal rule, [60].
religious, condition of, [390], [586], [603], [604].
following in steps of Jews, [36-38].
end of, [653-678].
Worldliness in nominal churches, [376-390], [508].
Worship, of beast, see [Leopard beast].
of Reason, [193], [275], [276].
of God prohibited in France, [274].
freedom of, see [Religious liberty].
Writings, of Christians, suppression of, in Dark Ages, [61].
of Wycliffe, [89], [96], [249].
of Luther, circulation of, [133], [139], [178], [194], [233];
condemnation of, at Worms, [155], [156];
he refuses to retract them, [158-160];
read eagerly, [185], [186], [194], [195];
translated into French, [231];
in Netherlands, [238];
read by Tausen, [241];
in England, [249].
of Bunyan, [252].
of Flavel, [253].
of Baxter, [253].
of Lacunza, [363].
of Bengel, [364].
of Gaussen, [365].
on second advent, [362].
see also [Books]; [Literature].
Wycliffe, John, [79-96].
herald of reform, [80].
scholarship of, [80].
study of Scriptures by, [80], [81].
fearlessness of, in exposing claims of papacy, [81].
battle of, against friars, [82-85].
as ambassador to Netherlands, [84], [85].
influence of, on court and nation, [84], [85].
teacher at Oxford, “the Gospel Doctor,” [87].
translation of Bible into English by, [88].
doctrines taught by, [89].
persecution of, by papacy, [89].
trials of, by papacy, [85], [89], [90].
refusal of, to retract, [90].
arraignment of his persecutors by, [90].
summoned to Rome, [91].
letter of, to pope, [91], [92].
work of, [93].
death of, [92].
writings of, in Bohemia, [99].
belief of, in second coming of Christ, [303].
Wycliffites, see [Lollards].
Yemen, Wolff's travels in, [362].
Youth, Waldensian, training of, [67], [68], [70], [71].
influence of monastic life on, [82], [83].
as princes of heaven, [622].
Ziska, defends Bohemia against army of Sigismund, [116].
death of, [116].
Zurich, Zwingle's labors at, [176-181].
peace in, a result of the gospel, [181].
council of, refuse to take action against Zwingle, [180], [181].
disputation at, between Eck and Œcolampadius, [182-184].
Zwingle, Ulric, [171-184].
early surroundings of, [171], [172].
designs of friars upon, [172].
acceptance of Bible as rule of conduct by, [173], [174].
work of, at Einsiedeln, [174-176].
work of, at Zurich, [176-182].
efforts of Rome against, [180-184].
death of, [212].