THE AMALGAMATION STATEMENTS OF E.G. WHITE, AND THE KEY EXPRESSIONS INVOLVED.

By Derric c*+#i!%,i*-.
But if there was one sin above another which called for the destruction of the race by the flood, it was the base crime of amalgamation of man and beast which defaced the image of God, and caused confusion everywhere. God purposed to destroy by a flood that powerful, long-lived race that had corrupted their ways before him. Every species of animals which God had created was preserved in the ark. he confused species which God did not create, which were the result of amalgamation, were destroyed by the flood. !ince the flood, there has been amalgamation of man and beast, as may be seen in the almost endless varieties of species of animals, and in certain races of men". E.G. White, Spirit of Prophecy,

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Volume 1, 1870 This is one statement in the writings of E.G. White has caused much distress for S !s o"er the #ears $seeing that e"en certain earl# S ! %ioneers misinter%reted the statement and used it in wa#s that are &uite unsa"or#'. (t is crucial that we loo) honestl# at what it reall# was intending to sa#, and it is time we see the *lunders in the arguments of the critics who regularl# use this statement against the S ! church. +et,s *rea) down the )e# e-%ressions in"ol"ed in the statement $in terms of conte-t, *ac)ground, etc.', and in so doing a lot will *ecome clear.

(. BASE /RIME. This e-%ression is often /(S(0TE121ETE *# critics to mean an unnatural sin $or *estialit#', when in fact no such meaning is e"er attached to the e-%ression 0y E.G. White, *ut rather to normal se-ual sins li)e adulter#, mastur*ation, and se-ual intem%erance which #ields to instincti"e se-ual dri"es. E-am%les3 When Joseph was tempted to deviate from the path of right, to transgress the law of God, and prove untrue to his master, he firmly resisted, and gave evidence of the elevating power of the fear of God in his answer to his master's wife. After spea ing of the great confidence of his master in him, !y in trusting all that he had to him, he e"claims, #$ow then can % do this great wic edness, and sin against God.# $e would not !e persuaded to deviate from the path of righteousness, and trample upon God's law, !y any inducements, or threats. And when he was accused, and a !ase crime 4i.e. adulter#5 was falsely laid to his charge, he did not sin in despair. %n the consciousness of innocence and right, he still trusted in God. And God, who had

hitherto supported him, did not forsa e him. $e was !ound with fetters, and ept in a gloomy prison.&' Spiritual Gifts, (olume ), *+,-, pg. *-/OMMENTS1 This was the onl# other time E.G. White use the e-%ression 6*ase crime7 $a%art from her use of it in the 6amalgamation of man and *east7 statements', and from the a*o"e it is %lain it has no connotation of unnatural se-ual sin or *estialit#. (t is therefore falsehood and misre%resentation to sa# the term meant an 6unnatural sin7 $i.e. *estialit#' to E.G. White, as some misguided critics %roclaim without doing the %ro%er research. !nother thing to note is that *# her sa#ing adulter# was 6% *ase crime7 she clearl# indicated that there were se"eral t#%es of 6*ase crimes7, otherwise she would not ha"e said % *ase crime was what 8ose%h was tem%ted to commit. She also often ma)es reference to 6*ase %assions7 as the instincti"e se-ual and lustful dri"es that are not controlled *# the intellect $6animalism7 she otherwise called it', *ut it is ne"er with reference to an#thing unnatural as the act of *estialit#. She often cautioned hus*ands and men against the indulgence of these 6*ase %assions7, and cautions women in their dressing that arouses these 6*ase 4lustful5 %assions7. 9ere are e-am%les: 6.he love of dress endangers the morals and ma es woman the opposite of the /hristian lady characteri0ed !y modesty and so!riety. Showy, e"travagant dress too often encourages lust in the heart of the wearer and awa ens base passions in the heart of the !eholder. God sees that the ruin of the character is fre1uently preceded !y the indulgence of pride and vanity in dress. $e sees that the costly apparel stifles the desire to do good&. . Testimonies, Vol. ;, %g. <;= 2any marvel that the human race has so degenerated, physically, mentally, and morally. .hey do not understand that it is the violation of God3s constitution and laws and the violation of the laws of health that have produced this sad degeneracy. .he transgression of God3s commandments has caused $is prospering hand to !e removed. %ntemperance in eating and in drin ing, and the indulgence of base passions, have !enum!ed the fine sensi!ilities, so that sacred things have !een placed upon a level with common things. . . . 2any have e"pected that God would eep them from sic ness merely !ecause they have as ed $im to do so. 4ut God did not regard their prayers, !ecause their faith was not made perfect !y wor s. God will not wor a miracle to eep those from sic ness who have no care for themselves, !ut are continually violating the laws of health, and ma e no effort to prevent disease. . . . God will not wor in a miraculous manner to pre'serve the health of persons who are ta ing a sure course to ma e themselves sic , !y their careless inattention to the laws of health.& >1e"iew and 9erald, !%r. ?, 1@1;. 62en and women, you will one day learn what is lust, and the result of its gratification. Passion of 5ust as !ase a 1uality may !e found in the marriage relation as outside of it. .he apostle Paul e"horts hus!ands to love their wives #even as /hrist also loved the church, and gave himself for it.# #So ought men to love their wives as their !odies. $e that loveth his wife loveth himself. 6or no man ever yet hated his own flesh7 !ut nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the 8ord the church.# ?

%t is not pure love that actuates a man to ma e his wife an instrument to minister to his lust9 it is the animal passions, which clamor for indulgence:.8ove is a pure and holy principle7 !ut lustful passion will not admit of restraint, and will not !e dictated to or controlled !y reason. %t is !lind to conse1uences7 it will not reason from cause to effect. 2any women are suffering from great de!ility and settled disease !ecause the laws of their !eing have !een disregarded7 nature's laws have !een trampled upon. .he !rain nerve power is s1uandered !y men and women, !eing called into unnatural action to gratify base passions:& . 1e"iew and 9erald, Se%tem*er 1@, 18@@

&. DEFA/ED THE IMAGE OF GOD. This again is another often /(S(0TE121ETE e-%ression used *# E.G. White in the 6amalgamation of man and *east7 statement, with the critics thin)ing it in"ol"ed the unnatural sin of *estialit#, *ut, as the following will A+E!1+B demonstrate, ,* Mr". W2i,e it sim%l# meant a tarnishing of the A9!1!ATE1 of righteousness, as originall# gi"en *# God. E-am%les of this meaning *eing made clear3 2an, who has defaced the image of God in his soul !y a corrupt life cannot, !y mere human effort, effect a radical change in himself. $e must accept the provisions of the gospel7 he must !e reconciled to God through o!edience of his law and faith in Jesus /hrist. $is life from thenceforth must !e governed !y a new principle. .hrough repentance, faith and good wor s he may develop and perfect a righteous character, and claim through the merits of /hrist the privileges of the sons of God.& ; Signs of the .imes, August *, *+<+, Paragraph ** 4y his 4Satans,5 su!tility and untiring efforts he had controlled the appetite and e"cited and strengthened the passions to so fearful a degree that he had defaced and almost obliterated the image of God in man. $is physical and moral dignity were in so great a degree destroyed that he !ore !ut a faint resem!lance in character and no!le perfection of form to the dignified Adam in =den. ; /onfrontation, pg. )%t was Satan's studied effort >in the antediluvian age? to pervert the marriage institution, to wea en its o!ligations and lessen its sacredness7 for in no surer way could he deface the image of God in man and open the door to misery and vice:.Jesus came to our world to rectify mista es and to restore the moral image of God in man. :& !d"entist 9ome, %g. C?< % am filled with horror as the condition of families professing present truth is opened !efore me. .he profligacy >moral wretchedness? of youth and even children is almost incredi!le. Parents do not now that secret vice 4i.e. mastur*ation5 is destroying and defacing the image of God in their children.& ' /hild Guidance, --@ %n the government of children, love must !e shown. Aever should parents cause their children pain !y harshness or unreasona!le e"actions. $arshness drives souls into Satan's net. Parents, as surely as you treat your children in a cold, unloving C

manner, 5ust so surely will the image of God in the soul !e defaced. /hristians should act li e /hrist. /herish and cultivate all that is pure and lovely in the heart of your child. 4e ind.& ; Beview and $erald, January C@, *@D* We are not to place our children where they must associate with the depraved and degraded. Sometimes God in $is providence may !ring our youth into association with those who are impure and intemperate. $e will give them strength of purpose and power to resist temptation, even as $e did Eaniel and his associates in 4a!ylon, if they will co'operate with $im. .hey must constantly commune with God. .hey must eep themselves pure, refusing to do anything that would dishonor God, living always with an eye single to $is glory. .hey must watch for souls, la!oring earnestly for those in whom the image of God has been defaced, see ing to reform, to elevate, and to enno!le them.& . i*id, %g. ;<;

/OMMENTS3 ! wide sur"e# of the writings of E.G. White shows that she used the e-%ression 6defaced the image of God7 to sim%l# mean the character of God is tarnished, and furthermore, she used the e-%ression in connection with so man# things, such as 4i5 a generall# corru%t life, 4ii5 uncontrolled a%%etite, 4iii5 marital sins $such as *eing une&uall# #o)ed with the ungodl# and %ol#gam#', 4i"5 mastur*ation, 4"5 un)ind and harsh %arenting, et al. !ll this %ro"es that the critics are sim%l# misguided to thin) the e-%ression means the unnatural sin of *estialit# is the onl# sin that 6deface the image of God in man7 or onl# *estialit# is meant when the e-%ression is used.

). MAN AND BEAST. ,2e e4#re""i*- +%- %-5 0e%", i" 67i,e c*++*i- ,2e 8ri,i-9" *: E.G. W2i,e, %-5 "2e *:,e- 7"e" i, 82e- "2e i" 5e"cri0i-9 ,8* "e#%r%,e 07, re!%,e5 ,2i-9" %0*7, 27+%-" %-5 %-i+%!" "i+7!,%-e*7"!y, %-5 "* "2e *:,e- 9r*7#" ,2e ,8* "e#%r%,e 07, re!%,e5 ,2i-9" i-;*!;i-9 +%- %-5 0e%", %:,er % <7-i,i-9 #2r%"e *r 8*r5=. 9ere are e-am%les: 6Aoah had faithfully followed the instructions which he had received from God. .he ar was finished in every part as the 8ord had directed, and was stored with food for man and !east:.At the end of seven days clouds !egan to gather. .his was a new sight7 for the people had never seen clouds. . . . Soon rain !egan to fall. Still the people tried to thin that this was nothing very alarming. . . . 6or a time the ground dran up the rain7 !ut soon the water !egan to rise, and day !y day it rose higher and higher. =ach morning as the people found the rain still falling they loo ed at one another in despair, and each night they repeated the words, #Baining stillF# .he people first !eheld the destruction of the wor s of their own hands. .heir splendid !uildings, and the !eautiful gardens and groves where they had placed their idols, were destroyed !y lightning from heaven, and the ruins were scattered far and wide. . . . .he terror of man and !east was !eyond description. A!ove the roar of the tempest was heard the wailing of a people that had despised the ;

authority of God. . . . %n that terri!le hour they saw that the transgression of God's law had caused their ruin.7 Aonflict and Aourage, %g. ;0 6Aotwithstanding the solemn e"hi!ition they had witnessed of God's power''of the unnatural occurrence of the !easts' leaving the forests and fields, and going into the ar , and the angel of God clothed with !rightness, and terri!le in ma5esty, descending from $eaven and closing the door7 yet they hardened their hearts, and continued to revel and sport over the signal manifestations of divine power. 4ut upon the eighth day the heavens gathered !lac ness. .he muttering thunders, and vivid lightning flashes, !egan to terrify man and !east. .he rain descended from the clouds a!ove them. .his was something they had never witnessed, and their hearts !egan to faint with fear.7 . S%irit of 2ro%hec#, Vol. 1, %g. 7C 6%n the deliverance of %srael from =gypt, the dedication of the first'!orn was again commanded. While the children of %srael were in !ondage to the =gyptians, the 8ord directed 2oses to go to Pharaoh, ing of =gypt, and say, #.hus saith the 8ord, %srael is 2y son, even 2y first'!orn9 and % say unto thee, 8et 2y son go, that he may serve 2e9 and if thou refuse to let him go, !ehold, % will slay thy son, even thy first'!orn.# ="odus -9CC, C). 2oses delivered his message7 !ut the proud ing's answer was, #Who is the 8ord, that % should o!ey $is voice to let %srael goG % now not the 8ord, neither will % let %srael go.# ="odus H9C. .he 8ord wor ed for $is people !y signs and wonders, sending terri!le 5udgments upon Pharaoh. At length the destroying angel was !idden to slay the first'!orn of man and !east among the =gyptians. .hat the %sraelites might !e spared, they were directed to place upon their doorposts the !lood of a slain lam!.7 esire of !ges, %g. =1

/OMMENTS: The foregoing statements could ne"er mean that the 6first.*orn7 $singular', or the 6food7 $singular' or the 6terror7 $singular' of 6man and *east7 was *ecause man and *east were literall# united or the same *iologicall#, *ut "2e 9r*7#e5 ,2e ,8* "e#%r%,e i5e%" ,*9e,2er ,2%, re!%,e5 ,* 0*,2 +%- %-5 0e%", "i+7!,%-e*7"!y, 07, %" %##!ic%0!e i- ,2eir *8- "#2ere" . This realit# clears u% a lot of misconce%tions a*out the 6amalgamation of man and *east7 statement, where she again was descri*ing two se%arate things that are related a*out humans and man, i.e. their 6amalgamation7 i- ,2eir *8- "#2ere", which God considered a 6crime7. E"en the "er# word 6crime7, as used in the 6amalgamation of man and *east7 statement, has *een is misunderstood $*oth *# certain %ast S ! %ioneers and *# critics of E.G. White as well'. /%re!e"" re%5er" 5*-=, rec*9-i>e ,2%, e;e- ,2e ;ery 8*r5 cri+e 8%" 7"e5 0y E.G. W2i,e i- ,2e c*!!ec,i;e "e-"e :*r % !i", *: "e;er%! *::e-"e" 0e:*re ,2e F!**5? -*, ,2%, @7", *-e "i-9!e cri+e *r *::e-"e !i,er%!!y 8%" i-;*!;e5. (n fact, she e"en used the su*title 6/rime !efore the 6lood7 in Spiritual Gifts, Volume C, Aha%ter < $see %ages <0.<1' to relate to all the degenerati"e S(0S $%lural' that man sun) into *efore the flood. That again is instructi"e a*out how -*, to assume an#thing a*out an e-%ression, *ut see the conte-t of usage $and the *ac)ground to that usage' as em%lo#ed *# an author. This would %re"ent gross misinter%retations and unfair assum%tions a*out what an =

author intended to communicate.

4. AMALGAMATION This )e# e-%ression is often /(S(0TE121ETE *# the misguided critics to mean se-ual relations, #et /rs. White used the e-%ression a*out four times in all her %u*lished writings, and it sim%l# means the di"inel# %rohi*ited union of or the intimate association *etween the godl# and ungodl# $whether martiall#, se-uall#, or Dust *# close friendl# association' and also the di"inel# %rohi*ited *iological cross*reeding of s%ecies of %lants and animals among themsel"es. E-am%les of her using these e-%ressions3 2any profess to love God, yet they are serving mammon, and !owing at worldly shrines. .he world is !rought into the church, !ut not through repentance, contrition, and conversion, !ut !ecause church'mem!ers !ecome wedded to the world7 and this unholy union is the e"planation of the wea ness and inefficiency of the church. %t is made manifest when church'mem!ers follow the ma"ims of the world, that spiritual discernment is gone. Where this union is preserved, contention, criticism, faultfinding, strife, and decided hatred one of another comes in among those who should !e servants of Jesus /hrist. .hose who profess to !e followers of /hrist, should !e living agencies, co'operating with heavenly intelligences7 !ut !y union !ith the !orld, the character of God's people !ecomes tarnished, and through amalgamation with the corrupt, the fine gold !ecomes dim.&. 1e"iew and 9erald, !ugust ?C, 18@? %ar. ? .he descendants of Seth 4the godl# 6race75 had separated themselves from the wic ed descendants of /ain. .hey cherished the nowledge of God's will, while the ungodly Irace of /ain 4des%ite all at the time were *lood *rothers of one *iological race *efore the Tower of Ea*el e-isted5 had no respect for God and his sacred commandments. 4ut when men multiplied upon the earth, the descendants of Seth saw that the daughters of the descendants of /ain were very !eautiful, and they departed from God and displeased him !y ta ing wives as they chose of the idolatrous race of /ain.: .he descendants of Seth were called the sons of God'' the descendants of /ain, the sons of men. As the sons of God mingled with the sons of men, they !ecame corrupt, and !y intermarriage with them, lost, through the influence of their wives, their peculiar, holy character, and united with the sons of /ain in their idolatry. 2any cast aside the fear of God, and trampled upon his commandments. 4ut there were a few that did righteousness, who feared and honored their /reator. Aoah and his family were among the righteous few. .he wic edness of man was so great, and increased to such a fearful e"tent, that God repented that he had made man upon the earth7 for he saw that the wic edness of man was great, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually:. .hey formed images to worship, and taught their children to regard these pieces of wor manship made with their own hands, as gods, and to worship them. .hey did not choose to thin of God, the creator of the heavens and the earth, and rendered no grateful than s to him who had provided them all the things which they possessed. .hey even denied the e"istence of the God of $eaven, <

and gloried in, and worshiped, the wor s of their own hands. .hey corrupted themselves with those things which God had placed upon the earth for man's !enefit. .hey prepared for themselves !eautiful wal s, overhung with fruit trees of every description. Jnder these ma5estic and lovely trees, with their wide'spread !ranches, which were green from the commencement of the year to its close, they placed their idols of worship. Whole groves, !ecause of the shelter of their !ranches, were dedicated to their idol gods, and made attractive for the people to resort to for their idolatrous worship. %nstead of doing 5ustice to their neigh!ors, they carried out their own unlawful wishes. .hey had a plurality of wives, which was contrary to God's wise arrangement. %n the !eginning, God gave to Adam one wife'' showing to all who should live upon the earth, his order and law in that respect. .he transgression and fall of Adam and =ve !rought sin and wretchedness upon the human race, and man followed his own carnal desires, and changed God's order. .he more men multiplied wives to themselves, the more they increased in wic edness and unhappiness. %f any one chose to ta e the wives, or cattle, or anything !elonging to his neigh!or, he did not regard 5ustice or right, !ut if he could prevail over his neigh!or !y reason of strength, or !y putting him to death, he did so, and e"ulted in his deeds of violence. .hey loved to destroy the lives of animals. .hey used them for food, and this increased their ferocity and violence, and caused them to loo upon the !lood of human !eings with astonishing indifference. But if
there was one sin above another which called for the destruction of the race by the flood, it was the base crime of amalgamation of man and beast which defaced the image of God, and caused confusion everywhere. God purposed to destroy by a flood that powerful, long-lived race that had corrupted their ways before him. Every species of animals which God had created was preserved in the ark. he confused species which God did not create, which were the result of amalgamation, were destroyed by the flood. !ince the flood, there has been amalgamation of man and beast, as may be seen in the almost endless varieties of species of animals, and in certain races of men.7 S%irit of 2ro%hec#, Volume 1, 1870, %gs. <<.<8, 78

/OMMENTS. ! careful re"iew of circumstances under which E.G. White used the 6amalgamation7 statements showed that she alwa#s used it: a5 in relation to humans in the conte-t of Ge-e"i" A1(3B and & /*ri-,2i%-" A1(C for*idding the union of the godl# with the ungodl#, and *5 in relation to animalsF*easts and %lants she alwa#s used it in the conte-t of what Le;i,ic7" (D1(D re"eals, with God for*idding the cross.*reeding of s%ecies of %lants and animals among themsel"es $i.e. %roducing h#*rids', since he intended them to remain as %ure s%ecies, as she e-%lained *elow, using the "er# word 6amalgamation7:

Aot one no"ious plant was placed in the 8ord's great garden, !ut after Adam and =ve sinned, poisonous her!s sprang up. %n the para!le of the sower the 1uestion was as ed the master, #Eidst not thou sow good seed in thy fieldG from whence then hath it taresG# .he master answered, #An enemy hath done this# K2att. *)9C<, C+L. All tares are sown !y the evil one. =very no"ious her! is of his sowing, and !y his ingenious methods of amalgamation 4cross *reeding5 he has corrupted the earth with tares.

(n the *oo) Spirit of Prophecy, (olume * $of 1870', she s%o)e a*out the amalgamation of man and beast, which, admittedl#, on the face of it, can *e easil# misinter%reted to mean the union 0e,8ee- *east and man se-uall#, and i, cer,%i-!y 2%" 0ee- "* +i"i-,er#re,e5 0y "*+e $0*,2 8i,2i- %-5 8i,2*7, ,2e SDA /27rc2., #et when a num*er of things are *orne in mind, the issues can *e cleared u% easil#: 1. The statement can *e sim%l# e-%lained to mean $i- !i92, *: 2*8 "2e *:,e9r*7#e5 i5e%" %0*7, 27+%-" %-5 %-i+%!". the 6the amalgamation of man and E*:F *east, i.e. *oth the amalgamationFunion of godl# humans with ungodl# humans, and the cross*reeding of animal s%ecies with each other $*# humans %ursuing the %rohi*ited %ractice'. There were clearl# ,8* "e#%r%,e 07, re!%,e5 ,2i-9" 0ei-9 5e"cri0e5 ,*9e,2er i- ,2e "%+e #%""%9e. ?. 0owhere does /rs. White go on to descri*e half.humans and half.*easts, *ut sim%l# continued to s%ea) of animals and humans in a se%arate wa# $des%ite descri*ed together in the same %assage'G with man,s amalgamation $with man5 causing God,s image to *e defaced $i.e. tarnishing and degeneration of righteous character', e"idenced *# wides%read sinfulness and corru%tion resulting, and with 6confused s%ecies7 resulting from man,s sin of cross*reeding them to %roduce h#*rids $in o%%osition to God,s earl# e-%ressed will against it, as later recorded in +e"iticus 1@:1@' C. She used the 6amalgamation7 statement after first e-%laining $on %ages <<.<8 of the *oo) Spirit of Prophecy, Vol. 1' how the r%ce" of Seth and Aain $i.e. the godl# and the ungodl#' intermarried $2ere "2e 7"e5 ,2e 8*r5 r%ce" i- ,2e "#iri,7%! "e-"e? -*, 0i*!*9ic%!!y, "i-ce *-!y *-e 0i*!*9ic%! r%ce e4i",e5 %, ,2e ,i+e., resulting in gross wic)edness e"er#where, and resulting in God deciding to send the Hlood to destro# *oth man and *east $indicating something a*out the *easts was also dis%leasing to God'. (n her 6amalgamation of man and *east7 statement she onl# made reference to the godl# and ungodl# 6races of men7 $e"en when there was -*, #et an# *iologicall# distinct races'G ne"er in the *iological sense of 6races7. Thus this s%iritual %rinci%le of 6amalgamation7 of godl# and ungodl# 6races7 of men can and does continue to ha%%en EVE0 TI !BJJ This is a matter most critics $unfortunatel#' totall# miss in her writings'. Eut ( must sa# to close that the 6amalgamation7 statement was not made in a "acuum, and should not *e di"orced from the conte-t in which it was madeG neither should it *e di"orced from the Ei*lical *ac)ground in Genesis <:1.8 and +e"iticus 1@:1@. When loo)ed at 8

in its conte-t, and with the Ei*lical *ac)ground in mind, all seeming Kdifficulties, with the A2A8GA2A.%MA M6 2AA AAE 4=AS.& statement disa%%earJJ G/RH/IAL POINT OF INFORMTION To close m# %resentation on this issue ( will freel# admit that m# research shows me that "*+e earl# S ! %ioneers $li)e Lriah Smith, among a few others' did thin) E.G. White meant that 0e",i%!i,y was in"ol"ed in the 6amalgamation of man and *east7 statement, *ut that does not mean E.G. White %ersonall# endorsed their use of her writings in this conte-t. (n fact, nothing in her writings can *e %ointed to where she agreed with that inter%retation $(T (S !+W!BS AN A""#MTION T9!T S9E ( EB T9E A1(T(AS'. E"en when Lriah Smith %resented a =?.%oint defense of her o"erall ministr# as a %ro%het $where, admittedl#, he %resented the *estialit# inter%retation, and felt negroes might ha"e resulted from this union', while it is true that she did endorse his *oo) defending her ministr# o"erall, *ut that does not mean she necessaril# acce%ted e"er# e-%lanation he ga"e in his =? %oint defense of her ministr#. (n Dust the same wa# she endorsed the general thrust of Lriah Smith,s famous *oo), Eaniel and the Bevelation $and e"en %romoting the *oo) as worth# of 6wide circulation7' and #et she had %oints of differences with him in certain MEB e-%lanations, so too she might ha"e differed with his inter%retation of her 6amalgamation of man and *east7 statements, e"en while E0 I1S(0G T9E GE0E1!+ T91LST IH 9(S 18<8 EIIM, .he (isions of 2rs. =.G. White' A 2anifestation of Spiritual Gifts According to the ScripturesFF A-y 5%y ,2e cri,ic" c%- 67*,e E.G. W2i,e 2er"e!: 5irec,!y "%yi-9 ,2%, +%2%5 "e4 8i,2 %-i+%!" %-5 Ne9r*" re"7!,e5, ,2e- I 8i!! %cce#, ,2eir c2%r9e %9%i-", 2er. B7, "eei-9 ,2%, ,2eir c2%r9e i" 0%"e5 *- +i"i-,er#re,%,i*- *: 2er 8ri,i-9" $8i,2*7, % c%re:7! ",75y *: ,2e %7,2*r" *8- c*-,e4, %-5 8*r5 7"%9e., ,2e- ,2eir OPINIONS re+%i- "i+#!y ,2%,I,2eir OPINIONS ,2%, %re +i"97i5e5. E-*792 "%i5.