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Lest We Forget We Have Nothing to Fear for the Future, Except As We Shall Forget the Way the Lord Has Led Us, and His Teaching in Our Past History ,------------ Lest We Forget We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history. LS 196. Vol. 1 Fourth Quarter 1991 No.4 Seekers of His Glory. George Storrs' Mother Who are the Pioneers? Col. Constant Storrs, a wheelwright in Part 3 the American Revolutionary army, mar­ In part 2 we saw that God's messenger ried Lucinda Howe shortly after the war to the Remnant Church identified as ended. After their marriage they moved Pioneers: William Miller, Josiah Litch, to New Hampshire - at that time a wilder­ Joshua Himes, Charles Fitch, Joseph ness - and settled in Lebanon on the Con­ Bates, James White, Stephen Pierce, necticut River. By hard work and Edward Andrews and Hiram Edson. economy, Col. Storrs became what in There were others who were similarly those days was called a wealthy farmer. identified as being among the Pioneers To them were born seven sons and one of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. daughter. The mother of these children was ever watchful over their religious James L. Prescott, Stephen N. Haskell, instruction, gathering her children John O. Corliss around her, particularly on their sabbath, "I want to say a few words. God has to instruct them on things pertaining to left a few of the old pioneers who know God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. She something of the fanaticism which ex­ was not content to leave their religious isted in the early days of this message. education to the minister or to any other Here is Brother Prescott; he knows some­ person less interested in their welfare thing about it. He is acquainted with than she, their mother. The only preach­ phase after phase of the fanaticism ing in Lebanon at that time was Congre­ which has taken place. Here is Brother gational or Calvinistic. George Storr's Haskell. He knows something about it, mother endeavored to counteract in the and there are various ones of our older minds of her offspring the tendency to brethren who have passed over the fatalism found in the Calvinistic preach­ ground, and they understand something ing. of what we had to meet and contend Unceasingly, she would impress upon with. Then there is Brother Corliss; I her childrenthat if they would seek the speak of him because he knows some­ Lord, He would be found of them. Such thing about fanaticism, not only in the pious labor was not lost on George. Even early days, but in our later experience." as a young child his mind dwelt deeply (A Testimony Given to the Ministers at Continued page 2 General Conference, April 17, 1901, General Conference Bulletin, 04-23-01). Contents: Seekers of His Glory concluded.. • •••• 1 G.I.Butler George Storrs' Mother 1 "Let us take hold of the work in the Oneness in Belief and Practice 2 Southern states intelligently. I rejoice Is There Immortality in Sin , 3 that Brother Butler is with us in this George Storrs' Story 4 work.... God desires the gray-haired Continued page 7 Oneness in Belief and Practice - Christ's Heart's Desire George Storrs' Mother front page 1 Neither pray I for these [the eleven dis­ on spiritual things. Early had his mother ciples] alone, butfor them also which shall taught him to acknowledge God as his believe on Me through their word; that they Heavenly Father, and pointed him to his all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in Me, Saviour, Jesus Christ. George deeply and I in Thee, that they also may be one in desired to be a Christian, but he was filled Us: that the world may believe that Thou with many doubts and felt his case was hast sent Me. And the glory which Thou more hopeless than boys he knew to be gavest Me I have given them; that they may very profane. But for her instruction, be one, even as We are one. -Iohm. 17:20-22 George had often thought and felt that he What is the glory of which Christ would never have been brought to a spoke? How does this glory result in a saving knowledge of God. The sweet and oneness among us as seen between heavenly strains of prayer, poured forth Christ and the Father? by his mother, as she sought God's mercy The Advent believers in the 1840's for her son, made George forget or disre­ partook of this experience. As they gave gard the false teachings that had caused themselves to study of the Word to­ him such anxiety. Such scenes could not gether, they moved from their earlier be erased from his heart. positions and came closer together in Happy for him he had such a mother. Bible truth. One of the clearest passages that describes the glory of this unity is Joy Radzik • Philippians 2. (excerpted from a biographical sketch in Six Fulfil ye myjoy, that ye be likeminded, Sermons by George Storrs, 1855) having the same love, being of one accord, In This Issue we desire to show the ofone mind. Let nothing be done through uphillfight truth has against established strife or vainglory; but in lowliness ofmind error. George Storrs did not accept the let each esteem other better than themselves. Sabbath or the sanctuary messages; why Look not every man on his own things, but then is he featured among the pioneers? every man also on the things ofothers. Let The jocus oftruth is not so much on the this mind be in you, which was also in man as on the message. The doctrine of ChristJesus. Phil. 2:2-5 the state ofthe dead and the non-immor­ This agape love that Christ revealed, tality ofthe saul is afoundational doc­ which described His mind, is vividly trine ofthe Seventh-day Adventist mes­ outlined in verses 6-8. He "humbled sage and movement. Storrs introduced Himself", from His position as the Son of this Bible truth to the Adventist pioneers. God, down to the God-forsaken death of the cross. This is His character, His glory. Vol. 1 No.4 Since He was slain "from the foundation Editorial Committee: Fred Bischoff, of the world" (Rev. 13:8), this has always Arthur Corbett, Gary Foster, Ray & Frances Foster. been what He is like. John saw the spiri­ Copyright © 1991 tual truth of Christ's being "a Lamb as it Adventist Pioneer Library had been slain" (Rev. 5:6) as the core of (Pioneer Compact Disk Committee) God's throne, how He rules His creation. P. O. Box 383 The character quality of self-sacrificing Lorna Linda, CA 92354, U.s.A. love is thereby seen to be the under­ Subscription US$20 for 12 issues in USA girding law of the universe. The cross Overseas US$25 surface mail;US$35 air. was but a new, unprecedented revelation One year (4 issues) US$7.50 in USA of what type of love the Creator pos- US$9 overseas surface and US$12 air. Continued page 8 Page 2 Lest We Forget Fourth Quarter 1991 Storrs' Six Sermons: Is There These remarks have chiefly been made Immortality in Sin and Suffering? to meet an objection that man is com­ Sermon VI posed of three parts-body, soul and spirit; and that, though his body and "I will not contend forever, neither will 1 be always wroth;for the spirit shouldfail before me, and the soul might perish, his spirit could not. I souls which 1 have made." Isa.57:16 have used the term soul throughout my We are too apt to take the words of discourses in its broadest sense as in­ Scripture and apply them to all men cluding the essence of what constitutes a indiscriminately, without regarding the man; and I am satisfied that is the gen­ character of the person spoken of. In eral sense in which the Scriptures use it, this way we pervert the word of the Most though in some texts it is used in a more High, and sometimes comfort those restricted sense. whom God has not comforted. I con­ It is a matter of indifference how it is ceive, that has been done with the words applied in my text; for the expressions of my text. They have been applied to all are such as to include the whole man, men; when the context shows, most and to show that every man on whom clearly, they are spoken only of the "con­ the wrath of God abideth will perish ­ trite ones," who are "humble and con­ utterly perish- body, "soul and spirit." trite" under the judgments, or chastise­ I shall now proceed to notice one of the ments that God had inflicted upon them evils of the opposite theory; or the main­ for their sins: while it is expressly said, in taining that such expressions as die ­ the same connection, there is "no peace death -destroy -destroyed -destruction ­ to the wicked,"-God's wrath abideth on burned up -perish, &c., are not to be them; and abiding on them, they will understood literally, Le, according to certainly "fail," The term "fail," used in their obvious meaning, when spoken of the text, though it has other significa­ the final destiny of wicked men. tion'S, is, I think, generally used by the prophet Isaiah, to signify "to perish." He ONE EVIL OF THE COMMON THEORY OF says, Is.21:16-"All the glory of Kedar shall ENDLESS BEING IN SIN AND SUFFERING, fail." And Is.19:3-"The spirit of Egypt IS: shall fail in the midst thereof." It sustains the mischievous practice of I consider the sense of the text, then, to mystifying, or making the Scriptures to be this- "With those persons who truly have a secret or hidden meaning, in the humble themselves, and repent, under plainest texts.
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