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Over and over Mrs. White claimed her writings to be inspired of God, and placed them on a level with the Bible. She says:
"I took the precious Bible, and surrounded it with the several Testimonies for the Church, given for the people of God. Here, said I, the cases of nearly all are met"(Testimonies, Vol. 2, p. 605; Vol. 5, p. 664).
According to 2 Tim. 3:16,17, the Bible alone is a sufficient guide to heaven, thoroughly furnishing the man of God unto all good works. But Mrs. White adds her writings to the Bible; surrounds it with them, in fact. With the two thus placed together, she says "the cases of nearly all are met." The Bible alone, therefore, must be better; for that meets the cases of all.
The claim of infallibility was set up for Mrs. White's writings in 1911. In that year they declared her writings to be "the only infallible interpreter of Bible principles" (The Mark of the Beast, by G.A. Irwin, p. 1).
The claim of infallibility was set up for Mrs. White's writings in 1911. In that year they declared her writings to be "the only infallible interpreter of Bible principles" (The Mark of the Beast, by G.A. Irwin, p. 1).
With them, therefore, the Bible is not their only creed, it is not its own expositor, neither is it their only infallible rule of faith and practice. On the contrary, faith in Mrs. White and her writings is the great thing - the chief, but unpublished, article of faith. It is not an uncommon thing to hear their older members say, "If I gave up faith in Mrs. White, I would give up everything." This shows that everything in this church is built on her. To disbelieve in her is the greatest of heresies, and at once brands one as an apostate. Before uniting with the church one hears little or nothing about Mrs. White; but, after uniting, one hears her quoted constantly as authority upon everything - doctrine, diet, dress and discipline.
Those who at first do not accept her visions, Mrs. White says,
"must not be set aside, but long patience and brotherly love should be exercised toward then until they find their position and become established for or against."
But, "if they fight against the visions," then, she says, "the church may know that they are not right" (Testimonies, Vol. I., p. 328).
This shows that in the end, according to Mrs. White's own writings, faith in her writings is made a test of faith and fellowship in this church.