This one was quite interesting!
[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]I was on another forum and this took place:[/FONT][FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]
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[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]"Our position on the Testimonies (Mrs. White's writings) is like the keystone to the arch. Take that out and there is no logical stopping place till all the special truths of the message are gone. Nothing is surer than this, that this message and the visions (of Mrs. White ) belong together" (Review and Herald, Supplement, August 14, 1883).
He tried to pass it off as being from here: Chapter 37: How Contemporaries Understood Ellen Whites Authority:
Our position on the Testimonies is like the keystone of the arch, take that out and there is no logical stopping-place till all the special truths of the message are gone. . . . Nothing is more sure than this, that this message and the visions belong together, and stand or fall together. source: G. I. Butler, president of the General Conference, cited in Review and Herald Supplement, Aug. 14, 1883.
But, if we look at an anti-SDA web site (Seventh-day Adventist view Ellen G. White as an inspired prophet) we find the exact quote that he gave:
"Our position on the Testimonies (Mrs. White's writings) is like the keystone to the arch. Take that out and there is no logical stopping place till all the special truths of the message are gone. Nothing is surer than this, that this message and the visions (of Mrs. White ) belong together" (Review and Herald, Supplement, August 14, 1883).
Note how exact it is compared to what was originally given. Secondly, note the differences with what was really said--shown below in bold:[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]"Our position on the Testimonies (Mrs. White's writings) is like the keystone to the arch. Take that out and there is no logical stopping place till all the special truths of the message are gone. {dropped the ellipsed material} Nothing is {dropped the word "more" and changed "sure" to} surer than this, that this message and the visions (of Mrs. White ) belong together {dropped the ending phrase}" (Review and Herald, {<--note the added comma} Supplement, August 14, 1883).[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]More websites can be seen: "Mrs. White's writings) is like the keystone to the arch" - Yahoo! Search Results[/FONT][FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]
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[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]I still can't find the original quote in the Supplement (10 point fount, 3 columns!).[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]I was on another forum and this took place:[/FONT][FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]
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[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]"Our position on the Testimonies (Mrs. White's writings) is like the keystone to the arch. Take that out and there is no logical stopping place till all the special truths of the message are gone. Nothing is surer than this, that this message and the visions (of Mrs. White ) belong together" (Review and Herald, Supplement, August 14, 1883).
He tried to pass it off as being from here: Chapter 37: How Contemporaries Understood Ellen Whites Authority:
Our position on the Testimonies is like the keystone of the arch, take that out and there is no logical stopping-place till all the special truths of the message are gone. . . . Nothing is more sure than this, that this message and the visions belong together, and stand or fall together. source: G. I. Butler, president of the General Conference, cited in Review and Herald Supplement, Aug. 14, 1883.
But, if we look at an anti-SDA web site (Seventh-day Adventist view Ellen G. White as an inspired prophet) we find the exact quote that he gave:
"Our position on the Testimonies (Mrs. White's writings) is like the keystone to the arch. Take that out and there is no logical stopping place till all the special truths of the message are gone. Nothing is surer than this, that this message and the visions (of Mrs. White ) belong together" (Review and Herald, Supplement, August 14, 1883).
Note how exact it is compared to what was originally given. Secondly, note the differences with what was really said--shown below in bold:[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]"Our position on the Testimonies (Mrs. White's writings) is like the keystone to the arch. Take that out and there is no logical stopping place till all the special truths of the message are gone. {dropped the ellipsed material} Nothing is {dropped the word "more" and changed "sure" to} surer than this, that this message and the visions (of Mrs. White ) belong together {dropped the ending phrase}" (Review and Herald, {<--note the added comma} Supplement, August 14, 1883).[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]More websites can be seen: "Mrs. White's writings) is like the keystone to the arch" - Yahoo! Search Results[/FONT][FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]
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[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]I still can't find the original quote in the Supplement (10 point fount, 3 columns!).[/FONT]
