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    Question 97: Did Ellen White say the genes of all the races were in Adam? (“Origin of Colored Races”)

    A friend of mine said she had read somewhere in an E. G. White book that the genes of all the colored races were in Adam. However, she can’t re-member exactly where she read that. Is there such a statement?101Q 212.1

    I know of no statement from Mrs. White that makes the point you have asked about. It is a striking statement, isn’t it? That very fact makes me think that if it had genuinely come from Mrs. White, it would be quite well known.101Q 212.2

    But even if Mrs. White didn’t make a statement about the genes of the various races all being in Adam, she clearly upheld the full brotherhood of all mankind.101Q 212.3

    Christ came to this earth with a message of mercy and forgiveness. He laid the foundation for a religion by which Jew and Gentile, black and white, free and bond, are linked together in one common brotherhood, recognized as equal in the sight of God (Testimonies, 7:225).101Q 212.4

    No distinction on account of nationality, race, or caste, is recognized by God. He is the Maker of all mankind. All men are of one family by creation, and all are one through redemption. Christ came to demolish every wall of partition, to throw open every compartment of the temple, that every soul may have free access to God. . . . In Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, bond nor free. All are brought nigh by His precious blood (Christ’s Object Lessons, 386).101Q 212.5

    The religion of the Bible recognizes no caste or color. It ignores rank, wealth, worldly honor. God estimates men as men. With Him, character decides their worth. And we are to recognize the Spirit of Christ in whomsoever it is revealed (Testimonies, 9:223).101Q 212.6

    The walls of sectarianism and caste and race will fall down when the true missionary spirit enters the hearts of men. Prejudice is melted away by the love of God (Review and Herald, Jan. 21, 1896; The Southern Work, 1966 ed., 55).101Q 212.7

    Walls of separation have been built up between the whites and the blacks. These walls of prejudice will tumble down of themselves as did the walls of Jericho, when Christians obey the Word of God, which enjoins on them supreme love to their Maker and impartial love to their neighbors (Review and Herald, December 17, 1895; republished in The Southern Work, 1966 ed., 43).101Q 213.1

    When the Holy Spirit moves upon human minds, all petty complaints and accusations between man and his fellow man will be put away. . . . In our worship of God there will be no distinction between rich and poor, white and black. All prejudice will be melted away. When we approach God, it will be as one brotherhood (Review and Herald, Oct. 24, 1899, 677).101Q 213.2

    The Lord’s eye is upon all His creatures; He loves them all, and makes no difference between white and black, except that He has a special, tender pity for those who are called to bear a greater burden than others. . . .101Q 213.3

    Whoever of the human family give themselves to Christ, whoever hear the truth and obey it, become children of one family. The ignorant and the wise, the rich and the poor, the heathen and the slave, white or black—Jesus paid the purchase money for their souls. If they believe on Him, His cleansing blood is applied to them. The black man’s name is written in the book of life beside the white man’s. All are one in Christ. Birth, station, nationality, or color cannot elevate or degrade men. The character makes the man. If a red man, a Chinese, or an African gives his heart to God, in obedience and faith, Jesus loves him none the less for his color. He calls him His well-beloved brother. . . .101Q 213.4

    Men may have both hereditary and cultivated prejudices, but when the love of Jesus fills the heart, and they become one with Christ, they will have the same spirit that He had. If a colored brother sits by their side, they will not be offended or despise him. They are journeying to the same heaven, and will be seated at the same table to eat bread in the kingdom of God. If Jesus is abiding in our hearts we cannot despise the colored man who has the same Saviour abiding in his heart (Published in The Southern Work, 1966 ed., 12-14).101Q 213.5

    See also the preceding question and answer.101Q 214.1