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63. Page 285
At the bottom of the page reference is made to the decree prohibiting the Bible, to which attention has already been called.WWPGC 22.10
Response: Criticism accepted, and wording changed to harmonize with the precision of demonstrable facts and authentic records.WWPGC 23.1
1888 book read: “When France publicly prohibited the Bible, wicked men and spirits of darkness exulted in their attainment of the object so long desired,” et cetera.WWPGC 23.2
1911 edition reads: On page 286: “When France publicly rejected God and set aside the Bible, wicked men and spirits of darkness exulted in their attainment of the object so long desired,—” et cetera.WWPGC 23.3
C. C. Crisler’s General Observation on the Chapter, “The Bible and the French Revolution:” 2Note: Written after a very thorough investigation of sources relating to the subject in several libraries and soliciting the assistance of scholars in Europe and America, and having personally dug into literally mountains of historical records. This task extended over a period of five months, but of course not with his full time given to it during that period.—Arthur L. White. (Discussed in points 56 to 63.)WWPGC 23.4
In all this historical work, we are eager to have the MSS that may be submitted, given the most searching tests. We need never be afraid of historical truth. However, we would do well to avoid accepting the conclusions of some of the more modern historians who are attempting to rewrite history so as to shape it up in harmony with their philosophical viewpoint. We find it necessary to exercise constant vigilance in this respect; and this leads us to set considerable store by the original sources, or fountain heads of history....WWPGC 23.5
The more closely we examine the use of historical extracts in Controversy, and the historical extracts themselves, the more profoundly are we impressed with the fact that Sister White had special guidance in tracing the story from the time of the Destruction of Jerusalem, down through the centuries until the End. No mortal man could have done the work that she has done in shaping up some of these chapters, including, we believe, the chapter on the French Revolution, which is a very remarkable chapter, in more ways than one.WWPGC 23.6
And the more we go into these matters, the more profound is our conviction that the Lord has helped not only Sister White in the presentation of truth, but that He has overruled in the work of other writers, to the praise of His name and the advancement of present truth. Our brethren in years past have used many quotations, and as a general rule, the Lord surely must have helped them to avoid making use of many extracts that would have led them astray.WWPGC 23.7
Of course there is still a great deal of room for improvement, even in a book like Elder U. Smith’s Daniel and Revelation. But not so much needs to be done, as might have had to be done if the Lord had not given special help to these various writers.—C. C. Crisler to Guy Dail, January 3, 1911.WWPGC 24.1