Chapter 10—January 8, 1845

James White Believed the Door Was Shut.

In a letter to Enoch Jacobs dated January 8, 1845 (possibly this should read 1846), James White stated:SDD 7.2

“Beloved when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for THE faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness and denying the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.” Jude 3-4. I conclude no intelligent believer in the shut door doubts the direct application of Jude to us since the midnight cry was finished. So the exhortation to contend for the faith delivered to the saints, is to us alone.—The Day-Star, January 24, 1846.