Chapter 21—September 27, 1845

James White Was Among Those Who Believed That the “Midnight Cry” Was of God, and That the Door Was Shut on October 22, 1844.

In a letter dated September 27, 1845, James White wrote:SDD 15.1

Bless God, dear Brother, there are many in Maine, who stand firm on the truth, unmoved, fixed, that we have had the “True Midnight Cry,” and of course the Bridegroom has come, and the door is shut; if not, a true Midnight Cry has told a lie. Our trials increase, but we have a good number of Calebs and Joshuas, who are continually crying to the children, “We are well able to go up.”

But I tell you we need the shield of Faith now. While the Spiritualizers are pouring in one side, inducing some to “deny the only Lord God and our Savior Jesus Christ,” on the other hand, Brethren J. and C. H. Pearson, and E. C. Clemons, have given up the shut door, and are doing all they can to drag others to outer darkness. Of late, the “hope within the Veil,” has turned a short corner, and I am glad of it; for the Editor and the Publisher, some weeks before the change of views, denied their faith, in being published for marriage. We all look upon it as a wile of the Devil. The firm brethren in Maine who are waiting for Christ to come have no fellowship with such a move.

We are looking for redemption in the Morning. Watch. Amen.—The Day-Star, October 11, 1845.