Section I: A Survey of the General Features of the Volume

Two vital facts immediately appear upon opening the volume to the title page. The first is the hidden identity of the printers, as there is no imprint of any publisher whatsoever. It is significant that the manuscript was neither submitted to nor published by any accredited Seventh-day Adventist publishing house. In other words, the authorization of the book itself is not vindicated as an approved denominational production. It was published in disregard of General Conference counsel, and over the plea of the executive officers that agitation of this question should cease.RABV 1.1

In immediate connection with this first fact—that of the unnamed publisher—is the inseparable second point that, despite the unauthorized character of this volume and the anonymity of the printer, the author seeks to fortify the standing and influence of his book by the use of his official title in a Seventh-day Adventist college, thus creating the impression that it represents the views of the denomination.RABV 1.2