51. When I purposed to leave Minneapolis, the Angel of the Lord stood by me and said: 'Not so; God has a work for you to do in this place. … It is not you they are despising, but the messengers and the message I sent to My people.' -Letter B-2a, 1892.
52. God has raised up the men to meet the necessity of this time [Jones and Waggoner] … their work is not only to proclaim the law, but to preach the truth for this time, -the Lord our righteousness. -1 SM, pp. 360, 361.
53. When you are enlightened by the Holy Spirit, you will see all that wickedness at Minneapolis as it is, as God looks upon it. … You had all the evidence that you needed that the Lord was working through brethren Jones and Waggoner; but you did not receive the light; … you did not feel ready to confess that you had done wrong, that these men had a message fr om God, and you had made light of both message and messengers. -Letter B-2a, 1892.
54. Oh that all who stepped in false paths at that notable meeting at Minneapolis, and have felt the same spirit enfolding them about, would let Heavens light into their souls. … Hating Jesus Christ in the form of His saints! Oh how will God reveal this whole business in a place where they have never looked upon it! -Letter 13, 1895.
55. Why do you cherish such bitterness against Elder A.T. Jones and Elder Waggoner? It is for the same reason Cain hated Abel. Cain refused to heed the instruction of God, and because Abel sought God, and followed His will, Cain killed him. God has given brother Jones and brother Waggoner a message for the people. You do not believe that God has upheld them, but He has given them precious light and their message has fed the people of God. When you reject the message borne by these men, you reject Christ, the giver of the message. -Letter 51-A, 1895.
56. The Lord has been calling His people. In a most marvelous manner He has revealed His divine presence. But the message and the messengers have not been received but despised. … In rejecting the message given at Minneapolis, men committed sin. They have committed far greater sin by retaining for years the same hatred against God's messengers, by rejecting the truth that the Holy Spirit has been urging home. By making light of the message given, they are making light of the Word of God. …MS 30,1890.
57. Light fr om the throne of God has been long resisted as an objectionable thing. It has been regarded as darkness, and spoken of as fanaticism, as something dangerous, to be shunned. -MS 30,1890.
58. They [the opponents] can hold the objectionable atom under the magnifying glass of their imagination until the atom looks like a world, and shuts out fr om their view the precious light of heaven. … Why take so much account of that which might appear to you as objectionable in the messenger, and sweep away all the evidences that God has given to balance the mind in regard to truth? -R&H, April 18, 1893.
59. This they were too proud to do [opposing brethren] and therefore persisted in rejecting God's counsel and the light and evidence which have been given. -MS 25,1890.
60. In Minneapolis God gave precious gems of truth to His people in new settings. This light fr om Heaven by some was rejected with all the stubbornness the Jews manifested in rejecting Christ. -MS 13, 1889.
61. The very men who ought to be on the alert to see what the people of God need that the way of the Lord may be prepared, are intercepting the light God would have come to His people and rejecting the message of His healing grace. -Letter to Miller Brothers, July 23, 1889.
62. Many say, 'If I had only lived in the days of Christ, I would not have wrested His words, or falsely interpreted His instruction. I would not have rejected and crucified Him, as did the Jews;' but that will be proved by the way in which you deal with His message and His messengers today. The Lord is testing the people today as He tested the Jews in their day. … If you accept the message, you accept Jesus. -R&H, April 11, 1893.
63. If the leading men in our Conferences do not now accept the message sent them by God, and fall into line for action, the churches will suffer great loss. -5T p. 715.
64. No more tender calls, no better opportunities could be given them in order that they might do that which they ought to have done in Minneapolis. … No one can tell how much may be at stake when they neglect to comply with the call of the Spirit of God. The time will come when they will be willing to do anything and everything possible in order to have a chance of hearing the call which they rejected at Minneapolis. -Letter O-19, 1892.
65. When Brother Waggoner brought out these ideas in the Minneapolis Conference, it was the first clear teaching of the subject fr om any human lips I had heard, excepting the communication between myself and my husband. I have said to myself, it is because God has presented it to me in vision that I see it so clearly and they cannot see it because they have not had it presented to them as I have, and when another presented it, every fibre of my heart said 'Amen.' -MS 5, 1889. (Elder Froom sent this to me in a letter dated December 31, 1964.)
66. When men listen to the Lord's message, but through temptation allow prejudice to bar the mind and heart against the reception of truth, the enemy has the power to present the most precious things in a distorted light. -Letter O-19, 1892. (The context is speaking of Jones and Waggoner.)
67. I shall never, I think, be called upon to stand under the direction of the Holy Spirit as I stood at Minneapolis. … But in the rooms occupied by some of our people was heard ridicule, criticism, jeering, laughter. The manifestations of the Holy Spirit were attributed to fanaticism. -Letter May 31, 1896.
68. We know that Bro. Jones has been giving the message for this time, meat in due season to the starving flock of God. … The conference at Minneapolis was the golden opportunity for all present to humble the heart before God, and to welcome Jesus as the great Instructor. … Afterward when the evidence was piled upon evidence, why did you not humble your hearts before God, and repent of your rejection of the message of mercy He has sent you? -Letter, January 9, 1893.
69. Many come here fr om foreign countries thinking that Battle Creek, fr om whence come the publications of the truth will be next to Heaven. How disappointed they feel, when they hear in this place, the message of God spoken of lightly, when they hear the messengers of God, by some in responsible places, made a subject of ridicule, and why is this? It is because the message and the messengers do not coincide in every particular with the ideas of these whom the Lord names as His scorners, although it is a message sent fr om Heaven. -Letter, November 25,1890, Brooklyn, New York.
70. I have great sorrow of heart- I have had nearly ever since the Minneapolis meeting-and I will tell you why. … When it comes to the manifest movement of the Spirit of God, if the spirit were in their hearts they would recognize it in a moment. … I have told my brethren here again and again that God has shown me that He raised up men here to carry the truth to His people and that this is the truth. -Sermon, Battle Creek, March 16,1890.
71. We know that Brother (A.T.) Jones has been giving the message for this time, meat in due season to the starving flock of God. Those who do not allow prejudice to bar the heart against the heaven-sent message, cannot but feel the spirit and force of the truth. Brother Jones has borne the message fr om church to church, and fr om state to state; and light and freedom and the outpouring of the Spirit of God has attended the work. … Brother Jones seeks to arouse the professed people of God fr om their death-like slumber. … They (the opposers) will be asked in the judgment, 'Who required this at your hand, to rise up against the message, and the messengers I sent to my people with light, with grace and power? Why have you lifted up your souls against God? … When the evidence was piled upon evidence, why did you not humble your hearts before God, and repent of your rejection of the message of mercy I sent to you?' -Letter, January 9, 1893.
72. Brother A.T. Jones spoke to the people, also E. J. Waggoner, and the people heard many precious things that would be to them a comfort, and a strength to their faith. They appreciated this, to them, all important privilege. -MS 24, 1888. (Kansas Campmeeting.)
73. When I stated before my brethren that I had heard for the first time the views of Elder E. J. Waggoner, some did not believe me. I stated that I had heard precious truths uttered that I could respond to with all my heart, for had not these great and glorious truths, the righteousness of Christ and the entire sacrifice made in behalf of man, been imprinted indelibly upon my mind by the Spirit of God? … When the Lord had given to my brethren [Jones and Waggoner] the burden to proclaim this message I felt inexpressibly grateful to God, for I knew it was a message for this time. -MS 24, 1888.
74. I should insist that there be a right spirit, a Christ-like spirit manifested, such as Elder E. J. Waggoner had shown all through the presentation of his views. … As Elder E. J. Waggoner had conducted himself like a Christian gentleman they should do the same. -MS 24, 1888.
75. Elder Waggoner had taken a straightforward course, not involving personalities, to thrust anyone or to ridicule anyone. He conducted the subject as a Christian gentleman should, in a kind and courteous manner. -MS 24, 1888.
76. The brethren had all the evidence they would ever have that words of truth were spoken in regard to the righteousness of Christ. … If they had distinguished the voice of the True Shepherd, if they had opened their hearts to receive the light. … -MS 24, 1888.
77. I knew how the Lord regarded their spirit and action and if they did thus in ignorance [opposing Jones and Waggoner] through perverted ideas, they have had all the opportunity God will ever give them to know He has given these men a work to do, and a message to bear which is present truth for this time. … Wherever this message comes its fruits are good. A vigor and a vital energy are brought into the church, and where the message is accepted, there hope and courage and faith beam in the countenances of all those who open their eyes to see … and their hearts to perceive the great treasures of truth. -MS 24, 1888.
78. A lifegiving message … to give life to the dry bones. -MS 24, 1888.
79. They [the people] expressed their gladness and gratitude of heart for the sermons that have been preached by Brother A. T. Jones; they saw the truth, goodness, mercy, and love of God as they never before had seen it. … It was manifest that a renovation had taken place."-R & I-I, February 12,1889.
80. Meetings were held in the college which were intensely interesting. … The Christian life which had before seemed to them (students) undesirable and full of inconsistencies, now appeared in its true light, in remarkable symmetry and beauty. -R&H, February 12, 1889.