Contents

Preface & Introduction

1. The Destruction of Jerusalem ............................................................................ 17

2. Persecution in the First Centuries ..................................................................... 39

3. An Era of Spiritual Darkness (The Apostasy) .................................................. 49

4. The Waldenses .................................................................................................... 61

5. John Wycliffe ........................................................................................................ 79

6. Huss and Jerome ................................................................................................ 97

7. Luther's Separation From Rome ..................................................................... 120

8. Luther Before the Diet ...................................................................................... 145

9. The Swiss Reformer ......................................................................................... 171

10. Progress of Reform in Germany ................................................................... 185

11. Protest of the Princes ..................................................................................... 197

12. The French Reformation ................................................................................ 211

13. The Netherlands and Scandinavia ................................................................ 237

14. Later English Reformers ................................................................................ 245

15. The Bible and the French Revolution ........................................................... 265

16. The Pilgrim Fathers ........................................................................................ 289

17. Heralds of the Morning ................................................................................... 299

18. An American Reformer ................................................................................... 317

19. Light Through Darkness ................................................................................. 343

20. A Great Religious Awakening ....................................................................... 355

21. A Warning Rejected ....................................................................................... 375

22. Prophecies Fulfilled ....................................................................................... 391

23. What Is the Sanctuary? .................................................................................. 409

24. In the Holy of Holies ........................................................................................ 423

25. God's Law Immutable .................................................................................... 433

26. A Work of Reform .......................................................................................... 451

27. Modern Revivals ............................................................................................ 461

28. Facing Life's Record (The Investigative Judgment) .................................. 479

29. The Origin of Evil ........................................................................................... 492

30. Enmity Between Man and Satan ................................................................. 505

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31. Agency of Evil Spirits ................................................................................... 511

32. Snares of Satan ............................................................................................ 518

33. The First Great Deception ........................................................................... 531

34. Can Our Dead Speak to Us? (Spiritualism) .............................................. 551

35. Liberty of Conscience Threatened (Aims of the Papacy) ........................ 563

36. The Impending Conflict ................................................................................ 582

37. The Scriptures a Safeguard ........................................................................ 593

38. The Final Warning ........................................................................................ 603

39. The Time of Trouble ..................................................................................... 613

40. God's People Delivered .............................................................................. 635

41. Desolation of the Earth ................................................................................ 653

42. The Controversy Ended .............................................................................. 662

Appendix ............................................................................................................. 679

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