Part 93

Saxons in Great Britain, 62, 63.

Saxony, Bohemians flee to, 254.

Scandinavia, progress of the Reformation in, 241-244. proclamation of advent message in, 366. child-preachers in, 366, 367.

Scapegoat, in sanctuary service, 419, 420. Satan typified by, 422, 485, 658.

Schism, the Great, see Popes.

Science, research into, sometimes a snare of Satan, 522. false, to prepare way for papacy, 573. not a true foundation for religious belief, 595.

Scoffers, in Noah’s time, 338. in Miller’s time, 339, 340, 404, 408, 429. in last days, 561, 635, 642.

Scotland, a refuge for persecuted Christians, 62. persecutions in, 249, 250. work of Knox in, 250, 251.

Scriptures, the detector of error, 51. study of, 80, 81, 598, 599, 600. Wycliffe demands restoration of, to people, 81. infallibility of, 89, 249. Wolff on popular system of interpretation of, 360. study of, danger of neglecting, 519, 521. fanciful interpretations of, 520, 521. a safeguard, 559, 593-603. see also Bible; Word of God.

Seal of God, 613, 640.

Second advent of Christ, foretold, 39, 454. hope of believers in all ages, 299-303. signs of, 304-316, 333, 334. warning of, why not committed to religious leaders, 315. manner of, 321. taught in Scriptures, 321-323. time of, 324; not known by men, 457; error in regard to, 328, 368, 482. warning of, rejected, 338, 339, 366. proclamation of, 352-354. preached by Joseph Wolff, 359, 360; William Miller, 329-333, 352-354, 368-374. belief in, found in Bokhara, Yemen, and Tartary, 361, 362. taught in England, South America, Germany, France, Switzerland, Scandinavia, 362-367. preparation for, in 1844, 401-403. false theory of, 525. manner of, cannot be counterfeited by Satan, 625. scenes of, 636-644. see also Advent Movement; Christ; Prophecy; Prophecies.

Second angel’s message, 381-390.

Second commandment, expunged from law by papacy, 52.

Secrets of God, men not to search into, 523.

Self-depreciation, 477.

Self-exaltation, Luther removed from danger of, 170. danger from, 471, 494-499, 503.

Self-indulgence, 473-475, 488.

Self-justification, of Satan, 499. of sinners to-day, 500.

Self-sufficiency, 509.

Sennacherib, 512.

Seventh-day Adventists, 409-422, 429-432. proclamation of final warning by, 603-612. see also Law; People of God; Sabbath; Sanctuary; Third angel’s message.

Seventy weeks, prophecy of, 324, 328, 345-347, 410.

Sigismund, 104-108, 115-118, 163.

Signs of second advent, 304-316, 391, 456. Lisbon earthquake, 304, 305. darkening of sun and moon, 306-308. condition of churches, 309, 310. falling of the stars, 333, 334. see also Prophecies.

Simon Magus, 128.

Sin, definition of, 472. origin of, 492-502. love of, 508. end of, 504, 545. remission of, in sanctuary service, 417, 418, 421, 425. see also Evil; Satan.

Sins, secret, revealed in judgment, 486. blotting out of, from books in heaven, 421, 422, 484-486, 614.

Skepticism, see Infidelity.