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Chapter four - Eugene Prewitt 151Prewitt says: (see Appendix I)“Another warning Ellen White gave about false messengers is that theymight mingle the solemn and the silly, the holy and the common. God hasalways worked to keep these distinct. Satan has always sought toconfound them...This mingling of the common and sacred, of the‘sublime and the ridiculous’ (2SM 89), caught my attention several timeswhile reading the dreams of Mr. Knoll. As a minor example, herepeatedly mentions the ‘dimples’ of the ‘Herald.’ ”God says:Selected Messages, Book 1, p. 65In this quotation are also found the words, "I saw two long golden rodson which hung silver wires, and on the wires were glorious grapes."My opponents ridicule "that weak and childish expression of gloriousgrapes growing on silver wires, and these wires attached to golden rods."What motive impelled the writer of the above to misstate my words? Ido not state that grapes were growing on silver wires. That which Ibeheld is described as it appeared to me. It is not to be supposed thatgrapes were attached to silver wires or golden rods, but that such was theappearance presented. Similar expressions are daily employed by everyperson in ordinary conversation. When we speak of golden fruit, we arenot understood as declaring that the fruit is composed of that preciousmetal, but simply that it has the appearance of gold. The same ruleapplied to my words removes all excuse for misapprehension.Revelation 1:13-16And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son ofman, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the papswith a golden girdle. His head and his hairs were white like wool, aswhite as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; And his feet like untofine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound ofmany waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of hismouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sunshineth in his strength.Early Writings, p. 15His hair was white and curly and lay on His shoulders; and upon Hishead were many crowns. His feet had the appearance of fire; in His righthand was a sharp sickle; in His left, a silver trumpet. His eyes were as aflame of fire, which searched His children through and through. Then allfaces gathered paleness, and those that God had rejected gatheredblackness.FactSince God created dimples, why would Mr. Prewitt accuse this of mixing thesacred and the common? Ernie is simply giving a description of the Herald. Henoticed that no two angels looked identical.