What Is "the 1888 Message" & Why Is 1888 So Important? - 1888 Message Study Committee

that God longed to impart to them. The enemy
prevented them from obtaining that efficiency
which might have been theirs in carrying the truth
to the world, as the apostles proclaimed it after the
day of Pentecost. The light that is to lighten the
whole earth with its glory was resisted, and by the
action of our own brethren has been in a great
degree kept away from the world” (Selected
Messages, Book One, pp. 234, 235; 1896).
That pretty well sums up the history, written in
retrospect after the early revivals had been blocked
and almost nullified by official opposition.
Heaven was forced to withdraw the precious
latter rain and loud cry gift. Since then, no serious
effort has been made to recover or proclaim the
actual message that she endorsed so highly. Plenty
of people proclaim what they call “righteousness
by faith” but it has often been assumed that we
don’t need what “the Lord in His great mercy sent”
to us. Evangelical concepts borrowed from the
Sundaykeeping churches take its place. In other
words, we are “rich and increased with goods.”
16