Rose LeBlanc

Rose LeBlanc is a registered nurse in oncology and writes from Fallston, Maryland.

Articles by Rose LeBlanc

The Everlasting Gospel

January 1928

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The Everlasting Gospel

By W.W. Prescott

Proposition One.-- That which is to be preached a t this time is designated by inspiration as " the everlasting gospel." Rev. 1 4 : 6.

Note.--…

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Jehovah-Jesus

June 1928

Is Proposition One.—'The name Je­hovah reveals God in covenant relation with His people, as the God of the covenant. Deut. 7:9.

Note.-" Blessed is the man who truly knows God as his covenant God; who…

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The Gospel of the Cross

May 1928

Proposition One.— Sin is a state of enmity against the holiness of God, which is expressed in overt acts of rebellion against the gov­ernment of God, and involves con­demnation, wrath, and death. Col. 1: 21; Rom. 5: 16; 1: 18; 2:…

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The Heart of the Gospel

April 1928

Proposition One.— In the original creation, in which Jesus Christ was the mediator (1 Cor. 8: 6; John 1: 1­3), man was endowed with the capacity of communion with God through the indwelling Spirit. Gen. 1: 26, 27; 2: 7.

 

Note.—"…

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The Hour of His Judgment

February 1928

Proposition One.— An adequate in­terpretation of the expression, " The hour of His judgment is come," which points to the intercessory work of Christ as our High Priest, will involve a study of the Person of the Mediator, who He…

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The Gospel Message in the Book of Revelation — No. 4

September 1929

The second beast of the thirteenth chapter evidently represents a gov­ernment established upon the princi­ples in harmony with the character and teaching of the Lamb (Matt. 22:21), as indicated by " two horns like a lamb," but the fact that…

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The Gospel Message in the Book of Revelation — No. 3

August 1929

We have found that the real subject of the book of Daniel is the gospel of the kingdom, the gospel of the Son of man, the Messiah of prophecy, to whom there was given " dominion, and glory, and a kingdom." Dan. 7:14. We shall find the same…

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The Gospel Message in the Book of Revelation

July 1929

In the first chapter we find some striking characterizations of Christ. He is " the faithful witness " (cf. John 8: 14; 18: 37) ; He it is who " loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by His blood; " He is " the Alpha and the Omega;…

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The Health Message in Public Evangelism

January 1934

That health education should be part of the program of every evangelistic campaign is now recognized by the majority of our success­ful evangelists. Many ministers, however, hav­ing brought large numbers into the spiritual phase…

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The Confessed Failure of Modernism—No. 1

February 1937

At the beginning of this study I lay down  this plain proposition: Any attempt to make Christianity more acceptable to the modern mind by accommodating its teachings to the spirit of the age, even to the point…

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The Threefold Union Forming—No. 1

April 1938

In the January and February numbers of The Ministry I gave consideration to the international conference on Life and Work held at Oxford, England, last July, and now I shall deal with the similar conference on Faith and…

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Momentous Implications At Oxford—No. 1

January 1938

Religious liberalism, having repudiated the Scrip­tures as the authoritative revelation of truth concerning God, man, and the plan of redemption,—and consequently concerning the nature and citizen­ship of…

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Implications at Oxford—No. 2

February 1938

The thought of the church as a commu­nity, as set forth in the preceding arti­cle, has been further developed in the fo lowing extract:

"Unity is hopeless unless we can find a category which is large enough to contain the whole concrete…

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Medical Missionary Nurses

January 1938

Nurses who are devoting their lives to service in our institutions in North Amer­ica, nurses in, mission hospitals in the great cities of our overseas divisions, nurses in the farthest outposts of China, Africa, and the islands of the sea,…

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Development of Our Medical Work—No. 1

December 1939

It is interesting to note that in the bylaws of the first medical institution founded by the Seventh-day Adventists in September, 1866, Article 1, Section 1, states, "The object of this institute is to treat disease upon…

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Extending Our Influence

November 1939

Sometime ago, Dr. John Brownsberger, medical superintendent of the Mountain Sanitarium and Hospital at Fletcher, North Carolina, was asked to prepare a paper on "Nursing Education and Nursing Service in Rural Areas."…

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Education Principles Reemphasized

August 1939

It is interesting to note that nursing edu­cators in the professional field today are stressing many of the fundamental princi­ples enunciated by the early educational leaders of our denomination. Perhaps there has never been a time…

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Proper Approach to Hindu Mind

May 1939

The doctrine of karma (salvation by works) and transmigration are the basic principles underlying Buddhism and Jainism, as well as Hinduism. No other belief has obtained so great a sway over such a large portion…

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Advertising an Effort

May 1939

It has been proved in the advertising world that an advertisement in color produces 25 to 50 percent more business than one with no color. Why, then, do we not use color in our advertising efforts to bring people out to hear our message?…

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Better Evangelistic Methods

April 1939

When I first learned that it would be possible for me to attend the winter quarter of our Theological Seminary, I began to plan what courses I would take. As I had been in the ministry for twelve years, and had held many evangelistic efforts,…

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International Missionary Conference

April 1939

With all the dignity which crowns his commanding stature, his seventy-three years, and his, long experience as a conspicuous Christian leader, Dr. John R. Mott, chairman of the International Mission­ary Council, delivered,…

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Proper Approach to the Hindu Mind

April 1939

The editorial policy of the Ministry calls for articles from national workers in the different divi­sions who will represent the viewpoint of the people among whom we work in this world-encompassing movement. Pastor Mookerjee,…

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Basic Missionary Principles

April 1939

It is now more than thirty years since I ar­rived in China. The experiences of over­seas service have been many and varied, but I realize more and more, as the days go by, that all things work together for good to those who love…

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Opening Doors in Peru

March 1939

It would be difficult to overestimate the value of medical missionary work as an entering wedge" in carrying the "gospel of the king­dom" to all the world. The Lord Jesus healed the sick in connection with His soulsaving work, and the "Testimonies"…

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Sanitariums Win Souls

February 1939

In the busy routine of sanitarium work the Lord occasionally gives us rich experiences which spur us on to labor more earnestly for souls whom He is calling into the ranks of His remnant people. Very often in the hour of severe illness an…

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A look at suffering-again!

October 2005

Why do bad things happen to God’s people? A very common question, and I have a very common answer. God doesn’t cause bad things to happen. He allows them. This is a sinful world, and evil things fall on the good and…

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The Confessed Failure of Modernism No. 2

March 1937

The third specification in the series by Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick on the failure of Modernism, is this:

"In the third place, Modernism has even watered clown and thinned out the central message and distinctive…

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The Historicity of Belshazzar

September 1932

A paragraph from the author's preface to "Nabonidus and Belshazzar,"* will briefly suggest that this book is based upon extensive research and study in the field of archeology:

"The impulse to prepare this mono­graph…

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Health Education in Conference Work

March 1938

In the organized work of the conference, health education may be carried on in many different ways, all of which may be made very effectual, and each of which may have its own special advantages. Organized instruction…

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Is Revelation 20:5 Spurious?

August 1936

I would like some help that would positively disprove the claim made by the Millennial Dawn people, that Revelation 20:5 is spurious, and that it is "not found in the oldest and most reliable Greek manuscripts,…

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The Larger Outlook

May 1938

Cause for Alarm in America

By W. HOMER TEESDALE, General Conference Department of Education

One need not depend upon statistics alone to realize the great threat…

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The New Testament Gospel

April 1930

The message of the angel to the shepherds on the plains of Bethle­hem at the time of the birth of Jesus contains a divine summary of the cen­tral features of the gospel. Let us read it:

"Be not afraid; for behold,…

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Sin, Salvation, and the Sabbath No. 2

September 1934

1. Under the symbol of the little horn the prophet Daniel foretold the rise of an apos­tate power who should "think to change the times and the law." Dan. 7:8, 24, 25.

2. Using the title "the man…

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Presbyterian Crisis Over Modernism

September 1936

Editorial Forword: For some time the conviction has grown upon us that we need to have our eyes turned again and again to the really vital things in the religious world about us—the larger trends and movements that indicate…

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The New Testament Gospel

June 1930

In developing the significance of the term Christ, or Messiah, the Anointed, as applied to the child born in Beth­lehem, we should note that at the time when it was used by the angel it was generally interpreted as referring…

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The Campaign for Calendar Reform

July 1930

The simplification of the calendar does not now appear to be so simple a question as may have been supposed at first. The proponents of this change seem to have quite an under­taking on their hands, if we may judge by…

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Roman Catholicism and the Scriptures

January 1935

The proposition submitted for study in a former article was this: "The fundamental cause of the present world crisis is that men in positions of responsibility, both in the church and in the state, have…

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The Gospel of Experience

August 1930

Our mission is to preach the ever­lasting lasting gospel to every nation, kin­dred, tongue, and people. But the only gospel that saves from sin is the gospel of personal experience. And the only effective preaching of…

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Roman Catholicism and the Scriptures

February 1935

It is a simple fact of history that in establishing one of the most important dogmas of the Roman Catholic Church, the infallibility of the pope defined by the Vatican Council held in 1870, this rule of absolutely following…

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The Gospel of Experience

September 1930

Let us look further into Paul's ex­perience. He states, "It pleased God . . . to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him." You remember Paul went to Athens and met those wise men,—the Epicureans, the Stoic philosophers,—and he reasoned…

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Content of Health Evangelism

September 1937

In advertising the health phase of an evangelistic gelistic series of meetings, caution should be exercised in the matter of exaggeration of facts. In mentioning the health worker or the institution represented, it is well to avoid…

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Principles Governing Health Teaching

November 1934

"To make natural law plain, and to urge obedience to it, is a work [of health reform] that accompanies the third angel's message." —"Counsels on Health," p. 21.

1. Correlate health work with…

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Modernism But Paganized Christianity

December 1934

A world of unrest! A world of lawlessness! A world of perplexity! A world of sorrow and suffering! What is the real cause of all this? Is there any remedy, and if so, what is it? We face facts, not theories; and we must deal with facts, if…

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The Goal of the Gospel

November 1930

Let us briefly review our former study on "The Gospel of Experi­ence:"

1. Our mission is to preach the ever­lasting gospel to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people.

2.…

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Non-Biblical Testimony to the Historicity of Jesus*

February 1932

There is no person in all the annals of history in behalf of whom there is more convincing testimony than for Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ of the New Testament. To some who have not given the matter serious attention,…

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Religious Trends in India No. 1

November 1937

There is little atheism, or antireligion, in India. The Indian has great respect for religion; and he does almost everything reli­giously. In his devotions he is wholehearted and unashamed. Hinduism, by far the…

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The Pope and New Babylon

December 1937

Have Catholic leaders ever called Rome "Babylon," or is that term used only by Protes­tants?

Before the Reformation, and especially since that revolution in religious thinking and interpretation, those who have rejected the…

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The Official Title of the Pope

March 1939

When an honest effort is made to es­tablish a fact of history by candid research, all preconceived opinions must be laid aside, and we must be ready, with an unprejudiced mind, to give due weight to the…

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Religious Trends in India—No. 2

December 1937

Not all the untouchables are waiting for Doc­tor Ambedkar. It is estimated that fifteen thousand every month are nominally espousing Christianity. There are already, in the Andhra Desa district of the Telugu country alone,…

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Non-Biblical Testimony to the Historicity of Jesus

March 1932

The letter of Pliny the Younger, written in 107 A. D., when he was the representative of the Roman government in Bithynia, and addressed to the then reigning emperor Trajan, "is considered one of the most important documents remaining of…

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Vital Health Questions

March 1939

What health topic does the Seventh-day Adventist most frequently have oppor­tunity to discuss with an inquirer? A sta­tistical record of every question asked doctors and nurses during a period of one month in all…

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Punctuation in Luke 23:43

August 1935

What is the proper punctuation of the Greek text in Luke 23:43? Should it be punctuated in such a way as to connect sameron ("today") with the verb Lego ("I say"), or with the verb esa ("thou shalt be")?

This…

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The Gospel Message in the Books of Daniel and the Revelation

March 1929

The following brief selections from the spirit of prophecy are of much sig­nificance, and should serve both as a stimulus and a guide in the study of the books mentioned:

" Ministers should present the sure word of prophecy as the…

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Guiding Principles in Work for Catholics

January 1933

In working for Roman Catholics, especially in countries where Catholicism predominates and superstition reigns, one of the greatest principles involved is courtesy. I always take into consideration that the vast majority of these people are…

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The Authenticity and the Date of the Book of Daniel

July 1931

It is no longer necessary to cite extended proof to convince the man of average intelligence and of reasonable acquaintance with current events that we are living in a new era of world history. Within…

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The Gospel Message in the Book of Daniel— No. 2

April 1929

The historical sketches found in the second, third, and fourth chapters of the book of Daniel, when correctly un­derstood, will furnish a suggestive key for the understanding of the prophecies found in the later portion of this book. Daniel…

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Rome's Change on Infallibility

October 1935

Rome's Change on Infallibility

How would you answer the question, "Has the Roman Catholic Church changed its teach­ings?" Please cite incontrovertible facts.

It is a well-known claim of the Roman Cath­olic Church…

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Teaching Church Groups

November 1938

The most important thing in any teaching program with any group is the evi­dence that subject matter which has been taught is being applied to practical life. It is not alone the native African, regarding whom…

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The Gospel Message in the Book of Daniel — (Continued)

May 1929

There are some distinguishing fea­tures of the prophecy in the eighth chapter of Daniel which may be briefly mentioned. The time is the last year of Belshazzar, just before the fall of Babylon, probably in the same year. Although given before…

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Literature Augments Results

April 1939

The pioneers of this movement were men of vision. They believed, with Martin Luther, that the gift of printing superseded the gift of tongues, and they wisely invested funds in the printed page. To show the im­mense value…

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The Gospel Message in the Book of Revelation

June 1929

We now open the book of Revelation, the last book of the Bible, in which we find the consummation of the gospel of the grace of God, the culmination of His eternal purpose. We shall appreciate the contents of this book better if we give attention…

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The Septuagint Translation

August 1932

An important step in the history of  the Bible was the translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into the Greek language. This Greek version is commonly known as the Septuagint, often designated as the LXX:

"Its…

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