Articles by Francis M. Wilcox
"Like People, Like Priest "
August 1928
This is an age of lowered and lowering standards. The world in general is rapidly departing from God. Spiritual degeneracy is fast leavening the great Christian church. Men are losing out of their hearts the consciousness…
True Revival and Reformation
February 1938
Solemn and timely was the devotional hour led by Elder Wilcox at the Battle Creek Autumn Council. It was a message of rebuke and entreaty, a call to repentance, making a deep impression…
The Fundamentals and New Light
February 1940
I wonder if a company of Seventh-day Adventists have ever come together who have sought God as earnestly for new light as did the pioneers of this message. See…
MESSAGES FROM OUR LEADERS: Stepping Up Humbly- Stepping Down Graciously
February 1950
We live in a changing world. We know not any day what new events wait on the morrow to be ushered into life's happenings. Kings and other rulers are dethroned overnight, and others are exalted to take their places. By the ever changing minds of…
Lowering the Divine Standard
June 1934
In every age the gospel minister has been in danger of lowering his message to meet the lowered standard of the people. "Like people, like priest." This is the danger facing the ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. I thank God…
Speech That Cannot be Condemned
October 1933
We judge strangers in two principal ways,— first, by their appearance; second, by their speech. When a stranger approaches us, his dress, his walk, his general bearing unconsciously make an impression upon our…
Forward and Upward
April 1930
Lost Leadership
By F.M. Wilcox
How sad it is to see men in this world lose their position of leadership! I do not refer to official leadership, which comes and goes with passing…
The Responsibility of Leadership
December 1936
The minister of the gospel is charged with a solemn responsibility. In accepting his sacred work, he stands as the oracle of God, as a steward of divine truth. This is emphasized in the call of the Lord to Ezekiel, as brought to view in…
This is the Hour of Testing
October 1934
Dangers Threatening Our Schools
November 1934
In the days before us our institutions will become the special objects of Satan's attack. If he can weaken their influence, if he can divert them from their high and holy purpose, he will have made a master stroke against…
The Leadership Called For
May 1931
I am in full sympathy with the keynote sounded, because I sense the need of this experience of which Brother Watson has spoken, in my own life. I feel that we here at the headquarters of the work need special help from…