The Kellogg Alpha Apostasy

By Dr. Idel Surez, Jr.

Medical Missionary and Pastor
Tampa, FL, U.S.A.
2004

The Battle Creek

Sanitarium
Burnt down on
February 18, 1902.

Ruin of Jerusalem Compared to

Battle Creek
I have been looking over some of my writings, and I find that
warnings on this point were given years ago. It is plainly stated
that the buildings in Battle Creek should not be enlarged,
that building should not be added to building to increase
facilities there. We were instructed not to accumulate interests
in that one place, but to enlarge our sphere of labor. There was
danger that Battle Creek would become as Jerusalem of
old--a powerful center. If we do not heed these warnings,
the evils that ruined Jerusalem will come upon us. Pride,
self-exaltation, neglect of the poor, and partiality to the
wealthy--these were the sins of Jerusalem. Today when
large interests are built up in one place, the workers are
tempted to become lifted up in selfishness and pride. When
they yield to this temptation they are not laborers together with
God. Instead of seeking to increase our responsibilities in Battle
Creek, we should bravely and willingly divide the responsibilities already there, distributing them to many places. 8 T p. 133

Sanitarium Fall Was Fortold

If we yield to this temptation, it will bring upon us the
same perils that fell upon ancient Jerusalem. We
shall fail to know God and to represent Him in
character. We need to watch ourselves closely lest we
fall because of unbelief, as did the Jews. We are to
work unselfishly. We are to feel a deep interest in the
establishment and growth of other institutions besides
those over which we have supervision. I sincerely wish
that the sanitarium were miles away from Battle
Creek. From the light given me of God, I know this
would be better for its spirituality and usefulness. 8 T
p. 134.

A Call for Reformation

A Reformation Needed. I have been
instructed that a reformation is needed
8 T p. 138.
Unless there is a reformation, calamity will
overtake the publishing house, and the
world will know the reason. 8 T p. 96
(November 1901)

The Review & Herald was the Largest Publishing House in

the U.S.A. at the turn of the century in 1900.

The Review & Herald Publishing House

1. was destroyed by fire on December 30, 1902
2. Dr. Kelloggs Living Temple was on the presses
3. Proof that the reformation was not realized

Elder Waggoner & Jones sided with

Dr. Kellogg
While living in the Carroll Manor House, Ellen White received a vision in which
she seemed to be in a large company. "One not known to those present
stepped forward" and sounded a message of warning to Dr. Paulson and
Dr. Sadler, urging them to break their bonds with Dr. Kellogg and to be
careful not to spoil their experience with philosophy and vain deceit. "Cut
loose, cut loose is my message," she wrote in a letter to the physicians.-Letter 279, 1904.
The text of the letter was much the same as in the letter addressed to Elders
Jones and Waggoner, who were now associated with Dr. Kellogg in
Battle Creek. The messenger who was speaking to them indicated that
these men were in a mist and a fog, unaware of the seductive sentiments in
The Living Temple. She quoted 1 Timothy 4:1, "Be not deceived; many will
'depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of
devils.'" She added, "We have now before us the alpha of this danger.
The omega will be of a most startling nature."--Letter 263, 1904.
5BIO 348.4

Alonso T. Jones

but when Living Temple came out,

and some of our ministers told me
that there was in it nothing but what I
had been teaching all my life, I saw how
great the danger was. I saw that
blindness had fallen upon some who
had long known the truth. I pray that
the Lord will open the eyes of these
ministers, that they may see the
differences between light and darkness,
and between truth and error. 1SAT
343.5

Dr. E. J. Waggoner

A. G. Daniells, General Conference President

Elmshaven

The Alpha of a Train of Heresies

One, and another, and still another are presented
to me as having been led to accept the
pleasing fables that mean the sanctification
of sin. Living Temple contains the alpha of a
train of heresies. 11MR 247.2
I was forbidden to talk with Dr. Kellogg on this
subject, because it is not a subject to be talked
about. And I was instructed that certain
sentiments in Living Temple were the Alpha
of a long list of deceptive theories. SAT
343.4

The 1901 General Conference Session in Battle Creek

with Ellen G. White preaching

William C. White
E. G. Whites son

The Living Temple Contains the

Alpha Apostasy
I did not read Living Temple, though I had it in my library. 1SAT
341.3
Finally my son said to me, "Mother, you ought to read at least
some parts of the book, that you may see whether they are in
harmony with the light that God has given you." He sat down
beside me, and together we read the preface, and most of the
first chapter, and also paragraphs in other chapters. As we
read, I recognized the very sentiments against which I had
been bidden to speak in warning during the early days of my
public labors. When I first left the State of Maine, it was to go
through Vermont and Massachusetts, to bear a testimony
against these sentiments. Living Temple contains the alpha
of these theories. I knew that the omega would follow in a
little while; and I trembled for our people. I knew that I must
warn our brethren and sisters not to enter into controversy over
the presence and personality of God. The statements made in
Living Temple in regard to this point are incorrect. 1SM 203.3

Dr. John Harvey

Kellogg

Calling Dr. Kellogg to Repentance

She also wrote to Dr. Kellogg, commenting on the
Berrien Springs meeting and its aftermath: (5BIO 348.4)
You might have gone from the Berrien Springs
meeting a very different man had you understood the
real situation, had you realized that Satan in a
masterly way was playing the game of life for your
soul. Had you seen your peril as it was presented to me,
you would have fallen on the Rock, and been broken.
Your only hope is to fall on the Rock. If you do not,
it will fall on you, and will break you beyond
remedy.--Letter 271, 1904. (5BIO 349.1)

The Omega Apostasy

In the book Living Temple there is
presented the alpha of deadly heresies.
The omega will follow, and will be
received by those who are not willing
to heed the warning God has given.
1SM, p. 200

The Great War

or
World War I

The Omega
Apostasy

The Iceberg Allegory

One night a scene was clearly presented before me. A vessel was
upon the waters, in a heavy fog. Suddenly the lookout cried,
"Iceberg just ahead!" There, towering high above the ship, was
a gigantic iceberg. An authoritative voice cried out, "Meet it!"
There was not a moment's hesitation. It was a time for instant
action. The engineer put on full steam, and the man at the
wheel steered the ship straight into the iceberg. With a crash
she struck the ice. There was a fearful shock, and the iceberg
broke into many pieces, falling with a noise like thunder to the
deck. The passengers were violently shaken by the force of the
collisions, but no lives were lost. The vessel was injured, but not
beyond repair. She rebounded from the contact, trembling from
stem to stern, like a living creature. Then she moved forward on
her way. 1SM 205.3, 206 (1904)

The Sinking of the Titanic