Rome, the seat of papal power, 54.

visit of Luther to, 124, 125.

visit of bishops to, 237.

Rulers, corruption among, 586.

Russia, proclamation of advent message in, 364.

Sabbath, memorial of creation, 54, 455.

authority of, 455.

observed throughout the ages, 52, 61-65, 453.

set aside for Sunday, 53.

hatred of Rome for, 64, 65.

abolished in France, 274.

study of, by advent believers, 434, 435.

importance of, 437, 438.

a sign of creative power of God, 54, 436-438.

change of, 447, 448, 452.

not changed by Christ, 447.

no authority in Bible for change of, 447.

promises to observers of, 451-453.

arguments against, 454, 455, 587.

divine authority of, acknowledged by Romanists, 447, 577.

disasters attributed to observance of, 590.

test of loyalty to God, 605.

see also Fourth commandment; Law of God; Sabbath-keepers; Sunday.

Sabbath-keepers, in all ages, 52, 453.

in 1844, 434, 435.

work of, 454, 603-606, 609, 611, 612.

among Waldenses, 577.

persecution of, by enemies, 592, 607-610, 626, 627;

by former brethren, 608.

denounced as cause of disasters, 590, 592, 614, 615.

decree to be issued against, 615, 616, 626, 631, 635.

experience of, in time of trouble, 616-634.

the mountains afford refuge for, 626.

special resurrection of, 637.

triumph of, 638-640.

see also Christians; People of God; Redeemed; Sabbath.

Sabbath reform, 451-456, 587.

Sacrifice of the mass, 59, 189, 190.

Sacrifices, see Sanctuary.

Sacrificing for Christ, 387.

Safe-conduct, of Huss, 105-107, 163.

of Luther, 150, 154, 163.

Saloons, closed as effect of Miller's preaching, 332.

Samson, indulgence-monger in Switzerland, 178, 179.

true, work of, 465, 467, 469, 470, 473;

how attained, 469, 470;

nature of, 470;

as set forth in the Scriptures, 473, 474;

fruits of, 477, 478;

examples of, 470, 471.

false, in Luther's day, 193;

in last days, 469, 471-473, 475.

Sanctuary, in type and antitype, 409-432.

not the earth, 411.

study of, by Adventists, 411-415.

key to meaning of disappointment in 1844, 423, 431, 432.

should be clearly understood, 488-490.

earthly, description of, 411-415;

a pattern of heavenly, 414, 415;

services in, a type, 417-420, 428, 433, 435;

cleansing of, 328, 352, 410, 417, 418, 426;

services in, continued after crucifixion, 615.

heavenly, services in, 413-415, 420-422, 428-431, 433, 435;

advent believers directed to, 424, 425;

ministration in first apartment of, 421, 422;

work of Christ in, 421, 422, 433-435, 480, 482-491.

see also Advent Movement; Law; Tabernacle; Temple.

Satan, efforts of, to induce Christians to compromise with world, 49, 50, 298.

arts of, 192, 193, 518, 519.

satisfaction of, in horrors of Reign of Terror, 284.

policy of, 378.

the accuser, 395, 484.

position and beauty of, before fall, 493-495.

disaffection and rebellion of, 494-500.

long-suffering of God with, 496.

rebellion of, a lesson to universe, 499.

character of God misrepresented by, 281, 498, 500, 502.

character of, 501, 502.

self-exaltation of, 504, 554.

enmity of, toward man, 505, 510.

danger in denying existence of, 516, 524.

importance of having right estimate of, 516, 517.

power and malice of, 517.

present at worship of God, 518.

power of, to show appearance of departed friends, 552, 560;

to appear as angel of light, 588.

ability of, to quote Scripture, 559.

work of, through elements, 589, 590.

compulsion the resort of, 591.

to personate Christ, 624.

binding of, 658-660.

sins of God's people to be placed upon, 658, 673.

judgment of, 661.

last struggle of, for supremacy, 663, 664, 671, 672.

acknowledges justice of his sentence, 669, 670.

see also Evil spirits; Lucifer; Snares of Satan.

Saxons in Great Britain, 62, 63.

Saxony, Bohemians flee to, 254.

Scandinavia, progress of the Reformation in, 241-244.

proclamation of advent message in, 366.

child-preachers in, 366, 367.

Scapegoat, in sanctuary service, 419, 420.

Satan typified by, 422, 485, 658.

Schism, the Great, see Popes.

Science, research into, sometimes a snare of Satan, 522.

false, to prepare way for papacy, 573.

not a true foundation for religious belief, 595.

Scoffers, in Noah's time, 338.

in Miller's time, 339, 340, 404, 408, 429.

in last days, 561, 635, 642.

Scotland, a refuge for persecuted Christians, 62.

persecutions in, 249, 250.

work of Knox in, 250, 251.

Scriptures, the detector of error, 51.

study of, 80, 81, 598, 599, 600.

Wycliffe demands restoration of, to people, 81.

infallibility of, 89, 249.

Wolff on popular system of interpretation of, 360.

study of, danger of neglecting, 519, 521.

fanciful interpretations of, 520, 521.

a safeguard, 559, 593-603.

see also Bible; Word of God.