a. Gifted revivalists have been the source of spiritual life in these churches for a century and a third.
b. Specifically, the following received from God the same message He gave SDA's in 1888: Moody, Murray, Simpson, Gordon, Holden, Meyer, McNeil, Waugh, McConkey, Scroggle, Howden, Smith, McKensie, McIntosh, Brooks, Dixon, Kyle, Morgan, Needham, (A.T.) Pierson, Seiss, Thomas West, "and a score of others" (cf. Froom, pp 319-320).
c. Jones and Waggoner specifically did not receive their message from perusing other authors or commentaries or creeds, but from the Bible. Waggoner's 1882 "vision" convinced him that Christ crucified is heart of three angel's messages; both messengers evidenced refreshing independence of other author's writings. Their message distinctly different form that of the various Evangelical revivalists.