This is a compilation of articles and sermons given in the 1890's by Jones and Waggoner on Righteousness by Faith. A popular best seller for years, this is one of the finest books on victorious Christian living available. It gives the "how-to" of overcoming, and explains many hard-to-understand passages in the Book of Galatians. Find out firsthand what the 1888 message really is!

This volume 1 of 4 contains some ten books, eleven sermons/lectures, and five pamphlets-over 800,000 words. There are nearly 7,000,000 recorded words of A. T. Jones available to us. In choosing the material for the planned four volumes, consideration was given to the tendency of placing one's most important material in the most permanent form-books and pamphlets. Thus, the four volumes will contain largely books and pamphlets, plus all of the recorded General Conference sermons, and some selected journal articles. A few booklets and pamphlets that are duplicated in the retained publications are not included. The four "Empire Series" books, - The Empires of the Bible, The Great Empires of Prophecy, Ecclesiastical Empire, and The Great Nations of Today-begin at the Tower of Babel, and cover the history of the world. Jones, Alonzo Trevier (1850-1923) -. Editor, author, preacher. Jones became an SDA in 1874 while in the Army at Fort Walla Walla. He soon became involved in evangelism in the Northwest. He was called in 1885 to assist with periodical editorial work at the Pacific Press, where Ellet J. Waggoner was also working as editor. Jones' knowledge of history enabled him quickly to become the church's expert on the fulfillment of prophecy in the realm of religious liberty. With Waggoner, he pushed the frontiers of understanding the righteousness of Christ in relation to liberty and salvation. May of 1888 Senator Blair brought a national Sunday bill to the U. S. Senate, with Jones appearing later that year before a Senate committee to oppose that legislation on behalf of the church, the first of many testimonies he would give in those settings. The 1888 General Conference Session brought to a head the differences between some leaders and Jones and Waggoner. The issues were prophecy and salvation. Ellen White endorsed the urgency of the crisis in relation to religious liberty and prophecy highlighted by Jones. She later would call the salvation message Jones and Waggoner were presenting "most precious" and prophesied against those who called them "fanatics, extremists, and enthusiasts" (1888 1336.2 & 1341.2). Next to Ellen White, Jones is undoubtedly the most prolific writer the SDA denomination has ever had. Over the years, he did editorial work for a number of our publications. In 1897 he became editor of the Review and Herald for a few years. Ellen White repeatedly, at least through 1899, spoke of Jones as a messenger of God with a special work to do (1888 1455.2), and warned of the "fatal delusion" of rejecting the message, especially if either Waggoner or Jones were to lose their way (1888 1455.2). As the church entered into the period when it would "remain here in this world because of insubordination many more years" (Lt 184, 1901), Jones departed from church membership, but remained active in publishing the last 20 years of his life, and kept the Sabbath until his death in 1923. - Adapted from the Adventist Pioneer Library Publications Included In Vol 1. 1888 The Abiding Sabbath & The Lord's Day 1889 Kansas Camp-meeting Sermons 1889 National Reform is Church and State 1889 The National Sunday Law 1889 Religion and the Public Schools 1889 Rev. W. F. Crafts Against the Editors of the American Sentinel 1889 Tremont Temple Lectures 1889 Views of National Reform, Series One 1890 Arguments on the Breckinridge Sunday Bill 1890 Bible Questions and Answers Concerning Man 1890 The Churches and the Public Treasury 1890 The Edmunds Resolution 1890 An Exposition of Matthew Twenty-Four on the Second Coming of Christ 1890 The Immortality of the Soul, Is it a Scriptural Doctrine? 1891 General Conference Daily Bulletin, Vol. 4 1891The Two Republics, or Rome and the United States of America 1892 "Due Process of Law" and The Divine Right of Dissent 1892 The Limits of Civil Authority

The National Sunday Law has shocked the minds of the most able defenders of religious liberty due to its consistency and argumentation. By bringing to light the very foundation on which religious liberty is based, this book will enlighten many minds as to the real issues at stake. The full argument that Jones used in 1888 against the passing of the Blair Sunday Bill is here provided.

The history of the empires of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome are chronicled in The Great Empires of Prophecy by A.T. Jones. Originally published in 1891, this book delves into the empires that are depicted in the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation. With clarity and detail, Jones expounds on Bible history in this extensive volume. A facsimile reprint of the original, this volume also includes a series of 22 maps that trace the course of the four great empires. Bible students will find this volume helpful in their study of prophecy.