p. 210Vol. I., pp. 428, 446.
The Sardian state of the Ecclesias, in which things spiritual were “ready to die,” merged into that in which the “few names,” representative of those who were not “dead,” were the “little strength”—the Philadelphian. The philosophical christianity and superstition of Satan’s synagogue everywhere prevalent. The “little strength” the salt that preserves the christian community from utter corruption—Apoc. iii. 7.