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they sit down in a calm expectation of the event, comforting themselves
with the thought that God will protect His people in the day of trouble.
But God will not save us if we make no effort to do the work He has
committed to our charge....
As faithful watchmen you should see the sword coming and give
the warning, that men and women may not pursue a course through
ignorance that they would avoid if they knew the truth.—
The Review
and Herald Extra, December 24, 1889
.
Oppose Sunday Laws by Pen and Vote
We cannot labor to please men who will use their influence to
repress religious liberty and to set in operation oppressive measures to
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lead or compel their fellow men to keep Sunday as the Sabbath. The
first day of the week is not a day to be reverenced. It is a spurious
sabbath, and the members of the Lord’s family cannot participate with
the men who exalt this day and violate the law of God by trampling
upon His Sabbath. The people of God are not to vote to place such
men in office, for when they do this they are partakers with them of the
sins which they commit while in office.—
Fundamentals of Christian
Education, 475
(1899).
I do hope that the trumpet will give a certain sound in regard to
this Sunday-law movement. I think that it would be best if in our
papers the subject of the perpetuity of the law of God were made
a specialty.... We should now be doing our very best to defeat this
Sunday law.—
Counsels to Writers and Editors, 97, 98
(1906).
The United States Will Pass a Sunday Law
When our nation shall so abjure the principles of its government
as to enact a Sunday law, Protestantism will in this act join hands with
popery.—
Testimonies for the Church 5:712
(1889).
Protestants will throw their whole influence and strength on the
side of the papacy. By a national act enforcing the false sabbath they
will give life and vigor to the corrupt faith of Rome, reviving her
tyranny and oppression of conscience.—
Maranatha, 179
(1893).
Sooner or later Sunday laws will be passed.—
The Review and
Herald, February 16, 1905
.
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