Sunday Laws
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need not select Sunday as the day to exhibit their washing.—
Selected
Messages 3:399
(1889).
Engage in Spiritual Activities on Sunday
I will try to answer your question as to what you should do in the
case of Sunday laws being enforced.
The light given me by the Lord at a time when we were expecting
just such a crisis as you seem to be approaching, was that when people
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were moved by a power from beneath to enforce Sunday observance,
Seventh-day Adventists were to show their wisdom by refraining from
their ordinary work on that day, devoting it to missionary effort.
To defy the Sunday laws will but strengthen in their persecution
the religious zealots who are seeking to enforce them. Give them no
occasion to call you lawbreakers.... One does not receive the mark of
the beast because he shows that he realizes the wisdom of keeping the
peace by refraining from work that gives offense....
Sunday can be used for carrying forward various lines of work that
will accomplish much for the Lord. On this day open-air meetings
and cottage meetings can be held. House-to-house work can be done.
Those who write can devote this day to writing their articles. Whenever
it is possible, let religious services be held on Sunday. Make these
meetings intensely interesting. Sing genuine revival hymns, and speak
with power and assurance of the Saviour’s love.—
Testimonies for the
Church 9:232, 233
(1909).
Take the students out to hold meetings in different places, and to do
medical missionary work. They will find the people at home and will
have a splendid opportunity to present the truth. This way of spending
Sunday is always acceptable to the Lord.—
Testimonies for the Church
9:238
(1909).
Beauty of Truth Made Apparent by Opposition
The zeal of those who obey the Lord will be increased as the world
and the church unite in making void the law. Every objection raised
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against the commandments of God will make way for the advancement
of truth and enable its advocates to present its value before men. There
is a beauty and force in the truth that nothing can make so apparent as
opposition and persecution.—
Manuscript Releases 13:71, 72
(1896).