Chapter 5—Preparing for the Sunday Law Crisis
Troublous Times Before Us
We are not to locate ourselves where we will be forced into close
relations with those who do not honor God.... A crisis is soon to come
in regard to the observance of Sunday....
The Sunday party is strengthening itself in its false claims, and
this will mean oppression to those who determine to keep the Sabbath
of the Lord. We are to place ourselves where we can carry out the
Sabbath commandment in its fullness. “Six days shalt thou labor,” the
Lord declares, “and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath
of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work.” And we are to
be careful not to place ourselves where it will be hard for ourselves
and our children to keep the Sabbath.
If in the providence of God we can secure places away from the
cities, the Lord would have us do this. There are troublous times before
us.—
Manuscript 99, 1908
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Make Haste to Get Ready
When the power invested in kings is allied to goodness, it is because
the one in responsibility is under the divine dictation. When power is
allied with wickedness, it is allied to Satanic agencies, and it will work
to destroy those who are the Lord’s property. The Protestant world
have set up an idol Sabbath in the place where God’s Sabbath should
be, and they are treading in the footsteps of the Papacy. For this reason
I see the necessity of the people of God moving out of the cities into
retired country [places,] where they may cultivate the land and raise
their own produce. Thus they may bring their children up with simple,
healthful habits. I see the necessity of making haste to get all things
ready for the crisis.—
Letter 90, 1897
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