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God looks upon this in the same light as though they engaged in the
actual transaction of business.
Others who are well acquainted with the Bible evidences that the
seventh day is the Sabbath, enter into partnership with men who have
no respect for God’s holy day. A Sabbathkeeper cannot allow men
in his employ, paid by his money, to work on the Sabbath. If, for the
sake of gain, he allows the business in which he has an interest to be
carried on on the Sabbath by his unbelieving partner, he is equally
guilty with the unbeliever; and it is his duty to dissolve the relation,
however much he may lose by so doing. Men may think they cannot
afford to obey God, but they cannot afford to disobey Him. Those
who are careless in their observance of the Sabbath will suffer great
loss.—
The Review and Herald, March 18, 1884
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One Kind of Employment for Sabbathkeepers—We find here
the best class of people to work for. And for many of them it would
not be difficult to keep the Sabbath. _____is a place where a great deal
of poultry raising is done. With almost every dwelling house on the
outskirts of the city poultry yards are connected. The houses are not
built in terraces, but stand apart from one another, often surrounded by
several acres of land. Poultry of all kinds is raised, and the eggs find a
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ready market in _____ and _____, and are taken to the city by boat.
I write this that you may understand the situation. In poultry raising
many families find a means of livelihood, and these could not raise
the objection that many raise to keeping the Sabbath—that it would
interfere with their business. They could keep the Sabbath without
fear of losing their employment.—
Letter 113, 1902
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