The Sunday Law

Preface God wrote with His own finger the Ten Commandments, and the fourth said: “8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, […]

Attitude to Civil Authorities

From the book, Counsels to Writers and Editors by Ellen White Chapter 9—Attitude to Civil Authorities Bring No Attack—By some of our brethren many things have been spoken and written that are interpreted as expressing antagonism to government and law. It is a mistake thus to lay ourselves open to misunderstanding. It is not wise […]

Morality vs. Civility

The voice from the church’s past. The article below was originally written by Alonzo T. Jones (a Seventh-day Adventist pioneer), published in The American Sentinel, April 1, 1888, Vol. 3, No. 4, prior to his argument before the US Senate Committee on Education and Labor against the Blair Education Amendment Bill. Herein, Jones lays out […]