Ellen G. White Writings

33901 The American Sentinel 11 February 27, 1896, page 66 paragraph 5

… develop character. Now it is proposed to make Christ’s revealed will the civil law,—that is, to force all men to believe on him whether they want to or not! A “Christian …

33902 The American Sentinel 11 March 5, 1896, page 75 paragraph 15

… unstable character of this institution, even when fortified by its ablest defenders. Mr. Brookes did as well as any man could do in establishing the Sunday …

33903 The American Sentinel 11 March 12, 1896, page 83 paragraph 2

… true God) man’s sabbath law is nothing else than a most daring piece of presumption. And quite in keeping with its character as such is the fact that it contradicts …

33904 The American Sentinel 11 March 26, 1896, page 100 paragraph 3

… their character as related to mankind. They are the working days; the Sabbath is the rest day.

33905 The American Sentinel 11 April 16, 1896, page 124 paragraph 11

… of God, as the supreme moral ruler, concerning the character and conduct of all responsible beings; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral …

33906 The American Sentinel 11 April 30, 1896, page 144 paragraph 2

… of God. Earthly powers can by their laws deal with acts only on the basis of their character as violative or not violative of human rights.

33907 The American Sentinel 11 December 3, 1896, page 379 paragraph 3

… papal character.

33908 The American Sentinel 12 February 25, 1897, page 118 paragraph 8

… character the Greek gods were but the reflection of the disposition and character of the Greeks themselves. He will see therefore that these gods were …

33909 The American Sentinel 12 February 25, 1897, page 118 paragraph 9

… own gods, but who have been dead so long, why should he think he could do anything distasteful to them? And as the dispositions and characters of those Greeks …

33910 The American Sentinel 12 April 1, 1897, page 195 paragraph 6

… in character before she became intolerant. And this change in her character was nothing else than a change in her principles. It was a change by which human …

33911 The American Sentinel 12 May 20, 1897, page 308 paragraph 4

… unselfish character. Such a character makes men good as neighbors and good as legislators. But law is powerless to produce this character. Self can be overcome …

33912 The American Sentinel 12 May 27, 1897, page 325 paragraph 4

… individual character; that of the others is to establish a prosperous State.

33913 The American Sentinel 12 May 27, 1897, page 325 paragraph 5

… of God, must have a tendency to unfit him for service in a government of a totally different character. The governments of earth know nothing of love; the theory …

33914 The American Sentinel 12 June 10, 1897, page 349 paragraph 1

… to God for the character of his actions. And when he submits to any human dictation in religion, whether from State or Church, he denies God’s right to govern …

33915 The American Sentinel 12 July 1, 1897, page 405 paragraph 10

And therefore any law of man which presumes to compel men to keep God’s commandments, is anti-Christian,—contrary to the gospel and against every interest of God and man. This is the real character of every human sabbath law.

33916 The American Sentinel 12 July 7, 1897, page 419 paragraph 7

… of God. But all this is an egregious error. In character and purpose, the two are altogether distinct. They are different also in their methods of operation …

33917 The American Sentinel 12 July 15, 1897, page 433 paragraph 4

THE lowest conception of the character and dignity of the law of God, is that which teaches that its effectiveness depends upon its being reinforced by State enactments.

33918 The American Sentinel 12 July 22, 1897, page 448 paragraph 4