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661 Minneapolis - 1888: The “Forgotten” Issue, p. 10.2 (Roger W. Coon)
… been voted for A. T. Jones to transfer from editorial duties on the Signs of the Times to teach Bible at Battle Creek College the next year. The framers of this …
662 Minneapolis - 1888: The “Forgotten” Issue, p. 10.5 (Roger W. Coon)
… a vote, the motion failed of majority support, though one delegate—perhaps attempting to make up for this lack—reportedly voted in favor with both hands upraised …
663 Minneapolis - 1888: The “Forgotten” Issue, p. 31.1 (Roger W. Coon)
… a vote against her, and in favor of the notion, would in reality be only as a “slap on the wrist,” yet serve to signal his (and others’) displeasure at the support Mrs …
664 Purpose and Objectives of Seventh-day Adventist Institutions, p. 80.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… one vote irrespective of his original investment.
665 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 1 (Paul A. Gordon)
The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?
666 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 1.1 (Paul A. Gordon)
The decision to vote for candidates is a personal decision. If you vote, “keep your voting to yourself. Do not feel it your duty to urge everyone to do as you do.” Selected Messages 2:337 .
667 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 1.2 (Paul A. Gordon)
Should Seventh-day Adventists become involved with political questions? Is it our duty to campaign for party or person? Should we take a position on the social issues of the day? Should we vote at all?
668 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 1.3 (Paul A. Gordon)
In order to find some answers to these and related questions, let us take a historical look at our position on politics and voting.
669 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?
… our votes and influence labor against the evil tendency of the times, we reply, that our views of prophecy lead us to the conclusion that things will not be …
670 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 1.9 (Paul A. Gordon)
… to vote. In the same year Roswell F. Cottrell, a minister in western New York, stated that the United States was “upon the eve of a political contest” that, he believed …
671 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 2.1 (Paul A. Gordon)
… I vote against this work, I shall vote against the fulfillment of the prophecy.... Therefore, I cannot vote at all.”— The Review and Herald, October 30, 1856 .
672 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?
“I cannot vote for a bad man, for that is against my principles; and, under the present corrupt and corrupting state of politics, I could not wish to elevate a good man to office, for it would ruin him.”— Ibid.
673 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 2.3 (Paul A. Gordon)
The next year further objections to voting were voiced:
674 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 2.4 (Paul A. Gordon)
… of voting. What were they to do?
675 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?
… his vote. Brother Hart talks well. Brother Lyon opposes. No others object to voting, but Brother Kellogg begins to feel that it is right. Pleasant feelings exist …
676 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?
… not voting and expressed hopes that they will stick to their course and like the Quakers, not cast their vote. Satan and his evil angels are busy at this time …
677 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 2.6 (Paul A. Gordon)
Note that Ellen White was not just talking about voting on issues; she was talking about voting for men. It is very evident that she favored voting for “temperance men” as contrasted with “intemperance men.”
678 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 2.7 (Paul A. Gordon)
… his vote. We do not recommend this, neither do we oppose. If a brother chooses to vote, we cannot condemn him, and we want the same liberty if we do not.”
679 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 2.9 (Paul A. Gordon)
It is evident that some Adventists did vote in this election, for two years later James White wrote:
680 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?
“Those of our people who voted at all at the last Presidential election, to a man voted for Abraham Lincoln. We know of not one man among Seventh-day Adventists who has the least sympathy for secession.”— The Review and Herald, August 12, 1862 .