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681 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 .
682 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 2.11 (Paul A. Gordon)
… of voting. Delegates included prominent Adventist leaders such as J. N. Andrews, Uriah Smith, M. E. Cornell, J. N. Loughborough, J. H. Waggoner, Joseph Bates, and I. D. Van …
683 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 2.13 (Paul A. Gordon)
… of voting. Remembering that James and Ellen White were present and actively participated in the work of the conference, we note this resolution:
684 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?
… of voting when exercised in behalf of justice, humanity and right, is in itself blameless, and may be at some times highly proper; but that the casting of any …
685 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 3.1 (Paul A. Gordon)
… the voting right and “participation in the spirit of party strife.” Note also that several social issues are mentioned that should be a point of concern. This …
686 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?
… your voting to yourself. Do not feel it your duty to urge everyone to do as you do.”— Selected Messages 2:336, 337 .
687 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?
“‘I dressed and found I was to speak to the point of whether our people should vote for prohibition. I told them “Yes,” and spoke twenty minutes.’”— Temperance, 255 .
688 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 3.8 (Paul A. Gordon)
… his vote, to work for temperance and virtue:
689 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?
… that vote be cast on the side of temperance and virtue?”— The Review and Herald, October 15, 1914. (Italics supplied.)
690 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 3.10 (Paul A. Gordon)
1. We are always to vote “on the side of temperance and virtue.”
691 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 3.11 (Paul A. Gordon)
2. 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.”
692 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 3.13 (Paul A. Gordon)
… on voting is that the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving women the right to vote, was not passed until 1920, five years after Ellen White’s …
693 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?
… to voting. Many are in no way disciplined to understand the bearing of important questions. They have lived lives of present gratification because it was …
694 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 4.1 (Paul A. Gordon)
… to voting” unless they have been “disciplined to understand the bearing of important questions”: (2) such understanding should be acquired.
695 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 4.3 (Paul A. Gordon)
Individual members have the right to vote if they choose to do so, but the church should hold itself aloof from politics.
696 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 4.4 (Paul A. Gordon)
… of voting. These were: (1) we are to cast our vote “on the side of temperance and virtue”: (2) if we vote, “keep your voting to yourself. Do not feel it your duty to urge everyone …
697 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?
… vote for political parties.” “Let political questions alone.” “It is a mistake for you to link your interests with any political party, to cast your vote with them …
698 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 4.12 (Paul A. Gordon)
… a vote for a “straight party ticket” is clearly warned against. If we vote, we should vote intelligently. But it is clear that political questions are not to be …
699 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?, p. 5.1 (Paul A. Gordon)
… to vote for men that “use their influence to repress religious liberty,” for if we do, we “are partakers with them of the sins which they commit while in office …
700 The Right To Vote—Shall I Exercise It?
… shall vote or whether or not they should vote at all. It is left for each one to act on his own judgment in the fear of God. We have been told by the servant of the …