Ellen G. White Writings

7521 The Bible Echo, vol. 17 March 17, 1902, page 89

“Sweden” The Bible Echo, 17, 12 pp. 89, 90.

7522 The Captivity of the Republic, p. 89.1 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

“Were the United States, as a body, to pass a law that Sunday should be kept holy, or not profaned by labor, there would be, I conceive, an image to the papacy; for the …

7523 The Captivity of the Republic, p. 89.2 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

Now bear in mind that on the strength of that scripture prophecy, this was printed forty years ago-in 1853. And no man can deny that in 1892 the very things were …

7524 The Captivity of the Republic, p. 89.3 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

“I would write the provision for the closure in any form that the religious sentiment of the country demands, and not stand here hesitating or quibbling about …

7525 The Captivity of the Republic, p. 89.4 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

And as expressed by the representative “Christian lobbyist” of the churches:—

7526 The Captivity of the Republic, p. 89.5 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

“I have learned that we hold the United States Senate in our hands.”

7527 The Captivity of the Republic, p. 89.6 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

Yes, as shown by the “hearing” herein reported, they have the Senate, and Congress, and the law, and the government in their hands by which to sustain Sunday as a …

7528 The Captivity of the Republic, p. 89.7 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

Again: Nine years ago, in 1884, this same denomination printed the following on the same prophecy of Revelation 13:11-17 :—

7529 Christian Patriotism, p. 89.1 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

This being what Moses, the great exemplar of that era, did, and Daniel and Joseph being of the same spirit and character, we know by it precisely what they would …

7530 Civil Government and Religion, p. 89.1 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

In the logic of this theocratical scheme, there was one more step to be taken. It came about in this way: First the church had all work on Sunday forbidden, in order …

7531 Civil Government and Religion, p. 89.2 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

“It is indeed better that men should be brought to serve God by instruction than by fear of punishment, or by pain. But because the former means are better, the …

7532 Civil Government and Religion, p. 89.3 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

Of this theory Neander remarks:—

7533 Civil Government and Religion, p. 89.4 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

“It was by Augustine, then, that a theory was proposed and founded, which ...contained the germ of that whole system of spiritual despotism of intolerance and persecution, which ended in the tribunals of the Inquisition.”— Church History, p. 217.

7534 Civil Government and Religion, p. 89.5 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

The history of the Inquisition is only the history of the carrying out of this infamous theory of Augustine’s. But this theory is only the logical sequence of the theory upon which the whole series of Sunday laws was founded.

7535 Civil Government and Religion, p. 89.1 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

First, a true theocracy being a government immediately directed by God, a false theocracy is a government directed by a man in the place of God. But a man governing …

7536 Civil Government and Religion, p. 89.2 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

Second, a false theocracy being a professed government of God, he who sits at the head of it, sits there as the representative of God. He represents the divine …

7537 Civil Government and Religion, p. 89.1 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)