Should God forbid the sun to do its office upon the Sabbath, cut off its genial rays from warming the earth and nourishing vegetation? Must the system of worlds stand still through that holy day? Should he command the babbling brooks to stay their course from watering the fields and forests, and bid the advancing and receding waves to still their ceaseless ebbing and flowing? Must the wheat and corn stop growing, and the ripening cluster defer its purple bloom for a single day? Must the waving trees and the delicate flowers put forth no bud nor blossom on the Sabbath? {2SP 163.1}

Skulle Gud forbyde solen at udrette sin gerning på sabbaten? Skulle han afskære dens milde stråler fra varme jorden op nære liv? Skulle universets kloder stå stille på denne hellige dag? Skulle Gud byde de rislende bække at standse deres løb, så at mark og skov ikke blev vandet? eller byde de stigende og faldene vande at ophøre med sin evige ebbe og flod? Skulle sæden ophøre at vokse eller vintræets klaser undlade at modnes en eneste dag? Skulle de grønne træer og de yndige blomster ikke frembringe knopper på sabbaten?