A time is coming when the law of God is, in a special sense, to be made void in our land. The rulers of our nation will, by legislative enactments, enforce the Sunday law, and thus God's people be brought into great peril. When our nation, in its legislative councils, shall enact laws to bind the consciences of men in regard to their religious privileges, enforcing Sunday observance, and bringing oppressive power to bear against those who keep the seventh-day Sabbath, the law of God will, to all intents and purposes, be made void in our land; and national apostasy will be followed by national ruin. We see that those who are now keeping the commandments of God need to bestir themselves, that they may obtain the special help which God alone can give them. They should work more earnestly to delay as long as possible the threatened calamity. If, in our land of boasted freedom, a Protestant government should sacrifice every principle which enters into its Constitution, and propagate papal falsehood and delusion, well may we plead, "It is time for thee, Lord, to work, for they have made void thy law." Some may think that because it has been revealed in prophecy that our nation shall restrict the consciences of men, it must surely come; and that if we make an effort to preserve our liberty, we shall be acting the part of unfaithful servants, and thus come under the condemnation of God.

Der kommer en tid, da Guds lov i en særlig forstand vil blive krænket i vort land USA. Nationens ledere vil ved hjælp af lovbestemmelser gennemtvinge søndagsloven, hvorved Guds folk vil blive bragt i stor fare. Når vor nation i de lovgivende forsamlinger vedtager love for at binde menneskers samvittighed med hensyn til religiøse privilegier, gennemtvinge helligholdelse af søndagen og med magt undertrykke dem, der holder den syvende dag som sabbat, da vil Guds lov i alt væsentligt være krænket i vort land, og det nationale frafald vil blive efterfulgt af national undergang. Vi ser at de som holder Guds bud har brug for at vække sig selv op til dåd, for at de kan modtage den hjælp som kun Gud kan give dem. De skulle arbejde mere oprigtigt for, så længe så muligt, at udskyde den truende ulykke. Hvis, i vores land som praler med frihed, en protestantisk regering skulle ofte hvert princip som indføres i dens grundlov og sprede pavelige usandheder og vildfarelser, så må vi indtrængende bede, "Det er tid for dig, Herre, at virke, for de har gjort din lov ugyldig." Nogle vil måske tænke at fordi det er skrevet i profetierne at vores nation skal begrænse menneskenes samvittighed, vil det ske og at hvis vi prøver at bevarer vores frihed, vil vi handle som den vantro tjener og derved komme under Guds fordømmelse.