p. 237 | Untitled article by L. A. S.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · New York · August 4, 1892

FromThe American Sentinel, Vol. 7, No. 30

It Has Spoken.

By L. A. S.

“AND I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.” Rev. 13:11.

For many years Seventh-day Adventists have been keeping their eyes upon this prophecy, predicting on the strength of their view that the United States Government would oppress and persecute those who were striving to walk conscientiously before God, as did the “dragon”-spirited powers of earth in by-gone days. Recently it has become manifest that a spirit of intolerance and oppression existed and was growing in this Government, but within the last week an event has taken place which is of the utmost significance in connection with the fulfillment of the words of this text. The Senate and House of Representatives of the United States have united in saying to this country and to the world, that the World’s Columbian Exposition shall have joined to it the institution of the Sunday Sabbath. They have declared, speaking with the voice of the Nation, that here in this hitherto free land a religious institution shall be enforced by law; for legislation always means compulsion.

We are no longer waiting to hear the sound which shall herald the fulfillment of this prophecy. THE DRAGON VOICE HAS SPOKEN! And how long will it be ere it will speak again?—L. A. S., in Review and Herald.