It Makes a Difference by Editor

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Nov 30, 1882

It Makes a Difference.

By Editor

The Jewish Record has the following item concerning the preparation for the recent bi-centennial celebration in Philadelphia, of the landing of Wm. Penn:—

"Last Sunday the busy notes of preparation for the approaching festivities were heard in various directions. Workmen were busy at fixing decorations and building platforms. But suppose that some of this work had been done under the auspices of Jewish storekeepers; would the pious church-goers, or the puritanical Law and Order Society, or the religious journals have remained silent? Indeed not! Denunciations would have been heard in all quarters, and the avaricious and unchristian Jew would have been abused without stint."

There is truth in this. We have seen this thing done many times. That which a professed Sunday-keeper may do on Sunday with impunity, becomes a flagrant offense if done by a conscientious observer of the seventh day. And this proves the truth of the assertion that a great deal of the Sunday agitation is due, not to a love of the Sunday, but to hatred of the Sabbath. We are certain that there will soon be an amendment to the Constitution of the United States so that laws may be made requiring everybody to refrain from labor on Sunday; and we are equally certain that if there were no Sabbath-keepers in the United States, such laws would not be made. Here is what the Bible says on this subject: "And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." Rev. 12:17. Thus hate, and not love, is the mainspring by which this movement is made.