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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Dec 29, 1910

Continued Vigilance Needed

By K. C. Russell

CONGRESS adjourned Wednesday, Dec. 21, 1910, for its holiday recess of two weeks, and will convene again Jan. 5, 1911. During the past two weeks of the present session of Congress, no action has been taken concerning the Johnston Sunday bill. We are informed, however, that action upon it was urged, even during the brief period that Congress was in session before the holiday recess. This is an evidence that the friends of the Johnston Sunday bill will leave no stone unturned to secure, if possible, its passage before the Sixty-first Congress closes, on March 4, 1911.

If this measure fails to become a law between January 5 and March 4, 1911, it will die with the close of the Sixty-first Congress, and there will therefore be no further legislation of this character or any other, except in the case of an extra session, until the Sixty-second Congress convenes, Dec. 4, 1911.

We would most earnestly urge that lovers of liberty and the rights of conscience employ every proper and legitimate means within their power in protesting against this dangerous measure during the remaining weeks of this session, Jan. 5 to March 4, 1911.

This can be the most effectively accomplished by distributing our religious liberty literature, circulating the petition against the Johnston Sunday bill, writing letters to representatives in Congress, etc. K. C. RUSSELL.