U. S

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 11, 1906

In the Review of Sept. 24, 1895, a question concerning voting was asked and answered. By request we republish both the question and the answer as follows:—

Did Mrs. E. G. White publish in the Review, about the year 1881, an article in which she discussed the duty of Christians to vote? If so, will you be kind enough to publish again her remarks on that subject? L.

Answer.—She did write something on this subject in the Review of Nov. 8, 1881. On page 289, third column, lines 31-41, we find the following: “There is a cause for the moral paralysis upon society. Our laws sustain an evil which is sapping their very foundations. Many deplore the wrongs which they know exist, but consider themselves free from all responsibility in the matter. This can not be. Every individual exerts an influence in society. In our favored land, every voter has some voice in determining what laws shall control the nation. Should not that influence and vote be on the side of temperance and virtue?” Again, on page 290, first column, lines 14-23, we have a little more on the same point, as follows: “The advocates of temperance fail to do their whole duty unless they exert their influence, by precept and example, by voice and pen and vote, in behalf of prohibition and total abstinence. We need not expect that God will work a miracle to bring about this reform, and thus remove the necessity for our exertion. We ourselves must grapple this giant foe, our motto, ‘No compromise,’ and no cessation of our efforts till victory is gained.” We presume these are the points which our correspondent had in mind.