p. 98 | Allegiance

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 15, 1874

Allegiance.

PUT them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work. Titus 3: 1.

“Open allegiance is surely the soldier’s duty. No covert homage can avail. What measure of recognition or protection can he reasonably expect who publicly disowns and disclaims his leader?” So to the thoughtful mind a verse occurs bearing no indistinct and indefinite meaning: “Whosoever shall be ashamed of me and my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed when he cometh in the glory of his Father with his holy angels. ‘Again, ‘If we deny him, he will deny us.’”

“Can we wonder at his rebelling against his earthly prince who has renounced all fidelity to his Heavenly Sovereign? Heartfelt allegiance to a supreme ruler, and unwavering loyalty to the powers that be, are intimately blended. A truly religious man will never be a factious subject.”