THEY ARE FREE | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 5, 1895

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 21, No. 48.

THEY ARE FREE.

“All of the Adventist Cases Are Now Disposed of. The Court Makes Quick Work of These Drawn-Out Prosecutions.”

The above is the caption of an article in the Republican of Dayton, Tenn., concerning the persecutions of Seventh-day Adventists in that place. The editor says:—

“At last the Adventists of Rhea County can draw a deep breath of thankfulness, and thank God that they are free from the toils of the court. For the first time in twelve months this religious sect can enjoy the sweets of perfect religious and civil liberty. These people have gone through a fiery ordeal. They have, many of them, literally been imprisoned and made bondslaves to the state for opinion’s sake. But through it all they have maintained an evenness of faith and a serenity of temper that has challenged and won for them the admiration and respect of all classes of people. . . . Certainly a liberal sentiment has been awakened on behalf of religious freedom; and we hope and believe that never again will the Adventists of Rhea County be disturbed in their inalienable right to worship God according to the dictates of conscience. . . . Conscientious differences to attain heaven should not set men to fighting one another.”