Prophecy Fulfilled in Sabbath Persecution
In 1884 Seventh-day Adventists published the following:— As the defenders of the truth refuse to honor the Sunday sabbath, some of them will be thrust into prison, some will be exiled, some will be treated as slaves. To human wisdom all this now [1884] seems impossible; but as the restraining Spirit of God shall be withdrawn from men, and they shall be under the control of Satan, who hates the divine precepts, there will be strange developments. The heart can be very cruel when God's fear and love are removed.—Great Controversy, Vol. 4, edition of 1884, p. 426. The jails of Arkansas, Tennessee, and Maryland are witnesses to the first prediction; the streets of Paris, Tenn., witness to the third in the Sabbath keepers who were worked on the streets in the chain gang, as slaves are worked; and Russian Colonies witness to the second; and how long ere "free America" will do the same?