Selected Messages, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

that need to have careful attention, whether the
Sabbathkeepers in the Southern States, where they
are liable to feel the oppressive power of their State
laws if they labor on Sunday, shall rest on Sunday
to avoid the persecution which must come if they
do any labor. [The 1889 General Conference
session was held in Battle Creek, October 18 to
November 5. On Sabbath, November 2, Ellen
White spoke in the morning on Revelation 13,
“laying out in clear lines the position of the people
of God for this time in regard to Sunday laws.”
Sabbath afternoon she read from the Testimonies
and an 1883 General Conference sermon relating to
the same subject. Neither presentation was
reported.—Compilers.] Some of our brethren seem
anxious that a resolution shall be passed by the
General Conference advising our Sabbathkeeping
brethren liable to imprisonment and fines, to
refrain from labor on that day. Such resolutions
should not be placed before this conference,
requiring their action.
There are questions about which it is far better
to have as little notoriety given as possible, in
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