The Third Angel's Message (1893) - Alonzo T. Jones

were here about three years ago when a subject was
given me, which was, I think, "The Present Crisis."
Those who were here will remember that in
referring to our work at that time, which was
petitioning Congress and remonstrating against all
this legislation, I called attention to the fact that
that was our work at that time. It was to circulate
these petitions everywhere through all the land,
that by this means we might waken the minds of
the people of the United States against that matter,
and to have their petitions go to Congress in such
abundance that Congress might see what the
principle is and that we might perhaps delay that
legislation. The idea was that of getting the truth
before the people by that means. And you will
remember that I called attention to this thought:
that that work would continue only until Sunday
had been adopted, until some Sunday law should
be passed, and then all our petitioning would be
past and our work in that direction would be
stopped, because it would be of no use for us to
protest against Congress doing a thing which was
already done.
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