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

now the image was not made. Now it is made.
Until now he did not have the government of the
United States in his hands to wield against the truth
of God. He has it now. How much then of the
power of the world has Satan now in his hands to
wield against the church and the Sabbath of God?
He has it all. Hasn't he? Now you and I are pledged
by years of profession to stand by the Sabbath of
the Lord. We are pledged to that. But now opposed
to this is every particle of power that this earth
knows, with Satan the chief to wield the power.
Then are we not brought face to face with this fact:
That as certainly as we maintain our allegiance to
the Sabbath of the Lord we shall have to do it in
the face of all the power that this earth knows?
Then does it not follow that in order to do that we
must have with us a power that is greater than all
the power that this earth knows? Can a man, of
himself, stand successfully against all the power of
earth? No, sir. Well, then, are we not shut up to
this, that we must have a power working for us that
is greater than all the power of the earth put
together? Is it not time then, that that angel should
come down from heaven having great power?
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