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

the churches from a union with the State. Thus it
stood until 1892. But in A.D. 1892, the professed
Protestant churches in the United States followed
the example of the original apostasy of the church
of Rome. And in order to get rid of the Sabbath of
the Lord and exalt the false sabbath in its stead,
these churches joined themselves to earthly power
to the kingdom of men--to Caesar. They turned
their backs upon the Lord; they forsook the Lord,
and joined themselves to another; they turned away
from the power of God and put their trust in the
power of men and earthly government. These
professed Protestant churches of the United States
have turned their backs upon the Lord and joined
themselves to Caesar, as certainly as did the Jewish
church and the Romish church before them, and for
the same reasons and for the same purpose. What
then? This as certainly makes them the daughters
of Babylon as certainly as the first great apostasy
made Rome Babylon the mother. And they have
even said it. "The Catholic Church the Mother of
us all," and "the Protestant Episcopal church, the
beautiful daughter of a beautiful mother" is what a
leading Presbyterian paper published from the pen
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