Miracles in My Life - J. N. Loughborough

introduce the matter to our people he published an
article in the Review of Feb. 28, 1860.
Responding to White's request, I wrote an
article for the March 8, Review in which I said,
"What I understand is necessary to remedy all the
defects in this matter is to organize in such a
manner that we can hold the property legally. . . . If
it is not wrong to hold farms and village lots in a
lawful manner, neither is it wrong to hold church
property in the same way."
But strangely an article appeared in the March
22, Review by an esteemed brother claiming that
Elders White and Loughborough wished to make a
name like the builders of the tower of Babel. He
claimed we were going into Babylon, uniting
church and state. In the next two issues of the
paper, Elder White gave a full reply, showing that
while it is not right to resort to the civil arm to
enforce the worship of God, "the Lord's goods can
be managed in this state of things only according to
the laws of the country," and it was "vain talk of
church property" if the church did not hold it
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