The Sunday party is strengthening itself in its false claims, and this will mean oppression to those who determine to keep the Sabbath of the Lord. We are to place ourselves where we can carry out the Sabbath commandment in its fullness. "Six days shalt thou labor," the Lord declares, "and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work." And we are to be careful not to place ourselves where it will be hard for ourselves and our children to keep the Sabbath.
If in the providence of God we can secure places away from the cities, the Lord would have us do this. There are troublous times before us.-- Manuscript 99, 1908.
When the power invested in kings is allied to goodness, it is
because the one in responsibility is under the divine dictation.
When power is allied with wickedness, it is allied to Satanic
agencies, and it will work to destroy those who are the Lord's
property. The Protestant world have set up an idol sabbath in
the place where God's Sabbath should be, and they are treading
in the footsteps of the Papacy. For this reason I see the necessity
of the people of God moving out of the cities into retired country
[places,] where they may cultivate the land and raise their own
produce. Thus they may bring their children up with simple, healthful
habits. I see the necessity of making haste to get all things
ready for the crisis.-- Letter 90, 1897.