Thus it is seen that the efforts of men to stay the work of God, and to obtain laws for the support of a rival Sabbath to the one enjoined in the fourth commandment, have served to open the way for the more rapid advancement of the truth. GSAM 453.1
In meditating upon what has been accomplished in a few months by these means, two scriptures are forcibly brought to mind. One reads, “We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth;” 42 Corinthians 13:8. and the other, “Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.” 5Psalm 76:10. GSAM 453.2