RELIGIOUS LIBERTY WORK

J. I. GIBSON

At the ninety-seventh meeting of the Association, Elder Allen Moon gave some very interesting facts with reference to the development and rapid progress that the National Reform Movement is making, especially at Washington, D.C. The latest instructions that have been issued from headquarters, showed how determined and aggressive the National Reformers are becoming. The plan they are working on now, is to inundate senators and congressmen with letters and telegrams, urging them to carry into effect their ideas in regard to Sunday legislation. Dr. Talmage put the latter in a nutshell, in a recent sermon, when he stated that the church was going forward to take the world for God. Brother Moon said that he had not pressed for a hearing before the committee this year. The National Reformers had done so, but when it came to the time to state their case, and they found that our representatives were there, they decided not to put in an appearance, but instead went to the members of the committee privately and stated their case. From the particulars furnished by Brother Moon, it is evident that the foe is becoming stronger and entrenching himself more securely each day in every place and in every State of the Union.GCB January 1, 1896, page 653.6

In view of this, it is imperative that we make more earnest and thorough preparation to meet this onslaught, and warn the people everywhere of what is involved in the question of religious liberty, and endeavor to have them see that the question at issue is a vital and momentous one.GCB January 1, 1896, page 653.7

J. I. GIBSON,
Sec. Gen. Conf. Assn.