set in calm expectation of the coming storm, comforting themselves that the Lord will shelter His faithful ones in the day of trouble. We are to be men waiting for their Lord, not in idle expectancy, but in earnest work with unwavering faith. It is no time now to allow our minds to be engrossed with things of minor importance. While men are sleeping, Satan is actively arranging matters so that the Lord's people may not have mercy or justice." The Sunday movement is now making its way in darkness. The leaders are concealing the true issue, and many who unite in the movement do not themselves see whether the undercurrent is tending. Its professions are mild and apparently Christian, but when it shall speak it will reveal the spirit of the dragon. It is our duty to do all in our power to avert the threatened danger. We should endeavor to disarm prejudice by placing ourselves in a proper light before the people. We should bring before them the real question at issue, thus interposing the most effectual protest against measures to restrict liberty of conscience. We should search the scriptures and be able to give the reason for our faith. Says the prophet, the wicked shall do wickedly, and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand. Brothers and sisters, today in the United States, everything seems to be going just fine. The economy is doing so well that the people of the United States don't even have a problem with the immorality of the president. Now, if we were in an economic crisis right now, Bill Clinton's popularity in the United States would probably be rock bottom and people would be screaming from the rooftops to deal with him, but right now the economy seems to be so great that the people in the United States could care less. It seems that everything is fine, but one thing we need to remember is Seventh-day Adventists, is right now the movement for Sunday legislation is underway according to the prophet, and it may be difficult in our humanity to see this or believe it, but by faith we can accept it, and brothers and sisters, we need to be doing our part to prepare those around us to understand the issues connected with religious liberty. Now, in Review and Herald, December 21st, 1897, it says this, in this time of prevailing iniquity, the Protestant churches that have rejected a thus saith the Lord will reach a strange path. They will be converted to the world. In their separation from God, they will seek to make falsehood and apostasy from God, the law of the nation. They will work under the rulers of the land to make laws to restore the lost ascendancy of the man of sin who sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. The Roman Catholic principles will be taken under the protection of the state. The protest of the Bible truth will no longer be tolerated by those who have made the law of God their rule of life. Brothers and sisters, the work that is going on right now by the Christian coalition is a