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The Adventists had closely followed American politics, matching current events to the predictions in the Bible.  They were alienated and hostile, for the government tolerated slavery and seemed to have lost its pure [[republicanism]]. Their magazines showed the U.S. government as an ugly monster.  Under White's guidance the alienation softened. Adventists by the 1890s believed that the government ''might'' become a dangerous beast (as depicted in ''Revelation'' chapter 13), but had not reached that stage yet. The graphic images of government now depicted a friendly looking American buffalo.

The Adventists had closely followed American politics, matching current events to the predictions in the Bible.  They were alienated and hostile, for the government tolerated slavery and seemed to have lost its pure [[republicanism]]. Their magazines showed the U.S. government as an ugly monster.  Under White's guidance the alienation softened. Adventists by the 1890s believed that the government ''might'' become a dangerous beast (as depicted in ''Revelation'' chapter 13), but had not reached that stage yet. The graphic images of government now depicted a friendly looking American buffalo.

==The Seventh Day==

==The seventh day of the week==

"Seventh-day" means the observance of the original Sabbath, Saturday, is still a sacred obligation. Adventists argued that just as the rest of the Ten Commandments had not been revised, so also the injunction to "remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy" remained in full force. But this theological point turned the young group into a powerful force for religious liberty. Growing into its full stature in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, these Adventists opposed Sunday laws on every side. Many were arrested for working on Sunday.<ref>And in one interesting case, a grocery store owner in Arkansas -- which had an exception to Sunday laws specifically for Adventists -- became an Adventist solely to gain Sunday business: the grocery store owner's son was Jerry Jones, owner of the [[Dallas Cowboys]].</ref>  In fighting against the real threat of a legally established National Day of worship, these Sabbatarians had to fight for their liberty on a daily basis. Soon, they were fighting for religious liberty on a broader, less parochial basis.

"Seventh-day" means the observance of the original Sabbath, Saturday, is still a sacred obligation. Adventists argued that just as the rest of the Ten Commandments had not been revised, so also the injunction to "remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy" remained in full force. But this theological point turned the young group into a powerful force for religious liberty. Growing into its full stature in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, these Adventists opposed Sunday laws on every side. Many were arrested for working on Sunday.<ref>And in one interesting case, a grocery store owner in Arkansas -- which had an exception to Sunday laws specifically for Adventists -- became an Adventist solely to gain Sunday business: the grocery store owner's son was Jerry Jones, owner of the [[Dallas Cowboys]].</ref>  In fighting against the real threat of a legally established National Day of worship, these Sabbatarians had to fight for their liberty on a daily basis. Soon, they were fighting for religious liberty on a broader, less parochial basis.