"While the observance of the false sabbath in compliance with the law of the state, contrary to the fourth commandment, will be an avowal [an open declaration] of allegiance to a power that is in opposition to God, the keeping of the true Sabbath, in obedience to God’s law, is an evidence of loyalty to the Creator.
While one class, by accepting the sign of submission to earthly
powers, receive the mark of the beast, the other choosing the token of allegiance to divine authority, receive the seal of God.”
GC, p. 605
"An outward observance of the Sabbath will not save the soul.
The principles interwoven with every one of the Ten Commandments are to be honored and obeyed in the individual, practical life. The law, God requires, shall be written on the tablets of every soul.”
Letter 191, 1899, pp. 3, 4 (found in 6MR, pp. 396, 397
