13. How is the remnant church described? “Here is the _patience_ of the saints: here are they that _keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus_.” Verse 12. 14. Against what three things does the third angel of Revelation 14 warn men? “And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man _worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand_, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God.” Verses 9, 10. NOTE.—The beast represents the Papacy; the image to the beast represents another ecclesiastical body dominating civil power. See readings on pages 268, 271. And over against the seal of God stands the mark of the beast, the mark of apostasy. Against this false and idolatrous worship and the reception of this mark, God sends this solemn warning. 15. What power mentioned in the thirteenth chapter of Revelation is to enforce this mark? “And _he_ [the two-horned beast] causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive _a mark_ in their right hand, or in their foreheads.” Rev. 13:16. NOTE.—The two-horned beast is understood to represent the United States of America. See reading on page 271. As this nation repudiates her principles of civil and religious liberty, and becomes a persecuting power, other nations will follow her example in oppressing those who refuse to yield their allegiance to God. 16. What does the Papacy set forth as the mark, or sign, of its power and authority? “_Question._—How prove you that the church hath power to command feasts and holy days? “_Answer.—By the very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday_, which Protestants allow of.”—_“__Abridgment of Christian Doctrine,__”__ by Rev. Henry Tuberville, D. D., page 58._ NOTES.—In a letter written in November, 1895, Mr. H. F. Thomas, chancellor to Cardinal Gibbons, replying to an inquiry as to whether the Catholic Church claims to have changed the Sabbath, said: “Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change was her act, ... and the act is a mark of her ecclesiastical authority in religious things.” For other statements concerning this, see pages 441, 444, 464. The true Sabbath being a sign of loyalty to the true God, it is but natural that the false sabbath should be regarded as a sign of allegiance to apostasy. And such we find to be the case. 17. What do papal authorities say of the observance of Sunday by Protestants? “The observance of _Sunday_ by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] church.”—_“__Plain Talk About the Protestantism of Today,__”__ by Monsignor Segur, page 213._