---
title: '“Hard Times”'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'David Burt Willson'
date: 1885-01-21
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'Sabbath'
- 'Temperance'
scriptures:
- 'Isaiah 58'
- 'Amos 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/willson-1885-hard-times
---

# “Hard Times”

Editorial argues national calamities stem from violating God's law; Sabbath-breaking and intemperance cause 'hard times' and call for national repentance and reform.

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