The Constitutional Amendment: or, The Sunday, the Sabbath, the Change, and Restitution A discussion between W. H. Littlejohn, Seventh-day Adventist, and the editor of the Christian Statesman

In the turbulence of 1873 America, a group of reformers began pressing Congress to rewrite the Constitution with explicit references to God, the Bible, and a mandated Sunday Sabbath. This volume gathers a series of articles first printed in the Christian Statesman and other periodicals, then the pointed replies of its editor, and finally a steady stream of rejoinders from W. H. Littlejohn, a Seventh‑day Adventist who defends the biblical Saturday. The opening pages set the stage for a vigorous public dispute that touches on religious liberty, school curricula, and the very language of the nation’s founding document.

The exchange is a model of nineteenth‑century polemical writing, packed with scriptural citations, legal arguments, and earnest appeals to conscience. Littlejohn’s essays argue that imposing a Sunday law would betray true Sabbath doctrine, while the editor insists that a Christian‑based amendment would safeguard moral order. Listeners are offered a front‑row seat to a debate that shaped the cultural and legal battles over faith and governance still felt today.