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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 5, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 31, No. 21.

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JAMES G. STERLING

By James G. Sterling

From Bro. Sterling.

BRO. SMITH: About four months ago the Lord in his providence led me to an examination of the doctrines held and taught by the Seventh-day Adventists, especially in regard to the Sabbath. The result was, I became convinced by an overwhelming array of facts and arguments that the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord, and I commenced keeping it. Although it caused many professed friends to look coldly upon me, and soon led to a dissolution of the relationship then existing between myself and the church with whom I was laboring as pastor; still I rejoice and thank God for a knowledge of the true Sabbath. About the time above referred to, I commenced carefully reading the work entitled “The Third angel’s Message and Two horned Beast,” and felt that it was high time for me to get out of Babylon. I also carefully perused and reperused the “Sanctuary,” and found that ideas set forth therein had a rock bottom. I commenced perusing “Spiritual Gifts,” and found them indeed “meat in due season.” Bless the Lord, O my soul, for the testimony of Jesus, which is the spirit of prophecy.
I cannot tell how thankful I am for the light of present truth. I now stand identified with the remnant people, and mean, by the help of God, to stand up in defense of the truths of the third angel’s message till we all get home to Mount Zion.
Finally, as “sin is the transgression of the law,” and I am obliged to plead guilty to any open transgression of the fourth commandment of the law all my past life, till four months ago, and as the divine order requires that we die to sin, or crucify our “old man” before being united to the “new man,” Christ Jesus, I feel it my privilege and duty to publicly renounce my relationship to the old man, now crucified, I trust, and solemnize my relationship to the new man by “being buried by baptism into his death,” hoping that by continuing to walk in newness of life I may be in the likeness of his resurrection.
May God help us all to live faithful.

JAMES G. STERLING

Allegan Co., Mich.