A Testimony on Keeping the Sabbath
By S. T. McAllister
SISTER S. T. MCALLISTER writes from Passadumkeag, Me.: I praise the Lord for the light I have received on his precious word, through his dear people. Truly the Lord has been very gracious to me. Last July I was in ignorance of God's holy Sabbath, but through his good providence, sister Davis came to this place and was made an instrument of conveying light to my dark mind. She gave me some of your excellent tracts which shed so much light on the Bible that I could but see it a duty enjoined on all, to keep all of the ten commandments; and although it has been very crossing to me to come out and keep a day of rest different from my friends and neighbors around me, yet I have been blessed in so doing. I feel that it is honoring God to rest upon the same day that he rested, and honoring his Son to rest on that day of which he declared himself the Lord. I commenced keeping the Sabbath last August. Sister Davis and I were alone at that time, but we have one more added to our number now, and expect more still if we are faithful. I think there is a considerable feeling here on the Sabbath question. We have had no preaching yet, but we are praying for the Lord to send some of his messengers this way. We believe they will come in his own time. We need instruction very much. We get a great deal in the Review, for which we feel very thankful, but want to see some one that we can talk with that we may understand the way more perfectly. We feel that we are far behind the brethren and sisters in the last message, but are trying to live up to all the light we have. It seems strange to us that ministers who profess to preach the gospel, should be so hard against us for keeping the commandments of God, but so it is. They are the hardest ones we have to contend with.