REVERENCE THE LAW by Adolphus Smith

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 14, 1867

REVERENCE THE LAW.

By Adolphus Smith

Sinai was enveloped in raging, tempestuous fire. A cloud of blackness hovered over it; and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of Jehovah were so terrible that the people “entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more.” Every beast which touched the mountain was instantly killed; and the sight of the glory of God was so terrible as to cause Moses to fear and quake exceedingly.

And why such a display of Omnipotent glory? That to man might be given the great law of the universe, traced by the finger of God upon tables of stone. That law, for over twelve hundred and sixty years past, has been trampled under foot by the “little horn,” and the remnant church is now called upon to restore it. “Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.”

We trust by the grace of our God that we are that remnant church. We should, therefore, in no case make light of that law which we profess to love so well, but give it the high and holy reverence it deserves. ADOLPHUS SMITH. Ottawa Co., Mich.