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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Jul 20, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 29.

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India

By W. W. MILLER

CALCUTTA.—Some one cut out a question from the Pioneer, and sent it to me to answer. It was this: “The Sabbath.—Can any reader of the Pioneer inform me when was the day of rest, namely, Sabbath of the Jewish dispensation, superseded by Sunday, the first day of the week, and what is the authority for altering the fourth commandment?—S.” Before I could get time to answer, the reply came out in the Pioneer about the same as a Seventh-day Adventist would give.
There is to be a mass-meeting in England in June, to urge more strictly the observance of Sunday. We have one thousand “Appeal to Clergy” on hand, and will soon have another thousand. We will get the addresses of ministers, and send them each one; for it is time for Seventh-day Adventists to sound this truth throughout the world. The Lord will recognize every effort put forth in this direction, and we are anxious to do our part.
More calls are coming for information about the Sabbath than ever before. I promised a man that Brother Guinness and I would go to East Bengal next month to look after the interest there. He said five hundred were interested in the Sabbath. How true this is, I am unable to say. But one thing must be true, and that is, the Sabbath question is finding entrance everywhere. I am aware that thousands will be stirred, and that if we are not awake, we shall not be able to discern an opening when the Lord makes one. We can not expect the Lord to put off the outpouring of his Spirit much longer.
At the meeting Sunday night two asked for baptism. I am giving readings to a young Bengali, who desires baptism.
We have had earthquakes, and every now and then there are light shocks. The death-rate from plague is about the same. Last week natives died within a stone’s throw of us, and one European died. Prayers are offered up by the natives all night long, that the plague may be stayed. Fifty thousand every seven days is the death-rate.
W. W. MILLER.