A New Believer’s Sabbath Testimony
By J. B. Pratt
BRO. J. B. PRATT writes from Ottawa Co., Mich.: I have recently become a Sabbath-keeper and a believer in the second Advent doctrine. I believe that the law and the gospel go hand in hand. I now believe that the ten commandments stand just as God first gave them; that the fourth has never been changed by divine authority; and that, through grace, we are enabled to keep the law, which, by this means, I am striving to do. I, also, now believe that we have no immortality only as we gain it through faith in Christ, obedience, and a faithful continuance in well doing. I also believe that Jesus is now in the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary, finishing up his work of atonement, and that it is court week, as Bro. White told us at the camp-meeting. I firmly believe in the third angel’s message, and I want a part in it with God’s humble people. It is only about six weeks since I embraced this faith. I believe it is the truth, and I love it and want to do what I can to sustain it. I have a family of a wife and five children; am a poor man and out of health, and am peddling to support my family; but purpose to give one-tenth of my income to the cause.