Sabbath Observance by D. T. SHIREMAN

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Jun 3, 1915

Sabbath Observance

By D. T. SHIREMAN

D. T. SHIREMAN

A GREAT change in the matter of Sabbath observance has taken place among us in the last sixty years. As we have increased in numbers we have grown careless, and some do not seem to realize that the seventh day is holy time, as they did years ago. This matter needs to be agitated anew in all our churches. Ministers and church officers should sound a warning against laxity in Sabbath keeping. The standard should be raised, for the commandment tells us to “remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.” And we should remember to be ready to keep it when it comes to us, and remember it until the sun has set at its close.

Dear brethren and sisters, let us take heed to this matter, for if we fail in one point we will fail of reaching the heavenly home. The Sabbath is God’s holy day, and during its hours we should not do our own work, speak our own words, or think our own thoughts. All these must be laid aside before the Sabbath begins if we would keep the commandments and be ready to meet our Saviour.

The third angel’s message is now spreading to the darkest corners of the earth. The signs of the times show us that every line of the prophetic word is now fulfilling. Every child of God must have oil in his vessel and his lamp trimmed and burning if he would be an overcomer.