Act on the Light Received.
By Adolphus Smith
I was somewhat interested in an article published in No. 15, current vol. of REVIEW, and headed, “God’s Word vs. Dreams,” as it recalled incidents in my own experience as a seeker for Bible truth. I became quite well satisfied that, according to the Scriptures, the seventh day is the Sabbath. I however wavered in mind, and sought by fasting and prayer for some special light from Heaven, of which already a sufficiency had been given in the word of God. None of course was given except an impression to refer the question, for comparison, to the concluding scene in the parable of Dives and Lazarus, and especially to the concluding verse: “If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.” See Luke 16: 27-31. Subsequently I opened my mind to a Baptist minister, who, after making use of the common threadbare arguments for first-day sanctity, remarked, “There is a member of my church who has been troubled on this question as you appear to be; but he has fasted and prayed over the subject, and can get no additional light.” Said I, Bro. P., he never will get any more light, until he acts upon what he has already received. I then referred him to the parable above mentioned, expressing the belief that the testimony of the pure word, when made so plain, should be believed and acted upon and no supernatural, light be expected.