To Correspondents

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 10, 1870

To Correspondents.

M. P. MARTIN: The Septuagint, Syriac, and Samaritan versions read Gen. 2:2. “And on the sixth day God ended his work.” This, says Dr. Clarke, is the genuine reading. The word rendered rested, properly signifies to cease. See Bush’s notes on Gen. 2. The Creator performed no part of his work on the seventh day.

P. C. TRUMAN: The 14th of Zechariah has been the subject of a great deal of study, and no little random speculation. We have never seen an exposition which was able to make a satisfactory application of all the particulars. Some of its declarations seem to bring to view prominent events which can be quite definitely located, while others are not so clear. We may, however, safely settle down on this conclusion, that there is nothing here which, properly understood, can be construed to conflict with the plain declarations found in other parts of the Bible respecting the events of the future.

Church Festivals.

For the benefit of the correspondent who made the inquiry in REVIEW of April 19, 1870, respecting a “Church Festival” held in Sigourney, Iowa, we give the following response:

Sigourney, Iowa, May 1, 1870. U. SMITH, Ed. of Review and Herald, Battle Creek, Mich., Dear Brother: You make inquiry in REVIEW AND HERALD of April 18, as to the correctness of an item clipped from the Sigourney (Iowa) News, on the subject of “Church Festivals.” We assure you that the statements made in said article are substantially true, and related here by a member of said M. E. church. Yours in the cause of truth, L. McCOY.