Elders Grant and Cornell.
By James White
THESE two men have publicly discussed the Sabbath question in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and in California, Elder Cornell affirming the perpetuity of the Sabbath and Elder Grant denying. Elder Grant still manifests hostility, not only against the Sabbath itself but against those who observe and teach this ancient institution. Elder Cornell, we are sad to say, is silent. From his silence some doubtless infer that he has left the Sabbath. Elder Grant has taken advantage of this in a manner. As much as we regret Elder Cornell’s silence, and pity him in his condition which disqualifies him to go before the public in defense of sacred truth, we are glad to give him opportunity to speak for himself through the Review as follows:— “I have seen the statement of Miles Grant in the Crisis, that I had given up the Sabbath, &c., and I wish to say that it is utterly without foundation in fact. I have not ‘left off keeping the seventh day,’ neither do I ever expect to, except from week to week. I only leave off keeping it on Saturday night at sunset, and take it up again the next Friday night at sunset. “The impression conveyed in the Crisis is most unqualifiedly false, and I conclude that ‘the wish was father to the thought.’ I would assure Elder Miles Grant, and all others, that, should occasion require, I could just as zealously and conscientiously defend the Sabbath of the Lord against their attacks as ever I did in the past. “No! it is well understood by all who reside in this vicinity that I do religiously observe the Bible Sabbath for Bible reasons. Whatever may come, I expect to continue its observance to the end. I have known some to give up the Sabbath through discouragements, but never one for what he supposed to be Bible reasons. I have never for one moment entertained a doubt as to the obligation of the seventh-day Sabbath since I began to observe it twenty-six years ago. Respectfully, M. E. CORNELL.”