COLORADO by GEO. O. STATES.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 26, 1901

COLORADO

By GEO. O. STATES.

Since coming to Colorado, I have visited several of our churches, holding a few meetings at each place. Since our Conference I have canvassed some for “Christ’s Object Lessons,” but on account of smallpox have not done as much as I hope to later.

I am now laboring in Boulder, and am finding some who are interested in Bible readings. One man and his wife, who are taking readings, first became interested in our truth by the pastor of his church asking him to conduct a Bible reading on the gospel plan of supporting the Lord’s work. He studied his Bible, and gave them a strong reading on the tithing system, which made quite a stir among the members of the popular church. When the minister reproved him for taking the tithing system so literally, the brother replied that he must stand by the word of God, which was according to the articles of faith of their church. Well, said the minister, if you are going strictly to follow the Word, you can not stop on the tithing: there is more Bible for keeping the seventh day than for tithing; and if you go on in that way, you will have to be a Seventh-day Adventist. The brother replied that he could only follow the Word, no matter where it led him. As he studied his Bible, he soon became convinced that the seventh day is the Sabbath, and began to keep it, and for some time has been attending our Sabbath service. For the last month I have been holding readings with him and his wife, and they seem to drink in other truths, such as life through Christ. How true it is that we can do nothing against the truth, but for it.

GEO. O. STATES.