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Is the Sabbath a Yoke?

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 17, 1871

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 38, No. 18.

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Is the Sabbath a Yoke?

By Robert Snyder; S. A. Snyder

When we commenced to keep the Sabbath of the Lord, it seemed a great cross, greater than we had ever experienced, separating us from old friends and neighbors; and we might say causing almost an entire separation from the world. This for a time made it appear to be a cross. Jesus says, “My yoke is easy, and my burden is light,” and he has made it so with us. When sixth day comes, and the Sabbath draws on, a conscious sense of right pervades our very being, and we cannot help but rejoice in all the goodness of the Lord toward us. How pleasant to meditate upon the vast assemblage Moses led out of Egypt, preparing to keep the holy Sabbath of the Lord. We thank the Lord for the yoke, and our prayer is that we may ever be yoked to his truth. The burden he has entirely removed.
Some of our old acquaintances send us the Advent Christian Times and the Crisis; but Eld. J. N. Andrews completely shows how much honesty of purpose there is in the Crisis, in the REVIEW of August 8.
We desire to be remembered in the prayers of our brethren and sisters everywhere. Remember that every Sabbath afternoon, there is assembled a little band of Sabbath-keepers in Cumberland Co., N. J. The Lord pours out his Spirit and blessing upon us in plenteous showers.
ROBERT SNYDER, S. A. SNYDER.