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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 29, 1875

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 45, No. 18.

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Addison County, Vt.

By A. S. Hutchins

Since my report of our meetings in this county, I have received very encouraging reports of the progress of the work there. A brother writes: “Our meetings are interesting, and we are trying to get together in season and to be prompt and punctual in all our exercises.”
“Our meeting last Sabbath was one of unusual interest. A first-day Adventist sister and her son-in-law were present. In her testimony, she said she had long desired to attend a meeting like the one she was in, where she could feel free. And I think I never saw any one rejoice as she did. The brother’s testimony was clear, candid, and directly to the point.” After a very careful investigation of the Sabbath question, these friends had decided that the Sabbath of the fourth commandment was binding upon Christians, and had commenced its observance, this being their first Sabbath.
The brother said he had been investigating the subject of the Sabbath about one year; that he was much prejudiced against the Sabbath when he commenced, having heard nothing in its favor till he moved where he now lives, but much against it. A few tracts were given him to read, and he also took the Voice of Truth. He obtained the best work he could find against the Sabbath, and got Eld. J. N. Andrews’ “History of the Sabbath,” bringing all, as he read, to the sure and unfailing test, the word of God.
As we reflect on the course of these honest seekers for the truth, how appropriate the words of a pious writer seem here:—
“In every dubious question, when the foot is trembling on debatable ground, knowing not whether to advance or recede, make this the final criterion, ‘What saith the Scripture?’ The world may remonstrate, erring friends may disapprove, Satan may tempt, ingenious arguments may explain away; but with our finger on the revealed page, let the words of our Great Example be ever a divine formula for our guidance: ‘This commandment have I received of my Father.’”
Speaking of the number whom we left keeping the Sabbath, he says: “We are all holding on, and some, if not all, are making very marked advancement toward the kingdom.”
A. S. HUTCHINS.
Irasburgh, Vt., April 12, 1875.