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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 9, 1875

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 46, No. 23.

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“The Same Thing.”

By D. A. Grant

IN the REVIEW of Oct. 28, in a report, we notice that in a certain town in Michigan a Disciple minister thought he could very easily refute the doctrine of the seventh-day Sabbath, and seemed to consider that the task was rendered easier from the fact that “S. D. Adventist ministers all speak the same thing.” This saying is worthy of our careful attention; for we have yet to learn that the people of God are made weaker by being of one mind, or speaking the same thing in regard to the great truths of the present day.
“Be of the same mind, one toward another,” says Paul, in Rom. 12:16. “Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace,” says the same great apostle; and he adds, “The God of love and peace shall be with you.” 2 Cor. 13:11. “Fulfill ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.” Phil. 2:2. See also chap. 1:27, in which we are exhorted to “stand fast in the same spirit, with one mind,” &c. These words were written by one who was inspired of God. The divine Son of God prayed to his Father that his disciples might be one, even as he and his Father were one. This certainly means one in mind, word, and doctrine.
To speak the same thing, then, is to obey the Lord Jesus Christ. Would God, that we as a people were more firmly united in this sacred cause. But God is working, and his plans cannot fail. We are much interested, each week, in reading the several reports from different localities. Praise the Lord for the truth. May we “speak the same thing” with the true people of God, both here and in the bright land beyond. And we know there will be harmony in that song which all the redeemed shall sing; for John heard no discord in all that great multitude which no man could number. They all join with one accord in “saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God forever and ever. Amen.”
D. A. GRANT.
Patton, Me., Nov. 14, 1875.