IN the San Francisco Chronicle of December 9, we find the following:— "A suit to test their right to observe the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath, has recently been brought by the Adventists of Arkansas. Within two years this sect has greatly increased in the State, but last winter the Legislature repealed the clause which gave the Adventists the right to choose their Sunday. The action was evidently taken specially to worry these people, and they have resented it by bringing a test case before the Supreme Court. If the Court sustains the act of the Legislature, it will show that Arkansas is about 100 years behind its neighbors in religious toleration." The Chronicle is usually very exact, but in regard to this matter it has evidently been misinformed. We appreciate the spirit of good will which seems to pervade the paragraph, but wish to correct the errors, for others may have fallen into the same. 1. No suit has been brought by the Adventists of Arkansas. 2. No one has contested the right of Adventists to observe the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath. 3. The trouble is not caused by the fact that "the Legislature repealed the clause which gave Adventists the right to choose their Sunday." The Adventists have no special liking for any Sunday; but the trouble is that the people want to compel Adventists to keep every Sunday. The facts of the case are simply these:— Up to last spring the laws of Arkansas gave people who conscientiously observe the seventh day, the liberty to work upon the remaining days of the week, Sunday included, which they have both a divine and a natural right to do. Six months ago the clause granting this just right was repealed, and as the law now stands, whoever conscientiously observes the seventh day of the week, according to the commandment of God, may be compelled to rest on the first day of the week, in accordance with the unjust requirements of men. As the Chronicle says, "the action was evidently taken specially to worry these people;" and the evidence of this fact is that Adventists, and scarcely any others, have been prosecuted for the violation of this unjust law. If the law were simply unjust, it might be endured; but it directly contravenes the fourth precept of the decalogue, and consequently cannot be obeyed by those who regard the laws of God as superior to the opposing laws of men. Having been prosecuted and convicted, the Adventists have taken the case to the Supreme Court to see whether the highest authority in the State will countenance persecution for conscience' sake. This, in brief, is the whole of the matter; while it is evident that the action taken by the Arkansas Courts is a specimen of the civilization of the Dark Ages, we cannot admit that Arkansas is behind its neighbors. The State of Pennsylvania has persistently refused to allow Sabbath-keepers to enjoy their God-given rights, and it was only three years ago that some of the most respectable people in California tried to commit this State to the same line of action. More than this, an influential party, which is rapidly adding to its numbers, is earnestly endeavoring to have the entire United States pass laws similar to the one by which Adventists in Arkansas are now being oppressed.