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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 29, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 21.

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Light Spreading.

A BROTHER writing from Ohio says:—
“I have been spending some time in this county, where the light of the Third Angel's Message had never shone before. The gloom which had settled down upon the minds of some honest ones is now being driven away, as rays of light burst upon their vision. At N—, in this county, the Disciple Church has gone down. Their only elder is a converted man; he has accepted the truth in every particular except the perpetuity of spiritual gifts, and that subject he is now investigating.
“One minister of that church, a liberal, has opposed us, and tried to prove to his people that the ten commandments were abrogated, and that the first day of the week, or Lord's day, as he termed it, had been set apart, by the example of Christ and his apostles, as a Sabbath for us. He also claimed that redemption was a greater work than creation, and therefore we should keep the first day of the week in commemoration of that event.
“Soon after this minister left, another of his brethren, a conservative, came and preached in the same place, and labored to convince the same people, from Heb. 4, that we now have no Sabbath or rest day, and that the seventh day was typical of the rest spoken of in Heb. 4:9, which remains for the people of God. After this another minister, of the same denomination, came along and preached for the same people, and tried to prove by Rom. 14 that it makes no difference what day we keep. Surely their folly was manifested unto all men. 2 Tim. 3.”