ANCHORED IN THE MUD by Ethan Lanphear

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 12, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 19.

ANCHORED IN THE MUD.

By Ethan Lanphear

BY ETHAN LANPHEAR.

An Illustration.

Two MEN under the influence of liquor tried one night to row a boat across a bay. They rowed all night, and in the morning found they had made no progress whatever, for they had neglected to lift the anchor.

they are praying and rowing for reform, but they make no progress. Their anchor has hold of the snags of pagan sabbaths and ordinances of men.

Many professed Christians act as stupid as these two men. They talk and pray, Thy kingdom come, and this thing and that be done, as if they were making progress; but when God's word lights down upon them, they find themselves right where they started; and what is the matter?—Why; they are anchored in the mud of tradition. This is especially true in respect to the Sabbath. They are mourning over a "Sabbath desecration,"

Raise your anchor, brethren, and attach your cable to the word of God and his commandments. Take Christ at his word, that the Sabbath was made for man, and that the seventh day is the Sabbath. Take him for your example; for he kept the same. Do this and you will educate the consciences of men, and will not be bothered to petition our Legislature or Congress to make laws to compel men to be religious by keeping the commandments of men. Until you raise your anchor you may paddle your canoe, but will never reach the better shore. Why will you persist in your own ways? The true God says, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." "How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?"

Plainfield, N. J.