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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Oct 3, 1878

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 4, No. 37.

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THE SABBATH.

By A. S. Hutchins

WAS designed to be a blessing to man in all ages. It is a commemorative institution, reminding us in its weekly return, of the handy works of the Creator, as manifest in the creation of the world. In divine beauty and matchless splendor, his infinite wisdom and boundless goodness, are herein revealed. So that, with one anciently we may say, "O how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep."
The apostle says, "The invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead." Rom. 1:20. The man then who dares deny the existence of God, or he who hath said in his heart there is no God, is "without excuse." All nature testifies to this, the heavens above, the earth beneath, the existence of man and beast, and the fowls of the air. Turn our attention in whatever direction we will, we see overwhelming evidences of this great, grand, and clearly revealed truth; which is the foundation of all true religion, the center and object of the Christian's hope. On this point, well does inspiration say, "A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this." Ps. 92:6.
As we love God, love to retain him in our minds, meditate upon his holy character, and reflect upon his works; as they come from his hands in perfect beauty and order, shall we not love his holy Sabbath, the sacred rest-day of the Most High, which points us back to the bright and glorious morn, when "the morning stars sang together, and the sons of God shouted for joy?" "Awake, my heart! my soul arise! This is a day believers prize."
And shall we not prize it? Shall we not be grateful for the light and truth on the Bible Sabbath, while the great majority of professed Sabbath-keepers observe another day, with another reason as a basis, than that set forth in the fourth commandment? Praise God for Bible truth on the Bible Sabbath. May we observe it as the Bible directs, and receive the reward promised in God's sacred word. And finally may we be prepared to celebrate this sacred day, the gift of Heaven, in the earth made new, when all flesh shall come, from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, to worship the Lord of hosts. "And blessed be his glorious name forever; and let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen."-A. S. Hutchins.