How They Became Convinced
By Editor
[Believing it would be of interest to our readers, the editor of the Signs of the Times has asked Sabbath-keeping ministers and evangelical workers to tell in a few words the scripture or scriptures, the truths and principles, which constrained them to accept the unpopular truth of the seventh-day Sabbath. These testimonies must not exceed 500 words. Let us hear from all.] At the age of 16 years I was converted and united with the Christian (Disciple) Church. In the year 1869 I came to California, and finally united with the M. E. Church. But some traveling strangers left a tract at our house entitled, "A Hundred Bible Facts on the Sabbath," and O, how it spoiled my peace of mind! Every day I would pray to God, and ask if I might not keep the first day of the week; and one day while I was in prayer, such a feeling of peace came into my heart; and I thought it was the Lord's expression of willingness that I should keep that day. So I was happy again. But it was not the Lord that answered my prayer; for His Spirit will guide only in the way of truth. Time passed on, and Brethren Martin and Church came to Glenburn, and preached on the subject of the Sabbath. The first sermon brought the light to my mind, and I did not pray any more that I might keep the first day of the week. I was under such deep conviction that I had to come out and obey the commandment of God; but it was a cross, for I would have to be alone in so doing. However, after I had laid hold of the Sabbath, and read more and more of the glorious truths of the Bible, it grew, and still grows brighter, and brighter, altho I do stand alone. As I travel from one end of the valley to the other, to get this wonderful truth before the people in printed form, I can not thank God enough that He did not leave me to perish in my blindness. It was after reading the experience of Mrs. J. W. Collins that I was impressed to write my own.