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.] I WAS brought up in the Episcopal Church, and was early taught the Ten Commandments. I had to repeat them once every week, besides hearing them read every Sunday in church. I believed them all, just as they were written by the finger of God on stone. I was reading my Bible one Sunday, and came to Isa. 58:13, 14, when I was impressed that the seventh day is the true Sabbath. The thought came to me that I could not claim these promises, because I could find nothing here about Sunday. Still, I reasoned that men who studied God's Word, and taught the people, would not disobey God; they would certainly know what they were doing. But I said that I would much prefer keeping the day Jesus kept; if the Jews believed in a Saviour, I would worship with them. I then commenced visiting all the other churches, which I continued for a year. I felt a great want of the Spirit in them all, and I never heard the commandments in any of them. I even went to the Swedenborgian Church, and got mixed up with Spiritism. The Lord allowed me to see how Satan is working with those that seek Him, but He will preserve them that put their trust in Him. I asked the Lord if He did not have some one to warn the people of these fearful delusions, which are taking the world captive in these last days. Matt. 24:24. Soon after this our family left San Francisco and came to Alameda. One day, in passing a drug store, I saw a card in the window, which gave notice that lectures would be given on the books, Daniel and The Revelation. I had often wished that I could understand the Revelation, a blessing being promised to those who would read and understand (Chapter 1:1-3). So I went to hear Brother H. H. Dexter; and, later on, when he asked me what I thought of the seventh-day Sabbath, I said I knew it was the right day, and, as I had found some keeping it, I would worship with them. He said, "Praise the Lord!" Altho I had lived in different parts of the United States for twenty-four years, I had never heard of Seventh-day Adventists; and my surprise was great when I was told how many there were who were keeping the commandments of God, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ (Rev. 12:17). I pray that, with them, I may walk in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, blameless, until His appearing. MRS. MARGARET S. WILLIAMS.