The Fear of Man by I. J. Hankins

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Feb 28, 1906

The Fear of Man

By I. J. Hankins

The Fear of Man.—At a ministers' meeting in Providence, R. I., where about forty were present, a few years ago, one of the number presented the subject of "The Biblical Sabbath." At the close a tall, dignified minister, with a scholarly appearance, arose and said:

"Why do we ministers not tell the truth we know about this Sabbath question? We know there is not one particle of evidence in the New Testament that the Sabbath ever was changed to the first day of the week by Christ or His apostles. We know this, and yet we are afraid to admit it even to ourselves; far less would we tell it to our congregations. What are we afraid of?"

Then the speaker sat down, and not one of his brethren, either by look or word, expressed dissent from what he had said. They knew that he had spoken the truth.—I. J. Hankins, Missionary in South Africa.