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 HAD been reared to doubt the inspiration of the Bible, and even to scoff at all theories of religion. But at last, by studying the Word of God for myself, I found that it proved its own inspiration. It gave the prophetic history of the world so clearly that no one could help seeing it who really wanted to. Then I found that it did not teach that there is an eternal lake of fire anywhere. I next learned of an able Saviour from sin, and a promised kingdom of heaven. Then I learned that God, through Christ, rehearsed His law on Mount Sinai; and, search as I would, I could not find any command for a first-day Sabbath. I fully believed that “the law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul” (Ps. 19:7), and my Saviour had said that He did not come to destroy one jot or tittle of the law (Matt. 5:17, 18). That law says that “the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God,” and as all things were made by Christ (John 1:3, 14; Col. 1:13-17), of course He made the Sabbath day (Gen. 2:3; Mark 2:27, 28). Praise God, it is for me to remember the wonderful power of my Creator, Redeemer, and King.