Dialogue between a Minister of the Gospel and a Sabbatarian

Publishing Committee · Saratoga Springs, N. Y. · Aug 19, 1851

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 2, No. 2.

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Dialogue between a Minister of the Gospel and a Sabbatarian.

Sabbatarian. Did Jehovah ever sanctify one day above another? Minister. He did.

S. And what day was that? M. The seventh.

S. When? M. When he finished his creative work.

S. Where? M. In Eden.

S. On whom was it obligatory? M. On our first parents, and all their posterity.

S. Did he ever unsanctify that day? M. No.

S. Did he ever sanctify the first, or any other day than the seventh, as a day of rest? M. Not that I know of.

S. Then do not those who neglect the seventh day, take away something from the word of God? And do not those who keep the first day add to that word? Read the threatenings of the Lord against such:—“If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book : and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”