A Testimony for the Seventh-Day Sabbath
By Ashael Chapman
DEAR BRO. WHITE:—I am much interested in the Review, and wish it continued to me. The advent of the blessed Saviour into our world again, is a subject that interests me very much. I had for the last twelve years entertained the view of the no-Sabbath doctrine, on account of the silence of Christ and all his apostles in relation to the first day as a Sabbath, and regarding the observance of the seventh day a Mosaic institution, abolished at the cross. After a year spent in the investigation of the Sabbath question, a careful examination of the first-day claims, the seventh day claims and the no-day theory, I have come to the conclusion that God's holy Sabbath has never been abrogated; that the day has never been changed by divine authority; and although the earth is round, all men, everywhere, are required by our heavenly Father to keep it holy. I can say that I am glad to find, after a long and careful examination, that the bible testimony is plain, pointed and perfectly satisfactory. I am led to wonder that the abundance of Old and New Testament authority for the observance of the seventh day should have been overlooked by me so long. I have great reason to praise God for his holy Sabbath day. I would not part with it for worlds. O, blessed day; sweet to my taste. I sometimes hear others call the Sabbath a yoke of bondage. I feel to pity such. I would recommend to them to prove God in the observance of the Sabbath according to Isa. lviii, 13; then if they find it a hard law I shall be greatly mistaken. I am alone in the observance of the Sabbath here, no one being nearer than Waukau, four miles distant. We were favored with a call from Brn. Waggoner and Steward in the Spring, and last week Brn. Loughborough and Cornell visited us. May God bless them abundantly. ASHAEL CHAPMAN. Eureka, Winnebago Co., Wis., July 18th, 1853.