DEAR BRO. WHITE:—It is a little over a year since I was brought to tremble at the word of the Lord, which says, The seventh day is the Sabbath. Having read before, the writings of Grew, Marsh, Crozier, and some others, as published in the Harbinger and tracts, with all their excuses for not observing the Sabbath of the fourth commandment from its being a peculiarly Jewish institution; to the impossibility of keeping it near the North pole, and the gaining time by sailing around the earth—as if its Author was not acquainted with geography, or did not know that the Jews would be dispersed into every country under heaven. It began to look to me as if it was dishonoring God to observe a day instituted by men and disregard the day set apart by the Creator as a commemoration of his great work, and given to Israel for a perpetual covenant, and a sign forever between him and the children of Israel.
It is a great wonder to me how people can claim to belong to the family of Israel, or expect to receive the promises made to Abraham and his seed, when disregarding the perpetual covenant and receiving not the sign that God has required Israel to receive between him and them forever. O, what a field of blessed meditation there is in the subjects of the Sabbath and Sanctuary in heaven, opened to the faithful believer. How it opens and beautifies the Scriptures of truth. It shows us so clearly that the time is near when he that shall come, will come, and will not tarry. To the brethren scattered abroad I would say, Let not the distracting influence of the no-Sabbath position swerve you from your anchorage. The Lord's Sabbath is a rock that the storms, hail and rain of the last days will not wash from under those that build thereon. Let your hearts be stable, and your conversation in heaven, from whence we look for our King.