Holding Fast to Present Truth
By S. Treat
DEAR BRO. WHITE:— I am determined by the grace of God to hold on to the present truth untill I can find something better from God's holy word. While others teach the law of God nailed to the cross and done away, I must believe that the "law of the Lord is perfect converting the soul;" and while others contend that all days are alike, I must remember the Sabbath day, and try by the grace of God to keep it holy; and while others say that the law of God is still binding, and that the world is actually keeping the seventh-day Sabbath, I must dissent from it; for it looks like a device of Satan without the least foundation from the Bible to sustain it; and yet I believe that this delusion has done more in the state of Maine to lull the advent people into carnal security in regard to the Sabbath than everything else that has been devised. I praise the Lord that he has kept me from running after the delusions of this bewildered world, it is all of God, glory be to his heavenly name forever and ever. I have moved into a wicked place, and have none of like precious faith but my companion to unite with me on the Sabbath; and therefore I feel the need of the prayers of God's saints that I may be kept in the midst of the delusions of the world, and the temptations of the adversary. I met with the brethren at Brewer last week, Bro. Barr was there: we had a good time, I think there is an increasing interest in that place and has been for some time past. Yours in the blessed hope of immortality through Christ,
S. TREAT
Dec. 3d, 1854.