Finding the Truth on the Sabbath
By M. R. Boyd
DEAR BRN. AND SISTERS:—It is about three years since by the blessing of God I saw the truth on the Sabbath, and have from that time by the grace of God been enabled to keep holy the Sabbath of the Lord. My companion first embraced the truth and I strove hard to convince him of his error. I searched the scriptures daily not to see if these things were so, but to convince him that they were not so. But to my surprise I could find nothing to convince him but every thing to convince me, that the seventh-day is the Sabbath of the Lord our God. I was a member of a popular church and thought much of its members and to renounce my long cherished Sabbath and be considered by my former brethren and sisters as a cast-away, caused me many painful feelings; but through grace and that not of myself, I was enabled in a measure to conquer my pride and love of the world. We are situated far from any of like precious faith, and I have never seen any of the preaching brethren until last fall, when we were blessed with a visit from Bro. Wheeler who spent one Sabbath with us and preached in the school-house on First-day to an attentive assembly. Many seemed favorably impressed but none embraced the truth. The word spoken was to me like water to a thirsty soul. I hope that his labors were not in vain. I had long desired and earnestly prayed for a better understanding of the word of God and my mind was in a measure enlightened, and I have been able to trust his precious promises more fully. But I come far short of that to which I aspire. O for more love to God and his cause, and more conformity to his will I want to drink deep at the fountain of God's eternal love. O for a closer walk with God,
A calm and heavenly frame,
A light to shine upon the road,
That leads me to the Lamb. That we may so live as to grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, is the prayer of your unworthy sister, M. R. BOYD.
Lyme, N. Y. Feb. 5th, 1856.