Finding and Keeping the True Sabbath
By J. Edmonston
DEAR BRO. WHITE:—It is some years that my mind has been ill at ease concerning the keeping of the fourth commandment, as the nations of the earth keep it. I could not understand why the first day should be kept when the Bible plainly declares that the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord, &c., and I was a diligent searcher after truth. Nothing can satisfy my mind but the truth, and when I get it, I know it, for God seals it on my heart. Praise God for ever, that he that hath ears can hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. I was not alone trying to find out the true Sabbath. There were others that sought the Lord with all their hearts, and they also felt that we did not keep God's Sabbath. At length the Lord moved Bro. J. Bates to come and give us the third angel's message, and this set the matter right. We saw God's Sabbath and the Pope's, and how the change was brought about; and now we are keeping the true Sabbath, and Israel's God is with us. We are but five or six in number, but we have thus far been able to give our enemies a reason for the hope that is within us. They cannot gainsay it, and so they satisfy themselves by saying they do not see it as we do, and so settle down to sleep and dream of peace and safety when God says "there is no peace." It rejoices our hearts to hear from the brethren and sisters who are keeping the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. Fear not, little flock, for it is the Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Your sister in the Lord. J. EDMONSTON.