A Son Accepts the Sabbath
Sister S. Elmer writes from Ashfield, Mass.: “I have of late learned how to appreciate the proverb which says, Good news from a far country is like cold water to a thirsty soul. My son called on my father on his way to the West last Fall, and endeavored to show him from the Bible that the seventh day was the true Sabbath, and the importance of keeping it. He at once acknowledged that there was no authority in the Bible for keeping the first day, and said for the future he should keep the Sabbath. Although he belonged to a large church of the Baptist denomination, he did not stop to inquire, What will my brethren think of me? but said he should obey God rather than man. In a letter to me he writes as follows: ‘I would inform you that I am not sorry that I am keeping the Lord’s Sabbath. I have had some opposers, but I heed them not. While God enlightens my mind I shall go on rejoicing. Praise the Lord!’”