A Methodist’s Conversion to Sabbathkeeping
By John Reynolds
Bro. Smith: I have heretofore belonged to the Methodist church, but about two years ago my attention was called to the subject of life and death. A short sentence in a small book has caused me to reconsider all my former opinions, and the result has been a thorough change in nearly all of my former faith. That sentence was this, "All should have a Thus saith the Lord, for the foundation of their faith." With this motto, I commenced searching the Scriptures with prayerful attention and I trust an unprejudiced mind. My last investigations have been on the subject of the Sabbath. In them I was aided by your Sabbath tracts, which were sent me by a brother in Eaton Co., Mich. I feel very grateful to him for his kindness in sending them to me. My former brethren have opposed me some in my views, but in this they fail, for I have the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God. This they profess to have, but if they have it, it is so wrapped in the cobwebs of theology that I never have seen the blade. There is but one besides myself in this county that I know of that keeps the Sabbath. Remember us at the throne of grace.
John Reynolds.
Isabella Co. Mich.