Extracts from Letters

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 1, 1862

Extracts from Letters.

Bro. R. O'Brien writes from Walton, Hants Co., Nova Scotia: "Having been taught that the first day of the week is the Christian Sabbath, and never having examined the subject, nor the time to commence the Sabbath, I supposed it was immaterial what day was kept; but lately I received the History of the Sabbath by J. N. Andrews, and after perusing it and examining the Scriptures, I am fully persuaded that the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord our God. As I disregard what mankind teach in opposition to the Scriptures, I can no longer regard the first day as sacred, because the Scriptures nowhere teach it; but I regard the seventh day as God's holy Sabbath. God himself has taught it, and Jesus Christ and his apostles have confirmed it."

Bro. R. J. Davis writes from Marengo, Iowa: "I am trying to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. I have found that there is much to do in order to live a Christian life. I have many things to overcome. It needs constant watchfulness and prayer to save us from being overcome by temptation. I am glad that I have heard the third message, and had a disposition to lay hold upon it. I am glad the Lord has sent the light this way, and I am determined by the assisting grace of God to walk therein. We do not have the privilege of meeting with the brethren and sisters to join with them in the worship of God; but I would say to all who are deprived of this privilege, Let us be faithful, and look to God for help in these days of peril. O, how much we need to watch and pray while we are surrounded by so much evil. I feel to praise the Lord for the hope of meeting God's people in a better land than this."