Explanation by Editor

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 12, 1864

Explanation.

By Editor

SINCE the publication of that portion of "Both Sides of the Sabbath Question," contained in No. 3, present volume, in which we stated that Eld. P. appeared to have drawn out his articles to a great length in consequence of our decision to publish them entire, we have received from him a letter stating some facts in the case, which entirely exculpate him from any such design; which facts we are happy to lay before the readers of the Review. They are these:

1. The delay of several weeks in his articles, after we commenced our review, was made at the Office of the Crisis, not by Eld. P.

2. His entire article was written and sent to the Crisis Office before our reply was commenced.

3. It was sometime after this before he received the Review which contained the commencement of our reply.

4. The division of his "number four" into three articles was not made by Eld. P., but at the Crisis Office.

We are happy to present facts which so effectually clear Eld. P. from all questionable motives in the matter; for while no other conclusion could apparently be drawn from the knowledge of the facts which we then possessed, than what was intimated in the number referred to, we should be sorry to have any one stand before the public in a wrong light from any remark of ours.