Earlier text: General ArticlesLIFE SKETCHES
By Ellen G. White
MARRIAGE AND UNITED LABORS. "The blessing of the Lord attended our conference at Sutton, and after the meeting closed we went on our way to Canada East. My throat troubled me much, and I could not speak aloud, or even whisper, without suffering. We rode praying as we went for strength to endure the journey. About every ten miles we were obliged to stop that I might rest. My husband braided the tall grass and tied the horse to it, giving him a chance to feed, then spread my cloak upon the grass for a resting place for me. Thus we continued until we arrived at Melbourne. We expected to meet opposition there. Many who professed to believe in the near coming of our Saviour fought against the law of God. We felt the need of strength from God. I could not speak aloud, and often inquired, For what have I come this long distance? Again we tried to exercise faith, knowing that our only help was in God. We prayed that the Lord would manifest himself unto us. My earnest prayer was that the disease might leave my throat, and that my voice might be restored. I had the evidence that the hand of God there touched me. The difficulty was instantly removed, and my voice was clear. The candle of the Lord shone about us during that meeting, and we enjoyed great freedom. The children of God were greatly strengthened and encouraged. "We then returned to Vermont, and again my voice failed me, yet we met our appointment at Johnson, and found quite a number of brethren and sisters collected. Some were in a perplexed and tried condition. Certain fanatics had imposed upon them, and cast a fear over them which held them in bondage. The conscientious were so fearful of offending God, and had so little confidence in themselves, that they dared not rise and assert their liberty. The night after we arrived I fainted a number of times through weakness. But in answer to prayer I was revived, and strength was given me of the Lord to go through the meeting. We knew that on the next day we should have to battle with the powers of darkness, and that Satan would muster his forces. In the morning the two individuals, Libbey and Bailey, who had so long deceived and oppressed God's children came into the meeting with two women dressed in white linen to represent the righteousness of the saints, and with their long, black hair, hanging loose about their shoulders. I had a message for them, and while I was speaking L. kept his black eyes fastened upon me, but I had no fear of his influence. Strength was given me from Heaven to rise above their satanic power. The children of God who had been held in bondage began to breathe free, and rejoice in the Lord. "As our meeting progressed, these fanatics sought to rise and speak, but they could not find opportunity. But as prayer was being offered at the close of the meeting, B. came to the door and commenced speaking. The door was closed upon him. He opened it and again began to speak. The power of God fell upon my husband, and the color left his face, as he arose from his knees, and laid his hand upon B., exclaiming, 'The Lord does not want your testimony here. The Lord does not want you here to distract and crush his people!' The power of God filled the room, and B. commenced to fall backward against the house. The power of God in the house was painful to that fanatical party. B. looked terrified. He staggered and came near falling to the floor. The place was awful on account of the presence of the Lord. All that company of darkness left the place, and the sweet Spirit of the Lord rested upon his dear, tried children. The cause of God in Vermont had been cursed by fanatical spirits, but at this meeting these wicked persons received a check which they never recovered from. "From Vermont we returned to the State of New York, very anxious to see our child whom we had left. We had been from him five weeks, and as we met him and he clasped his little arms about my neck and laid his head upon my shoulder, I saw that a great change had taken place in him. He was very feeble. My feelings cannot be described. It was difficult to suppress murmuring feelings. These thoughts would arise, I left him in the hands of God to go and do his work, and now I find him in this condition. My agonized feelings found relief in tears. Then I became more calm and reconciled to the will of God. We tried to look at the child's case in as favorable a light as possible, and were comforted with these words, 'The Lord doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.' We felt that our only hope was in God, and prayed for the child and obtained signal answers to our prayers. The Spirit of the Lord rested upon us, and his symptoms became more favorable, so that we journeyed with him to Oswego to attend a conference there. "From Oswego we went to Centerport in company with Brother and Sister Edson, and made it our home at Brother Harris', where we published a monthly magazine, called the Advent Review. My child grew worse, and three times a day we had special seasons of prayer for him. Sometimes he would be blessed, and the progress of disease would be stayed, then our faith would be severely tried as his symptoms became alarming. At one time we left him to go about two miles to Port Byron. Brother R. accompanied us intending to take the packet to Port Gibson. When we returned Sister H. met us at the door much agitated, saying, 'Your babe is struck with death!' We hastened to the child who lay unconscious. His little arms were purple. The death dampness seemed to be on his brow, and his eyes were dim. Oh, the anguish of my heart then! I could give up my child. I did not idolize him, but I knew that our enemies were ready to triumph over us and say, 'Where is their God!' I then said to my husband, There is but one thing more that we can do, that is to follow the Bible rule, call for the elders, but where should we go? We thought of Brother R. who had just left on the line-boat, intending to step aboard the first packet. In a moment we were decided for my husband to go for Brother R., drive on the tow-path until he overtook the line-boat, and bring him back. He drove five miles before overtaking the boat. While my husband was gone we were praying for the Lord to spare the life of the child until his father returned. Our petitions were answered. When they arrived, Brother R. anointed the child and prayed over him. We all united in the prayer offered. The child opened his eyes and knew us. A light shone upon his features, and the blessing of God rested upon us all. We had the assurance that the power of the enemy was broken. "The next morning I was greatly depressed in spirits. Such queries as these troubled me, Why was not God willing to hear our prayers and raise the child to health? Satan, ever ready with his temptations, suggested that it was because we were not right. I could think of no particular thing wherein I had grieved the Lord, yet a crushing weight seemed to be on my spirits, driving me to despair. I doubted my acceptance with God, and could not pray. I had no courage, so much as to lift my eyes to heaven. I suffered intense anguish of mind until my husband besought the Lord in my behalf. He would not yield the point until my voice was united with his for deliverance. It came, and I began to hope, and my trembling faith grasped the promises of God, when Satan came in another form. My husband was taken very sick. His symptoms were alarming. He cramped at intervals, and suffered excruciating pain. His feet and limbs were cold. I rubbed them until I had no strength to do so longer. Brother Harris was away some miles at his work, and there were only Sisters Harris and Bonfoey and my sister Sarah present, and I was just gathering courage to dare believe in the promises of God. If ever I felt weakness it was then. We knew that something must be done immediately. Every moment his case was growing more critical. It was clearly a case of cholera. He asked us to pray, and we dared not refuse, and in great weakness we bowed before the Lord. With a deep sense of my unworthiness, I laid my hands upon his head, and prayed the Lord to reveal his power. A change was effected immediately. The natural color of his face returned, and the light of Heaven beamed upon his countenance. We were all filled with gratitude unspeakable. We never witnessed a more remarkable answer to prayer. "That day was appointed for us to go to Port Byron to read the proof-sheets of the paper that was being printed at Auburn. It appeared to us that Satan was trying to hinder the publication of truth that we were laboring to get before the people. We felt that we must walk out upon faith. My husband said he would go to Port Byron for the proof-sheets, and we helped him harness the horse, and then I accompanied him. The Lord strengthened him on the way. He received his proof and a note stating that the paper would be off next day, and we must be at Auburn to receive it. That night we were awakened by the screams of our little Edson who slept in the room above us. It was about midnight. Our little boy would cling to Sr. B., then with both hands fight the air, for we could see nothing, and then in terror he would cry, No, no, and cling closer to us. We knew this was Satan's work to annoy us, and we knelt in prayer, and husband rebuked the evil spirit in the name of the Lord, and Edson quietly fell asleep in Sr. B.'s arms, and rested well through the night. "Then my husband was again attacked. He was in much pain. I knelt at the bedside and prayed the Lord to strengthen our faith. I knew the Lord had wrought for him, and rebuked the disease, and we could not ask him to do what had already been done. But we prayed that the Lord would carry on his work. We repeated these words, 'Thou hast heard prayer! Thou hast wrought! We believe without a doubt! Carry on the work thou hast begun!' Thus we plead two hours before the Lord and while we were praying, he fell asleep and rested well till daylight. He then arose very weak, but we would not look at appearance. We trusted the promise of God. He said it should be done, and we believed and determined to walk out by faith. We were expected at Auburn that day to receive the first number of the paper. We believed that Satan was trying to hinder us, and my husband decided he should go trusting in the Lord. Brother H. made ready the carriage, and Sister B. accompanied us. My husband had to be helped into the wagon, yet every mile we rode he gained strength. We kept our minds stayed upon God, and our faith in constant exercise as we rode on peaceful and happy. We hired a room in a hotel for the purpose of reading proof for the last time, and in the afternoon as I looked out of the window I saw my husband carrying a heavy case of type from one office to another. This alarmed me, but the Lord gave him strength, and when we received the paper all finished, and rode back to Centerport, we felt sure that we were in the path of duty. The blessing of God rested upon us. We had been greatly buffeted by Satan, but through Christ strengthening us we had come off victorious. We had a large bundle of papers with us containing precious truth for the people of God. "Our child was recovering, and Satan was not permitted to afflict him again. We worked early and late, sometimes not allowing ourselves time to sit at the table to eat our meals, but having a piece by our side we would eat and work at the same time. By overtaxing my strength in folding large sheets, I brought on a severe pain in my shoulder which did not leave me for years. We had been anticipating a journey East, and our child was again well enough to travel. We took the packet for Utica. There was on the boat a young woman from Centerport who was busy relating to others some things concerning us. And they would occasionally promenade back and forth the length of the boat to get a view of me. They had been informed that I had visions, and the young lady was heard to say, 'They are such a strange people! They can be heard praying at all times in the day, and often in the night. Most of their time is spent in prayer.' Many curious eyes were turned towards us, to examine us, especially the one who had visions. There was at one time some trouble on the boat. The chamber-maid had been abused by one of the passengers. She went with her complaint to the captain of the boat, and she had many sympathizers. While she was describing the one who had abused her, many eyes were turned towards me, as the dress described answered very nearly to my dress. It was whispered round, 'It is her! It is her! The one that has visions! What a shame!' And a zealous one spoke up and asked if it was me, pointing towards me. 'Oh, no, no,' said she in her Irish tongue, 'Surely she is as nice a little woman as there is on the boat.' I could but notice how gladly they would have had me the guilty one, because I had visions. "Next they inquired if I believed in the spirit rapping that had just commenced in Rochester. I told them that I believed there was a reality in it, but it was an evil spirit instead of a good one. They looked at each other and said, 'What blasphemy! I would not repeat those words for my life.' With religious horror they withdrew from our company, and manifested a fear to approach us afterwards. Some were very curious to know what physician had been attending my child. We told them we had not applied to any earthly physician. A minister and his wife and children were on board. Two of their children were very sick, and the mother inquired in regard to the remedies we had used. I told her the course we had pursued, that we had followed the prescription of the apostle James, chapter 5, and the Lord had wrought for us as no earthly physician could, and we were not afraid to trust our child in his hands, that he was fast improving. The only answer was, 'If that was my child, and I had no physician, I should know it would die.' At Utica we parted with Sister B., my sister S. and our child, and went on our way to the East, while Brother Abbey took them home with him. We had to make some sacrifice in our feelings to separate from those who were bound to us by tender ties especially did our hearts cling to little Edson whose life had been so much in danger." THE provisions of grace are such that the strongest habits can be overcome, the most depraved hearts can be made clean, the most abandoned character can be saved, the most desponding spirit can be made happy, the most fiery trials can be patiently endured, and finally, a home in heaven, where all is love, joy and peace, can be eternally possessed. Then, brother man, lift up thy fallen head; for you there is plenteous redemption. TEXT: “After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God, which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshiped God, saying, Amen. Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said to him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said unto me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.” Rev. 7:9-14. It is said of the entire multitude of the redeemed, that they had come out of great tribulation. Not one of them had lived in the period of the thousand years after the world should be converted and all men become holy. It is also said that they had washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Notice the following points:— 1. They had washed. Washing is considered the hardest of all household work. This shows that God takes good works into account in Christian duty. Several years since, after we had been speaking of the importance of keeping all of God’s commandments, and filling our lives with good deeds which would bring a reward that would be enduring as eternity, an old schooled Baptist minister arose and begged leave to differ with the speaker. He commenced by saying that we could do nothing to merit salvation; that the apostle had said that all our righteousness was as filthy rags. He said that he trusted in being clothed in heaven with the righteousness of Jesus Christ. We replied that the apostle had said nothing about our righteousness being as filthy rags; that the expression was found but once in the Bible, and that in Isaiah. The prophet there describes a people who are separated from God by iniquity, in the following words:— “Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways; behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned; in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.” Isa. 64:5-7. To apply these words to those whose only hope for eternal life is through Jesus Christ, is a terrible perversion. We do not teach that men are to be saved by good works alone, without faith; but we do teach in harmony with the apostle that our works are a measure of our faith. “What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and hath not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works; show me thy faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my works. Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well; the devils also believe and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?” James 2:14-20. Men show by their works all the faith they have. By faith Abraham redeemed the time past in which he wavered in reference to the promised heir. That faith was accounted to him for righteousness because that it led him to show his faith by his works in attempting to offer Isaac to the Lord as a burnt sacrifice. As the apostle says, “Know ye therefore, that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.” Gal. 3:7. At the coming of Christ, men will be rewarded according to their deeds: “And behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” Rev. 22:2. Paul bases his hope of the crown of righteousness which he is to receive at the coming of Christ upon his life of labors in the gospel, and his faith in Christ. At the close of his ministry, as he is about to die a martyr, he looks back on his life of toil, suffering and faith, and says: “I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.” 2 Tim. 4:6-8. The apostle addresses the church at Rome in the following words: “But after thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath, and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; who will render to every man according to his deeds. To them who by patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory, and honor, and immortality, eternal life; but unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath.” Rom. 2:5-8. In the final summing up of the rewards of the righteous, and the punishment of the wicked, men will be judged by their deeds: “For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.” 2 Cor. 5:10. We close this proposition by quoting the golden text in the last chapter of the Bible: “Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.” Rev. 22:14. Notice that it is said that the redeemed had washed their robes. These white robes are a figure of purity. These persons do not sit down and wait, in faith that the Lord had pure garments made for them which they would receive by and by to cover their lives of impurity. No, they had washed their robes by lives of right doing. They had wrought out righteous characters which would stand the test of the judgment. Those who wait for these garments to cover their lives of sin, as the snow covers the dung hill, will find themselves terribly disappointed when they appear before the scrutinizing eyes of the Judge of all the earth. Had these trusted in their good works? had they attempted to make their robes white in the filthy pool of a life marked with imperfections? No; they had washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb. Here, then, is the evidence that after we have given cheerful obedience to all the commandments of God, our robes of character cannot attain to that purity which will stand the test of the judgment without washing in the “fountain filled with blood drawn from Immanuel’s veins.” The Order of Events in the Judgment.
By John Nevins Andrews
THE coming of the Son of man in his glory, attended by all his holy angels, Matt. 25:31, and the riding forth of the King of kings upon the white horse, followed by the armies of heaven, when heaven itself is opened, Rev. 19:11-16, must be one and the same event. When Jude describes the second advent, or rather when he quotes Enoch's description of that event, he says, "Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon all." Verses 14, 15. Our Lord's description of this grand event in Matt. 25:31-46, and of the things consequent upon it, relates wholly to the execution of the judgment, and the convincing of the ungodly of all their evil deeds and hard speeches. And it is certain that the revelation of the King of kings, followed by the armies of heaven, is for this very purpose; for it is said, Rev. 19:11, "In righteousness he doth judge and make war." It being true that these representations of Christ's advent are each statements of one and the same event, it is worthy of notice that the chain of events in Matt. 25:31-46, and the chain of events in Rev. 19:11-21, have each, as their second link, the gathering of the nations before Christ. In Matt. 25:32, we have simply the statement of the fact, "And before him shall be gathered all nations." But in Rev. 19:19, we have the occasion of this gathering stated: "I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army." The gathering of the nations mentioned in these two texts must be identical, as each gathering is at the same time, and both are connected with the same event, viz., the advent of Christ. The nature of this gathering is presented in the following passages: Rev. 16:13, 14: "And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty." Rev. 19:19: "And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army." Zeph. 3:8, 9: "Therefore, wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey; for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger; for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent." These texts clearly indicate that the gathering of the nations is effected not by the good angels of God, but by the evil angels of Satan. The mighty working of the devil, even after men have passed the day of grace, is plainly his final desperate struggle before he is bound. This great gathering of the nations is, in the providence of God, for the purpose of pouring on them the fierceness of his wrath in their terrible destruction. The battle of the great day of God Almighty is the very scene of treading the wine-press of the wrath of God. Rev. 19:11-15. The central point of this great slaughter is the valley of Jehoshaphat near Jerusalem. Joel 3:2, 9-12. The city, Rev. 14:19, 20, near which this wine-press is trodden must, therefore, be old Jerusalem. But the slain of the Lord in the great battle shall be from one end of the earth to the other. Jer. 25:30-33. The separation of the sheep and the goats, Matt. 25:32, must be at the same time as the separation of the wheat and tares, Matt. 13:30, 40, 41; and of the good and bad fishes Matt. 13:48, 49; and of the wheat and chaff. Matt. 3:12. This separation of the righteous and the wicked is effected in the manner stated in the following texts: Matt. 24:31: "And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other." See also Mark 13:27. 1 Thess. 4:16, 17: "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord." But the angels who perform this work, do it under the express order of Christ. Thus we read: Ps. 50:3-5: "Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence; a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice." And the Saviour who gives this order is simply executing the judgment already determined by the Father. John 5:22, 27; Dan. 7:9-14. Indeed, the saints are made immortal before the angels bear them away from our earth; for the sounding of the trumpet is the signal for the angels to descend from Christ to gather his saints. Matt. 24:31. But the saints are changed to immortality in an instant at the sounding of the last trump. 1 Cor. 15:51, 52. The decision of the judgment has, therefore, been rendered before even the separation of the two classes described in Matt. 25:32. For the gift of immortality is a part of the righteous judgment of God in rendering to every man according to his deeds. Rom. 2:5-8. And in particular, the resurrection which makes a part of mankind equal to the angels, Luke 20:35, 36; which makes them immortal, 1 Cor. 15:51-54; which shows them to be blessed, and holy, and incapable of the second death, Rev. 20:6; and which shows that they were that part of the dead which belonged to Christ, 1 Cor. 15:23; 1 Thess. 4:16); this resurrection which our Lord terms the resurrection of the just, Luke 14:14; is, in the expressive language of Paul, declared to be the "justification of life." Rom. 5:18. This free gift of God, which is open to all men, like the gift of grace and righteousness, in the previous verse, will be shared by those only who accept the grace and righteousness offered in the gospel; and will only be conferred on them after they have been pronounced just in the judgment. For the change to immortality, which precedes the act of the angels who are sent by Christ to separate the two classes, is demonstrative of the fact that those changed in this manner have already been pronounced just in the decision of the judgment. The resurrection to immortality is, therefore, the "justification of life." Our Lord does not pronounce the decision of that judgment which he thus begins to execute, until he has conferred upon his saints the gift of immortality. And when he does it, it is in words which imply that the Father has already rendered decision in favor of the saints. Matt. 25:34. The Substance of the Two Covenants.
By John Nevins Andrews
FIRST COVENANT. This is stated by Jeremiah in the following words: “Obey my voice and do them, according to all I have commanded you; so shall ye be my people and I will be your God. Jer. 11:4. This is expressly declared in verses 3 and 4 to be the covenant which the Lord made with Israel when he brought them out of Egypt. It has one grand idea in it, viz., obedience to God. The blessings of the covenant are suspended upon this condition. THE NEW COVENANT. This also is stated in express terms by Jeremiah: “I will put my law in their inward parts and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. . . . for I will forgive their iniquity and I will remember their sin no more.” Now wherein do the two covenants differ? Not in this, that one pertains to the law of God and the other does not; for the new covenant is even more express than the old in its connection with the moral law. It puts it in the hearts of men. They do not differ in one demanding obedience to his law and the other excusing men therefrom. But the real difference may be thus stated: The one demands obedience to the law; the other by putting the law in the heart secures that obedience. And whereas the first covenant is forfeited by failure to obey, the second has conditions of forgiveness that are honorable to the law, and yet such that they can extend mercy to the penitent sinner. What Do You Call It?
By E. R. Jones
CALL what? The Sabbath of the fourth commandment. "We call it 'the old Jewish Sabbath,' of course." But do you not know that the applying of improper names to persons or things is wrong, and that when the feelings of the heart are bitterness and enmity, the calling of an institution of God by a name of contempt or reproach is downright wickedness? Well, it is. When your attention was called to the Sabbath, and the observance of God's holy day was pressed home upon you, in your determination not to obey, did you not call it "The old Jewish Sabbath"? Why did you do this? What were the feelings of your heart? Was it a real love for God and the honor of his name, a delight in the law of God after the inward man, Rom. 7:22, that led you thus to do? Ah, think again. God sees your heart. He understands it all. Was it not rather because of that carnal mind in you which is enmity against God, and is not subject to his law? Rom. 8:7. In his word, God has said that it "is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." Christ said that he is its Lord. Mark 2:28. It is the Sabbath of the Lord Jesus, and we greatly dishonor the dear Saviour when we call it by a name of contempt. Let us read what the Lord has said in his word that we should call it: "If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable." Isa. 58:13, 14. Here he tells us what to call it. The old Jewish Sabbath, and a yoke of bondage? No, indeed. Call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable. He has further said if we do this we shall honor him; and if we also observe it as he has instructed us in this same scripture, the unfailing promise of the God of the Sabbath is, "Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord." Precious promise! Dear reader, may this delight in the Lord be yours. E. R. JONES.