Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shall thou labor, and do all thy work:
but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shall not do any work, thou, nor
thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that
is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is,
and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it. Exodus
20:8-11.
In the ark was the golden pot of manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of stone, which
folded together like a book. Jesus opened them, and I saw the Ten Commandments written on them with
the finger of God. On one table were four, and on the other six. The four on the first table shone brighter
than the other six. But the fourth, the Sabbath commandment, shone above them all; for the Sabbath was
set apart to be kept in honor of God's holy name. The holy Sabbath looked glorious-a halo of glory was all
around it. I saw that the Sabbath commandment was not nailed to the cross. If it was, the other nine
commandments were; and we are at liberty to break them all, as well as to break the fourth. I saw that God
had not changed the Sabbath, for He never changes. But the pope had changed it from the seventh to the
first day of the week; for he was to change times and laws.
And I saw that if God had changed the Sabbath from the seventh to the first day, He would have
changed the writing of the Sabbath commandment, written on the tables of stone, which are now in the ark
in the most holy place of the temple in heaven. And it would read thus: The first day is the Sabbath of the
Lord thy God. But I saw that it read the same as when written on the tables of stone by the finger of God,
and delivered to Moses on Sinai, "But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." I saw that the
holy Sabbath is, and will be, the separating wall between the true Israel of God and unbelievers; and that
the Sabbath is the great question, to unite the hearts of God's dear, waiting saints." - Early Writings, pages
32, 33.
Be patient, friend, and run with fortitude The race that God before thee sets.
Though tossed and harried, oft misunderstood, Remember,
long continuance begets Unbending strength; And joy, at length,
Will crown the labors of the true and tried
Who walked in faith beside the Crucified.
Maintain thy hope, thy confidence retain,
Nor dim the trust that soon thy, Lord,
In loving mercy, will return again, in strange fulfillment of His word.
For ripe the hour When in His power
The King must stand and put a timely end
To hate and greed, that o'er this earth contend.
Gird up thy loins, to your appointed task
Lend well thy hand, and gladly run
The errands of the Lord, nor deign to ask
Wherefore, when be thy mission done.
Thus will thy light Be burning bright,
As with the gospel of the kingdom shod,
All unashamed thou waits for thy God
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