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History of the Sabbath by J.N Andrewsits natural result. After two or three years of this kind of Sabbath observance, each of thesemen apostatized from it, and thenceforward used what influence they possessed in warringagainst the fourth commandment. The larger part of those who embraced the Sabbath fromtheir labors were not sufficiently impressed with its importance to become settled andgrounded in its weighty evidences, and, after a brief period, they turned back from itsobservance. But enough had been done to excite bitter opposition toward the Sabbath on thepart of many Adventists, and to bring out the ingenious and plausible arguments by whichmen attempt to prove that God has abolished his own sacred law.Such was the fruit of their course, and such the condition of things at the time of theirdefection. But the result of their plan of action taught the Advent Sabbath-keepers a lesson ofvalue, which they have never forgotten. They learned that the fourth commandment must betreated as a part of the moral law, if men are ever to be led to its sacred observance.Eld. Preble's first article in behalf of the Sabbath was the means of calling the attention of ourvenerable brother, Joseph Bates, to this divine institution. He soon became convinced of itsobligation, and at once began to observe it. He had acted quite a prominent part in the Adventmovement of 1843-4, and now, with self-sacrificing zeal, he took hold of the despisedSabbath truth to set it before this fellow-men. He did not do it in the half-way manner ofElders Preble and Cook, but as a man thoroughly in earnest and fully alive to the importanceof his subject.The subject of the heavenly Sanctuary began about this time to interest many Adventists, andespecially Eld. Bates. He was one of the first to see that the central object of that Sanctuary isthe ark of God. He also called attention to the proclamation of the third angel relative to God'scommandments. He girded on the armor to lay it down only when his work should beaccomplished. He has been instrumental in leading many to the observance of thecommandments of God and the faith of Jesus, and few who have received the Sabbath fromhis teaching have apostatized from it. 20It was but a few months after Eld. Bates, that our esteemed and efficient brother, Eld. JamesWhite, also embraced the Sabbath. He had labored with much success in the great Adventmovement, and he now entered heartily into the work of Sabbath reform. Uniting with Eld.Bates in the proclamation of the doctrine of the advent and the Sabbath as connected togetherin the Sanctuary and the message of the third angel, he has, with the blessing of God,accomplished great results in behalf of the Sabbath.The publishing interests of the Seventh-day Adventists originated through his instrumentality.He began the work of publishing in 1849, without resources, and with very few friends, butwith much toil, self-sacrifice, and anxious care; and with the blessing of God upon his efforts,he has been the means of establishing an efficient office of publication, and of disseminatingmany important works throughout our country, and, to some extent, to other nations also. Thepublication of the Advent Review and Herald of the Sabbath, the organ of the Seventh-dayAdventists, was commenced by him in 1850. For most of the years of its existence, he hasserved as one of its editors; and for all its earlier years, he was both publisher and sole editor.During this time, he has also labored with energy as a minister of the gospel of Christ.The wants of the cause demanding an enlargement of capital and more extensive operations,to this end an Association was incorporated in the city of Battle Creek, Michigan, May 3,1861, under the name of the Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association. This Associationowns three commodious publishing houses, with engine, power presses, and all the fixturesnecessary for doing an extensive business. There are about fifty persons constantly employed292
Chapter Twenty Seven – The Sabbath in Americain this work of publication. The Association has a capital of about $70,000. Under God, itowes its prosperity to the prudent management and untiring energy of Eld. James White.The Advent Review has at the present time (Nov., 1873) a circulation of about 5000 copies.The Youth's Instructor, a monthly paper designed for the children of Sabbath-keepingAdventists, began to be issued in 1852, and has now attained a circulation of nearly 5000copies.The Advent Tidende, a Danish monthly with a circulation of 800, is publish for the benefit ofthose who speak the Danish and Norwegian tongues, of whom a considerable number haveembraced the Sabbath.The S.D. Adventists have taken a strong interest in the subject of hygiene and the laws ofhealth, and have established a Health Institute as Battle Creek, Mich., which publishes theHealth Reformer, a monthly journal, magazine form, having a circulation of nearly 5000copies.Numerous publications on Prophecy, the Signs of the Times, the Coming of Christ, theSabbath, the Law of God, the Sanctuary, &c., &c., have been issued within the past twentyyears, and have had an extensive circulation, amounting, in the aggregate, to many millions ofpages.The ordinary financial wants of the cause are sustained by a method of collecting meansknown as Systematic Benevolence. By this system, it is designed that each friend of the causeshall pay a certain sum weekly proportioned to the property which he possesses. But there isno compulsion in this matter. In this manner the burden is borne by all, so that it rests heavilyupon none; and the means needed for the work flows with a steady stream into the treasury ofthe several churches, and finally into that of the State Conferences. A settlement is institutedeach year at the State Conferences, in which the labors, receipts, and expenditures, of eachminister are carefully considered. Thus none are allowed to waste means, and none who arerecognized as called of God to the ministry are allowed to suffer.The churches sustain their meetings for the most part without the aid of preaching. They raisemeans to sustain the servants of Christ, but bid them mainly devote their time and strength tosave those who have not the light of these important truths shining upon their pathway. Sothey go out everywhere preaching the word of God, as his providence guides their feet.During the summer months, the work in new fields is carried forward principally by means oflarge tents, which enable the preacher to provide a suitable place of worship, wherever he maythink it desirable to labor.The Seventh-day Adventists have thirteen State Conferences, which assemble annually intheir respective States. These bear the names of Maine, Vermont, New England, New Yorkand Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouriand Kansas, and California. These Conferences are designed to meet the local wants of thecause. There is also a General Conference, which assemblies yearly, composed of delegatesfrom the State Conferences. This Conferences takes the general oversight of the work in allthe State Conferences, supplying the more destitute with laborers as far as possible, anduniting the whole strength of the body for the accomplishment of the work. It also takes thecharge of missionary labor in those States which have no organized Conferences.There are about fifty ministers who devote their whole time to the work of the gospel. Thereis also a considerable number who preach a portion of the time and devote the remainder to293
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