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History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week - John N. Andrews

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interest in <strong>the</strong> subject <strong>of</strong> hygiene <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> laws <strong>of</strong><br />

health, <strong>and</strong> have established a Health Institute as<br />

Battle Creek, Mich., which publishes <strong>the</strong> Health<br />

Reformer, a monthly journal, magazine form,<br />

having a circulation <strong>of</strong> nearly 5000 copies.<br />

Numerous publications on Prophecy, <strong>the</strong> Signs<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Times, <strong>the</strong> Coming <strong>of</strong> Christ, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sabbath</strong>,<br />

<strong>the</strong> Law <strong>of</strong> God, <strong>the</strong> Sanctuary, etc., etc., have been<br />

issued within <strong>the</strong> past twenty years, <strong>and</strong> have had<br />

an extensive circulation, amounting, in <strong>the</strong><br />

aggregate, to many millions <strong>of</strong> pages.<br />

The ordinary financial wants <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> cause are<br />

sustained by a method <strong>of</strong> collecting means known<br />

as Systematic Benevolence. By this system, it is<br />

designed that each friend <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> cause shall pay a<br />

certain sum weekly proportioned to <strong>the</strong> property<br />

which he possesses. But <strong>the</strong>re is no compulsion in<br />

this matter. In this manner <strong>the</strong> burden is borne by<br />

all, so that it rests heavily upon none; <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

means needed for <strong>the</strong> work flows with a steady<br />

stream into <strong>the</strong> treasury <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> several churches,<br />

<strong>and</strong> finally into that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> State Conferences. A<br />

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