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

16. New York Independent, March 1869.
17. Semi-Weekly Tribune, May 4, 1869.
18. This sister was born at Vernon, Vt. Her
maiden name was Rachel D. Harris. At the age
of seventeen, she was converted and soon after
joined the Methodist church. After her
marriage, she removed with her husband to
central New York. There, at the age of twentyeight,
she became an observer of the Bible
Sabbath. The Methodist minister, her pastor,
did what he could to turn her from the
Sabbath, but finally told her she might keep it
if she would not leave them. But she was
faithful to her convictions of duty and united
with the first Seventh-day Baptist church of
Verona, Oneida Co., N.Y. Her first husband
bore the name of Oaks; her second, that of
Preston. She and her daughter, Delight Oaks,
were members of the first Verona church at the
time of their removal to Washington, N.H. The
mother died Feb. 1, 1868; the daughter, several
years earlier.
19. Eld. Preble's article appeared in the Hope of
Israel of Feb. 28, 1845, published at Portland,
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