Testimonies for the Church, Volume 9 - Ellen G. White

Chapter 103
The Sabbath
The Sabbath question is one that will demand
great care and wisdom in its presentation. Much of
the grace and power of God will be needed to cast
down the idol that has been erected in the shape of
a false sabbath. Lift up the standard, lift it up,
higher and still higher. Point the people to the
twentieth chapter of Exodus, in which the law of
God is recorded. The first four of the Ten
Commandments outline our duty to our Maker. He
who is false to his God cannot be true to his
neighbor. He who loves God supremely will love
his neighbor as himself. Pride lifts itself up unto
vanity, leading the human agent to make a god of
himself. The gospel of Christ sanctifies the soul,
expelling self-love.
"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy."
(Exodus 20:8) The Sabbath was instituted in Eden,
after God had created the world. Thus the heavens
and the earth were finished, and all the host of
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