Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

Chapter 6
Seth: When Men Turned to God
This chapter is based on Genesis 4:25 to 6:2.
Another son was given to Adam to be the heir of the spiritual
birthright. The name Seth, given to this son, signified "appointed,"
or "compensation," because, said the mother, "God has appointed
another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed." Seth
resembled Adam more closely than did his other sons, a worthy
character following in the steps of Abel. Yet he inherited no more
natural goodness than did Cain. Seth, like Cain, inherited the fallen
nature of his parents, but he also received the knowledge of the
Redeemer and instruction in righteousness. He worked hard, as Abel
would have done, to turn the minds of sinners to honor and obey
their Creator.
"As for Seth, to him also a son was born; and he named him
Enosh. Then men began to call on the name of the Lord." The
distinction between the two classes became more marked--an open
profession of loyalty to God on the part of one, contempt and
disobedience on the part of the other.
Before the Fall our first parents had kept the Sabbath, which
was instituted in Eden, and after their expulsion from Paradise they
continued to observe it. They had learned what everyone will sooner
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