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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 20, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 34.

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NICKED CHINA.

By Mrs. Ada D. Wellman

MRS. ADA D. WELLMAN.
A LADY once declared regarding a beautiful piece of china that had been nicked, that she would rather it had been broken in bits; for then it would have been thrown away out of sight, whereas, being only nicked, it remained to tantalize her with its marred beauty.
Likewise, I have wondered whether our Father is much more grieved at the utter breaking of His Sabbath than at the nicking of a few minutes from its edge.
Throughout the week, we need to “remember the Sabbath day,” and so plan as to be prepared to “keep it holy.” And when, by any unexpected circumstance, our work tends to crowd upon sacred time, would we determinedly leave the unfinished task, we should learn that the Lord of the Sabbath controls results. Indeed, what we thought must be done, we may find was better undone. Many instances have demonstrated this truth.
We cannot keep the Sabbath holy unless we keep it wholly. Having sufficient faith in God to forfeit business and social advantages in order to observe the memorial He has given, have we not enough faith to enable us to observe it entire?