p. 136 | A REMARKABLE CASE

Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Thursday, February 26, 1880

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 9

A REMARKABLE CASE.

Bro. De Vos, of this Office, translates from De Boodschapper, a paper published in Holland by Bro. Velthuijsen, S. D. Baptist, the following remarkable case of two persons who have been keeping the Sabbath alone in that country for the past thirty-three years, not knowing of any others of like faith. They were convinced that the seventh day is the day to be observed, simply by reading the Scriptures. The statement is furnished by a correspondent of the paper above named, and will be of interest to all lovers of the truth:—

A few days ago, my brother and myself made a visit to a small place in North Holland, searching for a couple of persons of whom the report had reached our ears that they were keeping the Sabbath, and who lived in the vicinity of this place. It did not take much time or trouble to obtain the desired information; for when we inquired if there was a Christian in that neighborhood who kept the Sabbath, the almost instantaneous reply was, “Oh, are you hunting for that Christian Jew!” Our answer was, “Yes, we want him.” We soon found him, and in conversation with him, he informed us that he, together with his wife, had kept the Sabbath for thirty-three years.

Both are aged, and are very happy in the acceptance of the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour. We were, of course, astonished as well as pleased that God had made his truth known here, thus giving another proof how his word works without the aid of men as assistants.

To me it is very clear that the keeping of the Sabbath according to the Bible, is no new discovery; for both of these persons had long done this in their simplicity, and this in loneliness, too; for they had never met any one that could agree with them. As God has opened the eyes of others to the unchangeableness of his holy law, even to a jot or tittle, they finally came in contact with those who were of like faith.

Dear reader, do not let yourself be stirred up by those who are trying to change God’s word to suit the tastes of men, but go along in your simple way, believing God’s word as it is written, and you shall find peace for your soul. Think that God has said by the mouth of his prophet, “Ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls:” and that the Saviour has said, “In vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” If you, in your simplicity, will read the Bible and abide by it, you will keep the Sabbath as the Lord has commanded, viz., the seventh day of the week, and not Sunday, the rest-day which the church has made.