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Lord gave me a view of the heavenly sanctuary. The temple of God
was opened in heaven, and I was shown the ark of God covered with
the mercy seat. Two angels stood, one at each end of the ark, with
their wings spread over the mercy seat, and their faces turned toward
it. My accompanying angel informed me that these represented all the
heavenly host looking with reverential awe toward the holy law which
had been written by the finger of God. Jesus raised the cover of the
ark, and I beheld the tables of stone on which the Ten Commandments
were written. I was amazed as I saw the fourth commandment in the
very center of the ten precepts, with a soft halo of light encircling
it. Said the angel: “It is the only one of the ten which defines the
living God who created the heavens and the earth and all things that
are therein. When the foundations of the earth were laid, then was laid
the foundation of the Sabbath also.”
I was shown that if the true Sabbath had always been kept, there
would never have been an infidel or an atheist. The observance of the
Sabbath would have preserved the world from idolatry. The fourth
commandment has been trampled upon; therefore we are called upon
to repair the breach in the law, and plead for the downtrodden Sabbath.
The man of sin, who exalted himself above God, and thought to change
times and laws, brought about the change of the Sabbath from the
seventh to the first day of the week. In doing this, he made a breach in
the law of God. Just prior to the great day of God, a message is sent
forth to warn the people to come back to their allegiance to the law
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of God which antichrist has broken down. By precept and example,
attention must be called to the breach in the law. I was shown that the
third angel, proclaiming the commandments of God and the faith of
Jesus, represents the people who receive this message and raise the
voice of warning to the world, to keep the commandments of God as
the apple of the eye, and that in response to this warning many would
embrace the Sabbath of the Lord.
When we received the light upon the fourth commandment, there
were about twenty-five Adventists in Maine who observed the Sabbath;
but these were so diverse in sentiment upon other points of doctrine,
and so scattered in location, that their influence was very small. There
was about the same number, in similar condition, in other parts of
New England. It seemed to be our duty to visit these frequently at
their homes, and strengthen them in the Lord and in His truth, and as