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and that testimony which has been sealed with the blood of martyrs. But tell me candidly, was there ever a martyr who died in defense of the first-day Sabbath? Or, could _you_, my brother, collect from the Scriptures evidence of its divine appointment, clear enough to solace your soul in the midst of the flames? From my inmost soul I pity that Covenanter who may be called to testify, at the stake, to the change of the Sabbath from the seventh to the first day of the week. Remember, too, that I am now in the path that was trodden by the saints for more than four thousand years; and it is for _you_ to show that that path was ever stopped up, unless by the presumption and inexcusable neglect of man. Truly, I am
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I would follow the example of Jehovah himself, who
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the example of Adam, Enoch, and Noah; of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the twelve patriarchs; of Moses, Aaron, and those millions of Pilgrim Covenanters who united in its observance in the wilderness; the example of Samuel, David, and a host of other prophets; of Jesus Christ, our Divine Mediator, and
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Lord of the Sabbath; and of the Apostles of our Lord, together with the churches established and watered by them;--in one word, the example of all the saints, from Adam to the last Apostle; all of whom kept and honored the seventh day as