Ellen G. White
19 8:tbuo.lh or the Lord thy God. But I saw that it rClld the saine as wben wriwm on the tahles oratone by the finger of God, and delivered 10 Moses in Sinai," But the seventh dnv is the Sab bath of tim Lonl thy God." (k) I saw t1J1l1 the holy 511.bbo.lb is, alll[ will he, the scp(lwling wnlluctweell the true Israel of Go,1 aod ulli"dievers ; 1111t! Ihnt tho Sabhath is tho great ques tion, to unit'" the hearts of Gori'a dear wnilinl;l' snints. And if one oolicvcd, and kept tho Sabbath, and j'ccelved tho blesjllg attcndillg it, nntlthen gave it up, Rnd broke the holy command· men I, th ey would hllt the gules of tho Holy City against them scl\lc, n ure " . thero was a God that rules in heaven ahove I SRII' that God hlld children, who do not see nnd Iieel' the Sab !.Jalh . They had not rejoell:d tho li;lIt on it, And nt tho eom mellCOlllCnt of the timo "ftrouhle, we II'CI'e Iilled with the HolY Ghost all we went f ... rlh (l) nud IU'oc!aillied the SlIlJhuth moro fully. Th; ol1l';lgc,1 tho church, and Ilominal Aelvontist, liS th ey coul,l uotrcfute tho> SllblJath trutll , And nt thi time, God choscn, alllltLw clearly that W/I had the truth, and Ihey came out lind cnuul'crl thc pcrec'Hion with liS. And I saw the sword famine, pCitilonr:e, !Iud 7rcntconfui o n in the klllel. (Ill) 'fbe wicked thought that we had brought the juri::l'mClIIS down Oil th em. Thcy ,'ose up lind took couosel to ,'id tbe eartb of us thinking thut thoo the evil would b" .t"ye,1. (n I saw nilihat" would nut ro:.ceh·elho mark of the BeMt, aod of hi3 Imae, ill thoir f<)l'choarls or in their hllnds," (:oulll not huy or 8011. (0) I ilW thllt the numl>er «(1(;6) of tho Image Beast WIIS Illade up; (p) IIlltithat it WIIS tho !Jease Ihnt ohang ed the SahLmlh,I1I1U tho Irn";rc Bcat had fullowed on after,and kept Ill(' Pope''', anti "01 God's SaLJ!Jath. And all we werc rc quimd to do, WA_ 10 give up God' Sahbath, and keel' the POpe'6 and then wo shoulll have the mark of the Bellsl. lind of his Image In the lime (If lI'ouble, WP. all fled from the cities ·and vil l11.;C, (q) I,ut were rur ur:d by the wicked, who entered thlll houe of the silints with the sword. They raied tile worrl to kill U', hut it br"k.." lind foil, as powC'rleils u n atruw. Then we nil clicd da.v nnd night fgr delivcr6llce, nnd the ery cume up hl'fure Gml. (1') The un came up, and the 10001) stood till. The strenm cellsctl to fl"w. (/) Dal'k heavy clou.!.'! came up nnd cluhcd " _!!ajut elleh other. (u) But th"re 1\'&5 one e1eu place ofsettletl ;;loI'Y, from whence cltlncthe VI/ice of God like mnny wllter., which shook thc heuvells, pud the earth. (\l Tho sky Opcotlu!IIld ShUI, and was in commotioil. (til) The Ii Ex. 20: 10. 1 Ho. 6: 2,3. m Eze. 7: 10-19. 2 Esdras,15: 5_27 2Esras,16:68-74. QRev.13: 15_17. pRev.13: 18 q Eu,. 7: 15,16. Luke, 17: 30-36. ee Campbell's Translation r Luke, 18: 7,8. t Hab. 3: 11. t 2 Esdras, 6: 24 M 2 Esdras, I: 34, 35. V Joel, 3, 1. Heb. 12: 2.1_27 Rev. 6; H. !>Iat. 24: 29 digitized by InspiredBooks.de