Thomas M. Preble (1810–1907): Author of the First Advent Sabbath Tract
Thomas M. Preble was a Free Will Baptist minister of New Hampshire who joined the Millerite movement in 1841. He played an iconic role in the birth of the Seventh-day Adventist church as the author of the first printed tract on the Seventh-day Sabbath among Millerite Adventists.
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The 1845 Sabbath Tract & Joseph Bates's Conversion
In mid-1844, Preble accepted the Seventh-day Sabbath in Washington, New Hampshire after hearing Frederick Wheeler and Seventh Day Baptist Rachel Oakes.
In February 1845, Preble wrote an article in The Hope of Israel (Portland, ME), which he expanded in March 1845 into a 12-page pamphlet titled A Tract Showing that the Seventh Day Should Be Kept as the Sabbath.
When Captain Joseph Bates read Preble's pamphlet in early 1845, he examined the scriptures, saw the unchangeable obligation of the Fourth Commandment, and immediately embraced the Sabbath. Bates then traveled to Washington, NH, studied with Wheeler and the Farnsworth brothers, and went on to write A Seal of the Living God (1849), establishing the Sabbath as the seal of Revelation 7!
Pioneer & Study Resource Connections
- Captain Joseph Bates — Converted to the Sabbath by Preble's 1845 tract.
- Frederick Wheeler — First ordained Sabbathkeeping minister in America.
- J. N. Andrews — Author of History of the Sabbath.
- Master Site Index — Complete directory of SundayLaw.com.