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72661 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 47 (James R. Nix)
II. Early Sabbath-Keeping Adventism 1845-1849
72662 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 48 (James R. Nix)
10. Acceptance of the Seventh-day Sabbath
72663 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 48.2 (James R. Nix)
Three teenagers: Marian Stowell (1829-1913), Oswald Stowell (1828-1918), and J. N. Andrews (1829-1883), were among the very first of the former Millerites to accept the seventh-day Sabbath in 1845.
72664 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 48.3 (James R. Nix)
… the Sabbath—the seventh day of the week—had merged into Sunday observance, with no claim of divine authority for the change. All references to the Bible were …
72665 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 48.4 (James R. Nix)
I handed the tract to my older brother, saying nothing. He was ready to join me. It was Friday; he split up all the wood necessary for over Sunday. I made my usual loaf of cake that I might not be a Sabbath-breaker any longer.Oswald Stowell
72666 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 49.2 (James R. Nix)
“No, but I have, and found that we are not keeping the right Sabbath. Are you willing to keep the right Sabbath, Brother John?”
72667 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 49.4 (James R. Nix)
“Of course, Brother O. and I kept last Sabbath. We will be glad to have you join us; but you take Elder Preble’s tract back for your father and mother to read without saying one word in regard to it.”
72668 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 49.12 (James R. Nix)
Once fully convicted of the seventh-day Sabbath, nothing could stop Joseph Bates from observing it or from sharing it with others. Bates came to be known in Adventist history as “The Apostle of the Sabbath.”
72669 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 50.1 (James R. Nix)
… the Sabbath, and I can say that I did it in all good conscience before God, on the ocean, and in foreign countries as well as my own, until about sixteen months since …
72670 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 50.2 (James R. Nix)
… pope’s sabbath; he kept the Lord’s Sabbath. In 1850 she followed him into the third angel’s message, with its Sabbath truth, and for twenty years, until her death …
72671 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 51.2 (James R. Nix)
… a Sabbath-keeping paper, The Day-Star was the first publication that carried what eventually developed into our sanctuary doctrine. The article contained …
72672 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 52.7 (James R. Nix)
… -day Sabbath.—Mrs. V. O. Cross, “Recollections of the Message,” The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, April 1, 1920, p. 22.Esther (Marier Persons) Edson (1816-1893). Esther …
72673 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 54.2 (James R. Nix)
… the Sabbath and contending for the original advent faith as held in 1844. We were waiting for further light on the prophecies. About this time SisterWhite …
72674 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 55.2 (James R. Nix)
… -day Sabbath. The 48-page pamphlet, entitled “The Seventh Day Sabbath, A Perpetual Sign, From the Beginning, to the Entering into the Gates of the Holy City, According …
72675 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 56.1 (James R. Nix)
… the Sabbath; others think Charles H. Gurney was in error and that his father actually paid off a later tract by Joseph Bates.
72676 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 56.3 (James R. Nix)
… the Sabbath. However, based on the following two sources, it seems more likely that the story actually pertained to the publication of Bates’ later 116-page …
72677 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 56.6 (James R. Nix)
My best love to all the faithful. Pray for us. Brother Bates said he would send you the Sabbath tracts. You have received them I expect. Ellen will write soon I expect.—James White letter to “My Dear Brother” [Stockbridge Howland], July 2, 1848.
72678 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 57.1 (James R. Nix)
… the Sabbath in 1845, and at once began to preach the truth from State to State. He soon saw that a book, or even a tract, on the Sabbath question would be a great help …
72679 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 57.3 (James R. Nix)
… this Sabbath truth before the world.” “Well,” said Mrs. Bates, through blinding tears, “what are we going to live on?” “The Lord is going to open the way,” was Captain Bates’s …
72680 Passion, Purpose & Power, p. 60.2 (James R. Nix)
… the Sabbath question by his tract on that subject, as he went to different localities, and by the circulation of the same through the mail. He labored with the …