Ellen G. White Writings

61 Child Guidance, p. 533.4 (Ellen Gould White)

… the Sabbath, that it is wrong to walk out-of-doors. Oh, no. Christ led His disciples out by the lakeside on the Sabbath day and taught them. His sermons on the Sabbath …

62 Child Guidance, p. 535.2 (Ellen Gould White)

A Day to Live the Life of Eden —The value of the Sabbath as a means of education is beyond estimate. Whatever of ours God claims from us, He returns again, enriched, transfigured, with His own glory....

63 Child Guidance, p. 535.3 (Ellen Gould White)

The Sabbath and the family were alike instituted in Eden, and in God's purpose they are indissolubly linked together. On this day more than on any other, it …

64 Child Guidance, p. 536.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… the Sabbath a Delight —All who love God should do what they can to make the Sabbath a delight, holy and honorable. They cannot do this by seeking their own pleasure …

65 Child Guidance, p. 536.2 (Ellen Gould White)

The Sabbath should be made so interesting to our families that its weekly return will be hailed with joy. In no better way can parents exalt and honor the Sabbath …

66 Child Guidance, p. 537.1 (Ellen Gould White)

Thus parents can make the Sabbath, as it should be, the most joyful day of the week. They can lead their children to regard it as a delight, the day of days, the holy of the Lord, honorable. Testimonies For The Church 6:359 .

67 Child Guidance, p. 540.4 (Ellen Gould White)

… the Sabbath violated by Sabbath-believers’ children. In some cases they are even allowed to run about the house, play, talk, and manifest their evil tempers …

68 Child Guidance, p. 542.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… the Sabbath, they cannot be made to feel the sacredness of the place, and that they must enter with feelings of reverence. The sacred and common are so blended …

69 Child Guidance, p. 555.4 (Ellen Gould White)

… —On Sabbath and Sunday, in visions of the night, I seemed to be bearing my testimony before the people. On both these occasions I seemed to be in a mammoth tent …

70 Christ in His Sanctuary, p. 12 (Ellen Gould White)

The Sanctuary and the Sabbath

71 Christ in His Sanctuary, p. 12.5 (Ellen Gould White)

It was in the setting of a view of the heavenly sanctuary that the Sabbath truth was confirmed in the vision given to Ellen White on April 3, 1847, at the Howland home in Topsham, Maine. Of this she writes:

72 Christ in His Sanctuary, p. 13.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… , the Sabbath commandment, shone above them all; for the Sabbath was set apart to be kept in honor of God's holy name. The holy Sabbath looked glorious—a halo of …

73 Christ in His Sanctuary, p. 14.1 (Ellen Gould White)

While there were those who saw clearly the binding claims of God's law and began to observe the Seventh-day Sabbath as set forth in the law of God, they encountered strong opposition. Of this and the reasons for it, Ellen White explains:

74 Christ in His Sanctuary, p. 14.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… the Sabbath of the fourth commandment. Here was the secret of the bitter and determined opposition to the harmonious exposition of the Scriptures that …

75 Christ in His Sanctuary, p. 39.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… each Sabbath to place twelve cakes, arranged in two piles, and sprinkled with frankincense. The loaves that were removed, being accounted holy, were to be eaten …

76 Christ in His Sanctuary, p. 46.3 (Ellen Gould White)

The daily service consisted of the morning and evening burnt offering, the offering of sweet incense on the golden altar, and the special offerings for individual sins. And there were also offerings for sabbaths, new moons, and special feasts.

77 Christ in His Sanctuary, p. 50.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… every Sabbath, to be replaced by fresh loaves, the frankincense was burned upon the altar as a memorial before God.

78 Christ in His Sanctuary, p. 163 (Ellen Gould White)