No time for what ? There is time to labor for wealth; time to talk of buying and selling, to note the market and look for the best chances; time to seek for pleasure; time to read fiction and folly. But no time to read the Bible and books written in harmony therewith, designed to instruct, exhort, and encourage those who would find the way to eternal life; no time to read the prophecies, and, seeing their fulfillment, note the signs of the times; no time to learn and practice what God requires, in order for a preparation to stand in the great and dreadful day of the Lord. The times present are thrillingly interesting. The people are taking sides for or against the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. All over our country and the world individuals and families are returning to the Sabbath of the fourth commandment, the seventh day, the only day ever enjoined by the word of God as the weekly Sabbath. Those who take time to read and meditate, and have a conscience, withal, to do what God requires, are taking sides with the blessed Bible, in the face of a careless and indifferent, a rebellious, proud, and gainsaying world. On the other hand, opposition is growing more fierce, bold and blasphemous. Ministers are roused to preach against the truth. Their positions are various, confused and antagonistic. Many not only blaspheme God’s Sabbath, but the whole moral law of ten commandments. One claims it is an insult to present such a law to a Christian for his obedience; another cries, Amen !
My friend, the people are taking sides for or against God. Which side will you take ? You will be found on one side or the other. Take time to inform yourself on a question involving life and death. If you find no time to learn and do the will of God, you will lose the gift of eternal life. Take time before it is too late.
R. F. COTTRELL,.
The Advent Review And Sabbath Herald Nov. 4 1875