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So, the advertising, merchandising,. and journalism field became
"my own thing" -- and,· of course, I sincerely believed it was the
right thing!
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When my wife began keeping God's Sabbath, I regarded it as the
pinnacle of religious fanaticism. And especially because it seemed
hostile to "my own thing." "What would my busi�nss associates think?"
was the first challenging thought to enter my mind.
I tried argument and reasoning with my "misled" (as I thought)
wife. All the arguments that still viciously attack God's Sabbath
by those in traditional Christianity came instantly to mind. They
had no effect.
"But," I finally protested, "I know the Bible says 'Thou shalt
observe Sunday.'"
"Can you show me where it says that?" she ·asked.
"Well, no -- I wouldn't know where to find it, because I don't
know anything about the Bible. My mind has been on my business! But
I know it's in the Bible, because all these churches can't be wrong,
and they get their religion out of the Bible."
"Well, you find it and show it to me in the Bible," said my
wife, "and I'll go back to observing Sunday."--
That seemed to leave me no alternative, because to us marriage
was till death parted us -- and I didn't want either to lose my wife
or live with "fanaticism."
So, in order to have my own way -- to continue
thing" without embarrassment, I ,�ntered with a will
intensive "in depth" study and research of my life.
off my Bible," so to speak, and delved into it with
"doing my own
into the most
I "blew the dust
confident alacrity.
At the same time I had been challenged by a sister-in-law on the
validity
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of the evolutionary theory.
I delved into Darwin,Haeckel, Huxley, Spencer, Voght, and modern
evolutionists. For a short while my head was swimming in bewildered
consternation. Did God exist, after all? I realized I had ASSUMED the
existence of God, because I had always been taught it -- but I HAD
NEVER PROVED IT! Now my mind demanded PROOF!
And my relentless study brought that PROOF POSITIVE! Immediately
following there came to me irrefutable PROOF of the infallible inspira
tion and authority of the Bible (in its original writings) as the
precise WORD OF GOD TO MAN!
But, although this, so far, was pleasing and acceptable to me, I
was having real difficulty in wrestling with this Sabbath question.
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My researches into that question were not going to my liking.
This almost day-and-night intensive study began in the fall of
1926. By the spring of 1927 I not only had to "eat crow" on the