In Testimony No. 6, we read: “No name which we can take will be appropriate but that which accords with our profession, and expresses our faith, and marks us as a peculiar people.... GSAM 351.3
“The name Seventh-day Adventist carries the true features of our faith in front, and will convict the inquiring mind. Like an arrow from the Lord’s quiver, it will wound the transgressors of God’s law, and will lead to repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.” The effect of the testimony was to settle forever this question in the minds of the believers. GSAM 351.4