The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-31
THE CHURCH AUTHORITIES ON THE SAB,
BATH QUESTION.

The CHURCH AUTHORITIES ON IdE SAB
BATH QUESTION
TO THE EDITOR OF rHx HERALD.
Keeping the practical question At iss steadily IN vew
thst is whether on hand sunday oegn. to bs
rerved % . Cn,issn festival She'bsc sbs osbss
hand ought TO be observed Iewnh Sabbath pre-
sent the fol owing brief summary .e authorities The
subject.
But frs word IL regard 10 the identity Of tts day
Since the change made IL the character OF tue day by
Englsh Purars, abou. husdred years ago. vast
Of learning and ingenuity has been employed by
Tho Erglish dg.nes 10 rt authority FOR MAKING
sabbath OF Sunday, but the claim has bsen ad
vanced by any Of them tha. Sunday tho day called
Sabbath in The Fourth Commandment on the coa1asy
Paley Lar diner and the other wrers distinctly
the Eabbath commenced Friday evening aud ended
Saturday evening The Presbyterian we-tmins,er As
sembys Calechism aso says that the Sab,ah q the Old
Testament Saturday, ID AL foar os the soapss it IA
Of the week, and Mstths and Mark that
the day after The Ssbosth
lsr-rns AUTHORITY TUE CHURCHES
The Christian CHURCHES which do MOI regard Sunday as
Sabbath, are
The cAvans,to Church Of the oontlnen. Of Europe.
The Lutheran Church.
The Roman Catholic Church.
The Greek Church.
These which regard Of the dissenting
churches Of and the Psoessnt churches Of seat
land and the United States Csc the several rituals and
cstechnms
2D-Im AUTHORITY OF TIE BIBLE
The Old Testament commands The strict observ Of
the seventh cay Of he week that s Saturday. and tells
Us that shall work s,x days Nov, there bat
Dix other days. takes Sunday MAKE up six coose
We are exprere commanded by to work on sunday
1t 70 not day that we are commanded t, keep "Re
msp6s, he ssbSa.h day. 10 asep holy Six days snast
:. e., q. & s.Ss:;s ..s :s,:ss; I:
Christianity, aud yet try To transfer Us sacreduess
another cay, do TITLE wish the word making the
msndne Of GOD 81 none effect BY ;aeir tradition
cused Of being 5abba breakers, but there ia ne
on OF the observance OF the Sabbath 10 all toe
New Testament, except by the eueuIiss OF Christ Con
sequshty, u Was UNDERWOOD by the whole Cnrsisu
world for than .teen hundred years taat the SAB
tne obei set times OF the Mosaic sation; IL s
SO understood by The great majority Of Christians 20 tue
in sn ,n,irss d,eus o vsy ss s Te CD
ieaeon the FIST day OF the week as jos Gus festival
commemorate the resurrection Of Chris. Ia that spirit
II Is Sill ooterved by more than .eghths oil the
Christian word. The chd5en brought up IN the very
eiceat pie'y BY the Pruss Latheran clergy OF
this city have been taught to imagine that there
any hing wiong IL playing game Of Sunday
Afternoon. lie pi0os Christians OF the con,tneot OF
Europe have church service snday morning, add de-
vote tne Test OF the cay TO innocent pleasures and
meDis
when the puars, under the pressure o. preservation,
conceived very natural preference Tor the Old fiesta
Eent they restored the Sabbath, bat, by clumsy
raDsemen, nstead Of taking tbs day which tue Old resci
CCDiAlonoeo 10 De BeD., tuty noacd OIL tue co
mand 10 the Cbisisn lsIva Since that time gre
zeal end ability have directed to make Carst,ao
ocnmoEiies ADOPT hs rorverson Of tier festival day;
ana The considerable Bucces ii toese Efforts is erik ne
proof CT he t1scepby Of the gorbfui relic oas
iGpefions for reverence for Sunday hss baep ng
oeeper from generation to generation. No doubt tins
has been much promoted by crafty conceaIment Of
The true facts Of the case, and glad that GERALD
Is usIg s eat power in e9rea11 thase facts before
community Calling the dag g. Me Sabpatn" actual
misrepresentation pui zoe tbs! getting shamei
olt OF tins: lhe pbladslps i'feby.erian no generally
calls Is '!he Lords Day
Sd --IIE AUTHORITY EARLY FATHERS.
The "I1I0's Day lis generally applied To Sunday
by the Christian .heis in ad.st Notion ID ihs Sab
bath, whch was saturday. Ignaius, Blshos Of
bstize, but keep tbs Lord Day which life arose
rur,Uisn, VINO lived Ia the sscond century, the
Client Of ,he LATIN fathers, srejests Sabsths sat
noCus ns foreign To Christianity, but speaks OF the
"Ard's Day ana Pertecost as Gbristisp solemunes"
4IHIBB AUTHORITY or THE FAziERS TIE REFORMATION
Tie EEPtID OF last SUNDAY contained the tssslmony
OF both Martin Luther and John Ca vim, whilst,
be repeated here, bat explicitly agains Sabba.izlg
Sunday
/, is only one evidence asopg many OF tue dexterity
Ct pTie-y logic, that it s able 10 shut ITS eeo 10 this
its copsnnt purpose Of olhng tue power Of TIE
priesthood But tho rest OF the cpmu.unty, thus s1p
ported by so large majority OF Chrsaos, well es by
tie Plain htsor ot Scripture may wes soy To the jsda
ling soots ' you choose 10 poril yorr sou.s win
heresits substituting for the colcthndmenls OF God
the trad,ios Ct men, have in this free country
right 10 Go so bur we protest against your persecuHs
in.o the me sinful ses."
A PROTESTANT NATIVE AMERICeN.