The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-19
The Original Jewish and Chris
tan Sabbath.
No. H..

Opy to the birth OF Abram-as to their
hronology-with the usual correction
t SIXTY years in the age of Terah, at
he birth Of the former, requires the ex-
de Of Israel in A. NJ. $500. Each
ear had only twelve months, as proved
y l Kings iv. 7; and l Chronicles
xvii lis. The miserably anti
criptural practice of the apostate mod
m Jews, of adopting a heather calen-
lar Of thirteen months, alternating
wenty-nine or thirty days each for a
Bible year, is altogether unworthy Of
n intelligent Christian for the Scrip
ures speak of no month of less than
hirty days, nor year Of more than
-welve months.
The ancestors Of the 1sraelites, &C.
ording to the best available evidence,
fter twelve months of thirty days each,
dded five days annually, and one more
.uadrennially. An unanswerable proof
this is the fact that Merriam, the
.rst settlers Of Egypt after the disper-
ion, began their first cycle of 1851
ears, Of 365 days each, on the same
az on which begun the Bible, A. NJ.
$40. The Egyptian, or year Of Miz-
lam, was shorter by six hours than
hat of the Bible, and therefore, the
ormer completed l46l years, on the
anne day that the latter ended 1860.
They irst began together, as above
-tated, on Wednesday the 18th of Sep
ember, A. j. P. 1907. From this
ynchronical beginning Of Bible and
Egyptian years, the former requires the
xode in the l360th year thereafter, or
\. NJ. 1899, and the latter, in the cor
esponding year of their cycle, 1861
he Egyptian historian having expressly
lentioned "Moses' by name, as the
-aader Of the people who then left
igypt-which he also says was "fve
Hndred and e1euen gears after
'Sslatis'' the first shepherd king got
'ossession Of Egypt. (oee Josephus
gainst Apion, b. i. IA, Is, 26-34, b.
i. etc., The chronological and histor-
,al condolences, found in the scrip
-ures, and in Egyptian history, at, and
'receding, the year Of the exode, are
efficient to convince any one, except a
oft, that we have hit upon the
rue synchronism of that event. (See
~ Chronology, chap. w. This truth
yet more confirmed, by extending the
ynchronism, as demanded on each side,
ntil 900 years Of Egypt, after that of
he exode are ended. The next day
ill be the first day Of the Era of Nab
nasser, fixed point in chronology,
Wednesday, FEBRUARY Goth, A. J. P.
967 ; B. c. TAT Adar 16, A. NJ.
799 !; year Of Egypt, 1862, Thoth l..
his entire synochronysm can never oe
efuted. We therefore proceed with
If "the seventh day" Sabbath of Gen.
2, 3, be brought down, according to
he aforesaid Bible calendar, to the
fifteenth day of the month Abb" year
f the exode, A. NJ. 1899, it will most
ssuredly confirm the testimony Of the
ewish calendar-that Saturday, the
ixth day Of the ancient week, was the
az of the exodus Of Israel-and that
unday answered to the original "sev-
nth day" before that event. The
ewish correspondent year OF the world
ia, also, requires the Fifteenth day
fAbi5,' for that year to fall on Satur-
ay the sixth day Of the week coming
:om Alan. Against this there is no
roof.
We next prove that the said Satur-
ay, the fifteenth day of Abb, the day
Israeps deliverance from bondage,
as then constituted their weekly Sab
ath unto Christ and that the fifteenth
{ the same month, was required to fall,
nnually, on their Sabbath or Satur-
.ay IL, - .,. . .
ervanc in the land Of Egypt, and that
ne Lord thy God brought thee out
1ence throug III mighty hand and by a
tretched out arm therefore the Lord
hy God commanded thee to keep the
'abbata-day.' (Deut. V. 49, The
sason here assigned for commanding
lem to keep the Sabbath-day, "brought
bee out Meuce,' etc, surely occurred
the day of their deliverance and it
ould, therefore, be no reason why they
aould remember and keep some other
~ for their Sabbath. Nor could this
ason apply to any but the Jewish
eople. But when God blessed and
.nctihsd the "seventh day. for man
the human race--the reason was,
because that IN it he hud rested from
l his work which God created and
ade.' The days and reasons were
ferent : though the obligation i'm
>sed, except typical services, was the
lme.
"And this day shall be unto you for
and ye shall keep it q
asst to the Lord throughout your gen.
ationS ye shall keep it a feast by an
dinance forever tx. xii. A.
his is the same "day'' and "com-
and referred to above, in Deut. v.
). The first and principal "feast Of
e Lord, rs given to the Jews by an
dinan:e, was the weekly Sabbath.
ev. xiii. ,, 3--"concerning the feast