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


tan Sabbath.
No. II.
The 44lexandrian copy of the Septau-
lint Scriptures, the only defensible
opy to the birth of Abram-as to their
hronology-with the usual correction
+ SIXTY years in the age of Terah, at
he birth of the former, requires the ex-
de of Israel in A. NJ. 1899. Each
ear had only twelve months, as proved
y Kings iv. 7; and l Chronicles
Xvii lis. The miserably anti
criptural practice of the apostate mod
IN Jews, Of adopting heather calen-
ar Of thirteen months, alternating
wenty-nine or thirty days each for a
sible year, is altogethe: unworthy Of
n intelligent Christian for the Scrip
ures speak of no month of less than
hlrty days, nor year Of more than
-welve months.
The ancestors Of the Israelites, &C.
ording to the best available evidence,
fter twelve months of thirty days each,
dded five days annually, and one more
Incidentally. An unanswerable proof
f this is the fact that Merriam, the
rst settlers Of Egypt after the disper-
ion, began their first cycle Of l461
ears, Of 365 days each, on the same
ay 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 1850.
they first began together, as above
.tated, on Wednesday the 18th Of Sep
ember, A. j. P. l707. From this
ynchronical beginning Of Bible and
Egyptian years, the former requires the
xode in the l360th year thereafter, or
l. NJ. 1899, and the latter, in the cor
esponding year of their cycle, 1851
he Egyptian historian having expressly
aentioned "Moses'' by name, as the
.eader Of the people who then loft
Igypt-which he also says was "6ve
.tndred and eleven ycars," after
'Salatis'' the first shepherd king got
'ossession Of Egypt. (oee Josephus
gainst Apion, b. j. IA, IS, 1854, b.
/. etc. The chronological and histor-
sal condolences, found in the scrip
ures, and in Egyptian history, at, and
preceding, the year Of the exode, are
efficient to convince any one, except =
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
nssser, a fixed point in chronology,
Wednesday, FEBRUARY 10th, A. j. P.
967 B. G. TAI Adar 16, A. NJ.
799 year Of Egypt, 1862, Thoth l..
his entire synochronysm can never De
efuted. We therefore proceed with
confidence.
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
ay 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
fAbib,' for that year to fall on Satur-
ny the sixth day of the week coming
:om Adam. Against this there is no
roof.
We next prove that the said Satur-
ay, the fifteenth day of Abb, the day
Israels deliverance from bondage,
"a then constituted their weekly Sab
ath unto Christ: and that the fifteenth
fthe same month, was required to fall,
nnually, on their Sabbath or Satur-
-" yina r.nonho, that *,o,, ,.,, .. .
ervant in the land Of Egypt, and that
ne Lord thy God brought thee out
1ence throug II a mighty hand and by a
tretched out arm therefore the Lord
Ky God commanded thee to keep the
'ab6ata-day.' (Deut. v. 49, The
,ason here assigned for commanding
lem to keep the Sabbatl-day, Through
bee ont thence" ETC., surely occurred
the day of their deliverance and it
ould, therefore, he no reason why they
mould remember and keep some other
az for their Sabbath. Nor could this
,ason apply to any but the Jewish
eople. But when God blessed and
.nctihed the "seventh day" for MAJ.
the human race--the reason was,
because that in it lie had rested from
/ his work which God created and
.ade.' The days and reasons were
ferent !; though the obligation i'm,
Ime.
"And this day shall be unto you 70,
and ye shall keep it a
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