The Grange advance., 1876-07-12
The Original Jewish and Chris.
tian Sabbath.

uo Olt&StS0u JEWISH ana ~nTISs
tian Sabbath.
Sabbatarians of every order, and even
most of those who claim Sunday as the
Christian Sabbath, either assume or
allow, without any evidence, that Satur-
day answers to the original Sabbath of
Genesis ii. 2, 3. They infer, because
the Jews in the Mosaic law were re-
quired to keep "the seventh day -
which was given for their Sabbath, that
it corresponded to the weekly "seventh
day which was given to Adam. But
this is an inference, not only without
evidence, but against it. For the Jews
unto whom were committed the ora
cles of God," have, by their adjustment
of the calender Of the Bible, testified
that the first week of Genesis began
on Monday, and ended on Sunday.
Whatever the prejudices Of the more
ignorant of the Jews may be in favor
Of Saturday, as answering to the orig
inal Sabbath, the fact is, their most
learned rabbins have clearly taught that
the first Sabbath answered to our Sun
day. This will be evident to any one
who will examine the testimony. Let
him take the Jewish current year Of the
world, 1922, and, for illustration, Sat-
urday, the fifth day Of Nissan o. Abb,
answering to our April fifth, A. D.
1862. (See these years synchronized
in DR.. Clark's Com. Vol. l., page 833).
Then let him count, according to the
Jewish calender (see it in my Chronol-
ogy, PIP. l40-l50), from the first day Of
their first year, through all the years
down to the said fifth day of Nissan, in
elusive; and the exact sum of the days
will be 2,053,2 which being divided
by :, the number Of days in week,
will give just 293,319 "seventh day"
Sabbaths, and six days over, showing
positively that the Jewish Sabbath, an
swering to our Saturday, the fifth day
Of April in the current year, falls on the
sixth day Of the Adamic week-and
consequently, that Sunday is the orig
inal Sabbath-day. What can Sabbath
rians answer to this decision of Jewish
testimony? Again:
The same testimony rightly decides
that the Jews were delivered from
Egyptian bondage on Saturday, the
sixth day Of the week, coming from
Adam. They say the exode Of their
fathers occurred in A. M. 2449. And
the Bible says they came out son the
# fteenM day Of Adib," or Nissan.
Now, if we again count according to
the same Jewish calendar, all the days
OF the previous years, down to the said
fifteenth Of Abb, in the last of the said
2449, the sum Of them will be 894,3l9
Divide these by !, and the sum of Sab
baths from the beginning will be l27,-
759, and days over, showing that the
exodus occurred on the sixth day of
the most ancient week, answering to our
Saturday, as above proved. Indeed,
every intelligent man knows, or ought
to know that the first day of the jew
ish cycle of years, as they profess to
have it from the beginning, began with
Monday, correspondent with the seventh
of October 4. J. page 953), and, con-
sequently, that every seventh day
thenceforward would fall on what we
call Sunday, unless change Of that
order Of week were made.
That such change was made, the
history Of the Jews from the day of
their exodus abundant]y proves. For
the Bible shows that the day Of their
deliverance from bondage, the 18th of
Abib, was given for their future Sab
bath unto Christ, as we shall make evi.
dent in the course Of this investigation.
In the meantime, let no one ignore the
testimony Of the Jews, by which Sun
day il made "the seyenth-day Sab
bath,' down to their exodus. For they
have not pretended to assume, like some
others Of very easy faith, that Saturday
answers to the seventh-day Sabbath Of
adam: But they have given the weight
of their most ancient testimony in IA
vor OF Sunday. 1t follows, therefore,
inasmuch as the Jews prove that Sun
day was the original " seventh day."
and the Jewish "seventh day" can be
traced back only to their exodus, that
Saturday was then given only for their
Sabbath day unto Christ. And to this
agree the words of Scripture EXODUS
XXI. l3), "1t is sign between me
and you throughout your generations,
that ye may know that I am the Lord
that doth sanctify you.'' That is, when
the Lord sanct!fed, "separated his
people from all the people upon the face
OF the earth" xxxiii. l6), he gave
them for typical purposes !. different
day of rest to what he had given all
people before that, "to be !, sign be-
tween him and them throughout their
generations" i. e. "unto Christ"
(Matt: i. ~: that they might know it
was the Lord that separated them.
Thus it became a sign of distinction
between them and the nations who per-
verted the original seventh day to the
worship Of the sun. Ind since Christ
has by his resurrection established the