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70 ths EdIer Of The Chicago 1rs6uas:
CmcAao, March H. E. ]. P" Of Logans
port in his criticism Of my articles says tsIher
is abundant evidence. Gays Or. Schad, that tn
Apost.es and early Christians began immediatel,
70 keep Sunday as q day Of worship. : John Xxx.
IL, Acts xx-, Z, L Cor, xvi. 2 pliny, Epistie t
T7ajsD." Dr.. Fal1ows sayB: "But after th
Resurrection, their meetings for public worship
were held On the first day OF the week (seo Act
1, 17l71, L Cor, xvi, And this vas donbtlcs:
for the reasoa that our Lord rose from the deaf
On the first day OF the week, the eighth day
And on two other occasions, when the Disciples
were assembled on the first dag Of the week, be
appeared to them (see Johp.11., 1326.)' "Abc
Andersen in nis second article shys They
therefore. meet on the first day Of the week Il
break bread Paul ordered the Corinthians,
Upon tho first day Of tho week let every ona
OF sou lay BY him in store As God hath ptoEpered
hIu-' In Rev L, 10 John calls Sunday tho Lords
daE." Some others haya also quoted come OF
fhese Passages These are tho main passages
70 prove Snnday-leeping by the Apostles.
bare looked at these passages, and fail to see
Gs follows: .'TAen the same day at eEeuang.
being the first day Of tue week, when the doors
were ehut 1here the Disciples we're assembled
for fear Of the Jews, came jesus and stood in
1Q8 N1[laLy 14u Ea14 ui&O ka1ELn+ 1G1Ea U6 uDLO
YOU" And after eight days again His Disciples
we're within, and Thuusas Wath them. then csnae
Jesus. the doors being shut, and stood in the
midst, and said. Peace be with you.
The lesson sought to be drawn from these
passages is that the DisGpIes met in honor Of
and commanded His peace unto Them, and
thszefoze the daT is to be observed as Sab
bath IA COMMUNICATION OF his resurrection
Tie meeting t5 specifically stated as occur
- kkH Nu.1k 4F %tr 4fr
There is nothing in the passage to indicate the
object Of the meeting. There il only one fact
named IN connection with 1t, and that ls, the
doors we're shut for fear Of the jews In Mark
xvi, II, We have the Same meeting referred to.
snd the object Of il, "Afterward lie appeared
unto the eleven as they sat at meat" The OBJ
ject then, OF this gathering Was to take the
evening mesl and not III honor OF the resurrec-
hon On that day. 1t il also evident that at that
time they did not believe He had risen: Mary
informed the Disciples {Mark xvi, l0) that
Christ was risen. s'And when thoy had heard
HAT He was alive, and had bean seen OF her,
they believed not" Then the two Disciples that
g8w Him At Eknnaus aren't and told it to the
residue; neither believed they them. In Verse
II, Christ upbraRded them with their unbeef
and harlness OF heart, because they believed
not them which had seen Him after He was
risen. - This occurred at the meeting at
evening on the first, day Of the week
Ma5y, +cleopas, apd another Disciple
Ter BE vas risen. and then Christ appeared in
their midst to confirm tho fact of His 1eeurreo-
ton, Elat they hsd refused to beloTa There is
no nention of Sabhath-heapiDsg, or OF worship
sEen, % this occasion: They had como togeth-
er for their evening moai aud this is all. John
*, 26, Is quoted TO prove Another meeting the
he1t first day. r It ie, "AfIer eight DAYS again
His Disciples were within, and Thomas with
them then came Jesus, the doors being shut
bud stood in tho midst aud SAID, Peace be with
ha lane ARA ,fs
ancot1ng could not have been upon the first day
pf tho week, for tlls meeting was after eight
days had passed from the other meeting before
This moetng. II we reckon in the day Of the
Ing. if it occurred on the first day Of the week,
# would n1ske eight days. But this second meet
fDg was after eight days from the first, and |
not eight days aftor- 1t must therefore !
have been at least the ninth day
after the first meeting md could not have been !
upon the first day of the week. This may ap- !
pear clear from reference to the account OF the
Matthew and Mark usa the ex- |
preston =. after SIX days." Luke says, "about |
IN eight days after referring to the eame event.
So also "after eight days" can mean no less |
than nine. The object OF this second meeting is |
clearly narned in connection with it, and that |
Gas to remove Thomas doubts OF His resurrec-
tlon. TIC Thomas refused to believe the declaration
III the eleven that they had eeen Christ after he
Nas risen. He replied to them, Except shall
Ree IN His hands the prints OF the nails, and put
my finger into tue prints OF the usils, aud thrust
my hand into His side. I will not believe" At
Tho meeting Jesus said to Thomas, :. Reach
higher thy tlnger. aud behold my hands and
reach hitaer thy hand, and thrust it
pnt believing" There is also @ notbine b.uessi ra'd
nbout observing the1 day in honor OF the resur-
rectlon, Dor is there any evidence that they came
together for worship Tho SUN OF the whole
natter contained in John xx- l9 &c, ia that in
he first case the disciples ware together taxing
heir evening meal, and in the second nine davs
.ftar, they were together and Thomas was made
~ his own test to believe that Christ bad risep.
These witnesses do not help the cause Of those
rho called them.
Tho meeting ut Troas, Acts X. II, is next re-
erred to Is evidence that the disciples kept the
irst day as Sabbath. - And upon tho first day
4 the week when the disciples came together to
,reak bread, Paul preached with them resdy to
lepart On the morrow, and continued his speech
iii midnight" Hore is clearly a statement that
be disciples came together upon the first day
Il the week. They came together to break
,aad. Whether this meant the Lords Supper
r the evening meal is a disputed and unsettled
uesticn- Admitting that it was the Lords Sup
'er. it proSes nothing for Sabbath. The Sab
eth Is.not named in the whole occurrence Tha
1eeting WAS IN evening meeting. Peul pre1chcd
III midnight. There we're many lights ~ the
pper chamber. One young man fell into al
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