The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-10-12
TIRE SABBATH


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As The sublcc. rs getting interest.
ing aud moro freely discussed. may
! ask for an opportunity 20 express
my opinion. IN tbc Ilfst place, not
considering what we lost aud What
we gained by thc change OF the
original Sabbath TO ihe present sun
day, may ask, l. man forbidden
to give praise to hi, Creator any day
he pleascs2 Not waiting for The re-
ply, however, allow me 10 proceed
When God created the world lie had
no means TO mans knowledge) Of
measuring the time, MS there was
nothing hut darkness upon the face
of the earth; and by faith we are
bound to admit that by word Of His
mouth uttered in a second OF time,
Let there be light" and there was
light, separated it from the darkness,
the first days work was completed.
Surely it did not take God II work
ing hours to complete His first days
work when it was simply done by
word of mouth And we have no
reason whatever to think or say that
God had the same day of "a hours
as we have. And we may reason
ably believe that within "a hours, by
Gods almighty word, the whole
work of creation was, or could have
been, completed. No matter how
much we profess to know and how
much we try TO know, the Scripture
will remain mystery. 1t says, and
we wonder, that "the evening and
morning were the first day ! say, we
wonder, because we know that the
sun is the cause of the evening and
morning, and the sun was not created
until the fourth day of creation. Is
it not sensible, then, for us to con-
clude at this point that the days of
creation were not the same days as
we have! If so, then, its first day
is not the same as our first, cOnse-
quently its seventh not the same as
our seventh. Again, consider why
God rested on the seventh day Cor
period of time). Did he resume
work after the seventh day? No,
when God rested He rested forever.
Did he rest on the seventh day of
the seven days of "a hours each
| think not | would rather think He
simply stopped from work (because
He had no more work to do) in the
seventh period of time. Why do
we say that God rested, when, as
He is almighty, and had no more
work to do, He needs no rest! I'm
doubtedly the Creator sanctified the
seventh day Cor seventh period of
time) partly for remembrance of
the worlds creation and the glorifica-
ton of its Creator, and partly for
mans recreation, but can it be
proven that that same seventh period
of time is the same day as We are
calling Saturday? Can it be proven
that the first day of creation is the
first day of our week? | would
rather believe that the fourth day of
creation is the first day of our week,
God therefore principally set apart
that day as day of rest, not for
Himself, but for man that man must
divide his time into seven equal divi-
sions, in six of which he must work,
and on the seventh rest from his
daily labors and turn his attention
and pay reverence to his Creator.
But if this be so, man need not
rest before be commenced to work,
and Adam did not work until after
he was driven out of Eden.
However, the Jews hold that our
Sunday is the first day, and cannot
be commemorated as the seventh.
While we (Christians) admit that it
is so we maintain that it is our Sab
bath. Because, on that day, we not
only rest from our daily labor and
glorify our Creator, but commemo-
rate Christ's resurrection (Which the
Jews do not believe) by which He
laid the foundation Of the Christian
era, nearly 1900 years ago. Are we
then not justified in honoring the
Father through the Son by COM
memorating the day of His glorious
resurrection, which is the true foun-
dation of the Christian life, church
and belief? "For if Christ be not
raised" st. Paul says, your faith
is in vain" | Cor. 1917.
1t is said that Sunday is name
given to that day by idolators after
one of their gods. What of that? 1t
is the first day of the week and the
Christians Sabbath just the same.
We do not keep the day for its name.
The names of all the days of the
week are given under the same cir
We do not hear any of
the Mosaics calling the days of the
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