The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-16
THE SUNDAY SABBATH.
Review of Rev. william p. swartz,
Pamphlet.

PART 8.
On page 90 Mr.. Swartz endeavors to
quote from the Catholic Fathers"
Let the reader remember that these
writer's are the early Papal writer's.
The history OF the primitive Christian
church ends In the billie with the book
OF Acts. All church history subse-
and progress OF the Papacy. None of
these writer's ever gave the title OF
Lords Day. to the fret day OF the
week before A. ID. lo4. hut MIR. Swartz
endeavors all through his argument to
convey the impression that the apos.
ties began the observance OF the nrst
day of the week as the Lords Day or
Sabbath, and that 1t was continued on
down to our time as a su Institute for
the seventh day.
In A. ID. 1856 Victor. bishop OF Rome,
changed the observance Of the Paes.
over to Sunday. Bower claims that
this was the first essay OF Papal
gives us the first proof OF q cessation
from labor on that day. In A. j.. 32l
Constantine. emperor OF Rome. Issued
an edict forcing certain citizens to
cease from labor on that day, and this
was the first Sunday law. In A ID. 1913
Sylvester. bishop OF Rome. took adj
vantage OF this law to enforce the oh.
is, In brief. the history Of tho rise of
Sunday as a rest day. 1t belongs en-
tirely to the Catholic church. and
there Ia not scrap OF evidence out
side of the records Of this church for
it's sacredness. The actual truth is
this that the observance OF Sunday
as IL Sabbath had its true origin in
America.
This Is why 1t has obtained the name,
''Ihe American Sabbath when re.
ferred to in the United States. In
Europe 1t is quite different thing.
with little or no sanctity connected
with Its observance, hence our Amer
lean ''reformers" turn up their noses
at the continental Sabbath" while
over in Canada the American right to
tho day Is ignored and Sunday Is
dubbed ths Canadian Sabbath" No
more omplete proof of its hollownees
and falsity could be presented than
this vacciating and unholy wrang-
ling. II Is God in the Sabbath and
makes IL u Sabbath. No man-nade in.
stitution can obtain this. God calls
the seventh day of the week Ills Sab
bath, My holy day." and that is what
makes it SaDbath-God calling 1t SO.
There is where the blessing attaches.
To obtain n blessing upon Sunday
the reformers must apply to the Pope
tho Papacy. and only Papal blessing
| can ever go with 1t. And TO tho Pope
at Rome these reformers must ultl-
mately 20 or give up tho observance
of the day. A little reflection should
convince any candid person of this
fact. But how happens 1t, then. that
Protestants generally are keeping
Sunday as the Sabbath? Let a well
known Catholic writer answer:
Tho present generation of Ptotes-
tants keep Sunday holy instead o I
Saturday because they received it as a
part OF the Christian relieion from the
last generation. and that generation
received 1t from the generation before.
and SO on backward. from ono genera
ton to another, by continual success
sion, until we come to the time OF the
| $50 called) reformation. when it so
happened that those who conducte d
the change of religion in this country
loft this particular portion of the
Catholic faith aud practice untouch-
ed" Truth is always simple and easy
of comprehension il one Is willing to
be convinced.
Go be continued.)
a.. ..... ....M.5 W. $. CHAPMAN.