Hawaii holomua = Progress., 1894-06-16

OF Egypt. a ne< meaning va
given to the Sabbath. II wal
taenceforth to DO
a MEMORIAL OF The RgDExPuo,
OF ISRAEL.
iron Egypt need not remi11
that their Redemption from Egyrt
was the ground on which Go,
claimed their obedience to f.:
Law Exodus Xxx. q. Now cor,
pare the Fourth Commandmeni nj
as 1t IS given in Exodus with TIA
form In which Moses rehearsa1 il
on the banks of the Jordan il
Deuteronomy V. 16. There Moses
omits the ground of the instiiu-
ton of the Sabbath inscribed ol
the tables of stone, and gives a
/ new reason for its Observance
And remember that thou vast a
Servant in the land of Egypt, sasl
that the Lord thy God brought
thee out thence through a m ghtF
band and by stretched out arm
therefore the Lord thy Col
commanded thee to keep the
Sabbath day"
It is plain. then, that the re-
memberance of that wonderful
deliverance from Egyptian bond
age was thenceforth bound III,
with the Sabbath day. There is
good reason for thinking that
with the Exodus change was
made In the day of the week on
which the Sabbath was kept, the
new order being determined by
the Gift of the Mamma. 1t is i'm.
possible to trace the order of the
days OF the week as Christendom
received them from the Jews
further back than the Exodus.
The first recorded Sabbath in
Jewish history is that mentioned
in the account of the Mamma III
Exodus XVI. The hand of God
Is clearly to be seen in determia-
ing the new order of the weel;
aud the position of the Sabbath.
Now can we discern any
Providential reason why the
day on which the Mamma began
to fall, should have ever after
been the first day of the
week. and the Sabbath have
fallen on Saturday? From
Christian point of view it is GER
tainly worthy of notice that thai
day. on which after the Resur.
rection the disciples came to-
gether to break bread should
have been the day on which Geo
first gave His people in the
bread from heaven
But why should Saturday have
been made the Sabbath? Was It
IN accident as being the Seventh
day since the mamma began
Surely not. 1t is not difficult 70
lind the reason. The Bible is
very particular in giving us the
exact date on which the manna
was first gathered. The Children
IF Israel arrived at the wilderness
'f Sin on the 18th day of the
second month. The next morn
ng, the 10Th. the mamma appeaz-
I'd. 1t fell for six consecutive
lays. and the first Sabbath was |
Saturday the 22nd. Now, if you
count backwards, the previous
Saturday would have been the |
18th, Sth, and 1st of the second |
month. and the Oath and 18th Of |
he first month, Nisan. You will |
that it was on the 14th |
If N!san that the frstborn OF the |
Egyptians were slain. and the |
children of Israel, after eatir ci
he passover in haste, started or |
heir fight, and guided by the
,iliar of FIRE encamped at Suecoth |
IN the morning of the 18th |
According to the sacred narrative |
here were three encampments bs |
ore the shore of the Red Sea WIS /
cached. Josephus. the Jewish |
historian. says that it was ON the |
hird day that they encamped a.
8aalzephon. By Jewish reckon
ng that would be the 18th. We |
rave already seen that the l7th |
sas Saturday. We may therefore
* with tolerable certainty tho |
right Of Friday the 10Th that is
he first II hours of Saturday |
he 18th. (tha Jewish day begin |
ing at 6 p MI. as the time d
he passage of the Red Sea. Be- |
ore daylight the captives OF
redeemed by the mirh-v /