Hawaii holomua = Progress., 1894-06-16

out 20 oe the Sacoata day Gnosl
the Jewish Covenant. as the
weekly memorial of their Re
dsmption from Egypt Delivered
on that day forever from the
brickkilns of Egypt. and the task
masters. and toll which knew N,
intervals of rest. how could they
as Gods freedmen deprive theil
manservants. and their r1ailser.
wants, and the stranger. and taeir
cattle of their God given right oi
rest on that day on whi,h God
delivered them from bondage
through q mighty hand aud q
stretched out arm" As man
orial Of retention from The house
of bondage. it was an essential
part of the command IS given
in Deuteronomy. That thy man
servants and maidservants NAV
rest as we'll as thou.'
We have now seen that whilst
in the prediluvisn and patsiarchal
ages the Sabbath had been only
a memorial of Creation, ii became
under the Jewish dispensation a
memorial also of Redemption from
EgyptiaH bondage.
Ill We now come to the
Christian dispensatiou. And first
mark the resemblance between
the work of the Redemption of
mankind by the death of The Son
of God, and the work of Creation.
On the 9th day, man was created.
It is on the 9th day also that he
is redeemed by the Death of
Christ. Again the Seventh day
is the day of Divine rest. On
that day the Redeemer rested in
the grave. And on the FIRST day
of the aoeek He rose again, leading
captivity captive. having won for
the whole race of man triumph
of which the deliverahce of Israel
from Pharaoh was but a type and
shadow. Would it not be strange
If Christians had gone on
keeping the weekly memorial
of the redemption of
Israel, and had neglected to
commemorate their own redemp-
tion from the power of sin and
Satan. As the memorial Of a
great deliverance from human
tyranny. the Jewish Sabbath WAS
appointed to be kept on Saturday.
but our Christian Sabbath is
kept on Sunday. the first day of
the week, to be the weekly
MEMORIAL OF THE REDEMPTION OF
ALL MANKIND,
of their deliverence from Sa.an's |
bondage .throughthe Resurrection
of Jesus Christ from the dead on |
the first day of the week.
But, it is said, we do not find
any order in the New Testament !
to change the day. Aud where
ever we meet with any mention
of the Sabbath day in the Acts
of the Apostles. it is not Sunday, |
but the Jewish Sabbath that is
meant. Of course it is. on what
other day would st. Paul have
found large congregations of
Jews in the synagogues to whom
he could preach the Gospel. As
for any order to change the day,
we do not look for it. The
Gospels and Acts of the Apostles
are histories, not Books OF Laws.
What we do find in the New
Testament is this: That our
Blessed Lord was present with
His assembled Apostles on the i
evening of the Day of Resurrec-l
ton, which was the First day Of
the week. That whole week /
was-allowed to pass including
the Sabbath, before He again mp
peared in the midst OF them on
the following First day of the
week. That again, seven wesks
after the Day of Resurrection. the
disciples were all with one ac-
cord in one place" on the morn
ing of the First day of the week,
when in tongues of FIRE the Holy |
Ghost was outpoured upon them
That whilst it was natural that
the first believers. having been
brought up in in Judaism, should
continue to keep Saturday as the
Sabbath, whilst the temple WAS
still standing. the First day OF
the week was the day ''o1 which
the disciples came together to
break bread that Is. to eel
ehrate the Holy Communion ,nt