Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-16
TnE cnRIsTIAN hAnnATIL.

Adv0ntltla who inaist on kscpiDa
the sovsu,h day Of the week ~ 5abbai h
and performing work on tho hrst DAY,
in violation Of Sunday lave, are having
great deal Of trouble AZ present IN
various states. They are subjected 10
enes and imprisonment Tor their
peculiar practice, although tlcy claim
that they work on Sunday, not to DEFY
the laws, but in otcIisuoe TO com.
mandmsnt tf tho Almighty. one
offender In Maryland was recently
sentenced to ninsiy days 10 lsil, b.
cause no had bsen hooinE bis garden
and had chopped wood on = sunday.
Another was hncd $50 AMI costs 10
Massachusetts for selling hsli y
pound u candy on tue Grst DAY
OF the week. Similar Instances
are occurring constantly, and what
gives particular prominuuoe ~ such
catoa is the fact that convioiions are
generally secured through iuf,rmation
anu leiiimony Of IenVua who seem 20
be Feligioutly or othsrvito interested 10
the punishment VI tho offenders. This
gives TIA SAVIOR Of porIsou uon that L.
strengthened by the absence Of similar
proceedings Againsl tue bslisysH IN
tho Mosaic faith In tho oamo slates--a
fact that naturally sus Bss,s tho question
whsinsr ssvssth.iay Advsati.ll ars
not entitled 10 TIE prO,tCtsn Of The
law enjoyed by the lowe.
The Sabbath question 10 one Of those
that have been agi,Assd periodically
during the history VI the religious
world, and in later yeara Il has Hyaiu
claimed some a,lsl tlon. Thv Seventh.
day Adventlsls maintain that Saturday
IL both tho Sabbath and tho "LOras
day" = proposition for which tlUy
can ma no serIplural proof Whatever.
They also hold that Sunday has IT.
thined sanolity only by an imperial
decree, which IL n suli-svidont contra.
diction Of history.
There 10 no doubt that the sabbath
sfthu Old dispsnsstlon was Saturdays
nor that our Lord ana His fret follow
era kept that day, la obedience to thu
law. But after tho resurrection o
change Of conditions ID plainly Visible.
At Hfst tho disciples gathered eyctJ
day In the temple and synagogues
Soon, however, thslr meetings were
held only on two dsys, Saturday anu
Sunday. On tho seventh cay thCy me
with the general public Ia order y
proclaim the Gospel. No utler day
was available for that purEolo Tnsii
own nestings, however, were held on
tue nrsI day, the Lord'1 day, &c Il wa
called 70 distinguish It from tue Jew.
iAh sabbath. AZ the AosIic disponnn'
ton passed Away, iH ritual obierv'
Rnces naturally ceased, according to the
Pauline ds9lATatlopi "For the Prlssi'
hood being changed, there is made Of
necessity = change alao Of the law"
(Heb. wilt H. Aud by tho tune r.
man smporon were prepared to iayo'
their Christian subjects the ksspipg d
Sunday ~ the Lord's day hAo
become 40 universally recognized
Rs u Christian duty, thsl imperial
sdicls were Issued for the protection Of
the NsziTsnss In this feature Of tholI
religion. II is no more true that ihe
observance Of Sunday 10 due 10 thu
efforts Of Constantine than II would be
10 ray that hs Invented the slgu Of ID,
eross. Ths very TACT that no loglslAIsa
IN f.vor OF the tlrst day Of tho week IL
proof positive that that day had al
ready bseB sot apart by tho Ch.lsliau'
for worship. HsNr a testimony from
one Of the early fathers. Justin,
IN his Apology, A. d. 100, say;
awe, all Of "a, assemble together on
Sunday, because II 10 the fret day IN
which God changed dArhnesa and mat.
ter, and msde tho world. On ihe sam,
day, also, Jeiua Christ, our Savior, r0s,
from tho dead"
When all lhefacta connected with this
sublee. are considered, II 10 imposslbl,
to fRd any reasonable answer to the
QnANAAHN " hAAA NAANAh " VIZ = .hNANNH.
tlon Of Sunday s tue Christian Sab.
bath, tIcep, ais, that Il was done By
tho Apostles OF our Lord anu
probably I'm accordance with n,
teachings Hs gave them durInr
tho forty days belwoon His ra5uy.
Tection aud ascension, or clio Es O
resu Of revelations given Afterwards.
The modern 5abbAiarlanA array them |
selves ia baulo Tor a cause that has |
support neither In history nor iu |
sacred witt rhrt they, besides.
should come in conflict with the clyi
laws, Il 10 be regretted. We believe,
however, that the proper oout's 10
puuus In regard to that scot Is g.
prove to them their mistake and tronl
them with that golerhnoa which PAU
emphaslz's SEA mark o. Christianity |
and recommends to all the churches
that were compoled Of unembots u yar.-
ous opinions on holldaya