Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-23
SUNDAY, NOT SATURDAY.

In another part OF tho NEWS VIII no
found y communication from Rev. SIT.
Willoughby, Ia reply TO editorial re-
marks on the Sabbath question a wouk
ago. Tho gonucman's letter 70 pub
llshod because 10 II only fair 10 accord
ahoarlng al,o to "tho other aide. Tho
subleo, thus having been brought up
again, fuW moro comments are called
foL
In our previous article on this mat
ter, II was stated that the Consoofation
Of tho INST day Of tho week a. tho
Christian Sabbath ia prior TO any i'm
porlal legislation In that line and can
bo accounted for only on the auppoul-
lion that the fire., followers Of our Lord
had authorized thu obvious deviation
from the Motalo law. Proofs are Dc.
mAnded for this proposition. In add
ton TO the well known testimony Of
Justin Martyr In his apology 20 tho
emperor, In which no positively tintCs
that the Christians In his time univor.
sally kept Sunday holy, tho author Of
tho oplsllo OF Batnataa may be quoted.
Hosays;
We keep tho oIght day with joyiulucsH,
tho day also In which Jesus rusu again
from tho dead.
Ignatlus says the Christians atu no
longer "sabbaliEingn but living IN tho
observance Of tho Lords day, "on
which also our life sprang up again"
Thisso.oalled apostolic father distinctly
contrasts tho Lord's day 10 the Sab
bath, for ho says,
After tho Observance OF tho Sabbath,
loi oy0ry friend Of Christ kOOp tho Lord
day us festival, tho resurrection day,
tho quoon aud chief OF all tho days
In Wow Of these aud similar tosli.
monies II would seem impossible 10
deny tho fact that the carly Christians
kept Sunday, tho Lords day, as their
Sabbath. But were they not mistaken?
In answer b this question We turn 10
the Now Testament.
According 10 the Evangclls,s our
Lord Toso from tho dead ON the fgst
day. A second appearance Of ChrlHt 10
His Apostles also occurred on that day.
John *. 25.) The miracle 0f the
resurrection was always considered the
central fact IN the Christian religion,
hinoo, according to Paul, on that
hinges the whole truth Of the Gospel.
Al first, the ChriillAn6 IN their holy
enthusiasm over the victory over
death by their Lord, mot
every day for religious exercises.
(Aoth Il, ij.) Later we ind them,
In addition 10 keeping tho Sabbath Of
the Oh Testament, specially obsorv-
ing Sunday t1r their own worshlp.
Thus thu Christians in rroas gathered
on "tho fimt day or tho week" 10 break
bread and to listen to tho teachings Of
Paul (AcIu TX. 2. That this was no
isolated case 10 clear from Cor. gvl. 2,
whore that day ~ spoken OF AZ one
particularly appropriate for Temem-
boring the poor Of the Lord, and also
from the Apocalypse, u. lOJ where It
Is learned that the Apostle John, oven
In exile, observed "thu LorI's duy,"
uodimting on thlnga divine, ami 10.
ieiylng revelations.
In order 10 annul all these
plain Scripture statements fg the
ilrst day, tho sabbalar.aul have
been forced 10 contend that tho Llgd's
day and tho Sabbath arc identical.
Their argument is a pouliar QUO. They
say everything was made iy the Lord;
the Sabbath was made by Hun; c1uas-
quently II 10 tho L0rI's day. But %
need hardly DO pointed out that by the
same promlsol % can b, proved that
Mundsy and every other day OF thr
week is the Lords day, since they were
all "made" by the Creator Burii,a.
that mode Of establishing foundation
for doctrine be, 10 Fay the least uH-
satisfactory. II We aro permitted 10
build logical Hyllogism ON The WorI
OF God and then pretend that our
conclusion Go tho divine word, There
can ho no end TO trrou. bat that 90
exactly what tho sauuaar.aus DO, as
u thJirpartuular logic wyro iniulnu'c.
"rHo LOrd's day" i5 Boa tho Now
Testament and tho writlngs Of all lhg
subsequent authors applied TO 40 other
day than the day OF our Savlog's resar.
rec,iOn.
The question of the Mosaic Sabbath
was definitely settled 0s early az about
twenty years after the cTuunxl0n. At
that time the subject was considered Do
the conference ut Jerusalem. tAu'sxy)
Tho Hebrew element %. the Church
insisted on the noooaaI,y Tor the gen.
tile members to DO ciIcumcaed and
''keep the law OF Moses" This mat
tor having received careful attention,