The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-23

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( S, " P.-o Please ten me WHY they call
Sunday the sabbath when, ny whom aud
/ oy what authority was the sshbstS changed
to Sundayp
A. The observance Of weekly rest day
is very widely hed 20 have a natural basis
/ in tho constitution Of man The persist
epcS With which such an Institution has
/ been nalntalued for msny ages among
Jews, Christians. hohammejans. and even
some pseau nations, supports this view.
The week Of SEVEN days may he
traced to the dawn OF human history, and It
Is prohahle thar wherever the week existed.
+. Il was marked by the observance Of sab
hath. or res, DAYS weekly sabbath was
known TO the semitic Assyrlaps and Rally.
lonians. and II ls claimed that the name
T 'eAlGeni " iouuu lu WV 'h0N' ~ 'N''''
where II Is defined "a "a day ri rest for the
7 heart" The Assyrinu sabbath Oh.
fered widely from that Of the hebrews. sind
rhe connection between The two is as yet
! uncertain. The nrst mention In the
I Rlhle Of such az institution IL In Genesis
Isl. >, IA passage whrb forms tho close
Of the earliest OF tho records " which
I the Mosaic blstory sccordlng to tn" tho
] III IL t.pulnO-ou.
Tse first mention Of the Sabbath
BY tho naUe occurs In exodus xvi, y SEQ
The resurrection OF Christ and iiis
spbsoouepr appearances to Its disciples NV
liis ssccuslop and thc miraculous descent
, az the Holy Spirit On the nrtt day Of the
week. led t. tau, days hclug set apnr' Tor
tnc spcclaI reu slnus assemblies ~ the CHRIS
/ tIans. and for the simple services VI their
falth For tue tho Jewish converts ON
! served hoth the seventh DAY, to whico the
uau,o sabbath continued 80 be given -
r,r.ivclv. ana the nrst day which came to
ne called tho Lords DaN. 81 Paul sonEn'
f., relieve the conacicuccs NJ the g"nn'
! 0hrlytiaus from the obligation ~ Keeping
tho Jc,,isb sabbath and warned them thai
srch Observance might even BE- an eN'
dcpce Of hacEslidns col IT, 10: Gal w. !"
within century after the death - 'n'
,ss, of che apostlcs We Npd the observance
~ rho arst DAY Of the week. uhder ua'
nnne " the Lords pHy. established rs
,pi,prsisl custom of the church, accoruluI
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