World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1903-07-23
TEE CHRISTIAN SABBATH
TUE SEV ENTH or THE FIRST. WHICH?
No 8.


Christian sabbath i,om the day on
which Christ rose from the deOd. and
snch s,s,,meli,s from cmcnenl Christian
writers icslif!ipg 10 the same thing now
dare any one assert that II WAS hoi
changed until Me fourth cenluiyY In
stead Of this we iiud that from the h;si,
even while the APOSTLES were sin living
The church found their greatest opros'-
ton Un the ground Of their being viola
tors Of tie Jewish sabbath.
In fnct, they said Of Christ (hougli he
had done nulling 10 bleak her sab
balh) "rh mau is not OF God because
he keepeth 40, the sabbath day 80 III
The times of martyrs this was HE great
objection. Daring the period III which
| the Roman laws forbade any person
protesting HE Christian religion on pam
OF death, he only Tor al leas, the otdl-
nary question PAT "a them was, "llast
thou kept The Lords ,laj y' An answer
| in Tho affirmative was enough 10 scnl their
death warrant. We nre hot left entirely
to The testimony OF Christian writers Tor
evidence on This point,
! pliny a heather magistrate in the ea
| " part Of the second century, in his letter
| To Trojan, Roman emperor dec ares
|
that the whole fault Of HE CHRISTMAS
| lay in one thing: That they were nc
caslomcd TO meet ON a stated day before
it was light and sing among themselves,
allrlnaI,y a hymn to Christ MS God, and
70 biad themselves by n solumn oath 10
comEli, no wickrdness, but on the con
trary, 10 reirnin from theft. robbery and
ADULTERY never 10 lalsify their word, nor
10 deny pledge committed to them
would be good rule. for Christians 10
live by toGayl When these things WIRE
and Then come together again To a meal
tlhcir lovcfcast,) which hey ate in com
mon, without any discori," (Wondcr
ful crime thisy This account agrees cx
acily with the accom-, gwen Of the oh
servancc OF the first day hv the early
Christians. which shows that the day
Pliny speaks Of was the Lords day
We might continue these extracts nj
most Indefinitely, bnt whit need we of
more? Who can question the fact, that
as Chris, gave his own en,ple in favol Of
the change OF the Sabbath from the sev
cnth to the first day Of The week, and
the apostles not only gave their exam
plo, but Paul gave nm especial command.
and Christians have followed in Their
example from the day Christ rosclfronl
the grave. il was Of divine authority and
sanction To All whom il may concern
All ask OF you, is not to confuse The
first and the seventh day OF The creative
week. The Jews commenced by Gods
direction To reckon time from the cessa-
ton Of Their Egyptian serviiude.
But the first day was a Sabbath Unite
them las have before sta,et) and ever,
seventh day thereafter was n Sabbath L
them. showing that they had ceaset
;htr servi'ude corresponding 10 God
3 cessation Of the creative work and res
r on the seventh day The 4lh. day o
July l116 marked the birth day Of ihi
nation and every seventh day aflel lha
; was the beginning OF y new week Of In
dependence. without any regard 10 III,
: day OF the week the 4th. came on.
Our common year commences The frs
day of january, our Independence yea
begins the fourth Of July. We liav
lust as much reason TO confound gu
9 Independence year as We have 10 CLAIM
TINT the Jewish seventh day is the gam,
MS tho seventh day of Gods creativ
: week
{ But one thing more Wherever th
gospel has gone with lis saving powe
from that day to this, the first day Sab
BATH, has gone with it. Wherever tn
religion Of Christ is known the first ha,
Of the week is observed as the Sabbath
But God has nanifcs,lv transferred hi
blessing to the first day Of the week IN,