Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06

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THE oEHrAvR COMPANY. NEW YoaK CITY.
as a day of observance by Christians
See Webster and many other au-
thorities.
Sixth. AS nobody knows that time
has been lost, as there is no record
or tradition of the change or loss
OF the reckoning of the days of the
week. we say it is utterly impOs.
sfbIe that such a loss should have
been sustained, or such change
made, and the whole world knows
nothing about it and all remain in
perfect agreement as to the begin,
ming and ending of the week.
Should one member of family
forget the day the others would cor.
rect him. Should there have been
cases where a whole family forgot
the day. their neighbors would Ger
tainly detect the error. We cannot
even imagine the possibility of seV'
eraI families, a whole community, los
ing the day, and the same day at
the same time, and continue ignor
ant of their loss. Yet, not only a
whole community, but a whole state
all the states, nation, and all
the nations, must drop out a day
exactly at the same time, and none
of them ever learn that they had
made a mistake.
To Go this all the inhabitants OF
! the earth must have slept two
nights and one entire day. all wax
ing up the second day after they re
tired to rest, and all thinking it was
only the next day after they retir
ed. In this manner only could it be
possible Reader, do you believe
loss of a day or the change of the
reckoning of the day Of the week
is possible ana nobody know any
thing about it,
Now let us examine the Word o
God. At creation there was but one
computation of time in the world
the week of seven days. Elk. POLL
For in six days the Lord made hea
ven and earth, the sea, and all that
in them is. and rested the seventh
day. mot the first.l The frs
chapter OF Genesis gives a complete
history Of each day and what was
done on each day. For example, GEL
lis. And God called the light Day
and the darkness He called Night
And the evening and the morning
were the first day" And so OF
| through the chapter, till We come
to Chap. PIP. THUS the heavens
and the earth were finished, and al
the host of them And on the sey
enth day God ended his work which
he had made; and he rested OF
the seventh day" mot the first.
Lev. 1882. From even unto eVel
We celebrate your Sabbath show
inc that God Himself fixed the time
for the beginning and ending of the
day. Many other Scriptures coul(
be cited to show how definitely The
Lord arranged the days also as t.
their beginning and ending. Nal
3:6. For l am the Lord, l change
not"
We notice one more fact which
if wa had no other evidence, and
were not able to show the objec
ton involved an absurdity, would
settle it beyond all controversy. Ii
| is this: Historians have recorded nu
/ merous eclipses, giving the magnitude
and the day of their occurrence. AS
/ tronomers now make their calcul;
tions and verify the history. The,
/ find that such eclipses did take
place at the time recorded, on The
| day of the week stated in history
according to our present reckoning
/ And this proves that our reckon
| ing of the week is the same a.
theirs. AS some of these eclipse
/ occurred before the Christian era
We know that no time has been lost
and the week has not been changed
since the days of our Saviour.
The Round World
When it is seen that the evidence
lis incontrovertible and overwhelm
ing. proving that the true seventh
day has come down to US from Eden
and hence has not been lost, SONS
will claim that it is impossible tc
keep it, because the world is round
and that all the Lord requires is
the observance of one day in seven,
or a seventh part of time This
claim has no basis whatever upon
which to rest. The difficulty is
wholly imaginary and not real, as
will appear from the following facts
/ The Sun, by Gods appoint
ment. rules the day. Gen. lis.
2, Each day begins at sunset.
Gen. Is: Lev. 1882; Deut 1876;