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WHY ! OBSERVE SUNDAY
10 the Editor oeala Banner:

To the Editor Oeala Banner:
Having been asked many times my
views on the subject, / have written
ont the following:
Under the present Christian dispen-
sation we find the vast majority Of civ
ilized people set apart Sunday as a
day OF rest from labor and for public
wOl ship. instead Of Saturday, as pre-
vailed under the Jewish dispensation-
Why is this2 Many do it, no doubt,
because Of custom handed down from
generation 70 generation, without
any special concern as 10 whether it
is the right day 70 be observed or not
But there are others who, though OBJ
serving the first day Of the week, can
give no definite reason for so doing.
and hence lack the happy assurance
OF being in the wiz Of God.
Let US see if We can find some light
on this subject to confirm our faith
and practice.
The only source that I know Of is
the book Of books, the Bible, where
was set forth in type in the Old Tesla
ment that which seems 10 show the
change intended by the Divine Mind
from the Jewish Sabbath TO the Chris
tian Sabbath. and then in the gospel
what was practiced when the proper
time came In Leviricus 23:ll, We see
in the waving of that sheaf of the first
fruits TO be accepted for US, on the
morrow after the Sabbath. the resur-
rection of our Lord. a fixed day.
whose offering of himself was accept
ed of the Father for US, and attested
10 by the resurrection-"th the first
fruits Of them that slept" Acts 1920.
Then in verses Is. 16. II of Lev. p.
we find ''Ye shall count unto you from
the morrow after the Sabbath: seven
Sabbaths shall be complete; even IN
to the morrow after the seventh Sab
bath shall We number fifty days (again
bringing the first day Of the week
ye shall offer a new meat offering IN
TO the Lord: and verse II, first fruits
unto the Lord" and in verse q, 'ye
shall DO no servile work therein"
Here we find in type the day fixed
for the descent of the Holy Spirit at
Pentecost. fifty days after the resur-
rection, and on Sunday The disci-
pies were told to tarry in Jerusalem,
and wait for the promise Of the Faith
er. He did not tell them how long
they would have to wait. but we learn
from this wonderful chapter that he
could not have descended on those /
waiting disciples tof ten days. day
earlier than he did without violating
scripture
Jesus came and worked TO fulfill /
scripture, and he has sent the Holy /
Spirit to carry on his work through |
this dispensation.
Now, will you please turn 10 the /
gospel, and see that when the type |
had been fulfilled, the disciples had /
their eyes opened TO understand scrip /
ture, as they had not before, and the
first day of the week became very pre-
cious TO them an holy convocation.
We read in Young's literal transla-
fion of the Bible. Luke PAL: And on /
the first OF the Sabbaths, al early /
dawn, they came to the tomb, bring
ing the spices etc. And the same ex-
preston in John 20:1: And on the
first day OF the Sabbath Mary, the /
Magdalene. doth come early there
being yet darknesg) to the tomb etc. /
THE first OF the Sabbaths." Did the
disciples begin on that day 70 reckon !
the Es1bbath anew. and even calling
it the Sabbath? 1t really looks 50.
Then, let US heartily as unto the I
Lord keep it holy. honoring him. nor /
doing our own ways. nor finding our
own pleasure, nor speaking our own /
words. and be ready for the coming +
again of the Lord Jesus Christ, for /
whose advent the church is told to
wait, watch and pray, and to occupy |
till come"
MRS. B. ]. SALVAGE