Arizona republican., 1914-10-19
ACCUSE CATHOLIC CHURCH
 OF CHANGING SABBATH
Adventists Maintain They Have Real
 Sabbath and Will Hold to it

That the Roman CatnOllc cnurcn I changed the Sabbath from Saturday to i Sunday during the first centuries of the l Christian era, without any Bible au- thority, and that the Protestant world at large is still following the traditions which this ecclesiastical organization has established, were statements made 1 by Elder J. E. Bond. president of the | Arizona conference of the Seventh Day l Adventists in his sermon at the camp ground North Tenth and Pierce streets I last night.
 i As proof that Catholics themselves admit having made this change, he read the statement made in letter l from Cardinal Gibbons to that effect and another by r. Enright, CSSR., 1 Catholic priest of Redemptorist Col | lege, Kansas City, who has for years had a standing offer of 5000 cash to any one who will prove from the Bible and the Bible only that Sunday observ- ance is commanded by God. Father Enrights statement, as given by Presl- 1 dent Bond was as follows:
 The Bible says, Remember that i thou keep holy the Sabbath day. The Catholic church says, No, by my d. vino mower I abolish the Sabbath day, and command you to keep holy the first day of the week. and 10. the whole civilized world bows down in reverent obedience to the Catholic church. Pastor Bond also gave a statement made by Edward T. Hiscox. D. D., edi- tor of the Baptist Manual, in q sermon
 before the New York Chautauqua as sembly pr. HiscoX said:
 ..There was. and is, a command to keen holy the Sabbath day, but that
 Sabbath day was not Sunday. It Will
 be said, however, and with some snow
 of triumph that the Sabbath was
 transferred from the seventh to the first day of the week, with all its dut- ies. privileges and sanctions.
 Earnestly desiring information on
 this subject. which I have studied for
 many years, o ask, where can the rec
 ord of such a transaction be found?-
 Not in the New Testament absolutely not. There is no scriptural evidence of the change of the Sabbath institution
 from the seventh to the first day of the
 week. "
 ''To me it seems unaccountable that , Jesus, during the three years Of inter course with his disciples, often con- versing with them upon the Sabbath question, discussing it in some of it's
 various aspects, freeing it from its false
 glosses. never alluded to any transfer
 of the day. Of course, l quite well
 know that Sunday did come into use 1 in early Christian history as religious i day. as We learn from the Christian fathers and other sources. But wha' , 1 a pity that it comes branded with the , mark of paganism and christened with the name of sur-god adopted and sane ? toned by papal apOstasy and bequeath- T. ed as q sacred legacy to Professionalism. Continuing Pastor Bond said: That
 this power would change Gods law was prophesied in Daniel 7:25. The . Apostle Paul also prophesied it in 2nC
 c'hessalonians 2:1-7, where he de U scribes the falling away of the church ' and declared that that work was al ready going on in their midst"
 . That foolish testing, cheap, coarse
 flattery and attendance at parties ; where the time is fritted away witt
 purposeless games and hilarious sons
 are unbecoming Christians. either = young or old, was the statement O
 Prof. M. F. Cady, educational ant z young peoples secretary. of the Pacific
 union conference, in a talk to the youns . people yesterday afternoon He sai'
 social gatherings ought not to be neg
 lected Dy Christians, but that the tim
 should be spent in such a way as t - educate the mind, and uplift and en =. noble the character
 =. temperance symposium will b
 given at ?: 30 this afternoon. The "Ari
 zona dry measure will be discussed
 The speakers will also speak on tn
 evils of Sunday legislation. The Bar !, bers' Sunday closing ordinance vii - probably be mentioned. At II o'clocl D this morning Prof. Cady will speak ol Education" The New Earth will b
 the subject tonight. So great has beel L the interest in the meetings that al , though the encampment will break II ~ tororrOw the meetings in the big ten
 will continue every night this week a
 1:30.