The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-12

not been changed, also that there is no
scriptural authority for the changing of
the Sabbath to the first day of the
week. and furthermore that the Chris
tians in apostolic days observed the
seventh day as the Sabbath, but he OBJ
Jects because the assemblies spoken of
in Acts 17:2 were Jewish assemblies
and not Christians. Well what if they
were? We have no Saviour to trust IN
but Jesus Christ who was according to
the flesh Jew; no other apostles and
prophets but Jewish; no other than
Jewish Scriptures; and indeed Jesus
said himself that Salvation is of the
Jews" Now if Christ and the apostles
kept the seventh day for the Sabbath,
and as First Day" tells US we have no
scriptural authority to change it. where
does the authority come from to change
it?
The Papacy claims that she has chang
ed the Sabbath, and that her ability to
do this is proof of her authority.
The Catholic Mirror" Cardinal
Gibbons official organ,) Sept. %. 1894,
says, The Catholic church for over one
thousand years before the existence of
a Protestant, by virtue of her divine
mission changed the day from Satur-
day to Sunday.
In "a Doctrine Catechism" p. p. ia,
l8l are found these questions and
answers.
Ques. Have you any other way of
proving that the church has power to
institute festivals of precept?
Ans.-Had she not such power, she
could not have substituted the obser-
he 1oxv nf ha
week for the observance of Saturday
the seventh day, change for which
there is no scriptural authority"
Ques.-How prove you that the
church hath power to command feasts
and holy days?
Ans. By the very act of changing
the Sabbath into Sunday.
The first law for Sunday as weekly
dav of observance on record, human or
divine, IS by Constantine, A. d. 321, at
that time heather Emperor of Rome,
and sun worshiper,
First Day" cites Rev. 10 to prove
that the first day Of the week is called
the Lords Day" Lets see what the
passage really does say: Il was in the
Spirit on the Lords day Does this
text say what day of the week the
Lords dav was? We must learn that
from other scriptures.
In Mark :27 Jesus says, The Son of
man is Lord also of the Sabbath" God
expressly declares that THE seventh
day is the Sabbath Of the Lord thy
Cod" Elk 20:l0.
The Lord through Isaiah calls it my
holy day" lisa. 5S:l3 Therefore ac-
cording to the Holy Scriptures, which
cannot be broken" John l0:35) the
seventh day of the week is at once both
the holy Sabbath and the Lords day,
while the First Day has no claims
whatever to either.
Summing up the whole subject in as
few words as possible We find that there
is no divine command for Sunday
observance; there is not a least hint OF
Sunday institution; Christ never
changed Gods Sabbath to Sunday:
He never observed Sunday as the
Sabbath; the Apostles never kept Sun
day as the Sabbath, there Is no prophecy
that Sunday would ever take the place
of the Sabbath; neither God, Christ,
angels nor inspired men have ever said
one word in favor of Sunday as a holy
day, on the other hand, God claimed the
seventh day as his own; He blessed and
sanctiied the seventh day; He command
ed that the seventh dav be kept holy;
He has uttered fearful threatenings
against those who profane the seventh
day; He has given great and precious
promises to those who keep holy the
seventh day; everything that is neces-
sary to give Importance to the day
that is calculated to induce proper
observance of the day Is produced in
favor of the seventh day. but nothing
of this kind can be produced in favor OF
the first day-no sanctity, no command
ment, no penalty, no blessing.
G.. W, T..