Evening star., 1924-05-17

Continuing, he said. ''Thc BibiI
names of the days of the week ard
First day, second day. third da \
fourth day, fifth day, sixth day-1
preparation day-seventh day, d
Sabbath of the Lord our God--ThI
Lords day-My Holy day.
"Sunday, the first day of the yyeeN
is only mentioned eight times in thl
New Testament. Six of these eigf3
times refer TO the mere fact thu
Christ was raised up on the first dai
of the week. Matthew mentions
in chapter Is. verse MARX IN chaIJ
ter 16. verses 1 and o: Luke. i'm chaT
ter -. verse !. and John, in chapteI
20. verse 1 and verse 10.
.sThere is absolutely nothing il
these verses which would lenl
strength TO the claim of hrst daI
sacredneSS, but rnther quite the on
posfte. For instance, Mark says: AM
when the sabbath was past
very early in the morning. the mrs
day of the week. they tdiscfpiet1
came unto the Sepulchre.
..This text rather proves that whel
the first day reaches US, the SabbatI
is past. The day before sunday
Saturday. SO Saturday fs the san
bath.
.Again. in Luke 23:54-56, we ar
told that after they had buried Chris
the sabbath drew on and SO theI
rested the Sabbath day according q
the commandments And upnn TN
next day-the first dny OF the week.
they came TO the sepulchre hringinl
spices Luke 24:I. The day betw eeI
Friday and Sunday is here designateI
the sabbath according to the conf
nfa nd ment.'
.sTbe seventh instance in the Nei
Testament where the first day is meTs
toned is i'm Acts 20:7. Here. In tn
city of Troas. Paul had been holding
meetings seven days with the churcf
Saturday night had come. The bo;l
which was to carry Paul on his sou
ney was to sail. The brethren. how
ever. persuaded Paul to remain wiz
them still one more night and celfz
brate the Lords supper. advising nj
that he could Cross the country ol
the morrow and catch the vessel 4
Assos, n seacoast town twenty mild
away. This he did. During mis- al
night meeting, certain Eutyeht3
fell out OF the window md kflIei
himself, and the hpostss Paul raise
him up. As this is one OF the acts q
the APOSTLES, it is thus recorded ThI
time is the first dny of the week
BY Bible reckoning the first day bsj
gins Mt sundown Saturday night.
..The last or eighth time the fir>l
day is mentioned in the New Te~ta4
ment is in 1 Cor. 1871. Here Paul, in
beneyolence. advises that ench persso4
every first day, make an accOuntfnI
of his finances. and lay aside a porI
ton. The plan involved tithinS AM
free-will offerings.
l.It is very evident from these cord
sjderationS that the claim of Sundal
sacredneSS fs without Scriptural sur
mort. The Sunday institution iS nd
n pIant of our heavenly Fatber1
planting Individuals may not knoY
rhiS. but the Protestant nS well II
the Catholic Church knows there
no ScripturnI authority for Sunday.
.sThe late r. W. Dale. ID. d., a IeadI
ing CongreEationalist of England
wrote: 1T Is quite clear that, howI
ever rixidIy or devoutiy we mai
spend Sunday. we arc not keepini
the Sabbath. The Sabbath wal
founded on specific, divine command
We can plead no such command foI
the observance of sunday. There u
not single sentence in The NeT
Testament TO suggest that we incuI
my penalty by violating the SUPP
posed sanctity of Sundny.'-'The Tel
Commandme ents. PIP. iNi, 10Y.
"From Binney's Theological Conf
pend Improved tMethOdfSO. a bOOl
designed for Bible classes and theoI
logical students and young preach
ers. page s. we quote the following,
holy the first day of the week
"The Catholic Church's position nj
given in Faith of Our Fathers bj
Cardinal Gibbons. page III. follows
You may read the Bible from Gen|
esis to Revelation and you will mo-
find n single line authorizing thl
sanctifcatfOn of Sunday
.sThe position of the LuthernI
Church is given In The AuEsburl
IIgI' follow q
Those who Judge that in the place u
the Sabbath the first day was sub
stituted Ms n day to he necessarily
observed are greatly mistaken TIL
observance of Sunday is not fOundeI
on any command of God.
"rrhe Episcopnlian Church declares
we are commanded to keep thl
seventh day, but we nre nowher}
commanded to keep the first day.
Sermons on the Catechism by IsaaI
Williams, ID. &.
"Dr. f.. II. Hiscox, author of thl
Baptist Manual. says i'm a paper real
before New York Ministers' Com
ference. held Nov. 13, 1898. 'Tksrl
was and lis n commandment to sxeel
holy the Sabbath day. but that sab
bath day was not sunday. Ii may bI
said TINT tho Sabbath was transfer
OF the week. Where can the recorl
of such n transaction he fOunds Nd
in the New Testament. AbsoIuteII
not
"Other similar declarations froII
leading well known scholars miGEI
be given. hut the foregoing is suffii
cient. The Bible record is open. AM
one can, by investigating. see tha|
there is no sacredneSS attached d
Sunday, nor can it's observance as thl
Sabbath be maintained by Bible au|
thOrity.-
The question-"Who Changed thI
IN ,f,af n will