Evening star., 1924-05-16

"JR the Genesis record. chapter :.
verses I-3. we read after God finished
the six days work cf creation thar
He rested on tho seventh day from,
all His work which He had made.
And God blessed tho seventh day md
IN nnctiRed il. because that in " Hc
had rested from all His work which
God created and made The same
thought is found in tho Sahbnth COM
mn Rdment. 1t says;
".Reme ember the sabbath day. Z"
keep fl holy. Six days shalt thou
IabOur, and do all thy work: Bat
the seventh day is tho sabbath of the
Lord thy God: in II thou shalt not d."
any work, thou, nor thy son. nor tn.
daughter. thy manservant. nor thy
IN maidservant. nor thy cattle. nor the
stranger that IL within thy gates:
For in six days the Lord made heaven
and Garth. the sen, and all that in
them il, and rested the seventh day:
wherefore the Lord blessed the Sab
bath day. and hniiowed it,
"Note the facts-God rested on the
! seventh day: God blessed the seventh
day; God sanctified tset apart the
seventh day.
..Then. i'm the very beginning of the
! history of this world. God gave man
I the sabbath institution. even before
sin had entered TO mar his fair rrea-
| ton. Thas the seventh day became
! Gods blessed and Sanctified rest day
and known thereafter Rs-thc sabbath
| of the Lori thy GOd.-EN- 2o:s-ii'
| My holy day. Isaiah. 5sil3. The
| Lords day. Mark, 2;27, The Sabhmh,
Eek, 2O:I2. 20.
@In the Old Testament the sabbath
| lis mentioned - times. and 50 times
| in the New Testament. In every in
stance where this weekly institution
| is mentioned. whether in the Old
Testament or in the New. reference
| is always made to the same identical
day-the seventh day of the week. A.
| TO which day the seventh day was and
/ is, there in absolutely no confusion
| The weekly cycle has come down
| through civilization undisturbed, and
| in all the written languages the Sab
bath has always been identified with
| the last. or seventh, day in this
weekly cycle.
aTbe identity OF the Sabbath has
by some. Even during the world
| deIuge in Noah's day, 1856 years after
| creation, time was accurately kept
| rs is shown by the records. See Gen.
7:1I, and Gen.. 1929. Almost l.~s
| years later. when Israel was On
| march to the promised land. God FED
| them mama. which fell every
| morning excepting on sabbath tseN-
| enth day. morning. EN-. III. As the
mama fell every morning except on
the Sabbath for 40 years. there cou,i
| he no mistake as TO which day WAS
really the seventh day Sabbath.
"Since those days the Jewish people
have preserved the identity of the
seventh day, and that, too. although
| scattered, as they are. I'm all the hab-
| liable parts of the world. 1t lis gen
orally conceded by all intelligent
persons that the Sabbath was known
ara kept in harmony with the Fourth
Comma ndment unto the hrst advent
| of our bIexSed Lord.
! AT that time. some hold. the Sab
bath was changed from the seventh
day to the first day. in honor of the
| resurrection. But this claim Is un-
founded. as the following facts VIII
"(al Jesus Christ kept the sabbath.
! Luke. 4:16.
"(bD He taught His disciples how
| to keep the Sabbath. not only ny eA-
ample. but by prccept. Matt, i2:t
| 1918.
"(cl In informing the disciples OF
| coming events. particularly the de-
| Struction of Jerusalem (which took
place A. ID. 70D. Christ counSeled them
| the winter or on the Sabbath day
Matt. 24i30. THIS shows that at A..
ID. 20 the Sabbath was binding.
"(dD In recording the history OF
tho crucifxion and resurrection Of
Jesus. Luke mentions three days
Luke. 23.i0. 24:D. viz:
"1. Day on which Jesus died. called
the spreparation day. corresponds I"
our Friday.
"2. The day in the grave, sthc sab
bath day. according TO the command
ment' corresponds to our Saturday.
"3. The resurrection day. the first
day of the week. corresponds 10 our
Sunday.
"Inspiration then located thr sab
bath day, according to the com niand-
ment. ny the day between Friday and
Sunday, which any one cln see. OF
course, Is Saturday, the seventh day.
"(e) Paul, the apostle to the Gen
tiles, knows of no first day sanctiis'
meetings., as is shown by the records
in the Book OF Acts.
sabbath meetings held by Paul:
''rwO in Antioch (Acts. 1914. AZ
~. one by a riverside in PhiIippi
tActs. 16'12-13). three I'm Thes>alon-
tea (Acts, 17-2l. seventy-ciEE: in
COrfnth (Acts, 1871. 4, II.
"The Sabbath iS mentioned 50 times
In the New Testament. but nowhere
is there any record that SUNDAY took
'sThe late Cardinal Gibbons OF sal-
timOrc made the following statement
TN his book. sEaith Of Our Fathers
p. Ill. You may read the Bible from
Genesis to Revelation. and you will
mot find q single line authorizing the
sanctfAcatfon of Sunday. The Scrip
tures enforce the religious obscrs-
ance OF Saturday,
ssThc late Rev. Edward r. Hiscox.
ID. D.. author of the Baptist Manual
wrotcs 'Desiring informa tion which
! have sought for years on the claim
that Sunday took the place Of the
sabbath. Z ask. where can the rrc"rd
of such transaction be found. Not
In the New Testament. Absolutely
nOtc
"Isa8c Williams, ID. d.. writing fo-
the Episcopal Church, says; We are
commanded to keep the seventh das
but we are nowhere commanded u
keep the first day.'-'Scrmons the
Catechism.' y. 334.''
Mr.. Bernstein will speak tonight
on the subjects "SuIiuy I'm the New
Testament Not Comnfanded TO Bp
Kept-Acknowledge by All Protcs-