Sunday Sabbath-Keeping Examined
"Sabbath.—What day of the week does God command us to keep holy? Ans. Read the commandments as given through Moses—that refers to Saturday which was and is still the Jewish Sabbath. Among Christian nations, Sunday, or the first-day of the week, is kept as the Sabbath, in commemoration of Christ's resurrection. We know of no command in the New Testament making obligatory the keeping of the first-day of the week as the Sabbath. But by general consent among Christians, Sunday is set apart for rest, recreation, and devotional exercises." The above extract is from the "Notes and Answers" in a secular journal. And it would be a happy thing if theological writers generally would take as truthful a view of the sacredness, or rather the lack of sacredness, of Sunday-keeping.