Reforming the Calendar
By W. H. S.
At an international council for this purpose, held at Liege; some time ago, the French astronomers proposed that one change should be the omission of one day from the numbering both of the week and of the month, once a year, and two days in leap-years. This would have the effect of making the same day of the week fall on the same day of the month in every year. It would also disarrange the succession of weeks which has been marked by regularly recurring Sabbaths ever since creation. Observers of a weekly religious rest will naturally object to having the change, and probably their protest alone would be sufficient to prevent it. None the less, if much were to be gained by the reform, adjustments could be easily made. The Sunday rest, for which only the sanction of the church can be claimed, might, by a similar church ordinance, be conformed perfectly to the new calendar. Those who observe the Sabbaths of creation, and all others who believe that the command is for the strict observance of some seventh day, could easily maintain their custom, even as the former now ignore the Roman practise of beginning the hours with midnight. The inconvenience would not be serious except in case the civil day were enforced as a rest day and holiday by law.
W. H. S.