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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Sep 28, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 39.

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The Chinese Week

By William Ambrose Spicer

REFERRING TO an article in the REVIEW on the ancient Syrian calendar of the week, Dr. Miller writes from Honan, China:—
In Chinese we enumerate the days as the article stated; as,—
Sabbath.
Sunday, “the first day after the Sabbath.”
Monday, “the second day after the Sabbath,” etc.
And the name for week is “nan-shisk-er,” Sabbath.
Unfortunately for the people, and for those who engineered it as well, the churches generally have followed the calendar of the early Catholic missionaries, by which they call Monday the first day. This is now getting them into trouble, as the Sabbath truth turns the attention of the people to this self-evident deception.
W. A. S.