The Courage of His Convictions

The Courage of His Convictions

It is not often that a Christian evangelist has the courage to declare that Saturday is the “Lord’s day,” and not Sunday, and yet this is what Evangelist K. C. Russell did in a sermon at the gospel tent, Chicago and Laurel Avenues, Austin, last Sunday night. This was the contention made in these columns last week in reply to the stand taken by the Christian Advocate, which denounced the Olympic games held at Stockholm, on the ground that they were permitted to take place on the “Lord’s day.” Evangelist Russell declared that the fourth commandment says, “The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.” No kind of arithmetic, no kind of almanac, can make seven equal to one, or the seventh mean the first, or Saturday mean Sunday. For centuries past, Sunday, the first day of the week, has been almost universally observed as a sabbath of rest, and it is still designated by some as the “Lord’s day” of the Bible. Upon what authority is this assumption based? We answer, This assumption is based on presumption. There are no facts to warrant the conclusion. Christians must thank Constantine the Great for giving them a day sacred to a heathen god as their day of rest.