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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 8, 1906

Torrey on the Sabbath Commandment

In one of the recent Torrey-Alexander revival meetings at Nashville, Tenn., Dr. Torrey read the first sentence of the fourth commandment, “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy,” and then said: “Right here I want to point out that that doesn’t mean Saturday, Sunday, or Monday.” If the commandment requires merely one day in seven to be observed, then those who keep the seventh day of the week are just as right as anybody else can be; if the commandment requires the observance of the seventh day of the week, just as it reads, then those who keep the seventh day are still right, while all others must be wrong. We therefore still think, even after reading Dr. Torrey’s illuminating comment, that it is advisable to rest “the Sabbath day according to the commandment,” following the example of those women who chose the day before the first day of the week as the one designated by the commandment.