The Sabbath Question Is a Large One

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

The Sabbath Question Is a Large One

The larger part of the editorial space in a recent issue of The Sabbath Recorder is devoted to a suggestive consideration of the Sabbath question for the special benefit of those who may think of preaching upon that subject. The following titles will indicate the general ground covered: The Sabbath in the Bible, The Deeper Meaning of the Sabbath, The Sabbath Question a Religious One, The Sabbath in the Time of Christ, A Large Question. We quote one paragraph from what the Recorder said under the last title:—

We are satisfied that one element of weakness on the part of pastors and people is the mistaken notion that the Sabbath question is a minor one in extent and importance. Too many sermons treat it hastily and imperfectly, either because those who preach upon it are not so well informed as they should be, or because they fear that the people to whom they preach will become restless if the question is not treated briefly. Best results are lost when the question is considered in such a way. If the history of the Sabbath question—which is really a very important feature of the question in these days—be taken up in connection with the discussion of what the Bible teaches, not less than seven carefully prepared and elaborate sermons can cover the field. . . . No preacher, however able, can do anything like justice to the Bible, or to the Sabbath question, who attempts to crowd the whole matter into a single sermon. Four sermons, resulting from the work of months rather than hours, are requisite to a fairly adequate treatment of the Sabbath as it appears in the Bible.