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The Lord’s Day and the Sabbath

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 13, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 37.

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The Lord’s Day and the Sabbath

In a recent comment upon Rev. 1:10, “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day,” Rev. F. B. Meyer, of London, said:—
There is no question as to which day was meant. Already the church was beginning to exchange the first day of the week—the day of resurrection—for the last day, which stood for a finished work.
The apostle John wrote the Revelation at the very close of the first century. According to Mr. Meyer’s statement “the church was beginning” at that time to make the change from the seventh to the first day of the week. In other words, it was more than half a century after the resurrection when the change began to be made, and then it was done by the church. Granting all that Mr. Meyer claims, there is no possible reason why those who prefer the authority of the Word of God to the authority of the church should observe Sunday instead of the Sabbath of the Lord. “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.”