Which Is the Seventh Day?
By R. F. Cottrell
WHEN attention is called to the particular day to be observed, as mentioned in the fourth commandment, the inquiry is often raised, “How can we tell which is the seventh day?” In answer, they may be referred to their almanacs. But the following from the “Union Spelling Book,” published by the American Sunday School Union, may be considered better authority and consequently more satisfactory to some: “DAYS OF THE WEEK
“The days of the week in the Bible are called
First day of the week, Sunday, Sabbath,
or Lord’s-day.
Second day, Monday.
Third day, Tuesday.
Fourth day, Wednesday.
Fifth day, Thursday.
Sixth day, Friday.
Seventh day, Saturday.” This is a fair statement of facts. Honest men and well-informed could not make it otherwise. If people desire to know which is the seventh day, as reckoned in the Bible, it is Saturday. That this is the order of the week, as numbered in the Bible, is easily told. But to tell how the first day of the week came to be “our Sunday, Sabbath, or Lord’s day,” is not so easy a task, since the only commandment for a weekly Sabbath plainly declares, “The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.”
R. F. COTTRELL.