Sunday as the Test of Christianity
By Editor
"WE rejoice," says the New York Observer, "that the liberal newspaper of Boston appreciates the Sabbath as a precious spiritual opportunity, and that it speaks boldly in favor of its being kept sacred to the highest service of man in the service of God." How the Investigator, "the liberal newspaper of Boston," and a most outspoken infidel sheet, can "appreciate the Sabbath as a most precious spiritual opportunity" is altogether more than we can imagine. Of course by "Sabbath" is meant Sunday, but still that fact does not explain the appreciation of "precious spiritual opportunities," and we await more light before commenting further on that point; but the latter part of the quotation presents almost as great a difficulty. How could such a paper consistently express the sentiment which the Observer here attributes to "the liberal paper of Boston"? If that paper had simply said that it was in favor of Sunday being kept sacred to the service of man, the solution would be simple enough, for many even among infidels think that a stated day of rest is well-nigh essential to man's highest physical good, but when it comes to so "liberal" a paper being in favor of the "Sabbath" for the "service of God," we confess that we don't understand it. Will somebody explain? One thing we can understand, and that is that the keeping of Sunday will soon be the one test of Christianity, and no matter what a man's opinion of the Bible may be, he will be counted "Christian" if he but observes Sunday. This will be the bond that will unite infidels and churchmen, and which will thus tend to the complete corruption of the church. The above statement by the Observer, a staunch Presbyterian paper, shows that a few words in favor of Sunday, by a "liberal" sheet, will cover up a great deal of infidelity.