Keep It Holy | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 9, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 23.

“Keep It Holy.”

The commandment of the Lord says, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” He who does not keep the Sabbath day holy, does not keep the commandment at all. Further, only he can keep the Sabbath holy who is himself holy. It therefore follows that civil law can not, in the very nature of the case, enforce Sabbath-keeping; for only holy people, or Christians, can keep the Sabbath holy. The law can not make men holy, nor can it make unholy men keep the holy Sabbath. It therefore follows again that civil Sabbath laws are folly; for those who can and will obey God need no civil law, and those who will not obey God can not be helped to obey God by civil law.