Seventh-day Baptists Prosecuted for Sunday Labor in Pennsylvania
Two Seventh-day Baptists have recently been prosecuted in a town in Central Pennsylvania for working Sunday. They defended themselves by pleading that their religion taught them to observe the seventh day, and that the observance of “the first day of the week” is an unrighteous innovation, never sanctioned by Scripture. They also claimed that the law of 1794 is unconstitutional, and that it is opposed to any Sabbath at all, since it abolishes the Sabbath of Scripture and ordains a new one, which is really no Sabbath. The two Seventh-day Baptists were found guilty, and fined $4 each, which they refused to pay. On account of this refusal, they were sent to jail for four days.—Painesville Telegraph.